Research Report: MBA vs MPA for International Students at KOI

This business report explores the factors influencing international students' decisions between MBA and MPA postgraduate programs, focusing on the context of KOI (Kings Own Institute). The report investigates the objectives behind postgraduate studies in Australia, comparing MBA and MPA programs, and analyzing the future prospects of MPA. The research examines whether the MBA can replace MPA, considering community development, sustainability, and environmental management aspects. The methodology includes a literature review, descriptive research design, and data collection through surveys and interviews with students and business schools. The analysis utilizes Microsoft Excel for data analysis and trend analysis. Ethical considerations and limitations are also discussed, offering recommendations and conclusions regarding the choice between MBA and MPA for international students seeking postgraduate degrees. The report provides insights into the current demand for MPA, and potential changes that the MBA could bring in the future to remain competitive. This report is a research project for BUS710.

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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction:.............................................................................................................2
1.1: background of the study:.................................................................................................2
1.2: research objective:...........................................................................................................2
1.3: research questions:..........................................................................................................3
Chapter 2: literature review........................................................................................................3
2.1: objectives behind post graduate study in Australia:........................................................3
2.2: Might new MBA meet the requirement of MPA?..........................................................4
2.3: Future of MPA programme beyond 2019:......................................................................5
2.4: can MBA replace MPA?.................................................................................................7
Chapter 3: research methodology:.............................................................................................7
3.1: research approach:..........................................................................................................8
3.2: data collection:...............................................................................................................8
3.3: sample size:.....................................................................................................................8
3.4: data analysis:...................................................................................................................8
3.5: ethical issues:..................................................................................................................9
3.6: limitation of the study:...................................................................................................9
Chapter 4: data analysis:............................................................................................................9
Chapter5: recommendation and conclusion.............................................................................10
5.1 Recommendation:..........................................................................................................10

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5.2: conclusion:....................................................................................................................10
References:...............................................................................................................................11
Chapter 1: Introduction:

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The above study talks about the importance of doing an MBA as a post-graduation degree
and the future benefits it provides over the students. On the other hand, the study deals with a
research proposal over why there is an increased demand for degrees like MPA in most of the
Australian institutes. The study has been supported by some supporting articles regarding this
issue and what could be the possible new changes that an MBA could bring in the future. Lastly,
a justified and suitable conclusion is provided as a supporting issue.
1.1: Background of the study:
In today's society, there is a huge need for a carrier oriented program. Since in today's
world there is a massive need for educated people, hence the right choice of postgraduate degree
is a must. However committing towards this kind of degree are challenge by itself and most of
the people do not find themselves financially viable to commit over (Shcherbakova et al.,2015).
Hence in a country like Australia, most of the international students do not often choose an MBA
or master's in business administration, rather focusing on some alternative course like MPA or
masters in public administration. Hence the basic study process of this report is focused on some
basic questions like the motivation of the Australian students behind going for postgraduate
studies and future aspirations along with the future of MPA. Hence the study of an MBA needs
to be updated to compete against MPA. All these questions are been assessed in this study report
(Butz, Stupnisky, and Pekrun, 2015).
1.2: Research objective:
The objective of this study is to discuss and make primary analysis on the fact that what
forces the international students to go for a postgraduate course like MPA over MBA. Despite
both, the courses have initial market demand. Thus this analysis will help to find answers on-

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The present purpose of MPA
The futures of MPA in 2019 and whether it has any prospect.
The changes which the MBA could bring to compete against MPA.
1.3: Research questions:
The main questions which are the study report tend to answer are as follows –
What are the research objectives to be completed against the postgraduate study in Australia?
How could the study meet the present purpose of MPA?
What are the prospects of MPA?
Could the new MBA replace the likes of MPA?

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Chapter 2: literature review
2.1: Objectives behind the postgraduate study in Australia:
Australia has over 384000 international students in 140 countries in disciplines at every
educational level including short term educational language (Butz et.al., 2014.). Apart from this,
there are doctoral and master's degrees are been provided. Hence the reasons behind studying in
Australia are as follows –
Excellence:
The Australian approach to vocational and technical education is recognized as one of
the best and it enjoys an international reputation for educational excellence in all areas and takes
disciplinary actions. The institution delivers practical and career-oriented training for the
graduates and the employee demanded skills to improve the economic performance of Australia.
Innovation:
Australia has a reputation for adopting new technologies which are been very fast to other
countries and high internet access charges. They had also provided facilities for teaching,
training and other facilities towards modern technologies.
Qualification recognition:
Australian qualification and recognition by the employers and the leading educational
institutes in many countries around the world and the courses are been undertaken by AQF. And
hence the same technique could be authorized by the Australian government.
2.2: Might new MBA meet the requirement of MPA?

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There are also some purposes behind the major areas of management. Hence the major
management areas could be related to the key value of MPA. Thus there are many different
objectives to reach the objectives. These are –
Community development:
It is an important area to consider in community development for the government,
planning board, business, and civic groups, but public administration plays an important role in
stakeholder development, residents, and business fields to reach bigger goals. Thus the public
administrator could work on facing the current development process in respect of governmental
contributions. Hence the same could be utilized to hold a position in the city and look to
showcase economic mobility. Similarly, the new MBA rules implemented by kings' institute
could look to focus on more towards the community developmental areas in postgraduate study.
Sustainability:
Sustainable development is a process of meeting the current needs of fulfilling future
generations to meet the same. Hence it could help to meet the depletion of natural resources. The
public administration could look to imposes sustainability development. For example, the study
could help to meet the climate action plan and thus could create long term goals. Similarly, the
new MBA rules are also needed to implement sustainable development actions.

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Environmental management:
The public administrators are tasked with protecting the interest on average citizens since
the population has become fully concerned with the harmful effects of climate change. Thus the
role of the public administrates is to implement environmental rules and policies. Hence the
average workers, small business, corporation and fulfilled the environmental rules and d
regulations ranging for corporate innovation and laws relating to water and land management.
Thus these techniques are fully available to the non-profit sectors. Similarly, the new MBA rules
could also look to implement all the above-mentioned techniques as well. Hence, in a nutshell,
the new MBA rule and regulations could only compete with MPA by imposing all the qualities
of MPA.
2.3: Future of MPA program beyond 2019:
Since the climate change and global warming are one of the biggest issues to deal with
currently, most of the students in major parts of Australia and other countries are looking
forward to doing lucrative post-graduate degree courses overmasters in public administration.
The fields of public administration focus on the formation of public e. Hence this process fully
focuses on public resources, accountability, description, analysis, solution of the management
process which puts focus over criminal justice in the management level. Hence there are a lot of
scopes towards building a career in MPA. Hence the main focusing area of MPA are been
considered in the following areas like-
Climate changes and the underlying cause.
Food and water supplies in the underdeveloped nations.

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Security and other areas of US counter-terrorism.
Helping the transaction to force the entity.
Tackling the different disease issues.
Providing quality educational path.
Lastly trying to provide the economic transactional path
Hence these issues could provide different implementation program and it is expected that the
undergone policy and procedures need to be neutral which could value companies' overall
productivity.
The job entails:
According to the bureau of labor statistics, the public administration could look to involve
jobs like analysis, expenditure, government draft, and all the other activities. However, the
process differs from state to state and hence people could provide the public administrator and
make real estate skills of investors that do not add on to the salary value. Apart from this many
graduates work for certain non-profit agencies and governments. Hence it is expected that the
student with a lot of communication approach can surely work as administrator however there
could be a lot of public administrator jobs available to this course. Therefore different
governmental job areas could also be easily considered through this aspect. Thus in a broader
sense, it can be said that the MPA could be running towards an effective and profitable course in
the future (Drennan, McConnell, and Stark 2014).
2.4: Can MBA replace MPA?

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professionals who are willing to advance in their careers in the public sectors may wonder
how an MBA or MPA will be compared regarding any future aspects. Thus it is important to
compare among these two aspects and to witness whether new MBA rules and policies could
remove the likes of MPA (Lethoko,2014.).
For any professionals of non-profit seeking sectors, the MPA degree gives outlook in many
cases. The graduates with a public administration degree are needed to get guide over many ideas
especially something related to health care, the aging population, and renewable energy sources.
Thus most of the companies are currently been hiring MPA persons who could look after all the
issues related to this aspect. The same also includes cabinet officials and cabinet dignitaries.
Hence in response to the question held by kings' school of business, it can be seen that they are
offering the students the opportunity to get the MPA degrees via online. And after taking
admission in that course it helps the students to improve leading skills in various areas like
financial management, hospitality management, travel, and tourism management and many other
courses. On the other hand in the case of an MBA, there is not this much division. Thus it can be
concluded that this is the reason why the international students prefer MPA over MBA (Van der
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Chapter 3: Research Methodology:
The study paper is concerned over only the primary and secondary research-based
questions. The different articles related to the comparative study on why the international
students choose to go for MPA over MBA despite both being used as a parameter of higher job
oriented postgraduate study. On the other hand, the primary data has been collected through
interaction and interviews (Ruiz-Cárcel et al.,2015.).
3.1: Research design:
The research design is a process where a researcher finds an opportunity to guide the
study towards the specific goals based on the research objective. Thus it helps to provide the
reference by reducing the targeted results and the entire process is performed by achieved goals.
Hence the research design has three parts namely explanatory research design, exploratory
research design, and descriptive research design. Furthermore, the research process describes the
cause-effect relationship by forecasting the all possible outcome of the ongoing process. Here for
the study, the descriptive research design has been implemented.

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3.2: Data collection:
The primary research is based on two areas namely a quantitive and qualitative database.
The qualitative data is dependent on different surveys, face to face interaction with the
international students of Australia and the major business schools which offer the students both
the courses like MBA and MPA. Hence it is important to collect the required feedback from the
students as well as from the business school and analyze the same. The quantitative data have
been collected by data from survey reports and data collected from different sources over the
years. Apart from this, the data is collected from other additional sources.
3.3: Sample size:
A sample of 50 students and 10 international business schools have been considered and
data collected thus have been analyzed and interpreted.
3.4: Data analysis:
The overall collected data from various sources have been analyzed with the help of
Microsoft excel worksheet. Along with it a trend analysis of those collected data has also been
done to see whether the trend is upward or downward.
3.5: Ethical issues:
The collected data is only for research purposes. Hence it is important to keep the data
authenticity to the owner of the data itself. Further, it's notable that the data is fully confidential
and all the primary data collected is by the project owner itself. Hence it is important to follow
the ethics right from the beginning.
3.6: Limitation of the study:

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The study has not been completed due to lack of timeframe and most of the business
schools and international students have remained neutral to most of the questions. Moreover,
most of the areas have not been able to survey due to lack of time.

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Chapter 4: Data Analysis:
From the collected database several 50 respondents have been considered out here. Hence
the overall database has been analyzed. In response to the first question, it is seen that almost 40
percent respondent has denied that cost of MBA is higher than MPA, whereas 20 percent have
agreed to the fact and rest have been neutral (Christensen et al., 2013). in the response to the
second question, it is seen that almost 40 percent have been agreed that new MBA rules can meet
the MPA purpose while 20 percent have disagreed with it and the rest of the people have been
neutral. In response to the third question, almost 60 percent of people have said that MPA has a
bright future beyond 2019. Lastly in response to the last question stating that almost 30 percent
of people think that a new MBA can replace the likes of MPA. Hence, in a nutshell, it can be
stated that most of the respondents are liking new MPA rules and regulations. Thus the MPA
course can wipe out MBA and ensure a huge career opportunity for the student (Hallinger, and
Lu, 2013.).
Chapter 5: Recommendation and Conclusion
5.1 Recommendation:
Hence out of the details it can be recommended that most of the students are liking to
be going towards the MPA course rather than the MBA. Thus there should be some
recommendation towards the new policies and procedures are to be considered as well as make
sure that foreign student also applies for MBA.
5.2: Conclusion:

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Hence it can be concluded that to let the students choose an MBA over MPA, it is
important that the universities make the course more application related rather than making it
more academic. The students are future leaders of the world. Hence the business schools need to
work on making the courses more exciting and ensure that the students provide a new and
improved solution for the future. Since both MBA and MPA are both job oriented courses, but
the difference lies between the implications and this is the reason why the international student is
going for MPA. Similarly, kings own institute (KOI) have done a lot of survey over this fact and
thus have come to invent new MBA rules and regulations. Thus these new rules and regulations
are promised to be much more job oriented.

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