Estudo do impacto de um curso MBA em controladoria na evolução de seus egressos

Abstract

Post-graduate education has evolved in a very accentuated way on the basis of the premise that brings about practical consequences in terms of benefits to participants and companies. Demand has paramountly been concentrated in Master of Business Administration programs, a North-American creation from the beginning of the last century that has practically expanded all over the world.The impact of these courses has been studied in the professional and academic spheres. Dealing with salary evolution before and after the MBA, the achievement of new career levels and even the acquisition and attitude towards competencies, studies try to detect the factors that determine the success of MBA-graduates. This research examines the population of a Brazilian program implanted in 1994, in which 17 classes have already graduated. By means of a questionnaire, we examined the course impact as perceived by the graduates and their post-MBA career evolution. This information was crossed with student profile and academic performance, in order to determine the factors that affect the students' success after the course. For this purpose, the research used descriptive statistics and Contingency Table Analysis. Finally, we present some preliminary conclusions and questions for further research.