Question for those in the business field -- Is a MBA really important?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by EE-BO

But some big companies do want that. In many environments it is considered ideal for upper management to be very aloof and above everyone else- especially in large corporations.

And this is annoying in a people sense but generally works in a business sense.

[texas*princess]

thanks for the feedback so far.

my company is pretty big... and i know that a few people in my office (we have several) have just recently received their MBAs that are 40+ yrs old.

I'm not sure if a MBA is absolutely neccessary to be part of my organization, because I know several people at our HQ that have only an undergrad degree that are doing very well for themselves. There are even a few (who have been with the company very long) that started college, but never finished that are also doing extremely well because they are just plain talented.

I signed up for my GMAT... which is the first step. I am sort of on board for the right reasons, but the bigger part of me just wants to be challenged so I thought pursing an MBA would be fun and challenging to do.

Those who are doing very well in my organization that have an undergrad are about a decade older than I am.... so part of me feels like the MBA crowd in my industry are "a dime a dozen" but the other part feels like this is something I need to do if I want to stay competitive at my company since I'm a younger generation....