MBA B: A: B: MBA
Advanced - MBA在 在中 国 的 发 展 A:
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你知道吗？我表哥刚刚收到复旦大学MBA的录取 通知单。 ` ma? woˇ biaog ˇ e¯ gangg ` Fud ` axu ` e´ ¯ ¯ ¯ ao nˇı zh¯ıdao ang shoud ` and ¯ ¯ MBA de luq ıdan. ` uˇ tongzh¯ You know what? My cousin just got an acceptance letter to Fudan University’s MBA program!
B:
是吗？恭喜恭喜。你表哥真厉害！ ˇ e¯ zhen ¯ ¯ ¯ l`ıhai! sh`ı ma? gongxˇ ı gongxˇ ı. nˇı biaog Really? Congratulations! Your cousin is awesome!
A:
哎。可是他一点儿也不高兴，甚至还想放弃呢！ ˇ yˇe b`u gaox` ` ´ xiang ˇ f`angq`ı ¯ kˇesh`ı ta¯ y¯ıdianr ¯ ıng, shenzh` ai. ı huai ne! Agh. But he’s not happy about it at all. He’s even thinking about forfeiting it.
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为什么啊？现在MBA这么热门，毕业以后前途无 量啊！ ` enme ´ ` ai ` MBA zheme ` ` en, ´ b`ıy`e yˇıhou ` qian´ ¯ xianz weish a? rem ` ¯ tuw a! ´ uli ´ ang Why? MBAs are so popular these days. After he graduates, his future will be wide open!
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我也不知道。听我表哥说，虽然MBA号称高级管 理人才的通道，很多人都觉得MBA毕业后通常能 赚大钱，可是现在国内读工商管理硕士的人多如 牛毛，反而显得这个证书没什么含金量了。更何 况，学费还贵得吓死人。大概他真正想考的是国 外的MBA。 ` ˇ e¯ shuo, ´ MBA hao` ¯ su¯ıran woˇ yˇe b`u zh¯ıdao. t¯ıng woˇ biaog ˇ ı renc ´ ai ´ de tongd ` hen ˇ duo¯ ren ´ dou ¯ ¯ ı guanlˇ ¯ ¯ cheng gaoj´ ao, ´ ` tongch ´ ´ ` daqi ` an, ´ kˇesh`ı ¯ juede MBA b`ıy`e hou ang neng zhuan ` ai ` guon ´ ei ` du´ gongsh ˇ ı shuosh` ` ı de ren ´ duor ¯ ¯ ¯ uxianz ang guanlˇ ´ ´ fˇan er ´ xiande ˇ ` ` ´ enme ´ ´ ınnium zhege zhengsh u¯ meish hanj¯ ´ ao, ` ` ´ ang, ` ´ ei hai ´ gu`ı de hesˇ ` ı ren. ´ dag ` ai ` ta¯ liang le. gengh eku xuef` ` ˇ ˇ de sh`ı guow` ´ ai de MBA. ¯ zhenzh eng xiang kao I don’t know. To hear my cousin tell it, although the MBA calls itself the route to high level management, and a lot of people think that after they graduate from an MBA program they’ll be able to earn a lot of money, tons of people in China go to grad school in industrial and commercial management, so there’s nothing too special about the degree. What’s more, the tuition is frighteningly expensive. What he’d probably really like to try for is a foreign MBA.
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可是，虽然中国的MBA教育发展还不算久，不 算特别成熟和完善，但我们的确是需要大量的 高级管理人才啊。MBA教育在中国一直在逐步升 温。从15年前清华大学开始试点培养MBA人才， 到1999年拥有颁布MBA证书资格的高校数目就已 经上升到56所，到现在更是呈几何倍数增长，报 考人数和毕业人才数也越来越多。我倒是很赞成 在中国本土培养MBA人才，这样不仅省去了远洋 学习的重重困难与麻烦，还避免了人才流失。所 以呀，尽管中国的MBA教育还处于萌芽状态，我 们还是要给予支持的。 ´ Zhonggu ` u` f¯azhan ˇ hai ´ b`u suan ` ¯ kˇesh`ı, su¯ıran o´ de MBA jiaoy ` tebi ` e´ chengsh ´ ` dan ` women ˇ jiu, u´ he´ w´anshan, d´ıˇ b`u suan ` ang ` gaoj´ ˇ ı renc ´ ai ´ a. ` u` zai ` ¯ ı guanlˇ ¯ MBA jiaoy que` sh`ı xuy` ¯ ao dali ` zhub` ´ sh´ıwuˇ nian ´ qian ´ ¯ ¯ ¯ cong Zhonggu o´ y¯ızh´ı zai en. ´ u shengw ´ axu ` e´ kaishˇ ˇ peiyˇ ´ ang MBA renc ´ ai, ´ dao ` y¯ı ¯ ı sh`ıdian Q¯ınghuad ´ y¯ongyˇou banb` ` ¯ u MBA zhengsh ¯ jiuˇ jiuˇ jiuˇ nian u¯ z¯ıge de gao` shum ` ` wush´ ˇ dao ` ¯ xiao eng dao ` u` jiu` yˇıj¯ıng shangsh ˇ ıliu` suo, ` ai ` geng ` sh`ı cheng ´ jˇıhe´ beish ` u` z¯engzhang, ˇ ` ao ˇ ren´ xianz baok ´ ai ´ shu` yˇe yuel ` aiyu ´ edu ` o. ` ˇ ¯ woˇ daosh` shu` he´ b`ıy`e renc ı hen ` ´ ` Zhonggu ˇ uˇ peiyˇ ´ ang MBA renc ´ ai, ´ zhe` ¯ zanch eng zai o´ bent ˇ qu` le yuany´ ˇ ang xuex´ ´ ı de chongch ´ ´ kuny`ang b`ujˇın sheng ong ` ´ ´ b`ımian ˇ le renc ´ ai ´ liush¯ ˇ ı y¯a, jˇınguan ˇ nan yuˇ mafan, hai ´ ı. suoyˇ ` u` hai ´ chuy ´ ` ` woˇ ¯ Zhonggu o´ de MBA jiaoy a zhuangt ai, ˇ u´ mengy´ ´ sh`ı y`ao jˇıyuˇ zh¯ıch´ı de. men hai
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But although we can’t say that the MBA in China has been developing for a long time, and it’s not especially mature or complete, we definitely need a lot of high level management talent. MBA education in China has been getting gradually hotter. From Qinghua University’s launch of MBA training fifteen years ago, to 1999 when the number of universities offering an MBA degree reached 56, to today, when the number is rising geometrically, more and more people are taking the entrance exams and graduating. I actually really support China’s domestic training of MBAs. This way, not only do you save a lot of trouble and hassle by not needing to go far away to study, you also avoid a brain drain. So, although MBA training is just getting started in China, we should still support it.
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我还是觉得不太可靠。虽说MBA是一个新兴事 物，发展快是没有错，但国内MBA的教育质量 实在是良莠不齐。各大学校都争先开设MBA课 程，却没有足够的师资和教学基础，报考MBA的 学员也是一味跟风，根本没有应有的素质和基 础。MBA教育本来是对有一定管理经验的人进行 高级管理培养的，所以报考的条件之一就是要 有3到5年的工作经验，可是现在在国内，却成为 了很多人为了得到文凭和找工作的跳板。我想这 是有悖于MBA教育的初衷的。
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´ sh`ı juede ´ ` kˇekao. ` woˇ hai b`utai su¯ıshuo¯ MBA sh`ı y¯ı ge x¯ınˇ kuai ` sh`ı meiyˇ ´ ou cuo, ` dan ` guon ´ ei ` MBA x¯ıng sh`ıwu, ` f¯azhan ` u` zh`ıliang ` ` sh`ı liangyˇ ´ ´ ao ` de jiaoy sh´ızai oub`uq´ı. ge` da` xuexi ´ ´ ou zug ` de ¯ zhengxi ¯ ¯ kaish ¯ e` MBA k`echeng, dou an que` meiyˇ ´ ou ` ` ao ˇ MBA de xueyu ´ an ´ yˇe sh`ı y¯ıwei ` sh¯ız¯ı he´ jiaoxu e´ j¯ıchu, ˇ baok ˇ meiyˇ ´ ou y¯ıngyˇou de suzh` ¯ eng, genb ¯ en genf¯ ` ı he´ j¯ıchu. ˇ MBA ` u` benl ˇ ai ´ sh`ı du`ı yˇou y¯ıd`ıng guanlˇ ˇ ı j¯ıngy`an de ren ´ j`ınjiaoy ˇ ı peiyˇ ´ ang de, suoyˇ ˇ ı baok ` ao ˇ de tiaoji ´ an ` zh¯ıy¯ı ¯ ı guanlˇ x´ıng gaoj´ ` wuˇ nian ´ de gongzu ¯ dao ¯ jiush` o` j¯ıngy`an, kˇesh`ı ` ı y`ao yˇou san ` ai ` zai ` guon ´ ei, ` que` chengw ´ ´ le hen ˇ duo¯ ren ´ weile ` de´ xianz ei ` wenp´ ´ ıng he´ zhao ˇ gongzu ` an. ˇ ˇ ¯ dao o` de tiaob woˇ xiang zhe` ` yu´ MBA jiaoy ` u` de chuzh ¯ sh`ı yˇoubei de. ¯ ong I still think it’s not that reliable. It’s fine to say that the MBA is a new thing, and it should develop quickly. But the quality of education in domestic MBA programs is just very uneven. Every university is competing to be first to offer MBA classes, but they don’t have enough teachers or an academic foundation. The students taking the MBA entrance exams are all just getting on the band wagon. They just don’t have the necessary qualities or background. MBA education was originally to offer advanced management training to people who already had a certain amount of work experience. So one of the conditions of application was three to five years of work experience. But now, in China, people are using their MBA qualifications as a launch pad when they go job-hunting. I think that runs counter to the MBA’s original intention.
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的确是。现在各种MBA远程教育，备考辅导，全 脱产班、全业余班、还有什么基本业余班都层出 不穷，看得人头昏眼花。“挂羊头卖狗肉”的情 况也确实存在。不过一些名校的MBA课程还是有 口皆碑的，他们和国际知名学校合作并聘请了很 多国际名师前来授课，为国际化企业职业经理人 提供了学习和交流的平台。有的学校推出的只是 一些相关的培训课程，并不是MBA学位，但是仍 有很多人前来报名，也说明了并不是所有人都是 为了学历。 ` ai ` gezh ` ong ˇ ˇ ´ ` u, ` ao ˇ d´ıque` sh`ı. xianz MBA yuanch eng jiaoy ` beik ˇ quan ´ tuoch ˇ ban, ´ y`eyu´ ban, ´ yˇou shenme ´ ¯ an ¯ quan ¯ hai fud ˇ ao, ˇ y`eyu´ ban ´ ´ ` de ren ´ touh ´ un¯ Dou ¯ cengch j¯ıben ub` kan ¯ uqiong, ¯ ` angtoum ´ ` our ˇ ou” ` de q´ıngkuang ` ` ı ¯ “ guay´ yˇanhua. aig yˇe quesh´ ` b`uguo` y¯ıxie¯ m´ıngxiao ` de MBA k`echeng ´ hai ´ sh`ı yˇoucunz ´ ai. ´ ı zh¯ım´ıng xuexi ´ ao ` hezu ´ o` b`ıng ¯ ei ¯ de, tamen ¯ kˇoujieb he´ guoj` ˇ duo¯ guoj` ´ ı m´ıngsh¯ı qianl ´ ai ´ shouk` ` e, wei ` guoj` ´ ıp`ınqˇıng le hen ´ t´ıgong ´ ı he´ jiaoli ´ ¯ le xuex´ ¯ u´ de p´ıngtai. hua` qˇıy`e zh´ıy`e j¯ınglˇıren ´ ao ` tu¯ıchu¯ de zhˇısh`ı y¯ıxie¯ xianggu ´ un ¯ ¯ de peix yˇoude xuexi an ` ´ ´ ei, ` dansh` ` ´ yˇou hen ˇ duo¯ k`echeng, b`ıng b`u sh`ı MBA xuew ı reng ´ qianl ´ ai ´ baom´ ` ˇ ou ren ´ ¯ ıng le b`ıng b`u sh`ı suoyˇ ren ıng, yˇe shuom´ ´ xuel` ´ ı. ¯ sh`ı weile dou
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That’s for sure. All kinds of MBA distance education, test prep coaching, work-study programs, basic part-time classes and such are coming out one after another. You get dizzy looking at them all. Then there’s also “bait and switch.” But some top schools’ MBA programs really do get wide praise. They cooperate with famous international schools and hire renowned international professors to come teach. They give managers from international companies a platform for study and exchange. What some schools have introduced is just related classes, certainly not an MBA degree. But a lot of people still come to sign up, which just goes to show that not everybody is doing it for the education.
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可是现在读MBA啊，就和当年读大学一样，很多 人只是觉得MBA毕业了就意味着找到了金饭碗， 所以才一窝蜂地去学。就算学费再贵，也有不少 的人宁愿挤破头地去争取。我表哥对此则显得比 较冷静，觉得还是真正能学到东西更为重要。 ` ai ` du´ MBA a, ´ du´ daxu ` e´ y¯ıy`ang, ¯ jiu` he´ dangni ¯ kˇesh`ı xianz an ˇ duo¯ ren ´ zhˇısh`ı juede ´ MBA b`ıy`e le jiu` y`ıwei ` zhe zhaod ˇ ao ` hen ˇ ı cai ´ y¯ıwof¯ ´ jiusu ` xuef` ´ ei ¯ eng de qu` xue. le j¯ınf`anwˇan, suoyˇ ` an ` gu`ı, yˇe yˇou b`u shao ˇ de ren ´ n`ıngyuan ` jˇı po` tou ´ de qu` qu` zai ˇ e¯ du`ıcˇı z´e xiande ˇ ` lengj` ˇ ıng, juede ´ ¯ zhengq u. bˇıjiao ˇ woˇ biaog ´ sh`ı zhenzh ` neng ´ xued ´ ao ` dongxi ` wei ´ zhongy` ` ¯ ¯ hai eng geng ao.
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But studying for an MBA these days is like college used to be: a lot of people think that once they’ve graduated, it’ll be like they’ve found a “golden rice bowl.” That’s the only reason they rush blindly off to study. No matter how high the tuition is, there will always be a lot of people willing to go all out to get accepted. My cousin is actually pretty cool toward all this stuff. He thinks it’s better to actually be able to learn something.
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你知道吗？美国麻省理工大学的斯隆管理学院 支持中国开办的国际MBA项目，首批合作的大学 就只有清华大学和复旦大学。他们都是以全英 文授课，模块式教学，吸取了国外MBA教学的精 华，办学质量应该还是信得过的。著名的国际 咨询公司麦肯锡的员工也大多是从各所名校毕业 的MBA人才，所以说MBA就好像是进入企业管理 高层的护照也不为过。 ` ma? Meigu ˇ o´ Mash ˇ ıgongd ` e´ de S¯ılong ¯ englˇ ¯ ¯ nˇı zh¯ıdao axu ˇ ı xueyu ´ an ` zh¯ıch´ı Zhonggu ` de guoj` ´ ı MBA ¯ ¯ an guanlˇ o´ kaib ` ˇ ı hezu ´ o` de daxu ` e´ jiu` zhˇıyˇou Q¯ınghuad ´ axu ` e´ xiangm u, ` shoup¯ ` axu ` e. ´ tamen ´ Y¯ıngwen ´ shouk` ` e, ¯ ¯ sh`ı yˇı quan he´ Fud dou ` and ´ ai ` sh`ı jiaoxu ` ´ x¯ıquˇ le guow` ´ ai MBA jiaoxu ` ´ moku e, e´ de j¯ınghua, ` ` ´ sh`ı x`ın de guo` de. zhum´ ¯ hai banxu e´ zh`ıliang y¯ınggai ` ıng ´ ı z¯ıxun ` enx¯ı de yuang ´ ong ` o¯ sh`ı ¯ ¯ de guoj` ı Maikˇ yˇe dadu ´ gongs¯ ´ ge` suoˇ m´ıngxiao ` b`ıy`e de MBA renc ´ ai, ´ suoyˇ ˇ ı shuo¯ MBA cong ˇ ang ` ˇ ı gaoc ´ ` yˇe b`u ¯ eng jiu` haoxi sh`ı j`ınru` qˇıy`e guanlˇ de huzh ` ao ´ guo. ` wei
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You know what? The Sloan School of Management at MIT in America has given China support in opening International MBA Programs. The first batch of partner universities only includes Qinghua University and Fudan. They are all taught completely in English, with modular teaching methods. They’ve attracted the cream of overseas MBA education. The quality of education should be pretty good. Most employees of McKinsey, the famous international consulting firm, are MBA graduates from top universities. So it’s not far off the mark to say that the MBA is a passport to the high levels of corporate management.
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是吗？听起来好像还不错。 ˇ ang ` ´ b`ucuo. ` sh`ı ma? t¯ıng qˇılai haoxi hai Is that so? Sounds like it’s pretty good.
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是的，国内名校的MBA课程不一定比国外差，拥 有机会而不去读实在是很可惜的，所以还是劝劝 你表哥再好好考虑一下吧。 ´ ei ` m´ıngxiao ` de MBA k`echeng ´ ´ sh`ıde, guon b`u y¯ıd`ıng bˇı guo` y¯ongyˇou j¯ıhu`ı er ´ b`u qu` du´ sh´ızai ` sh`ı hen ˇ kˇex¯ı de, w`ai cha, ˇ ı hai ´ sh`ı quanquan ` ˇ e¯ zai ` haoh ˇ ao ˇ u`¨ y¯ıxia` ba. ¯ kaol suoyˇ nˇı biaog It is! Top domestic MBA programs are not necessarily any worse than foreign ones. It’d would be a real pity to have an opportunity to go study there but then not take it. So I still say you should encourage your cousin to think it over.
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Key Vocabulary
前途无量
´ u´ wuli ` qiant ´ ang
to have prospects
多如牛毛
´ ¯ uni duor ´ um ´ ao
countless
含金量
´ ınliang ` hanj¯
to contain a lot of value
几何倍数
` u` jˇıhe´ beish
geometric increase
良莠不齐
´ liangyˇ oub`uq´ı
there are both good and bad
有悖于
` yu´ yˇoubei
contrary to
初衷
¯ chuzh ¯ ong
original intention or aspiration
挂羊头卖 狗肉
` angtoum ´ ` guay´ aiˇ ou ` gour
to engage in deceptive practices
有口皆碑
¯ ei ¯ yˇoukˇoujieb
to win praise from all sides
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unlimited
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(E0212)
你知道吗？我表哥刚刚收到复旦大学MBA的录取 通知单。 ` ma? woˇ biaog ˇ e¯ gangg ` Fud ` axu ` e´ ¯ ¯ ¯ ao nˇı zh¯ıdao ang shoud ` and ¯ ¯ MBA de luq ıdan. ` uˇ tongzh¯ You know what? My cousin just got an acceptance letter to Fudan University’s MBA program!
B:
是吗？恭喜恭喜。你表哥真厉害！ ˇ e¯ zhen ¯ ¯ ¯ l`ıhai! sh`ı ma? gongxˇ ı gongxˇ ı. nˇı biaog Really? Congratulations! Your cousin is awesome!
A:
哎。可是他一点儿也不高兴，甚至还想放弃呢！ ˇ yˇe b`u gaox` ` ´ xiang ˇ f`angq`ı ¯ kˇesh`ı ta¯ y¯ıdianr ¯ ıng, shenzh` ai. ı huai ne! Agh. But he’s not happy about it at all. He’s even thinking about forfeiting it.
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为什么啊？现在MBA这么热门，毕业以后前途无 量啊！ ` enme ´ ` ai ` MBA zheme ` ` en, ´ b`ıy`e yˇıhou ` qian´ ¯ xianz weish a? rem ` ¯ tuw a! ´ uli ´ ang Why? MBAs are so popular these days. After he graduates, his future will be wide open!
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我也不知道。听我表哥说，虽然MBA号称高级管 理人才的通道，很多人都觉得MBA毕业后通常能 赚大钱，可是现在国内读工商管理硕士的人多如 牛毛，反而显得这个证书没什么含金量了。更何 况，学费还贵得吓死人。大概他真正想考的是国 外的MBA。 ` ˇ e¯ shuo, ´ MBA hao` ¯ su¯ıran woˇ yˇe b`u zh¯ıdao. t¯ıng woˇ biaog ˇ ı renc ´ ai ´ de tongd ` hen ˇ duo¯ ren ´ dou ¯ ¯ ı guanlˇ ¯ ¯ cheng gaoj´ ao, ´ ` tongch ´ ´ ` daqi ` an, ´ kˇesh`ı ¯ juede MBA b`ıy`e hou ang neng zhuan ` ai ` guon ´ ei ` du´ gongsh ˇ ı shuosh` ` ı de ren ´ duor ¯ ¯ ¯ uxianz ang guanlˇ ´ ´ fˇan er ´ xiande ˇ ` ` ´ enme ´ ´ ınnium zhege zhengsh u¯ meish hanj¯ ´ ao, ` ` ´ ang, ` ´ ei hai ´ gu`ı de hesˇ ` ı ren. ´ dag ` ai ` ta¯ liang le. gengh eku xuef` ` ˇ ˇ de sh`ı guow` ´ ai de MBA. ¯ zhenzh eng xiang kao I don’t know. To hear my cousin tell it, although the MBA calls itself the route to high level management, and a lot of people think that after they graduate from an MBA program they’ll be able to earn a lot of money, tons of people in China go to grad school in industrial and commercial management, so there’s nothing too special about the degree. What’s more, the tuition is frighteningly expensive. What he’d probably really like to try for is a foreign MBA.
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可是，虽然中国的MBA教育发展还不算久，不 算特别成熟和完善，但我们的确是需要大量的 高级管理人才啊。MBA教育在中国一直在逐步升 温。从15年前清华大学开始试点培养MBA人才， 到1999年拥有颁布MBA证书资格的高校数目就已 经上升到56所，到现在更是呈几何倍数增长，报 考人数和毕业人才数也越来越多。我倒是很赞成 在中国本土培养MBA人才，这样不仅省去了远洋 学习的重重困难与麻烦，还避免了人才流失。所 以呀，尽管中国的MBA教育还处于萌芽状态，我 们还是要给予支持的。 ´ Zhonggu ` u` f¯azhan ˇ hai ´ b`u suan ` ¯ kˇesh`ı, su¯ıran o´ de MBA jiaoy ` tebi ` e´ chengsh ´ ` dan ` women ˇ jiu, u´ he´ w´anshan, d´ıˇ b`u suan ` ang ` gaoj´ ˇ ı renc ´ ai ´ a. ` u` zai ` ¯ ı guanlˇ ¯ MBA jiaoy que` sh`ı xuy` ¯ ao dali ` zhub` ´ sh´ıwuˇ nian ´ qian ´ ¯ ¯ ¯ cong Zhonggu o´ y¯ızh´ı zai en. ´ u shengw ´ axu ` e´ kaishˇ ˇ peiyˇ ´ ang MBA renc ´ ai, ´ dao ` y¯ı ¯ ı sh`ıdian Q¯ınghuad ´ y¯ongyˇou banb` ` ¯ u MBA zhengsh ¯ jiuˇ jiuˇ jiuˇ nian u¯ z¯ıge de gao` shum ` ` wush´ ˇ dao ` ¯ xiao eng dao ` u` jiu` yˇıj¯ıng shangsh ˇ ıliu` suo, ` ai ` geng ` sh`ı cheng ´ jˇıhe´ beish ` u` z¯engzhang, ˇ ` ao ˇ ren´ xianz baok ´ ai ´ shu` yˇe yuel ` aiyu ´ edu ` o. ` ˇ ¯ woˇ daosh` shu` he´ b`ıy`e renc ı hen ` ´ ` Zhonggu ˇ uˇ peiyˇ ´ ang MBA renc ´ ai, ´ zhe` ¯ zanch eng zai o´ bent ˇ qu` le yuany´ ˇ ang xuex´ ´ ı de chongch ´ ´ kuny`ang b`ujˇın sheng ong ` ´ ´ b`ımian ˇ le renc ´ ai ´ liush¯ ˇ ı y¯a, jˇınguan ˇ nan yuˇ mafan, hai ´ ı. suoyˇ ` u` hai ´ chuy ´ ` ` woˇ ¯ Zhonggu o´ de MBA jiaoy a zhuangt ai, ˇ u´ mengy´ ´ sh`ı y`ao jˇıyuˇ zh¯ıch´ı de. men hai
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But although we can’t say that the MBA in China has been developing for a long time, and it’s not especially mature or complete, we definitely need a lot of high level management talent. MBA education in China has been getting gradually hotter. From Qinghua University’s launch of MBA training fifteen years ago, to 1999 when the number of universities offering an MBA degree reached 56, to today, when the number is rising geometrically, more and more people are taking the entrance exams and graduating. I actually really support China’s domestic training of MBAs. This way, not only do you save a lot of trouble and hassle by not needing to go far away to study, you also avoid a brain drain. So, although MBA training is just getting started in China, we should still support it.
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我还是觉得不太可靠。虽说MBA是一个新兴事 物，发展快是没有错，但国内MBA的教育质量 实在是良莠不齐。各大学校都争先开设MBA课 程，却没有足够的师资和教学基础，报考MBA的 学员也是一味跟风，根本没有应有的素质和基 础。MBA教育本来是对有一定管理经验的人进行 高级管理培养的，所以报考的条件之一就是要 有3到5年的工作经验，可是现在在国内，却成为 了很多人为了得到文凭和找工作的跳板。我想这 是有悖于MBA教育的初衷的。
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´ sh`ı juede ´ ` kˇekao. ` woˇ hai b`utai su¯ıshuo¯ MBA sh`ı y¯ı ge x¯ınˇ kuai ` sh`ı meiyˇ ´ ou cuo, ` dan ` guon ´ ei ` MBA x¯ıng sh`ıwu, ` f¯azhan ` u` zh`ıliang ` ` sh`ı liangyˇ ´ ´ ao ` de jiaoy sh´ızai oub`uq´ı. ge` da` xuexi ´ ´ ou zug ` de ¯ zhengxi ¯ ¯ kaish ¯ e` MBA k`echeng, dou an que` meiyˇ ´ ou ` ` ao ˇ MBA de xueyu ´ an ´ yˇe sh`ı y¯ıwei ` sh¯ız¯ı he´ jiaoxu e´ j¯ıchu, ˇ baok ˇ meiyˇ ´ ou y¯ıngyˇou de suzh` ¯ eng, genb ¯ en genf¯ ` ı he´ j¯ıchu. ˇ MBA ` u` benl ˇ ai ´ sh`ı du`ı yˇou y¯ıd`ıng guanlˇ ˇ ı j¯ıngy`an de ren ´ j`ınjiaoy ˇ ı peiyˇ ´ ang de, suoyˇ ˇ ı baok ` ao ˇ de tiaoji ´ an ` zh¯ıy¯ı ¯ ı guanlˇ x´ıng gaoj´ ` wuˇ nian ´ de gongzu ¯ dao ¯ jiush` o` j¯ıngy`an, kˇesh`ı ` ı y`ao yˇou san ` ai ` zai ` guon ´ ei, ` que` chengw ´ ´ le hen ˇ duo¯ ren ´ weile ` de´ xianz ei ` wenp´ ´ ıng he´ zhao ˇ gongzu ` an. ˇ ˇ ¯ dao o` de tiaob woˇ xiang zhe` ` yu´ MBA jiaoy ` u` de chuzh ¯ sh`ı yˇoubei de. ¯ ong I still think it’s not that reliable. It’s fine to say that the MBA is a new thing, and it should develop quickly. But the quality of education in domestic MBA programs is just very uneven. Every university is competing to be first to offer MBA classes, but they don’t have enough teachers or an academic foundation. The students taking the MBA entrance exams are all just getting on the band wagon. They just don’t have the necessary qualities or background. MBA education was originally to offer advanced management training to people who already had a certain amount of work experience. So one of the conditions of application was three to five years of work experience. But now, in China, people are using their MBA qualifications as a launch pad when they go job-hunting. I think that runs counter to the MBA’s original intention.
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的确是。现在各种MBA远程教育，备考辅导，全 脱产班、全业余班、还有什么基本业余班都层出 不穷，看得人头昏眼花。“挂羊头卖狗肉”的情 况也确实存在。不过一些名校的MBA课程还是有 口皆碑的，他们和国际知名学校合作并聘请了很 多国际名师前来授课，为国际化企业职业经理人 提供了学习和交流的平台。有的学校推出的只是 一些相关的培训课程，并不是MBA学位，但是仍 有很多人前来报名，也说明了并不是所有人都是 为了学历。 ` ai ` gezh ` ong ˇ ˇ ´ ` u, ` ao ˇ d´ıque` sh`ı. xianz MBA yuanch eng jiaoy ` beik ˇ quan ´ tuoch ˇ ban, ´ y`eyu´ ban, ´ yˇou shenme ´ ¯ an ¯ quan ¯ hai fud ˇ ao, ˇ y`eyu´ ban ´ ´ ` de ren ´ touh ´ un¯ Dou ¯ cengch j¯ıben ub` kan ¯ uqiong, ¯ ` angtoum ´ ` our ˇ ou” ` de q´ıngkuang ` ` ı ¯ “ guay´ yˇanhua. aig yˇe quesh´ ` b`uguo` y¯ıxie¯ m´ıngxiao ` de MBA k`echeng ´ hai ´ sh`ı yˇoucunz ´ ai. ´ ı zh¯ım´ıng xuexi ´ ao ` hezu ´ o` b`ıng ¯ ei ¯ de, tamen ¯ kˇoujieb he´ guoj` ˇ duo¯ guoj` ´ ı m´ıngsh¯ı qianl ´ ai ´ shouk` ` e, wei ` guoj` ´ ıp`ınqˇıng le hen ´ t´ıgong ´ ı he´ jiaoli ´ ¯ le xuex´ ¯ u´ de p´ıngtai. hua` qˇıy`e zh´ıy`e j¯ınglˇıren ´ ao ` tu¯ıchu¯ de zhˇısh`ı y¯ıxie¯ xianggu ´ un ¯ ¯ de peix yˇoude xuexi an ` ´ ´ ei, ` dansh` ` ´ yˇou hen ˇ duo¯ k`echeng, b`ıng b`u sh`ı MBA xuew ı reng ´ qianl ´ ai ´ baom´ ` ˇ ou ren ´ ¯ ıng le b`ıng b`u sh`ı suoyˇ ren ıng, yˇe shuom´ ´ xuel` ´ ı. ¯ sh`ı weile dou
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That’s for sure. All kinds of MBA distance education, test prep coaching, work-study programs, basic part-time classes and such are coming out one after another. You get dizzy looking at them all. Then there’s also “bait and switch.” But some top schools’ MBA programs really do get wide praise. They cooperate with famous international schools and hire renowned international professors to come teach. They give managers from international companies a platform for study and exchange. What some schools have introduced is just related classes, certainly not an MBA degree. But a lot of people still come to sign up, which just goes to show that not everybody is doing it for the education.
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可是现在读MBA啊，就和当年读大学一样，很多 人只是觉得MBA毕业了就意味着找到了金饭碗， 所以才一窝蜂地去学。就算学费再贵，也有不少 的人宁愿挤破头地去争取。我表哥对此则显得比 较冷静，觉得还是真正能学到东西更为重要。 ` ai ` du´ MBA a, ´ du´ daxu ` e´ y¯ıy`ang, ¯ jiu` he´ dangni ¯ kˇesh`ı xianz an ˇ duo¯ ren ´ zhˇısh`ı juede ´ MBA b`ıy`e le jiu` y`ıwei ` zhe zhaod ˇ ao ` hen ˇ ı cai ´ y¯ıwof¯ ´ jiusu ` xuef` ´ ei ¯ eng de qu` xue. le j¯ınf`anwˇan, suoyˇ ` an ` gu`ı, yˇe yˇou b`u shao ˇ de ren ´ n`ıngyuan ` jˇı po` tou ´ de qu` qu` zai ˇ e¯ du`ıcˇı z´e xiande ˇ ` lengj` ˇ ıng, juede ´ ¯ zhengq u. bˇıjiao ˇ woˇ biaog ´ sh`ı zhenzh ` neng ´ xued ´ ao ` dongxi ` wei ´ zhongy` ` ¯ ¯ hai eng geng ao.
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But studying for an MBA these days is like college used to be: a lot of people think that once they’ve graduated, it’ll be like they’ve found a “golden rice bowl.” That’s the only reason they rush blindly off to study. No matter how high the tuition is, there will always be a lot of people willing to go all out to get accepted. My cousin is actually pretty cool toward all this stuff. He thinks it’s better to actually be able to learn something.
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你知道吗？美国麻省理工大学的斯隆管理学院 支持中国开办的国际MBA项目，首批合作的大学 就只有清华大学和复旦大学。他们都是以全英 文授课，模块式教学，吸取了国外MBA教学的精 华，办学质量应该还是信得过的。著名的国际 咨询公司麦肯锡的员工也大多是从各所名校毕业 的MBA人才，所以说MBA就好像是进入企业管理 高层的护照也不为过。 ` ma? Meigu ˇ o´ Mash ˇ ıgongd ` e´ de S¯ılong ¯ englˇ ¯ ¯ nˇı zh¯ıdao axu ˇ ı xueyu ´ an ` zh¯ıch´ı Zhonggu ` de guoj` ´ ı MBA ¯ ¯ an guanlˇ o´ kaib ` ˇ ı hezu ´ o` de daxu ` e´ jiu` zhˇıyˇou Q¯ınghuad ´ axu ` e´ xiangm u, ` shoup¯ ` axu ` e. ´ tamen ´ Y¯ıngwen ´ shouk` ` e, ¯ ¯ sh`ı yˇı quan he´ Fud dou ` and ´ ai ` sh`ı jiaoxu ` ´ x¯ıquˇ le guow` ´ ai MBA jiaoxu ` ´ moku e, e´ de j¯ınghua, ` ` ´ sh`ı x`ın de guo` de. zhum´ ¯ hai banxu e´ zh`ıliang y¯ınggai ` ıng ´ ı z¯ıxun ` enx¯ı de yuang ´ ong ` o¯ sh`ı ¯ ¯ de guoj` ı Maikˇ yˇe dadu ´ gongs¯ ´ ge` suoˇ m´ıngxiao ` b`ıy`e de MBA renc ´ ai, ´ suoyˇ ˇ ı shuo¯ MBA cong ˇ ang ` ˇ ı gaoc ´ ` yˇe b`u ¯ eng jiu` haoxi sh`ı j`ınru` qˇıy`e guanlˇ de huzh ` ao ´ guo. ` wei
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You know what? The Sloan School of Management at MIT in America has given China support in opening International MBA Programs. The first batch of partner universities only includes Qinghua University and Fudan. They are all taught completely in English, with modular teaching methods. They’ve attracted the cream of overseas MBA education. The quality of education should be pretty good. Most employees of McKinsey, the famous international consulting firm, are MBA graduates from top universities. So it’s not far off the mark to say that the MBA is a passport to the high levels of corporate management.
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是吗？听起来好像还不错。 ˇ ang ` ´ b`ucuo. ` sh`ı ma? t¯ıng qˇılai haoxi hai Is that so? Sounds like it’s pretty good.
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是的，国内名校的MBA课程不一定比国外差，拥 有机会而不去读实在是很可惜的，所以还是劝劝 你表哥再好好考虑一下吧。 ´ ei ` m´ıngxiao ` de MBA k`echeng ´ ´ sh`ıde, guon b`u y¯ıd`ıng bˇı guo` y¯ongyˇou j¯ıhu`ı er ´ b`u qu` du´ sh´ızai ` sh`ı hen ˇ kˇex¯ı de, w`ai cha, ˇ ı hai ´ sh`ı quanquan ` ˇ e¯ zai ` haoh ˇ ao ˇ u`¨ y¯ıxia` ba. ¯ kaol suoyˇ nˇı biaog It is! Top domestic MBA programs are not necessarily any worse than foreign ones. It’d would be a real pity to have an opportunity to go study there but then not take it. So I still say you should encourage your cousin to think it over.
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Key Vocabulary
前途无量
´ u´ wuli ` qiant ´ ang
to have prospects
多如牛毛
´ ¯ uni duor ´ um ´ ao
countless
含金量
´ ınliang ` hanj¯
to contain a lot of value
几何倍数
` u` jˇıhe´ beish
geometric increase
良莠不齐
´ liangyˇ oub`uq´ı
there are both good and bad
有悖于
` yu´ yˇoubei
contrary to
初衷
¯ chuzh ¯ ong
original intention or aspiration
挂羊头卖 狗肉
` angtoum ´ ` guay´ aiˇ ou ` gour
to engage in deceptive practices
有口皆碑
¯ ei ¯ yˇoukˇoujieb
to win praise from all sides
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unlimited
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