<p>Is it a good idea to pursue a master, doctoral degree plus a MBA for Business administration?</p>
<p>Are the Master and doctoral degree valuables for companies or only for academic jobs?</p>
<p>Ph.D. is a research degree. If you want an MBA, just go for that right away.</p>
<p>Thank you for the answer.</p>
<p>I was not very specific with my second question.</p>
<p>Is it possible for an individual pursuing a bachelor in Political Science or Business administration to pursue a master degree in International Relations?</p>
<p>I would like to work with international relations of private companies instead of going to government diplomacy, besides MBA are there any post graduation or specialization that is worth getting? PHD? Doing research at universities?</p>
<p>yes, i think there is no problem in applying for a Masters in International Relations. I am not sure if it will be something that private companies are looking for though. In any case, if you do a Ph.D. in this kind of field, you are generally taking the first step toward an academic career. An MBA is more for industry, of course.</p>
<p>There are several degrees you could get instead of an MBA - it would all depend on what you wanted to do. An MPA is an option - I know a few MPAs who work with private companies, mainly doing consulting work for the government. You could also potentially do an MPP depending on your interests, although I think the MPA or MBA would probably serve you better. There’s also the master’s of international affairs - MIA. Concentrate not so much on the letters after the name, but the skills and experiences that the program offers you. For example, at Columbia the MIA might be the perfect program, but at NYU it might be the MPA and Princeton it might be the MPP. (Just using random programs off the top of my head.)</p>
<p>Getting a PhD is not really worth it for you unless you want to be a researcher and/or academic.</p>