After nearly 17 years of working in project, engineering and operations management, I decided that I would finally get around to getting that MBA that I had been meaning to undertake for quite some time (My excuse was that it was too difficult having moved through 6 cities in 3 different countries during that time). However, like many people, I was torn between the loss of income doing a 1 year intensive full time program and the length of time (and risk of not completing) a 3 to 4 year part time one. Being the father of two young children (aged 1 and 2 at the time) definitely added to the complexity of the decision.

While there is a lot of literature out there about both, I thought that I’d share some of my insights and experiences of undertaking the MBA Full Time Intensive program here at the University of Western Australia (UWA) for the benefit of others like myself who are trying to decide.

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