An MBA is geared for work in profitmaking organizations and you have to take
a lot of finance classes that won't be immediately applicable; however, the
other coursework is very applicable.  You will not receive training in fund
accounting, however, and a lot of the accounting classes spend much time on
inventory accounting, again, which doesn't help much in a museum setting.  I
used every opportunity during my MBA to apply concepts to museum work and
wrote papers using museums as case studies or examples.  The school I went
to did not offer either the MPA or MA in Arts Admin., and I had no other
choice.

Julia Moore
Indianapolis Art Center


-----Original Message-----
From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
Behalf Of Crystal Baranowski
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 1:17 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: MBA vs. MPA


To those on the more administrative side of things:

If a person were planning on staying on the administrative side (management,
development, marketing, membership, etc.) of museum life and a MA in Arts
Administration was not an option, but both an MBA and MPA were, which route
would you go and why?  The pros and cons that I come up with for each tend
to balance the scales and put me right back where I started.

Crystal L. Baranowski
Administrative Assistant to the President
Cincinnati Museum Center
1301 Western Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45203
Tel. (513) 287-7007
Fax (513) 287-7079
[log in to unmask]
www.cincymuseum.org

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at
http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed
information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message
to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help"
(without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to
[log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff
Museum-L" (without the quotes).

=========================================================
Important Subscriber Information:

The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes).

If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).