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Completing a full-time MBA at Bradford proved to be a confidence and career-boosting experience for Paul Hetherington, now a Divisional Managing Director at The Alumasc Group plc with full strategic and profit and loss responsibility for the Telford-based Alumasc Interior Building Products Ltd (AIBP) which produces boxing, casings and enclosure systems.
Paul, aged 41, commented: "I became very interested in the MBA process while working on a strategic project at my previous company with a Cranfield lecturer. I did quite a bit of research, including going to the MBA fair in London. I decided to study at Bradford because Manchester ran a two-year course, and I got the impression from talking with people that Leeds was dominated by Asda.
"The MBA programme provided me with a much greater understanding of business - it did not give me the answers, but suggested the questions to ask. With this greater knowledge of business and the competitive landscape, I can contextualise situations and events.
"Studying the MBA improved my confidence and my ability to reason - which has helped me steer a better course in my career. Highlights of my career since completing the MBA break down into three two-year segments.
"I was recruited following the resignation of AIBP's whole management board, which was funded by the company's sole supplier to set up in competition. The company was stabilised, the profit improved and the competition seen off.
"The next two years saw significant sales growth following on from the launch of new products and entering new markets. The last two years have involved major research and development contingencies that, following unsuccessful negotiations with a supply partner, led to the setting up of a major manufacturing facility.
"The internationalism of the students on the Bradford MBA was a real plus when I was studying the programme and, seven years on, I am still in touch with many of them across different continents. This aspect also added to the intellectual stimulus, debates, and experiences.
"Bradford School of Management staff are, of course, first-rate and open to balancing intellectual rigor with real life business experience."
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