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This chapter is excerpted from 'The MBA Distilled for Project & Program Professionals: Up-Level Your Skills & Career by Mastering the Best Parts of an MBA Program'. Certifications in project management are like birthdays: everybody has one. These days, you need something more to distinguish yourself in this profession. This book is a practical guide for project and program managers who want to increase their professional skills by incorporating relevant theory, formulas, and other learnings from the Master of Business Administration (MBA) curriculum. The book provides an overview of core classes taught in most MBA programs, but with a specific lens on how to make the material practical for project practitioners. The book starts with strategy, and works its way through economics, finance, operations, leadership, and other core areas. Each chapter introduces the reader to fundamental subject matter, then brings it to life in terms and experiences that resonate with project and program managers. Real-world challenges and experiences are shared to bolster the relevance of the material being taught. Project and program managers will learn new tools to improve critical decision making, formulas and techniques for making recommendations to leadership, and an assortment of theories and techniques for up leveling their management skills with teams and stakeholders. The book concludes with a fresh and honest look at whether the reader would benefit from pursuing an MBA themselves. It helps the reader understand the benefits and challenges associated with pursuing an MBA. Finally, it helps the reader determine whether an MBA is right for the reader at all, and if so, what type of MBA program would be the best to pursue based on the reader's own circumstances.