Moz - you're right. The uni doesn't care what my salary is. I would even go so far as to say they don't really care whether I have management experience. You can enter the MBA with either 5 years management experience or a degree. Given that, I would suggest that they are using the management experience as a benchmark so as not to take on people who are less determined or not as likely to complete the program, which would have a direct impact on their success in graduating their students and then there ability to entice 'would be student' by providing information on the percentage of students who graduate successfully.
Y-man - are you referring to professional development? As AP Manager I had a Key Areas of Responsibility (KAR) for which 40% was related to managing the department. I also had annual reviews, however I don't have anything in writing that specifically lays out how many direct reports I have had or do have. Additionally, the organization doesn't have an org chart that goes to any valuable detail below the senior management level - i.e. Financial Controller would be about as low as it would go even through a Financial Controller might have 2 direct reports which then in turn have 5 reports each.
It's quite infuriating as there is nothing that categorically states that I either have or have not been in a managerial position. I would like to ask the
HR Manager whether he though of himself as being in a managerial role as he only has one direct report which is a payroll officer in comparison to the six I had as AP Manager. Of course I would not do this as it is only asking for trouble.
