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Is An MBA Necessary For Managers?

 
Author: R.G. Srinivasan
 

< P > D o M B A ? s m a k e b e t t e r m a n a g e r s o r b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s ? T h e M B A d e b a t e c o n t i n u e s f u r i o u s l y . S o i s t h e p o p u l a r i t y o f M B A p r o g r a m s w o r l d w i d e . T h o u g h p o p u l a r t h e m a n a g e m e n t s t u d i e s m i g h t b e t h e y m a k e a v e r y m i n i s c u l e p e r c e n t o f s u c c e s s f u l C E O ? s a n d b u s i n e s s l e a d e r s c o m p a r e d t o l e g e n d a r y l e a d e r s o f b u s i n e s s w h o a r e n o n M B A ? s . < / P > < P > A n M B A d e g r e e i s a t b e s t a d e g r e e w h i c h d u e t o i t s e x p e n s i v e n e s s a n d a c a d e m i c e n t r y b a r r i e r s a t t r a c t s t h e t o p 5 % o f t h e s t u d e n t s w h o a r e g e n e r a l l y g o o d i n d i s c i p l i n e d a c a d e m i c s . T h e H R f r a t e r n i t y m i s t a k e n l y t h i n k s b e c a u s e t h e y c o n s t i t u t e t h e t o p o f t h e a c a d e m i c p o p u l a c e , e s p e c i a l l y t h e p r e m i u m M a n a g e m e n t E d u c a t i o n a l I n s t i t u t e s i n t h e w o r l d , t h e y m u s t b e g o o d . < / P > < P > T h e u s e f u l n e s s o f t h e m a n a g e m e n t e d u c a t i o n p r o g r a m h a s b e e n h a r d t o m e a s u r e a n d e v a l u a t e . W h i l e i t c a n n o t b e d e n i e d t h e s t r e s s o n a n a l y t i c a l a b i l i t i e s a n d c o n c e p t s d o e s g i v e a b r o a d v i e w o f w h a t c o n s t i t u t e s m a n a g e m e n t , o n e c a n a l s o l e a r n t h e s a m e t h r o u g h s e l f s t u d i e s e a s i l y i f o n e c a n o n l y e x e r c i s e t h e d i s c i p l i n e s o f t h e a c a d e m i c s i n t o o n e ? s o w n l i f e s t y l e . < / P > < P > W h i l e w e m a y h a v e s o m e b i g n a m e s w h o a r e b u s i n e s s m a n a g e m e n t g r a d u a t e s f r o m t h e t o p g l o b a l i n s t i t u t i o n s , w e a l s o h a v e t h e l e g e n d s l i k e B i l l G a t e s , M i c h a e l D e l l , S t e v e J o b s t o m e n t i o n a f e w w h i l e n o m a j o r n a m e s w h o a r e M B A ? s c o m e t o m i n d a s e a s i l y . E v e n J a c k W e l c h o f G E f a m e i s a n o n M B A . < / P > < P > I f b u s i n e s s s u c c e s s i s a m a t t e r o f k n o w l e d g e w h i c h i s w h a t t h e e x p e n s i v e m a n a g e m e n t e d u c a t i o n b u s i n e s s i s t o u t i n g , t h e k n o w l e d g e i n d u s t r y i t s e l f i s d o m i n a t e d b y p e o p l e w h o h a v e h a r d l y b e e n t o a m a n a g e m e n t s c h o o l a n d m a d e a b i g s u c c e s s o f i t . < / P > < P > T h e l e g e n d a r y P e t e r D r u c k e r d o e s n o t c o m e f r o m a m a n a g e m e n t e d u c a t i o n a l b a c k g r o u n d . M o s t o f h i s m a n a g e m e n t t h o u g h t c o m e s f r o m p r a c t i c a l o b s e r v a t i o n o f t h e b u s i n e s s i n a c t i o n a s a c o n s u l t a n t a n d r e s e a r c h e r . T h e m a n a g e m e n t p r i n c i p l e s a n d t h e o r i e s p r o p o u n d e d b y h i m a r e t a u g h t i n t h e m a n a g e m e n t s c h o o l s . H i s m a n a g e r i a l t h i n k i n g i s a t l e a s t 3 0 y e a r s a h e a d a s s o m e o f h i s t h o u g h t s w r i t t e n e v e n i n t h e 5 0 ? s i s o n l y n o w r e c o g n i z e d a s i n d i s p e n s a b l e t o r u n n i n g a b u s i n e s s . < / P > < P > O n t h e o t h e r s i d e o f t h e c o i n i s t h e M B A ? s r u n n i n g c o m p a n i e s l i k e t h e G E , e n t i r e n a t i o n a s i n t h e c a s e o f P r e s i d e n t G e o r g e B u s h o r t h e t o p g l o b a l c o n s u l t i n g o r g a n i z a t i o n s . H o w s u c c e s s f u l l y i s a m o o t p o i n t ? < / P > < P > W h i l e t h e c o n t r i b u t i o n o f t h e M B A ? s c a n n o t b e d e n i e d i n t h e m i d l e v e l s , t h e l e a d e r s h i p a b i l i t i e s a r e q u e s t i o n a b l e . T h e p h e n o m e n a l s a l a r i e s a n d p e r k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e M B A ? s a n d t h e H R s k e w e r t o w a r d s t h e m i g n o r e s t h e p o t e n t i a l a v a i l a b l e a n d l e a r n i n g a b i l i t y o f t h e e n t i r e w o r k f o r c e . I f t h e s a m e a m o u n t o f m o n e y a n d r e s o u r c e s a r e s p e n t i n t r a i n i n g a n d d e v e l o p i n g t h e n o n M B A w o r k f o r c e , o r g a n i z a t i o n s m a y b e a b l e t o d e v e l o p m o r e l e a d e r s a t a l o w e r c o s t . < / P >

 
 
 

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