MBA doesn’t prepare for "real life"

[A-con]

Ithaca, tell me it isn't so

http://spotlight.encarta.msn.com/Fe...default_article_MBAsDontPrepare.html?GT1=9984

In a survey of 133 top executives, over 80% said an MBA degree did NOT prepare one for "real life".

Obviously poll was conducted by one of us lowly high school grads, between digging ditches and cashing our welfare checks.

I'm going to leave it at that. There are just too many jokes.

 

[ELKCHSR]

"Don't think an M.B.A. alone is a ticket to the executive suite,"

This would actually go with any of the tickets one could garner from collage out of high school

Even the trade schools can't or don't give a good over view of what reality deals out when these people stumble from the halls of higher learning, even though they are quite a bit better

 

[1_pointer]

collage

That just cracks me up every time in a thread like this...

Psssst Acon, you forgot this part:

An M.B.A. is "a launching pad. It's a necessary prerequisite, but it does not give you [the means to handle] all the experiences that managers face today,"

 

[A-con]

But why would you need a “launching pad” when you have those “wings of enlightenment” to fly away above and beyond the rest of us down here in the mud. I guess that’s to launch you into the heavens, god like over the peasant masses.

Don’t get you panties in a bind, I just thought it was funny, you know, low brow humor for us un edjumacated.

 

[noharleyyet]

A-con, are your referring to the 'real life' as per MTV's version?

 

[Nemont]

http://www.achieve.org/node/550

same goes for those graduating from High School.

I love this quote from your study.

On a related question, 74 percent of the executives overall agreed with the statement that "if all you know about is business, then you know nothing about business either."

 

[Nut]

Life is real when you do not give a shit what anybody else thinks about how you live yours

 

[ELKCHSR]

Well said Fred...

 

[1_pointer]

No panties in a bind here, just thought I point out some other parts of the article.

IMO, 'launching pad' is real similar to 'getting your foot in the door'. I'm hoping you get that one...

 

[Moosie]

Acon... Funny, I saw that on MSN, read that ... thought about posting it here... then thought better of it.... I died when I saw the topic posted here now HAHA !!

 

[cjcj]

Life is real when you do not give a shit what anybody else thinks about how you live yours

Amen BABY! hump hump hump

 

[A-con]

... thought about posting it here... then thought better of it....

Ya, I though twice, but I couldn't help myself. Now if the orignal thread was over at MM, there would have been no stoping you. hump