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Do you honestly think that there MBA education made them like that, or maybe in fact it was their general attitude and disposition? Do you honestly think that
by karl11 17y ago
Do you honestly think that there MBA education made them like that, or maybe in fact it was their general attitude and disposition?
Do you honestly think that MBA graduates attract high salaries for no reason? We live in a free market economy. Surely this must indicate to you that they generally provide more value than non-MBA graduates.
Do you realize that most MBA graduates have 5-7 years work experience before they even go to school? Then, after enhancing their own experiences with a framework provided by a business school and with the experiences of the other students, don't you think they are more developed for senior positions than someone without that extra educaton? It's so obvious to me why they would have an advantage to applying for senior management positions in large businesses. They are more qualified, in general!
For some reason, I feel like all the people here think that the only smart people in business are hackers that started a tech startup in their garage. This is not the only way to gain valuable experience and practical skills in business.
- Silhouette 17y agoThere is no doubt that doing an MBA at somewhere like Harvard is a great networking tool. The question is how much of the benefit someone doing the course gains has anything to do with the MBA training, and how much is just a combination of confirmation bias (as you say, many people entering the course are already successful and somewhat experienced) and the networking effect (people tend to like other people like themselves, including bosses at big companies). How do we know the good people from any given year's MBA intake wouldn't have been just as successful without the MBA, had they found other means to network?