> If a person cannot learn that on those skills on the job, I seriously would question his/her ability to be an effective manager. Well, since a lot of learnin

> If a person cannot learn that on those skills on the job, I seriously would question his/her ability to be an effective manager. Well, since a lot of learning comes from failures, I think an MBA should teach you at least how to avoid common causes of failures. As a boss of mine used to say: "By practice alone, it will take you one hundred years." (meaning that a little theory goes a long way). An MBA does not make you an effective manager anymore than knowing OOP and the syntax of a programming language makes and you an effective programmer. Theory without any practice is entertainment. Practice without any theory is a bet.