I've thought for a very long time that the MBA is the western equivalent of the Soviet apparatchik: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatchik http://en.wikipedi

I've thought for a very long time that the MBA is the western equivalent of the Soviet apparatchik: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatchik http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparatchik "Members of the "apparat" were frequently transferred between different areas of responsibility, usually with little or no actual training for their new areas of responsibility. Thus, the term apparatchik, or "agent of the apparatus" was usually the best possible description of the person's profession and occupation."