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Everyone I've talked to about their experience in MBA programs say that it feels designed to teach you to think of people as if they are somewhere between cattl
by uoaei 3y ago
Everyone I've talked to about their experience in MBA programs say that it feels designed to teach you to think of people as if they are somewhere between cattle and plants, mere generators of productivity metrics for spreadsheets and dashboards. The only perspective is quantitative, and it's largely based on arbitrary, misleading metrics.
- derivagral 3y agoPartner went to a top10 MBA program. This was not the takeaway or remotely close to the summary. Very popular meme though.
- uoaei 3y agoIt's true they've begun to "reform" the curriculum to be more human-centered across different (but far from all) departments, but it's akin to the clumsily-tacked-on ethics classes in scientific/technical tracks: if you take them seriously, they're valuable, but even among the cohort of students there is little respect for them and are usually considered mere drudgery if not an afterthought.