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What is the problem with criticism "mba thinking"? It's a legit complaint against the kind of naive "efficiency" analyses and measures that happen, and is compl
by version_five 3y ago
What is the problem with criticism "mba thinking"? It's a legit complaint against the kind of naive "efficiency" analyses and measures that happen, and is completely justified. I have an MBA, I certainly don't find it offensive, I think the criticism is apt.
The usual art student tropes are more offensive because they are about people in a chosen degree being dumb (incidentally, when I did engineering all the hardcore "haha artsies are so dumb" engineers failed out after first year). That's not the same as criticizing a specific flaw in their education. If there's some big blind spot the average sociology degree leaves, that should be fair game.
- BWStearns 3y agoMBA programs have (generally) moved past Taylorism. Apparently McKinsey not so much.
- marcus_holmes 3y agoI'm a software dev with an MBA, and yes, my classmates were very much "our job as managers is to make the minions work harder" [0] so I'm equally OK with the MBA slur. I struggle trying to educate people that the best way of measuring developer productivity is measuring outcomes, and that a developer going for a walk in the park is a great thing for them to do. [0] In Australia, where management is generally still locked into 1950's-style authoritarianism. YMMV.
- whoopsie 3y agoIt’s such a hilarious misdirection, that mentality. Finding ways for every employee to work less is the definition of efficiency and profit.