> Every time you go to the store and find that the store is still in business and there is food on the shelf, it is because someone went to business school
Are you contending that business were not successful before Wharton started pumping out MBAs?
> But advocating against the study of business is just as naive as advocating against the study of computer science
I didn't say 'don't study business', I said 'stick to finance'. MBAs tend to end up destroying innovation and productivity for short term growth and stats.
Jack Welch showed what a successfully motivated 'business oriented' leader can do to an innovative and productive legacy organization when given complete control over it. The MBAs happen to just do it on a smaller scale.
Are you contending that business were not successful before Wharton started pumping out MBAs?
> But advocating against the study of business is just as naive as advocating against the study of computer science
I didn't say 'don't study business', I said 'stick to finance'. MBAs tend to end up destroying innovation and productivity for short term growth and stats.
Jack Welch showed what a successfully motivated 'business oriented' leader can do to an innovative and productive legacy organization when given complete control over it. The MBAs happen to just do it on a smaller scale.