Fundamental Question
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27 Jan 2005, 00:00
Hi Scott/Omari,
I have been a regular reader of this forum & have been reading your book too.
I have a very fundamental qustion.
"Why do we think that MBA makes a better manager or an entrepreneur?"
Many great entrepreneurs are out of experience (Bill Gates being the richest
person & a successful entrepreneur). I came across many people who say that
MBA is not the way to be an entrepreneur, if you want to work on already existing
set up then probably it's good thing. MBA just teaches some formulas. Management
can't be taught etc. etc. How true is this?
People say that a person who has been a developer, then becomes a supervisor,
product manager can become a good marketing manager since he knows what goes into the product.
"I don't agree with this totally." but I would like to know your comments
on this. How is a marketing MBA different from this?
I happen to talk to a successful person/manager last week, according to
him, an MBA person thinks only through the frames/formalas he has been
taught, whereas an experienced person applies lot more than that &
thinks logically & doesn't just use the formulas.
I'm an MBA aspirant, I would like to get rid of these doubts, since
you have done MBA from premium schools (& my dream schools), please
guide me...
I want to know how an MBA will help me, which is a basic question that
comes to my mind while taking a decision...
Rgds,
Paul
(Thanks to Hjort for giving his views)