CoachingOurselves co-founder Henry Mintzberg and CoachingOurselves was featured on Young Entrepreneur!
In the article Is the MBA Still Necessary?, Jason Daley examines the role of the MBA in corporate America today. Once the driving force behind a fruitful business career, today’s corporate climate has many questioning the value of the MBA. Have business schools managed to stay relevant or does the MBA breed narrow-mindedness? Daley consults Henry Mintzberg, author of Managers Not MBAs, to discuss why the MBA is insufficient and in need of reform. What does Mintzberg recommend as a more effective alternative to traditional business schools? CoachingOurselves for management teams!
In the article Is the MBA Still Necessary?, Jason Daley examines the role of the MBA in corporate America today. Once the driving force behind a fruitful business career, today’s corporate climate has many questioning the value of the MBA. Have business schools managed to stay relevant or does the MBA breed narrow-mindedness? Daley consults Henry Mintzberg, author of Managers Not MBAs, to discuss why the MBA is insufficient and in need of reform. What does Mintzberg recommend as a more effective alternative to traditional business schools? CoachingOurselves for management teams!
“You say nothing has really changed in the years since your book came out.
I think some business schools are moving in new directions, but not many and not much. They’re too fat and too successful and make too much money from what’s destructive. I think the problem with the American economy is not economic; it’s managerial. Anyone who accepts a bonus of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars while their company is failing is not a leader. Which means almost no one in the Fortune 500 is a leader.
People say, ‘I can’t believe what is going on in my company,’ and a lot of it is led by MBAs. They learn management by remote control. You learn to read case studies and sit in classrooms and have to pronounce judgments on companies about which you know almost nothing….”
To read the entire article, click here.
And click here to learn more about using CoachingOurselves to develop youself and your team.
I think some business schools are moving in new directions, but not many and not much. They’re too fat and too successful and make too much money from what’s destructive. I think the problem with the American economy is not economic; it’s managerial. Anyone who accepts a bonus of tens or hundreds of millions of dollars while their company is failing is not a leader. Which means almost no one in the Fortune 500 is a leader.
People say, ‘I can’t believe what is going on in my company,’ and a lot of it is led by MBAs. They learn management by remote control. You learn to read case studies and sit in classrooms and have to pronounce judgments on companies about which you know almost nothing….”
To read the entire article, click here.
And click here to learn more about using CoachingOurselves to develop youself and your team.
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