Anyone here have an MBA?

[Grumpy Old Man]

That brings-up another point I forgot to mention. What's funny about MBA programs is that the majority of students play into skills they already have. A lot of the work is group-based projects and sure enough, when there's an analytical task the finance guys and engineers jump all over it. When there's a soft skill set involved (i.e. Organizational Management or Marketing problem), the qualitative guys jump in. I'd recommend that anyone getting an MBA specifically work on things that are farthest from their current skills -- they'll get much more out of it.

You suprise me. You are pretty bright. Integrity is also important in the program. Once you get in a position ,integrity and the abilty to honestly interact is more important than a lot of learned/integrial skill set.

 

[mrplunkey]

You suprise me. You are pretty bright. Integrity is also important in the program. Once you get in a position ,integrity and the abilty to honestly interact is more important than a lot of learned/integrial skill set.

I totally agree. Business activities are too integrated now for a one-man show to move the needle as much as in the past. Science and engineering are in a similar position.

I think a lot of it is driven by how easy and quickly information can be exchanged now. It reduced the marginal value of an "A" versus an "A+" student. While that "A+" guy used to be the key to success, now three well-organized "B+" students can take him down unless he's got some serious trade secrets tucked-away in his head.

That phenomena shifts the skill set away from "what you know" to "what you can find out" -- which are two different skills. The value is provided by connectivity and this becomes more important than the specific function provided by any individual nodes. The computers we're all using right now are far less valuable than the fact they're connected to the Internet -- the same thing is happening for people.

damn, that sounded too much like a lecture...

The take-away is when you see a kid doing homework, watching TV, exchanging Myspace messages and texting all at the same time, they may be building a key set of skills that will help them as adults.

 

[Varga]

That brings-up another point I forgot to mention. What's funny about MBA programs is that the majority of students play into skills they already have. A lot of the work is group-based projects and sure enough, when there's an analytical task the finance guys and engineers jump all over it. When there's a soft skill set involved (i.e. Organizational Management or Marketing problem), the qualitative guys jump in. I'd recommend that anyone getting an MBA specifically work on things that are farthest from their current skills -- they'll get much more out of it.

That's true, and I liked that group study set up

 

[nimbus]

take a deep breath folks. why are you people arguing with eachother? lol

 

[Bikini Mod]

take a deep breath folks. why are you people arguing with eachother? lol

Didn't seem like an arguement to me. Just people sharing their viewpoints in an inteligent discourse.

I found the thread to be enjoyable... for more reasons than one.

 

[Grumpy Old Man]

I totally agree. Business activities are too integrated now for a one-man show to move the needle as much as in the past. Science and engineering are in a similar position.

I think a lot of it is driven by how easy and quickly information can be exchanged now. It reduced the marginal value of an "A" versus an "A+" student. While that "A+" guy used to be the key to success, now three well-organized "B+" students can take him down unless he's got some serious trade secrets tucked-away in his head.

That phenomena shifts the skill set away from "what you know" to "what you can find out" -- which are two different skills. The value is provided by connectivity and this becomes more important than the specific function provided by any individual nodes. The computers we're all using right now are far less valuable than the fact they're connected to the Internet -- the same thing is happening for people.

damn, that sounded too much like a lecture...

The take-away is when you see a kid doing homework, watching TV, exchanging Myspace messages and texting all at the same time, they may be building a key set of skills that will help them as adults.

There are many qualified people that have similar skill set. The major difference in my particular business situation is the ablilty to identify a problem formulate a solution and excecute a solution with no supervision. On the other side of the office the skill set required is completely different. Both of these people have the same degree just different learned problem solving skills. Bean counting vs bean finding (to count)

 

[the_clockwork]

depending what market you are in MBA's can be worthless. I dated a girl that went through an MBA program without working and out of school no one wanted her.. no experience no money..

get experience before getting an MBA

 

[Bikini Mod]

depending what market you are in MBA's can be worthless. I dated a girl that went through an MBA program without working and out of school no one wanted her.. no experience no money..

get experience before getting an MBA

.. or maybe she was just a lousy lay?

(I am going straight to hell for that one.)

 

[mrplunkey]

.. or maybe she was just a lousy lay?

(I am going straight to hell for that one.)

I'm gonna guess small boobs. That will get them every time.

 

[Bikini Mod]

Nothing worse than when the bean counters wander over to the other side of the company.

Oi...