"Why does that suddenly seem ridiculous?"

[unixronin]

Today’s Dilbert strip nails one of my principal problems with the Harvard School of Business and its MBA program.

I will never understand how Harvard managed to slip the ridiculous idea over on American business that having studied how to run an abstract ideal company on paper qualifies anyone to step straight into any company and run it competently without having any substantial in-depth understanding whatsoever of the company, its product, its processes, or its market.

Comments

[ithildae.livejournal.com]

You make operations research sound very interesting. I screwed myself over in my transfer to the U, and lost out on the chance to take business school courses. I did take some IE courses, but they were not nearly as much fun as what I was looking for.