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Originally Posted by cockerpunk
my point was that MBAs in my experience seem to be no better at business than anyone else.
in fact, by and large, MBAs in my experience are fantastic at destroying businesses. and often they justify it with "i have an MBA, you don't"
my personal take is that MBAs often misunderstand what value means to the customer and why they want it. tend to treat it the same on everything and fail to understand that each market is inherently different, with small details that vastly effect outcomes. YMMV.
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Me thinks you're generalizing quite a bit. You've really personally seen
lots of businesses destroyed by MBA's? To me that sounds more like a cliche than reality. There's a reason businesses seek them out.
It's like any other discipline -- if you show up somewhere and think your degree, and only your degree, makes you foolproof or smarter than everyone else then you are likely to fail.
I have an MBA, thought it was highly useful to my line of work, and made me a better businessperson and consultant. I personally would recommend doing an MBA after a couple of years actually working, however.