Theory Is A Dirty Word In Some

Strategy Making Needs To Function Beyond The Boxes To Encourage The Informal Learning That Produces New Perspectives And New Combinations... Once Managers Understand This, They Can Avoid Other Costly Misadventures Caused By Applying Formal Techniques, Without Judgement And Intuition, To Problem Solving.

Theory Is A Dirty Word In Some Managerial Quarters. That Is Rather Curious, Because All Of Us, Managers Especially, Can No More Get Along Without Theories Than Libraries Can Get Along Without Catalogs And For The Same Reason: Theories Help Us Make Sense Of Incoming Information.

No Job Is More Vital To Our Society Than That Of The Manager. It Is The Manager Who Determines Whether Our Social Institutions Serve Us Well Or Whether They Squander Our Talents And Resources.

Corporations Are Social Institutions. If They Don't Serve Society, They Have No Business Existing

What You Get Out Of An M.b.a. Programme, No Matter How Much Experience, Is Functional Tools And Understanding In Disciplines: You'll Understand Economics, You'll Understand Marketing, Finance, Accounting. That, M.b.a. Programmes Do Very Well.