What You Get Out Of An M.b.a.

Management Is A Curious Phenomenon. It Is Generously Paid, Enormously Influential, And Significantly Devoid Of Common Sense

Learning Is Not Doing; It Is Reflecting On Doing.

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.

Five Coordinating Mechanisms Seem To Explain The Fundamental Ways In Which Organizations Coordinate Their Work: Mutual Adjustment, Direct Supervision, Standardization Of Work Processes, Standardization Of Work Outputs, And Standardization Of Worker Skills.

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.