Comments on: Why the hyper-rationality of economics isn’t so good as a management education http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/06/18/why-the-hyper-rationality-of-economics-isnt-so-good-as-a-management-education/ Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:49:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Chris Lloyd http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/06/18/why-the-hyper-rationality-of-economics-isnt-so-good-as-a-management-education/#comment-358538 Chris Lloyd Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:14:50 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=8715#comment-358538 Oh dear, These researchers conflate MBA graduates salary being higher with their having been better educated for business. They must be better if they get paid more, right? Sounds like the authors must have done a recent economics course. They toss finance and strategy in with economics. WTF? While the management subjects are HR management, leadership and organisation behaviour the content free zones of the MBA. I am sure that these courses equip graduates with the confidence and skills to land a good job and quickly glad hand their way up the corporate ladder. But does their fluency in management speak actually add any value to their organisation? It is the shameless bullshit factor at US business school that does the harm (see <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article5821706.ece" rel="nofollow">here</a>) and I am afraid that the source of the infection is the management courses of MBAs. Oh dear,
These researchers conflate MBA graduates salary being higher with their having been better educated for business. They must be better if they get paid more, right? Sounds like the authors must have done a recent economics course.

They toss finance and strategy in with economics. WTF? While the management subjects are HR management, leadership and organisation behaviour the content free zones of the MBA. I am sure that these courses equip graduates with the confidence and skills to land a good job and quickly glad hand their way up the corporate ladder. But does their fluency in management speak actually add any value to their organisation? It is the shameless bullshit factor at US business school that does the harm (see here) and I am afraid that the source of the infection is the management courses of MBAs.

]]> By: Patrick http://clubtroppo.com.au/2009/06/18/why-the-hyper-rationality-of-economics-isnt-so-good-as-a-management-education/#comment-358483 Patrick Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:50:29 +0000 http://clubtroppo.com.au/?p=8715#comment-358483 In short, if you want to economise[sic] study economics, if you want to manage, study management? In short, if you want to economise[sic] study economics, if you want to manage, study management?

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