On: Universities are broke – let’s cut the pointless admin and get back to teaching

[phlakaton]

I don't have an MBA, but I recognize that there are many aspects to running a good business, common to many businesses, that an MBA can probably help teach. But just like any other college degree, an MBA is a start or a rounding out, not the complete package in and of itself. I know of nobody sane who thinks that you don't need to know your business's specific needs backwards and forwards to run it well.

[candiodari → phlakaton]

Well, I work at a big company and

1) I know many people who think like that (in some cases because they have such a position. Manager without knowing what their reports actually do)

2) The hiring decisions made -regularly- prove that this is in fact the overriding opinion in our management.

[phlakaton → candiodari]

I refer you back to my qualifying adjective "sane." ;-) Sorry you have to deal with that.