Monday, September 24, 2007

Guy Kawasaki vs. MBA

Chances are you are familiar with Guy Kawasaki, author, blogger, entrepreneur etc. It turns out that Guy Kawasaki hates MBAs. He specifically says that he is NOT interested in hiring someone who knows theories such as GE/McKinsey matrix, Kaizen philosophy, Capital Asset Pricing Model, Business Process Reengineering, and Scenario Planning.

He is wrong, of course. MBA students learn analysis and have the ability to bring that to bear on complex situations. Of course, some students either become jargon-dropping showboaters while others turn into uber-analysts who always park their intuition on the backburner. However, arguing that analysis itself or theory by itself is problematic is not a strong argument.

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