"Dan Goodman" wrote:
>Nancy Young wrote:
>> Dan Goodman wrote:
>> > Mr. Bill wrote:
>>
>> > > No...that wasn't my point. There isn't a "football school" to
>> > > attend....you don't get a degree in "football". You have
>> > > the talent before hand. A talent in any profession will not
>> > > become better just because you have attended "Blah Blah
>> > > University".
>> >
>> > Talent won't, but skill might. And sometimes it might be the
>> > right kind of skill. (There are people who seriously contend
>> > that an MBA is worse than useless.)
>>
>> Given than many schools don't have accredited MBA programs,
>> it's not surprising. They crank out the degrees, but do the
>> recipients have the skills you expect, who knows. In the end it's
>> the persons talent in whatever that matters. nancy
>
>Sorry for not being clearer: There are people who say that
>accredited MBA programs -- including those at the top-rated business
>schools -- are worse than useless. Not that they don't teach skills,
>but that some of the methods taught are wrong and much of what's
>taught about using the rest is wrong.

You missed the entire point... teaching advanced skills to someone who
doesn't possess talent is a total waste... the MBA syllabus is very
useful for those with natural business sense... those courses fill the
business person's tool box with more advanced business decision making
tools. I can't bowl, I get more gutter balls than anyone else, I've
tried but I can't hit the pins (and I have the biggest balls).
Building me my own bowling alley would be as much of a waste as
sending you to school for an MBA.