kevin ([info]kevinbelt) wrote,
@ 2009-03-10 16:25:00
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OK business majors, let's talk:

"If doctors or lawyers wreaked such havoc in their own professions, we would certainly reconsider what is being taught at medical and law schools."

Humanities rule.

Discuss.

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[info]kevinbelt
2009-03-11 01:24 am UTC (link)
True, but I'm not aware of anything specific to Harvard's curriculum that would prevent extrapolation. I'm sure you could find similar behavior from M.B.A.s from Wharton, Fisher, Franklin University, etc. This guy brought up Harvard because he went to Harvard.

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[info]batgirl801
2009-03-11 05:18 pm UTC (link)
no, he brought up Harvard because Harvard MBA's were at the center of all the big companies.

I'm still a firm believer that Arts and Humanities are well and good, if you want to teach or write books. That's about it. Sciences give a much broader spectrum of skills that can benefit someone in the workplace.

I don't have an MBA, and I'll probably never get one, but if I could, I would. Regardless of how the world views them now.

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[info]kevinbelt
2009-03-11 09:21 pm UTC (link)
HBS was by no means the only school at the center of the storm. Lehman Brothers CEO Dick Fuld went to Stern (NYU), WaMu CEO Kerry Killinger got his M.B.A. at Iowa, Wachovia CEO Ken Thompson went to Wake Forest, and so on. It's not just Harvard.

As for the sciences, I don't see how genetics or cell structures or string theory help you understand anything about daily life. Scientific knowledge seems pretty narrowly tailored. Essential knowledge, but rather impractical. By contrast, the humanities teach you how to think critically and communicate, which are perhaps the only practical skills. And business schools (by this I'm referring to M.B.A. programs, not accounting or marketing majors) seem to be merely a stamp that lets other people know you're "acceptable", the professional equivalent of country club membership. Get a Ph.D. in economics instead.

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