Re: MBA courses

Denis Cowan (dcowan@ozspace.brisnet.org.au)
Mon, 21 Nov 1994 07:01:47 +0000

OUCH !!

denis cowan, brisbane, australia.

On Mon, 21 Nov 1994, Shaun Tang wrote:

> Prof. H. Thomas Johnson ( School of Business Administartion,
> Portland State University) in his book "Relevance Regained, 1992"
> provided some valuable comments/directions on
> "New Frontiers for Business Education (see charter 10)"
> about MBA courses.
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> He quoted " Between 1963 and 1987 the annual number of MBA
> graduates from 5,787 to 67,496. There are now more than a million
> MBAs. If they were improving the quality of U.S. management, the
> results ought to be obvious by now. They are't. Indeed, the
> MBA explosion has coincided with a deterioration in the performance
> and stature of corporate America." from Robert J. Samuelson.
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> Shaun TANG, Monash University,Australia
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