Henry Mintzberg's "MBAs but not Managers"

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This paper explains that Professor Henry Mintzberg recommends in his book ,"MBAs but not Managers", that management education should only be for those individuals who already have some experience overseeing personnel. The author points out that Mintzberg believes that there are opportunities where people can get management training once they are with a company through on-the-job training , feedback from others and in-house corporate universities. The paper states that Mintzberg recommends what he calls the "International Masters in Practicing Management", which would include skills in managing self, organizations, context, relationships and change.

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"This is not surprising, given how professional degrees are increasing in importance. Where undergraduate degrees in education, library science, social sciences, and the like used to mean something, they are becoming equivalent to high school degrees. More and more elitist businesses, nonprofits and educational organizations want that Master's Degree. The problem is the same as with the MBA, these students may have the piece of paper, but not the experience. Nor do they really know what they want to do. Earlier generations immediately went to work right out of school and stayed ..."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Mintzberg, H. (2004). Managers not MBAs: A Hard Look at the Soft Practice of Managing and Management. New York: Berrett-Koehler.

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