CAREER CONFUSION : An MBA path for a Technical person - IS IT WORTH?
By SignMe
@SignMe (1031)
India
February 7, 2007 11:06am CST
I had often seen technically specialized(usually Engineers)people applying for management course soon after technical graduation. Am really bit confused about this as they are two different career paths.
How you feel, "About a technically specialized person moving to get a management degree". Your says will be of great help !!
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Here is a humour about this profession :
A man is flying in a hot air balloon and realizes he is lost. He reduces height and spots a man down below. He lowers the balloon further and shouts: "Excuse me, can you help me? I promised my friend I would meet him half an hour ago, but I don't know where I am."
The man below says: "Yes. You are in a hot air balloon, hovering approximately 30 feet above this field. You are between 40 and 42 degrees N. latitude, and between 58 and 60 degrees W. longitude."
"You must be an engineer" says the balloonist.
"I am" replies the man. "How did you know."
"Well" says the balloonist, "everything you have told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to make of your information, and the fact is I am still lost."
The man below says "You must be a manager."
"I am" replies the balloonist, "but how did you know?"
"Well", says the man, "you don't know where you are, or where you are going. You have made a promise which you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. The fact is you are in the exact same position you were in before we met, but now it is somehow my fault."
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1 response
@josephperera (2906)
• Sri Lanka
26 Feb 07
Management is a subject that is required in all our day to day activities. An Engineer will build for others, but later he will expand his capacity and will need to get work done by subordinates. At this point management comes to the scene. There is nothing wrong in learning it. Behind every successful company there is an outstanding manager.