Saturday, August 28, 2010

Consumer Warning


I see business students, bright-eyed and eager, and wonder if they could use a consumer warning such as "Please don't let all of the case studies, charts, and theories keep you from:
  • Speaking up when you see something that's wrong;

  • Regarding your co-workers as people and not as resources, capital, or some other godawful term;

  • A daily and diligent smugness avoidance regimen;

  • Humility; and

  • Caring."

2 comments:

Eclecticity said...

One of the most memorable things I took away from my MBA program at Tulane was a professor that said MBA doesn't stand for "Master of Brutal Action" but should stand for "Modesty Before Arrogance."

He didn't get tenure and had to go.

E.

Michael Wade said...

E,

I heard that it was Mediocre But Arrogant.

No offense intended.

Michael