Business school evokes sense of entitlement
| September 21, 2008 |  View for printing |
Philip Delves Broughton, an English newspaperman who graduated from Harvard Business School in 2006, chronicled the storied b-school in his new book, Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School.
While lauding the smarts of his fellow students, he wonders what kinds of businesspeople Harvard is producing. He noted that almost half his class accepted jobs in the financial services sector.
''If your day is spent fiddling with money on a screen, how real does your work become? How real is the fact that thousands are losing their homes?''
At the same time, he criticized what he saw as the school's mission of ''educating future leaders of the world,'' saying HBS should stick to churning out capable business managers.
The school's stated mission has encouraged hubristic behavior and a sense of entitlement among its graduates, he said. ''Business has become bigheaded. There's no reason . . . for every businessperson to think they should be running everything in the world.''
Full Story: http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_10520565
No reader comments so far. Be the first to comment by clicking the button below.
Reprinted under the Fair Use doctrine of international copyright law. Full copyright retained by the original publication. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.
