The decline of the MBA will cut off the supply of bullshit

Post by brianlash » Sat, Dec 19, 2009, 2:08 AM UTC

markpercival wrote: post #61

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I fail to see the connection you draw between Drucker's teaching (eg What gets measured gets managed) and the poor management you see in corporations today. Have you ever read any of his articles/books? Can you point to anything particularly offensive? Anyway Drucker wasn't a "management as a science" guy. He was an economist, or a microeconomist if you're nitpicking.

He certainly fits the mold of a microeconomist, but he revolutionized the study of management in the US. I don't think it's at all disingenuous to say that he drove management science to what it is today. And to sum up his teachings as "What gets measured gets managed" is fairly trite when he wrote 30+ books on the subject of organizations and management. So yes, I think "management as a science" guy is totally appro…

Post by dejb » Sat, Dec 19, 2009, 9:53 AM UTC

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> No, I think the parent's point was that if bright people still go into fields that matter, then the economy won't "suffer." So by implication business isn't a field that particularly matters. People passionate about startups just wouldn't agree with that. > Also, the parent joined HN 12 days after you. I was more talking about the voters (both parent up voters and my down voters). Anyone can make a throw away comme…

No, that is not the implication.