MBA

Analysis: Is Social Media Becoming The New MBA?

Authored by Rohit Bhargava on November 7, 2008 - 8:21am.

The rise of Web2.0 success stories has created an interesting phenomenon in the world of business. Today, far more than 5 years ago, you could easily point to a list of entrepreneurs who have built successful businesses without having a graduate business degree. The same MBA degree that was once considered the "green fees" to success in the business world seems to be rapidly becoming an optional asset on the road to success. The tradition of taking time off of work to complete a degree, for example, is rapidly giving way to more hybrid options such as part-time programs and Executive MBAs (targeted at professionals later in their careers).

Guy Kawasaki: MBA in a Page

Authored by Guy Kawasaki on August 14, 2007 - 3:00am.
GE MatrixMy buddy Ray Schraff from Hyland Software pointed me to this site containing a comprehensive list of management theories. It is an “MBA in a page,” and I mean that in a perjorative way. Here are some examples from the page: