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McGill professor Henry Mintzberg has written an interesting and thought-provoking piece about the managerial capabilities of MBA graduates and the practical value of the case study method.

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After berating newly-minted MBA graduates, Mintzberg tells them there is hope. His advice is to find a "good job" and stick with it. His argument is you can learn management if you don't job hop too much.

Mintzberg also takes a shot at Harvard Business School and its reputation for producing top CEOs. He claims that of the 19 great CEOs touted in the 1990 book Inside the Harvard Business School, 10 of them performed badly and an additional 4 were questionable at best between 1990 and 2003. To play devil's advocate, it would have been nice to know more about the criteria that he used. If it was company performance then, by definition, only a small percent of companies can outperform their peers. (Just our $0.02!)

You may not agree with all of his conclusions, but the article is an easy read and it may help fall applicants to further introspect upon and refine the stories they are planning to use.

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