MBA :Retrospection

As an MBA in the making , these are the times of real pain. With dreams in our , we had entered the hallowed portals of India's premier B Schools , of making a mark , of marking our money . And so far the journey has bee disappointing . It might sound on the hinge of pessimism , but the matter of the fact is this recession has taken its toll .

Education as a medium financial emancipation is over hyped especially in the Indian context , where the economy is struggling to be on the extreme of centre . On one hand education imbibes in us virtues of ethics , social well being , on the other hand the vagaries of business compel us to throw all our limitations to the cemetery , deeply buried .

MBA education is not about knowledge , it about skills , of people management , of networking , of Quid Pro Quo , of being counted one amongst them in the group , of not letting your cards open and yet baring from others , of stabbing in the back , of leading and laying people , of using gender as a means to promote business interest , of taking apolitical stand on issues , of having myopic view of the benefits , of letting society come later before the self .

But I have learned another aspect of the education , and that is all the above mentioned traits are proper pieces of shit . MBA education is knowledge based , however it is a different matter altogether that we hardly invest time and effort as well as the mental faculties to come to terms with the subjects being delivered . Everything is let pass under the garb of being too frivolous , too menial without any technical challenge to the cognitive brain . But these are mere excuses. What is actually happening is that the exact impact is not being established , it is being by passed . In business even the slightest of information can be path breaking if it is analyzed in its totality . It can drive organizations to strategically shift their business goals ,alter their mission statement .

We need to develop that skill , that bloody aptitude to look through things , drive the change and all along use information to our advantage by applying the fraudster skills of regression to infer pre determined conclusions.

Regression modelling , one of the most dreaded subjects on MBA curriculum , are an aid of giving objective proof to what is supposed to be subjective . It is a potent weapon that with all its might can be flexed to an extent that despite spiralling prices , deflationary fears among policy makers become a pain in the ass.