To have come to this part of the website you surely are already in an MBA program, and you’re finding it a little tougher than you thought it would be or you are having a rosy picture of what and mba is and you are right now having a reality check
Perhaps nothing you learn in B-school will matter as much as what you learn about B-school - because how you approach this two-year experience will largely determine what you take away from it: in the way of knowledge, in the way of connections, in the way of a job.
what it teaches you:
Business Education All said and done, we must appreciate that business schools do teach solid business concepts. One common criticism is that business education is out of synch with the real world. This is further compounded by the fact that a lot of PhD professors have no real-world experience in the topics that they teach.
Network Some rate this as the most important contribution of the MBA program. Lifelong association with classmates can be the greatest resource that an MBA can draw on.
Rigorous Training For a period of 2 years, MBA students toil sleeplessly over assignments, presentations, projects, group exercises and reports. This gives them good grounding for the nature of work they will eventually perform. Of course, in some cases, it teaches them the unfortunate path of favoring busy work over real work.