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Subject:Re: Qualifications for an off shore writer? From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:05:08 -0800
I don't think I've ever worked with a publications
manager who had an MBA. I have worked with
engineering and marketing managers who were
MBAs, and most of them couldn't add, subtract
or put together a sentence any more complicated
than "where are we going for lunch?'
According to conservationafrica.net, you can
herd wildebeest if you know what you're doing.
I've never been able to do that consistently with
managers...
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Jon Leer" <jleer -at- leertech -dot- net>
> I've been bemoaning that fact that I never finished my MBA and it's
> held me
> back from management positions. Well, it goes to show you just how
> dumb
> management can be. They are amongst the herd of wildebeests going over
> cliff, chasing a trend without thinking about the consequences.
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