This article demonstrate myopic vision. Although some facts are used in place like dwindling application in top B-schools, the analysis is immature and loses focus soon. for example the author argues that infrastructure in top B schools is unnecessary but major B schools are over 100 years of age and at that time it was pretty inexpensive to do so. he argues that todays managers need only specialized business and problem solving skills to be better placed for promotion, I contest because an MBA teaches you things for a lifetime, not just for the next promotion. By simple enhancing you marketing skills for the next promotion, one can never become the CEO of a company because he will be missing the overall view of the business. he gives an example of ISB, I agree that@ ISB students learn from the best profs and it dosen't matter whether they are full time or part time, but we sould consider the fact that ISB is the most expensive MBA program in India, upwards of 16 lakhs !!! and one last note, in any school, a student learns not only form the professors but his peers, staff and everybody he interacts with. many learning experiences come collectively often missing in an executive prog
