An MBA does not mean that one does not need grassroot level experience..what should Smita's job profile been...a cushy 9 to 6 job in an air-conditioned room devising strategies??? Is it so easy to do that without having experience about customer handling??? No such strategy works unless one has experience...an MBA helps one to understand customers and market better but it does not replace learning by being involved in grassroot levels for some years...many FMCG CEOs today and also in other companies, started at the shop floor or in the market...ask any Unilever CEO or top managers...ask any CEO even Ratan Tata...they all started at the lowest level...I think the problem lies with Smita and her father who think just becuase she has MBA, she can be GOD on day one in the company!!! They are immature to say the list...surely Smita does not understand business and how to build career in industry...the writer of this article also seems to be totally detached from realities and he has no understanding of corporate careers...he should have done enough research before writing such a piece...
