MANY MBA STUDENTS REMAIN A FORCE FOR GOOD

"There is something about MBAs and the schools that train them which brings out the ire in otherwise mild-mannered people. Even before the economic crisis put their current practices in the frame, its holders and providers have got used to being held to account - and usually found lacking - by self-appointed judges. Five years ago, business professor, Henry Mintzberg, at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, led the charge with his claim that top schools such as Harvard Business School (HBS) were obsessed with numbers and were undermining the value of management by trying to turn it into a science. Lately he has been joined by Philip Delves Broughton, who graduated from HBS in 2006 and promptly wrote "What They Teach You at Harvard Business School", a damning account of his time there. His criticism has turned Mr Delves Broughton into business education's public enemy number one and helped legitimise a trend to blame schools and their alumni for many of the world's present economic woes..."

The Economist, July 1, 2009