A friend of mine who heads the HR department at a leading retail company once said, “I am frustrated with the quality of students that come to us!”
For me—as a person who believes in the potential of management students—this came as a surprise. But on further questioning, I found myself supporting this person’s statement!
Most students from B-Schools come with MBA degrees. But none of them has any practical idea of the corporate world.
Chanakya had said, “One conversant with the science, but not experienced in practical affairs, would come to grief in carrying out undertakings.” (1.8.25)
With over a thousand management institutes across India, the ‘quantity’ of management graduates is increasing. But management gurus and thinkers are not convinced of the ‘quality’. The science of management is good as a theory but all that we learn has to be effectively practiced as well.
But this situation we can tackle together by targeting the different levels of education and vocation. Here are some tips for the same:
For management students
Management students, or those studying in B-Schools, should not look for degrees and jobs only. They should be life-long learners. Even while studying their course, they should go the extra mile to increase their practical knowledge. They should meet industry people, do self-learning through the internet and maintain a record of their learning. It is important to maintain the ‘reading’ habit even after getting a degree and a job.
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