MBA NEW DEFINITION FOR EMPLOYABILITY

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When Mrs. Kavitha  died I expressed sorrow on reading the news in the PC. About half a dozen MBAs were around me and none seemed to share the agony and when I repeated Karkare the police officer one of them vaguely remembered the name.

While I do not expect them to remember every martyr by name, recent events related to country's security I thought should be within their knowledge. But as I interacted more I found that MBA was just another degree for them to get a job and not for the prestige and pride of it. While general knowledge need not be a yardstick to measure merit to a particular job, absence of it or disinterest in it is a pointer to judge  personality and knowledge. That exactly is the reason among many when most graduates are not employable for their qualification.

 “Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man”. This quote by Swami Vivekananda is a gospel to me.  An MBA need not jump in joy for the gold medal of Mary Kom or the hockey team in Asiad which ardent followers like me do even without holding an MBA. But, knowing how rare is a gold medal in Asiad or a grand slam in tennis, or an athletics medal for India in Olympics are matters that much less educated but more knowledge oriented people would know.

When one is educated the expectation of manifestation starts. Be it in dress, behaviour, language, courtesy, manners, decency and above all knowledge. Master of Business Administration is too high sounding though simplified as a mere MBA, and the expectations are boosted by the word ‘master’ understood commonly as ‘one who has complete knowledge’ or an ‘expert’. Hence it is just not complete knowledge of cricket or hockey but that covers a vast area bracketed under the term ‘Business’.

‘Business’ is widely understood as ‘industrial or commercial activity’ and in the era of 20-20, cricket is very much a commercial activity supported by industries. Apart from cricket, there are commercial activities galore. Be it the growing real estate, infrastructure or change of guard in Infosys, new mergers/acquisitions etc. Above all, with the fees skyrocketing for MBA in premier institutions, education itself is business. 

‘Administration’ is the toughest of the three words to practice, though the degree signifies that the person has mastered it. In essence, a qualified MBA may not be a ‘know all’ person. But he should know what all exists to be known and handled. He may not know Carnatic music and western music but need to know who are Mandolin Srinivas and Jennifer Lopez. Similarly right from the plight of Kashmiri Pundits and Tibetans to the enterprise of Anu Aga in Thermax and whether Karbala is in Iraq or a suburb of Kampala and ISIS is not a spelling mistake but a new terror outfit he is expected to know a variety of things that may at some point or other come as data for decision if he were to hold high positions. The awareness and understanding that can be displayed by virtue of knowledge in processing data or participating in discussion is a sure route to self belief. Also, higher the knowledge higher the recognition.

 A qualification would be respected only if it is visible tangibly. Knowledge outside the curricula augments visibility of the competence acquired in education. Therefore it is very essential to possess such knowledge befitting the qualification and designation to command social status and respect in the society though a pass with ‘distinction’ is very much possible without possessing such knowledge.

Hence all management graduates need to know the new definition of MBA and strive to achieve it.





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