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Originally posted by Kontiki
No kididng. But they're only looking at a single position in each of the 500 largest companies, and basing the quality of universities on a global scale on a pool of 500 freakin' people. Most universities on that list are there far more by fluke than anything even remotely related to their ability to inculcate top management skills. And there are no doubt many rather good universities not on the list by the same fluke. I mean, if there's a CEO that's the only representative from his school there and he retires next year to be replaced by a guy who is again the only representative from a different university - well, that previous CEO's school just dropped a few hundred positions and the new CEO's just rose equally dramatically. Did the relative qualities of the schools really change to reflect this massive shift?
No kididng. But they're only looking at a single position in each of the 500 largest companies, and basing the quality of universities on a global scale on a pool of 500 freakin' people. Most universities on that list are there far more by fluke than anything even remotely related to their ability to inculcate top management skills. And there are no doubt many rather good universities not on the list by the same fluke. I mean, if there's a CEO that's the only representative from his school there and he retires next year to be replaced by a guy who is again the only representative from a different university - well, that previous CEO's school just dropped a few hundred positions and the new CEO's just rose equally dramatically. Did the relative qualities of the schools really change to reflect this massive shift?
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