What is wrong with a management degree?

sp1212
Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:28:30 +0000

Okay, I may not be the brightest guy on these boards, and I may not get big 4 interviews, or attend prestigious schools and get internships with investment banks, but I do have something called common sense. And I find this to be ridiculous and I feel like I need to step in and undo all the wrong that has been told to you in this thread.
I agree with the following by Tortfeasor:
"Management degrees aren’t about managing people. They are about business management. They are generalists degrees designed for people who are already in the work force and feel they need a little extra in order to move up in their company. It is a generalists degree meant to review all of the functional areas of business management and then some.

Any degree is worthless if you don’t know why you’re taking it and what to do once you have it. Some schools do not have full business departments and only offer the management degree. All business degrees have a business core similar to the management degrees. So if you pick a functional major like marketing you will also learn the same thing as people with management but your focus and electives will be in marketing."

But first of all, you need to take your general business classes and see what you are interested in. Management is pretty much a social science, like psychology. I highly recommend you double major in management and something else depending on your interests. Just because you are a management major does not mean you will end up being a waiter at some restaurant. It depends on what initiatives you take during your college career.

If someone told you to that being an art major would get you into investment banking, would you do it? LOL.
Ridiculous.

Like taxguy said, ACCOUNTING/FINANCE IS NOT FOR EVERYONE. AND EVERYONE SHOULD NOT BE ACCOUNTING/FINANCE MAJORS.
That’s why there are so many other options at business schools. Countless other majors.

As you progress through your college career, your experiences will shape your thinking thus it will influence your career choices.

It simply boils down to what kind of career you want right now. Your answer to that question?

This board proves how weak minded some people are and cannot think for themselves just because someone tells you that finance/accounting are your only “good options” and that’s what you do? Whatever.

And honestly, if you are really thinking about either finance/accounting, have you had a back up plan to decide what you would do if you don’t find either of them suitable for you?

You also don’t need a degree to manage your own business.