Difference between Engineer and MBA
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
A MBA and an Engineer go on a camping trip, set up their tent, and fell asleep.
Some hours later, the MBA wakes his Engineer friend. "Look up at the sky and tell me what you see."
The Engineer replies, "I see millions of stars."
The MBA asks "What does that tell you?"
The Engineer ponders for a minute: "Astronomically speaking, it tells me that there are millions of galaxies and potentially billions of planets. Astrologically, it tells me that Saturn is in Leo. Time wise, it appears to be approximately a quarter past three. Theologically, it's evident the Lord is all-powerful and we are small and insignificant. Meteorologically, it seems we will have a beautiful day tomorrow.
What does it tell you?"
The MBA friend is silent for a moment, and then speaks. "Practically, Someone has stolen our tent".
Moral of the Story: In Management Education, we are taught to explain things in short and exact rather than providing number of useless theories.
