[pydry]

>In particular, just blaming 'MBA Management' does little to explain why MBAs appeared in the first place

Whatever the reason it is definitely not because they are effective managers.

I suspect it's more of a social class phenomenon - they speak the language of the ownership class and that engenders trust.

[Gibbon1]

My theory is when women and lower class men started working as bookkeepers and accountants in post war America a way was need to keep the plumb jobs reserved for the fail sons of the privilege classes.

I could be wrong but while 'business schools' existed before then the MBA as a upper class ivy league thing exactly dates to that time.

[mlrtime]

Do you have anything to back this up? Or are you looking for a story where none exists?

I ask because this comment seems completely backwards and mostly impossible to implement.

[actionfromafar]

Wasn't it also a time of larger projects being started, which required more coordination? Not that your theory needs to be wrong, it could be amplified.

[enaaem]

It's impossible to both maximise your knowledge in a particular field and climbing the organisational ladder. Both are full time jobs.

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