It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

Management is, above all, a practice where art, science, and craft meet

Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people.

Basically, managing is about influencing action. Managing is about helping organizations and units to get things done, which means action. Sometimes, managers manage actions directly. They fight fires. They manage projects. They negotiate contracts.

It is time to recognize conventional MBA programs for what they are - or else to close them down. They are specialized training in the functions of business, not general educating in the practice of management.

Technologies tend to undermine community and encourage individualism.

If the private sectors are about markets and the public sectors are about governments, then the plural sector is about communities.