Comments on: Move over MBAs… http://wondermentwoman.com/2011/02/move-over-mbas/ Fri, 28 Sep 2012 06:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 By: Colleen http://wondermentwoman.com/2011/02/move-over-mbas/comment-page-1/#comment-245 Colleen Tue, 08 Feb 2011 16:41:27 +0000 http://wondermentwoman.com/?p=610#comment-245 GREAT post... but I'd go a step further. I think the notion that nonprofits need MBAs is out-dated. We've learned over and over that running nonprofits like private businesses (how MBAs are trained; in the private market) is not only unhelpful, but completely irrelevant (nonprofits operate in the realm of market failures, a thing MBA programs don't touch). The nonprofit sector DOES need a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial mind-set in their leaders. The good news seems to be that we are breeding a new generation of leaders that is both entrepreneurial AND public service motivated. Hopefully in the future, the two sectors will thrive hand-in-hand. "Move over MBAs..." is right! GREAT post… but I’d go a step further. I think the notion that nonprofits need MBAs is out-dated. We’ve learned over and over that running nonprofits like private businesses (how MBAs are trained; in the private market) is not only unhelpful, but completely irrelevant (nonprofits operate in the realm of market failures, a thing MBA programs don’t touch). The nonprofit sector DOES need a forward-thinking, entrepreneurial mind-set in their leaders.

The good news seems to be that we are breeding a new generation of leaders that is both entrepreneurial AND public service motivated. Hopefully in the future, the two sectors will thrive hand-in-hand. “Move over MBAs…” is right!

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