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Letters

B-School Plus

Money, power, and status aren't the only benefits of an MBA.

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"To B-School or Not to B-School?" by Elaine F. Weiss, December:

Weiss left out the most important reason to pursue a graduate business degree: You learn a great deal.

I entered the Master's Degree Program for Executives at Columbia to learn about finance and, yes, for the credentials as well. The knowledge and experience I gained there have helped me time and time again. When I was a White House Fellow and special assistant to the director of the FBI, I used my business school training to analyze budgets, research projects, and plan initiatives. Best of all, it enabled me to understand the dynamics of the institution.

Now I find that the training in statistics I received at Columbia helps me to explain complex studies to reporters who don't know a t-test from raisin toast.

Merrie Spaeth

Director, Office of Public Affairs
 
Federal Trade Commission

Washington, DC

I have always suspected that the value of an MBA was decreasing, but I hadn't read any research that backed up my belief until Weiss's article. It was enlightening to finally see the other side of the MBA issue.

Cheryl Bukacek

San Diego, California

Hit or Miss?

Strategies: "Letter Imperfect," by Adrienne Rivera-Sutherland and Ken Blanchard, December:

Rivera-Sutherland's answer to the woman who wrote a letter to her CEO after he visited her company was right on target. Blanchard's answer, in sad contrast, was woefully superficial. He failed to understand any of the interpersonal dynamics of the company. To tell the writer to "forget the brouhaha" is to relegate her forever to the bottom rung, because someone that insensitive to company politics will never get anywhere except booted out the door.

Barbara L. Fredricksen

Publisher, The Courier

Conroe, Texas

Rivera-Sutherland's response is just another example of the way in which women unnecessarily punish themselves and one another. The illustration says it all. We make one innocent error and it boomerangs back with stabbing malevolence - and it is we who give it such terrible force.

I for one would like the unhappy letter writer to know that she is not alone in feeling frustrated by the barriers and hierarchies of corporate life. I hope she follows Ken Blanchard's advice and puts the incident behind her.

Catherine Shaw

New York, New York

If every professional took Blanchard's expert advice- "go home and hit your cat" -to diminish her job related frustration, and the world would be in a sad state. Worse yet, if there is no cat in sight, should you then strike your child?

I agree that releasing tension is healthy and smart, but Blanchard should have suggested a rigorous run or an attack on a cluttered closet.

Helen Tobin

Editorial Assistant

Cranford, New Jersey

News Update

"Good News," by Nancy Dunnan, December:

I was sorry to see that you omitted the Merrill Lynch Market Letter, edited by one of the most knowledgeable women on Wall Street, Anna Gregory. Not only is its staff the number one rated research team on the Street (according to Institutional Investor), but it may be the only investment newsletter edited by a woman.

Nan A. Bauroth

Assistant Vice President

Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith. Inc.

New York, New York

Future Booster

"Frontlines," December:

I was impressed to read about Barbara Marx Hubbard's campaign for Vice President of the United States on the Democratic ticket. Her approach is hopeful and refreshing and signals what many of us believe to be the wave of the future. If enough of us are tired of old and stale political rhetoric, we'll support a woman who has the courage to run a campaign "totally on what people are for." I love her slogan, "What on Earth Works."

Hurrah for Barbara Marx Hubbard. I'm one fo her 30 million futurists-in-waiting.

Jeanne Nuechterlein

Editor, Corporate Communications

Mutual Security Life Insurance Company

Fort Wayne, Indiana

6 Savvy/ February 1984

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