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Do you think that the "Boeing debacle" will change what is taught in MBA programs ? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by Ziggurat@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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From what I understand, a big part of what's happening with Boeing, is that Boeing is run by Business person who want to maximize return of stock-owner rather than by people wanting to make a good product. The gained flexibility/nicer budget from massive sub-contracting led to "loss of knowledge", and cutting-down quality control steps which "never catch anything" led to issue being missed-out.

Do you think that MBA program will take this reality into account ? or would they keep focusing on maximizing short-term profit even if it jeopardize the company's future ?

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 19 points 2 months ago

Sadly you see this at all levels of companies.

I've seen it in IT for 30+ years (Google is a great example): new projects/changes make you visible to upper management, but if you prevent failures/outages no one cares.

Now, have an actual outage and fix it, you're a hero.

So, don't prevent outages, but note the issues privately, develop mitigation plans, so when the outage occurs you're the hero. That's the lesson anyway.