The trouble with BBAs and MBAs popping out of Pakistani universities today is that most of them have undergone hardly any interaction with the real world, whereas business is all about the real world.
Cramming textbook information only helps you if you are an engineering, law or a medical student. A business student cannot afford to rely purely on textbook knowledge. He needs to stay updated about not only his own field, but also all other fields, which means everything from magazines, journals and publications of almost all kinds are important reads.
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Many corporations complain that Pakistani universities are not producing quality business graduates, and they are correct.
Isolated case studies not enough
Business is not something that can be learnt in the classroom. It is primarily learnt by gaining hands-on experience on the field. And so even the case study method, which seeks to transform business education in Pakistan, is not going to work in isolation.
Experts and analysts have for ages talked about why there should be more industry linkages with universities, but fail to mention that these corporations should not open their internships only for graduates but also for first, second and third year Bachelor’s students.
The students should be made to work right from the start so that by the time they have graduated, they already have enough work experience to feel at home in corporations.
