I do agree however, for me Art is not just judgement but being creative. I do not how to assess military war nor know about the Art of War. But I view business as being creative. And science and technology is so far important as well. Without those science and technology. We will still be living in old age Jurassic era. Don’t mention about IPODs, MD, CDs or radio. Without science, We won’t have electricity vice versa the luxurious goods that had been installed inside our house.

Without science and technology, People can’t invent. They need the right knowledge to invent as well. And right knowledge do not come from business alone. But with people who specialise in different area and industry. Like for example in a large organization. We are not merely talking about people, managers. We can recruit and employed a whole bunch of people but if they do not specifically specialize in the area they supposed to specialize in then it would be a waste. Business depend alot on the R/D team as you notice in alot of business. If the key developer is gone. Unless the CEO had all the knowledge of the Key developer/stronger tactics than the key developer. Or else the company will be in a mess like Borland. In a business, Employees are classified as the main assets which mean they need to fulfill the KPI – Key Performance Indicator to provide internal and external support or solution towards the business. But like you say judgement do count. However if we have to recruit a person who doesn’t possess any knowledge/had any education about softwares and we allow him to take up the main role of business programming. It would deem as a mistake.

So I believe education is still important whether you are in the arts area or science area or business area..

And also I like the way when you say Science and Business are interwined. That’s really a good word to put into sentence. ;)

Finally, I do agree with you they are all somehow link together whether it’s science, Arts or Business.To be precise each subject had it’s own beauty. ;) And it’s essential for a large business organization to survive.

As for me I think if I completed my MBA, I will be probably be classified as overqualified in the business environment due to double major and minor. And due to overlack of experience in business environment. It would probably be hard for me to even obtain a job to fully equip myself.

After working a few years, Then I fully understand the theory of what I actually studied.And I think I would continue my MBA in the future probably thru correspondence.

Like alot of points are covered, Like Michael Porter is one of my favourite business strategies. And you did use some good theories in your writing as well. Looks like I didn’t find the wrong person to discuss afterall.

Well, I do have to agree with you..Experience is more important than education at some stage. Just like in today working world. People heck care if you have high education? But if you can communicate well with others. Have different experience from different industry. They obviously look hard at that. But of course having tertiary qualification is a bonus as well. If let say grad A and Grad B. If Grad A had qualification and experience where as Grad B only had qualification. Then the role will obvious goes to Grad A. Because of the ability to identify tricky mistakes and problems in workplace. I used to interview one CEO of a medium size business which is also my friend relative. They had a prominent business in our country. And so I had to interview them for my research project with regards to HR assignment. She told me, It’s the experience that count. They are not too bothered about the education level because sometimes fresh grad could not identify some tricky transactions. :) And it’s best they look for someone who have at least 5years of experience in their workplace.

So experience do counts from my job hunting experience as well. But for innovation area, Education is truly important plus you need the technology and right knowledge to invent. And business knowledge only cover part of the innovation area. ;)

Like Claris, I am very pro-education. Education maketh a man (or a woman for that matter). The devil, as they say, is in the appreciation of one’s education. Having been in business for several years, I have been very very appreciative of my education. Now I truly understand why many adults go back to school to get their degrees, second degrees and MBA. To me, it is all about the perspective as you go through education.

When we were back in school, sometimes it is hard to truly understand the underlying message from these cases, real-life examples until you go through them. That is why if you work and study, you can really really gain more insight into the meaning and perspective offered in books/lectures.

So to crystalize the point, the art of merging textbook information with business/work experience is the key to gain from our education and if 10 years after you leave school, and all you learnt is this skill, I think it would more than suffice.

But in the real world, knowledge is often translate into more art than science. Why do I say that ? Because most often knowledge itself doesn’t sufficiently tell you how to apply it. YOu can use common sense, intuition. And That’s why you have the “art of war” by Confucius. It so called art of war is full of knowledge and science of “war” but ultimately applying it is a matter of art (judgement).
If textbook is written to be more than art than science, a lot of chaos will occur. People no matter how will like to be organized and systematic. And textbook is organized into concept and order. But in real world, those knowledge are in fact interwined. For example, innovation affect organization behaviour and culture, and finance and corporate strategy will also affect how you invest in technology.

I am intrigued by business and technology because both are interwined. Without technology, there eventually won’t be business, without business, there eventually won’t be technology. Each help to fuel each other. Technology doesn’t have to mean physical invention, it could be knowledge knowhow, expertise etc.

Business as a matter of fact is interesting because of human behaviour. Everything about business is actually about human. Human is customer who influence by advertisement and marketing and buy product and service that sustain a company’s existence and profitability. Human are executive who make wise and stupid decision. Human are person whose greed and unethical act bring down mighty company like Enron, worldcom, Anderson Consulting.

So business and management is all about people. And so is technology. People invent and use technology to improve their well-being.

And look around you and others, isn’t almost more than half of our time spend in business (Working) ???
If you are a worker/employee, you are in business of sustaining yourself.

But in the real world, knowledge is often translate into more art than science. Why do I say that ? Because most often knowledge itself doesn’t sufficiently tell you how to apply it. YOu can use common sense, intuition. And That’s why you have the “art of war” by Confucius. It so called art of war is full of knowledge and science of “war” but ultimately applying it is a matter of art (judgement).
If textbook is written to be more than art than science, a lot of chaos will occur. People no matter how will like to be organized and systematic. And textbook is organized into concept and order. But in real world, those knowledge are in fact interwined. For example, innovation affect organization behaviour and culture, and finance and corporate strategy will also affect how you invest in technology.

I am intrigued by business and technology because both are interwined. Without technology, there eventually won’t be business, without business, there eventually won’t be technology. Each help to fuel each other. Technology doesn’t have to mean physical invention, it could be knowledge knowhow, expertise etc.

Business as a matter of fact is interesting because of human behaviour. Everything about business is actually about human. Human is customer who influence by advertisement and marketing and buy product and service that sustain a company’s existence and profitability. Human are executive who make wise and stupid decision. Human are person whose greed and unethical act bring down mighty company like Enron, worldcom, Anderson Consulting.

So business and management is all about people. And so is technology. People invent and use technology to improve their well-being.

And look around you and others, isn’t almost more than half of our time spend in business (Working) ???
If you are a worker/employee, you are in business of sustaining yourself.

And that means textbook is a great source of knowledge and wisdom. Why ? Because all the experience is been conceptalize into “fact” and science. Textbook make you aware of concept and understanding of certain issue. But how you apply it will be up to you. and to apply the knowledge you learn through textbook, you can either seek experience or learn from others. But I could definitely tell you, there is no experience from others that is never covered in books (of course, it doesn’t apply if you have wacky ideas

Hehe, You seems to know quite alot about the IT industry. ;)

Anyway, Let’s continue..It’s true textbook doesn’t teach you everything. But still without reading, the knowledge itself will be empty.

I would say books are known as a stepping stone to succeed. ;) Yes, Though it might sound harder than it say. But I believe using the right procedure and right strategy can allow you to excel in a business.

Like Borland and Microsoft, If I am Borland I will sure take up joint venture. Though yes, alot of conflict strategy will occur in the business and Microsoft is quite tricky as well. But if they don’t merge one will definitely go Bust and also both producer will suffer due to price war and Consumer will end up being the sole bread winner. The first one to go bust will be eliminated forever. That’s the rule between Microsoft and Borland.

Hehe, You seems to know quite alot about the IT industry. ;)

Anyway, Let’s continue..It’s true textbook doesn’t teach you everything. But still without reading, the knowledge itself will be empty.

I would say books are known as a stepping stone to succeed. ;) Yes, Though it might sound harder than it say. But I believe using the right procedure and right strategy can allow you to excel in a business.

Like Borland and Microsoft, If I am Borland I will sure take up joint venture. Though yes, alot of conflict strategy will occur in the business and Microsoft is quite tricky as well. But if they don’t merge one will definitely go Bust and also both producer will suffer due to price war and Consumer will end up being the sole bread winner. The first one to go bust will be eliminated forever. That’s the rule between Microsoft and Borland.

However if they had a joint venture. That means Borland is delaying the time of going bust and also it doesn’t have to go bust and start from scratch all over again. Though like you said it might not be a win win situation. But Borland can just gain 51% share of the company so Borland still can run the company their own way if not sell some shares off to let public be their investors, though both had equal share knowledge and also if Borland make a loss, Microsoft can share the loss . And during that time Borland can also make use of Microsoft resource to innovate something new.

Which mean delay the time and start another strategy plan…If you are defeated at least you don’t have to lose the whole business.

Yes, If you decide to have a joint venture makesure the company Mission Statement/ Vision are
similar to each other where both company are sharing same goal. And makesure the company is strong enough to allied with.

The effort of being able to see things outside the facade is important especially for IBM and Microsoft. Currently, I would say Microsoft power is still relative stable. Especially in the commodities market niche. Even in PCs, Almost all computers are using Microsoft softwares like Windows. If APPLE had to target the market it would be difficult. Like mostly 3G Mobile phone, GPRS function to browse on mobile phone all come from Microsoft, Big companies softwares are mostly derived from Microsoft. And also usually information saved from MAC PCs can never be used in Ordinary PCs? Unless they have to reformat the whole floppy disk? Business PDA uses mainly Microsoft softwares as well.

So I would say it’s not going to be easy if Apple become Microsoft competitor.

I think IBM is rather smart as well to focus on something else instead of being in the same market with Microsoft which is also another example of what Borland can do. XBOX and PS3 is doing very well. I heard the new PS3 had new pretty cool features like satelite to watch TV? But I am not sure whether it’s true.

As for CEO turning things around is usually very common in business nowadays. But usually wise CEO will stay long in the business. ;) When a CEO make wise decision business will often prosper. But if it’s a bad decision. It could led to downfall of the business.