• bagsy@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    In Japan, engineeing companies are run by the engineers which I think is the better way.

    Ill never understand why American companies insist on being led by business majors who know nothing and dont care about the product being built.

    • angstylittlecatboy@reddthat.com
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      5 days ago

      A lot of it isn’t an “insistence” per se as much as it’s company founders who did have some kind of connection with the product the company makes dying or retiring and getting replaced with people who don’t.

      Ironically, the MBA was originally created as a way for people with degrees in more “boots on the ground” positions to learn about business so they could more easily move into management positions. What it’s morphed into is unfortunate.

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      6 days ago

      Because the thing that makes American companies make money isn’t the production of better products its “business magic” that games stock prices. its been that way for a long time.

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        5 days ago

        Sadly the virtuous circle of profits being put back into research and development seems badly broken in so many business now.