One of the most important thing that (except for a very very few top rated) B-Schools do not and cannot teach you is to take on risks. All through out my life quite a few number of MBA's that I have met are risk averse. They prefer to hold not less then 20 stocks, would rather buy the top rate blue chips, hold 25% of their portfolio in  cash, put money in stupid LIC policies(under returns that barely beat inflation) invest in 8% R.B.I bonds etc etc. The Dhirubhai Ambanis and the Anil Agarwal are all from the non MBA fraternity. true their children will do MBAs and manage the business very well but that is after a platform has been set for them. Probably the formal teaching that these schoold undertake are quite related to the phrase " Manage Risks" " Control Risks", Hedge your portfolio, diversify, start taking small steps and the likes.

The  MBA institues (especially the 2nd rung ones)  with due regard and respect for them should train their students under several situations of stress and see whether they come out of it. True the nature of the CAT exams are such that a student has to cope with more then he can handle but that should be extended to other areas as well.

 

Edited by basant - 16/Jul/2006 at 10:57pm

Obviously that had to be it Ambani etc etc started poor they started from where they could not lose and so they took their bets. An MBA grad knows that he can earn and therefore is at a certain level of wealth matrix so why should he do anything that would make him reckless.

Right you see the proportion of people who refuse to take jobs and set up private businesses. From what you said about 2in a few hundred is a very small proportion include all the IIM's and u will know what i am referring to. Even the ones who refuse jobs make headlines not the ones who take (they make coz how much they are able to earn) so obviously there is something unique about starting  a business immdediately after getting an MBA degree.

its all about one's perception abt how thing's are as far as the topic concerns since its in relation with bschool teachin their student in taking risk i'll just point out few facts here rest u may think what u want in every b school there are diffrent kind of clubs in relation with finance marketing etc etc i'm just naming a few here
IIM Ahmedabad:-
IIM Banglore     :- Networth
IIM Calcutta      :- dhan
IIM c also has tradbuzzThe FinClub’s Online Stock Trading Game. Pit yourself against the real stock market. Prizes up for grabs!
and if youwant further information u can look up their site n
Further The b school's have a subject know as risk management now if  they dont teach abt taking risk 
again if i look up diffrent mutual fund u'll find hem full of mba's i'll just site an example taken from this forum itself pls refer to topic reliance tax saver now there is an mba taking risk would'nt u say
and finally only someone from the b school itself who's been their in the mids of chaos and everythingelse can really have a final say in this
nd finally u can belive whatever u want it all abt one perception it may be that i'm wrong but i dont see ne thing to support that fact yet but if u have nething go ahead i'm all ears