Library and information studies professor Andrew Large, talking with The Toronto Star about how the Internet isn't an ideal classroom tool for young children. Large recently led a McGill study that concluded that the Internet was too unwieldy for young kids and that books and CD-ROMs, tailored specifically for children, were more effective. Well, according to a survey conducted by National Post Business, if you're a male, as are 80 per cent of these business aces, you'd best study engineering. Fewer than one in six of the CEOs had an MBA and lawyers and accountants were almost as numerous as the MBA-holders. Furthermore, while almost all of the CEOs had an undergraduate degree, most had nothing beyond.
Education seems to play a bigger role where women and francophones are concerned.
The four women to make this list had nine degrees amongst them while two thirds of the francophones had graduate degrees, as compared to only one third of the anglophones. It just goes to show you, you can be a miserable son of a bitch and still be perceived as a great businessman. Management professor Henry Mintzberg, talking about automobile pioneer Henry Ford with The Globe and Mail. He was selected by Fortune as the leading businessman of the century.