Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience

Hey forum members,

I wanted to share my thoughts on the given debate topic: "Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience".

Having spent several years working in various roles across different industries, I've come to appreciate the immense value of real-world experience in honing one's managerial abilities.

Classroom learning definitely provides a solid foundation and theoretical knowledge, which is crucial. It gives us the frameworks, theories, and best practices to understand the fundamentals of management. However, there's an undeniable gap between theory and practice. Real-life situations present us with unique challenges that textbooks simply can't predict.

Through hands-on experience, we encounter the complexities of interpersonal dynamics, adapting to rapidly changing situations, and making tough decisions under pressure. These real-world scenarios provide us with a deeper understanding of the intricacies of management that no lecture or textbook can fully capture.

Moreover, experience helps us develop essential soft skills such as effective communication, empathy, and problem-solving. We learn how to navigate conflicts, motivate teams, and foster a positive work environment. These skills are often developed through trial and error, which is a vital part of the learning process.

While classroom learning equips us with a theoretical framework, it's the practical application that transforms that knowledge into true expertise. So, it's not a matter of classroom learning versus experiential learning; rather, it's the combination of both that shapes us into well-rounded and effective managers.

In conclusion, while classroom learning sets the stage, the true magic happens when we put theory into action through real-world experience. The challenges we face, the decisions we make, and the lessons we learn along the way are the building blocks of exceptional managerial skills. So, let's embrace the classroom as a starting point and seize every opportunity to learn and grow through real-life experiences.

Thanks everyone.

A debate that has been around for long, still continues. Class room learning Vs experiential learning. When one talks about management skills, we are dealing with hard skills and soft skills - hard skills of finance, operation marketing, human resource as well as the soft skills of leadership, team building, communication and so on. It is pivotal for any student aiming for the stars to go through the rigorous and laborious process of mastering these skills.

The platform for such learning is in a classroom. Classrooms provides an aspiring management student the opportunity to not just learn but also experience the world of management. While many of of my fellow speakers have pointed out that the experience is the best teacher, I too agree with them. However, the appropriate channelizing of that knowledge is appropriate as well as effective only in a classroom.

To bridge the classroom and industrial divide, many universities and institutions are adopting numerous programs that enable the student to embrace and get the feel of the real world. Plethora of avenues are available for a management student to apply what he/she has learnt in class in practical situations. Further, a student gets the added benefit being tutored and mentored by qualified professors who posses an ocean of wisdom. Therefore, I would like to conclude that there is nothing taking away the titanic benefits that classroom learning has to offer for a student.

"life is not a sprint, its a marathon. Train well and there is nothing thats going to stop you from reaching the finishing point".

I would like to share my views on this too.

It's true that the Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience. For some people, what we learn in schools, colleges are never made use of them in real-life experiences.

The managerial skills taught in the classroom are too theoretical for any real-life scenarios.

They are not taught how to handle pressure, stress etc.

There are many scenarios that obviously cannot be covered in a few months of curriculum.

In a practical experience, we meet different people, & learnt different things.

Managerial skills in theory are very "generic'. This is not the case in the case of real-life experiences.

In real life, depending on the work environment and people, one needs to change the way work can be managed.

Against.

It will be unfair to pass judgment that Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience.

It is a known fact that most of the business tycoons have studied from the top B schools.

What is learnt in the classroom may not completely match with real-life scenarios, however, the basics of any manager are patience, ability to motivate and manage a team.

Such basics are always experienced in real life, although in different forms.

What really matters is, how well a manager can handle his company. If the company employees are happy, it does not matter what he learnt in the classroom is being made us off or not. A key to any good manager is to motivate the Employee and consider their personal issues.

The fact that real-world experience is any better than classroom or bookish knowledge. If we talk about a classroom or closed environment scenario, the situation is very much ideal. When we go out in the real world, things are very dynamic there. The sudden change of things and when things turn out differently from the planning, now the real managerial skill takes over.

Real-world problem requires planning and execution, and at the same time, keeping in mind what to do if things turn out differently, such things are not something that can be simulated in a classroom.

But you can always learn from someone else's mistake. Why do people even spend time on solving and reading cases and their scenarios. You can learn from the situations of that time and can take help from the referances. If these things implementes successfully then you can turn out any unfavourable situation in your favour.

Conclusion: Practical knowledge and real life managerial skills have no comparison with the classroom knowledge but if classroom knowledge applied carefully in unfavourable situations because someone else's mistake is someone's learning so we can make most out of the situation and can handle the situation in a better way.

Classroom learning works as a R&D department of any company which is necessary for any new product launching before launching a product it is necessary to check the product and make correction whatever is needed, this same thing we get in our classroom learning then we get ready for launch in corporate world.

Someone also talk about managerial skill comes by experience many more industrialist got success without going not even a single day to college but I want to ask a question to all of them only one question if it is right then why the son of DHIRUBHAI AMBANI went to harvard university for their MBA. If his father never gone in any Indian B school and why executive MBA. Why people come in IIM and any other B school after working for 1yr or 2yr or more experience.

So I want to conclude that unless you have not any theoretical knowledge you can't be a good manager. It could be a case that the person can get success in marketing not exactly in marketing but in sales but if they want to get success in finance or supplychan or HR. He/she must have the knowledge of classroom learning.

Firstly, I want to say this is a very good topic of discussion.

Managerial skills learned in the classroom can never match those learned from experience.

Both have different scenarios in their own way. If we talk about the classroom this gives us the theoretical knowledge that provides us a framework for any context. This is also an essential part. Because we have been doing this from our schools, attending classes. In college also we are attending lectures. So from this attending things what actually we are doing. We are getting knowledge about a particular thing.

But real-world experience comes through the experience. It teaches us what actually works in the corporate world, and how to make good or proper decisions under pressure. We face a lot of challenges over there and from this, we get to know, how to get over those challenges and find many ways to do that task. So life experience is totally different from the classroom, how we actually work at our actual work site, how we behave with others, and how we handle all the situations in the corporate world.

Hello friends,

My name is Anurag Kanodia. I am expressing my views on the topic "Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from the experience".

According to me, Knowledge gained in the classroom is necessary but it is of no use unless it is applied. Lets suppose there are two persons X and Y with X having more classroom knowledge but less experience than Y. Then according to me Y will have better managerial skills because he has able to implement whatever he has learn through classroom and books but X possess only theoretical knowledge.

Experience is always a winner in the race between "knowledge gained in classroom" and "Experience". If a person has experience he can cope up with the given situation more efficiently than the person who has only theoretical knowledge. Theoretical knowledge is incomplete without experience. A person can be successful only when he has both theoretical knowledge and experience.

Thank you.

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share my thoughts on the topic of managerial skills and the ongoing debate about classroom learning versus real-world experience. As someone who's been in the management field for a while, I firmly believe that practical experience trumps what you learn in the classroom.

Sure, textbooks and lectures provide a solid foundation, but they can never fully prepare you for the complexities of managing real people and real situations. In my journey, I've encountered countless scenarios that no classroom discussion could have replicated. Dealing with interpersonal conflicts, making tough decisions, and adapting to unexpected challenges have been the best teachers.

So, while classroom education is important, don't underestimate the invaluable lessons you gain from practical experience. They shape you into a more effective and well-rounded manager.

Hello everyone.

Our today's topic is managerial skills learnt in classroom can never match those from experience.

In my opinion, classroom skills learnt and teaches for the when we will going to the corporate sector for the working we know about the exactly what to do when problems are arises and how to handle that situation but in the classroom skills all are teaches to how to manage that problems.

And also practical knowledge is good too practical experience when we learn the theoretical skills in classroom and we know that how to handle that situations so, I think both are important to learn the managerial experience and skills.

For developing the managerial skills they must have to leadership quality, problem solving, time management it's important and it can be learnt form the classroom skills to how behave in corporate sector etc.

Managerial skill is something that we cannot learn by just reading book. In class room a mere lecture is given which helps us to visualize the thing and circumstances with our close eyes. But the real scenario is just different from the way we think. So in order to gain proper managerial things we should in fact try it out in the practical way. For this is the only way to groom ourselves in the right path. For eg: nowadays each and every recruiter look for experienced personal for their company, this is because they want their employees to be ready to whatsoever challenges on their own will which will add to the reputation and goodwill of their company. Hence according to me every knowledge that we have gained should have the practical implementation. For nowadays it works more then the managerial skill that we get in classrooms.