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

Hello everyone.

As we all know to become a successful leader and manager a person should possess some good and exceptional managerial skills. A managerial skill is something which helps in managing people efficiently and taking work from them effectively.

I think a person can learn good managerial skills through experience rather than sitting in class because in class we are just talking about those kinds of skills like the teacher just providing us with the knowledge of those skills in a theoretical manner but when it comes to experience in any company there we can learn this types of skills practically. Like in a company, we can learn how to motivate, manage and work from them but in the classroom, we can not due to a shortage of resources and expertise.

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.

I am a manager with no college education. I am 50 and have been in management for about 12 years. Over the years I have learnt a wealth of information through the daily experience. I have also witnessed very poor decisions made by very inexperienced managers with a full college degrees. Experience is key.

Hi I would be so happy to start a conversation on the topic "Managerial skills learnt in the classroom can never match those learnt from experience"

It is a true statement since what ever you study in the class room they are only theoretical when the time comes to face the world it would be so different. Only experience can show you the real world.

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.

Hello everyone,

As we all have learned from our school time that experience is the best teacher, the rule here apply quite perfectly. No one is born manager, is it like in a managers house there will born another one or in a family of doctors the child born is a doctor. No is the answer. Child learn from what they see from their childhood. Coming back to managerial skills no one can learn them, its the thing that comes from practice and live field experience. Managerial skills learned in schools are just theory part but the practical knowledge which lead us to a way to success come from experience.

Yes, I agree with the fact that managerial skills learnt in class cannot match with those learnt from experience. The skills we learn in class give us a foundation and help us to think and apply those skills in real life. But the skills we learn from experience are of utmost importance and are not taught in any institutions, we get to know about it from experiences only. The skills learnt from experience include leadership quality, problem-solving skills and mindset to get the job done and the skills are used in every part of our life. So, both skill have their importance and we can neglect any skill as both are linked to each other.

Yes, I agree that Classroom knowledge is the base for the corporate job and it is essential to know the base of corporate, it gives us the courage to handle critical situations. We may become the best leaders by experience.

In my opinion classroom teaches how and when to apply managerial theory in the real world.

Well, theory is a part of the classroom and experience can only be achieved by applying and experimenting on those theories in real workplace, hence both are essential for making a better decision in the workplace while facing any 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.