Isn't a Housewife or Homemaker the Best Manager?

“You do have some people who still question how well you can develop socialization skills to work with other people if you are getting the degree online,” Bailey says. “One person I interviewed said, ‘How do I know if someone who spent the last two or three years getting their MBA in pajamas can come into the office?’ That maybe a sarcastic comment, but that is what some people still think about people who get their degrees online from home. 

Trying a parallel argument, isn't a homemaker the best manager? She pays electricity and newspaper bills, bargains with the fruit vendor, works 24 x 7, delivers breakfast, lunch, and dinner on time. She coaches her son for final exams and attends parent-teacher meetings at school. And gives some homemade medicine to her ailing mother-in-law.

What about a Punjabi housewife who runs a Paying Guest outlet in her home? She manages young women from different backgrounds who work in different industries. She allocates rooms as per the rent the working women are willing to give. And delivers food on time everyday. 

So, how does being at home or working at home, make these women less of managers or entrepreneurs? 

The same holds good for a student or working professional who gets a management degree online. Say, for instance the experience of a student who does a PGDM online from myBskool. The student does not study in isolation. The social learning platform has online chat rooms where students can chat with professors and batchmates. The student can also call a professor on the mobile. The student engagement officer throws an activity chart every week that helps the student to study subjects regularly.

But, employers are now warming up to online MBA professionals. And hope technology fuels and solves the communication question!