Future relevance of business degrees?

[tbradford1]

Thanks for the interesting answers, people. I would like to add though, that I was thinking a little bigger in the 'change' department. As opposed to the difference between VHS and DVD, I was thinking of the difference between the way wars were conducted pre and post Napoleon. Fundamental changes in the way things are done. Example: people keep talking about how the stock market will never be the same, it's a whole new ball game, etc. If the structural changes in finance and banking are as significant as 'they' say they will be, then all of us will have to unlearn almost everything about finance and a lot of every other subject that finance ties into. The consequences of something like that would not be entirely clear for decades, at least to most people. (Or perhaps the media is blowing things out of proportion again...I don't know, I'm not a finance expert)

Perrik, you've got the right attitude. I think perhaps being unemployed for so long and having never really been in the big business world and therefore having my finger solidly off the pulse is making me a bit nervous.

For business as a whole, the fundamentals will likely never change significantly (at least not quickly). When it comes down to it, companies need to figure out how to sell their products (or services) to customers, figure out a way to get the products to the customers, and track and report the results. The basics of this process are not going to change anytime soon, we just all need to stay up to date in how these basic processes are best accomplished.