This ad has been running hard in Melbourne print media since the footy at the weekend:
It says something about the sort of person Melbourne University is hoping to attract to its business school … a school that apparently sees a football allegiance (the guy in the ad has decided, oh smart fellow, to wear the Geelong tie, not the St Kilda one) as an option that can be selected on the day according to perceived advantage. Lets take that sort of loyalty and commitment into corporate life shall we? (Oh! We already have!)
Memo Melbourne University business school and all you sharp arsed merchant banker types: a footy allegiance is for life. A footy team is about a hot passion followed through thick and thin. A footy team is not just a tie you wear to a corporate lunch. On a whim. Wankers.
PS: It’s been pointed out, see comment below, this this ad is in fact for the Graduate School of Management. Who don’t run the MBA program. But are still wankers IMHO.
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Maybe they used the same PR / Marketing firm as Kraft. . . First class wankers. Thank You Mr Green for bringing it to my attention.
Who approved that? What were they thinking?
Sometimes success comes down to one simple choice.
F.Campbell, MBA(Not)
I just want to clarify that Melbourne Business School runs the MBA and this ad has nothing to do with the MBA or the School.
Jenny George, Acting Dean, Melbourne Business School
Oh what a thoroughly clever ad, sometimes one doubts that the decimation of the Arts and Land & Food faculties is worth while but clearly there is a purpose. Wankers.
Certainly great marketing skill shown by a business school, only making it relevant to Melbourne.
I once saw a business card with CBa after the person’s name. I asked what this was and was told “it’s ABC backwards”. I was more impressed with the answer than any MBA.