Reply #2: My MBA concentration was in Technology Management

[Not Me]

and I *think* I have done a pretty decent job for the two companies I have worked for, in terms of laying out a viable/affordable IT strategy and coordinated systems approach.

While I haven't been involved in the big picture staffing and procurment decisions, I understand that for many companies, the big problem was failure to recognize and accept huge changes in technology, design and manufacture. By ignoring the signs, managers further disadvantaged their companies, and handed their lunch to foreign manufacturers, who, all other things being equal can better compete on labor, environmental and regulatory costs. The real damage wasn't done in the 90's, but much earlier.