Artificial Intelligence vs Emotional Intelligence – Implications for Management Education

The Emergence of Artificial Intelligence has led to lot of confusion, hype, FOMO syndrome, misperceptions, apprehensions on its implications for graduates of Management Programs such as the MBA, particularly their market value, potential replacement in the job market… This is a brief discussion on the differences between what AI can do vs real world demands / value added by professional human managers; and where AI is not a substitute for knowledge that one gains from a graduate level Management Program such as the MBA. Some of the observations are from personal experience of an engineer cum doctorate in Management from a top institution with about four decades of diverse experience including the Tech space