That would be a bummer to pay for and earn an MBA and end up in retail middle mgmt. There is nothing wrong with retail management, but folks can work their way up in most chains w/o the expense and time of graduate school.

As far as what they are teaching, most of it is psychology on helping your workers get through change and coming to grips with things that do not make common sense...

...They used to teach things like: satisfy customers, make money, have fun. But those days are gone...

...And so is common sense in most places. Go figure.