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People who did best in business school were finance majors and project managers. Why. The author was overwhelmed by the curriculum, because he was a journalist, not an analytical type. An MBA doesn't mean much if you're an idiot.
There's a glut of MBA's. People at Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have Harvard MBA's They were responsible for the financial meltdown recently. Now about the book. People at HBS have great instructors. We used the case method also, and I have to say, our program was more difficult than HBS.
Ratio analysis is simple fractions. What I got from this book is, HBS is an elite school for the elite. If applicants couldn't do simple algebra, they should not have been admitted. Reading about what the courses were like, and how teams sat around discussing financial ratios, and balance sheets was a bore. Not nurses, microbiologists, or English majors.
I found Organizational Behavior myself to be a challenging course, Operations Management fun. I received my MBA a few years ago, in a school across the river from Harvard Business School. It's expensive, and geared towards Wall Street and the old boy network. When I interviewed for engineering jobs I was told about HBS hot shots who tried and failed to be productive.
The HBS degree opens doors closed to ordinary people with MBA's. George W Bush received his MBA from Harvard. Rupert Murdoch dropped out of school at the age of 15.
Some of our instructors spoke such poor English that they were almost unintelligible. Bill Gates never got a degree. HBS wanted a diverse mix of students."Ahead of the Curve" could have been a course description in a catalog.
Why HBS needed a math camp was a mystery to me. (In all fairness, people who wrote the software for the derivatives models were not MBA's). If you need a HBS degree to get ahead, maybe you should look at yourself more closely.
So much for that. Wouldn't have read the book except that my two engineer sons are thinking about MBAs. And also how much the 2 years cost: $175,000. I was hoping that all this effort was to make the American and world economies better with new ideas for tangible stuff instead of the financial product crap that we have now. Pacific Railroad." And one an editor should have got, "principle/agent" should of course be "principal/agent." Again proving what my disgruntled writer friend told me 40 years ago, "Those that can't do, teach, and those who can't do or teach, edit."Hope that Mr. I got the impression at first that this was going to be a negative book but it didn't turn out that way.
Luckily we have a government that can print money and bail these creeps out.Saw one minor error which the fact checker should have got. I was always curious about what exactly they taught you at HBS and this book pretty much tells you that. Go to HBS and learn how to play financial hot potato. Nice anecdotes throughout the book which I enjoyed. I was disheartened to see how many grads went to Wall Street. Averell Harriman's father, E.H., was president of the Union Pacific Railroad, not the ".U.S.
Broughton has found his post HBS niche and not one like Bob Dylan sang about: "20 years of schoolin' and they put you on the day shift."Good book
In addition, he explains various business concepts e.g. This book give you an overview of the HBS curriculum. how do venture capitalists earn $ etc. Of course, the experience of the author is subjective. Nevertheless, the author provides interesting details and gives the reader a good sense of life as an MBA student. and also describes the interview processes of major companies such as Google and other consulting companies. It is definitely an interesting read.
261). He shares authentically, graphically, and often humorously about his trials and tribulations. Ahead of the Curve was a fascinating read. The proverbial ethical challenges---Broughton explores the persistent challenge of doing business ethically.
1). The book provides several platforms of enjoyable exploration. 2). The MBA degree---Broughton does an excellent job in assessing the history and standing of the MBA degree itself regardless of which school produced the graduate.
Broughton summarizes, "The words master's in business administration captured so little of what I had learned" (p. This is affirming to anyone going through transition. Harvard Business School---With the precision of the journalist that he is, Broughton dissects the ivory tower world of HBS. The reader gains many insights into the machinations of the school and its place in history. Broughton chronicles his recent two-year trek through the Harvard MBA program.
He explains the details of an MBA education, the case-study method of learning, and how these components help mold the student's business mind. Just as important as the technical aspects, he emphasizes the effect an MBA education has on the student's thought processes and confidence. 277). 4). These revelations alone are quite interesting. Personal introspection---Broughton does a nice job in describing his personal and family struggles with adjusting to life as an MBA student from his former post as a Paris-based journalist. Although he doesn't come out and say that ethical business is an oxymoron, he does emphasize the constant threat of ethical compromise both personally and professionally.
Politics, relationships, reputation, and perceptions are equally examined. 3). Broughton muses, "If you are ready to give up your soul or, failing that, a child, the devil will give you anything" (p. I highly recommend the book to anyone at all interested in the world of the MBA or the world of HBS.
It was an easy read, well written book. The writer, as an ex-journalist, makes the topic even more interesting. I liked remembering the B-school days and reviewing the classes they teach at Harvard Business School.
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