MBA in a Box: Practical Ideas from the Best Brains in Business
The pitch is a tad gimmicky: a book called MBA in a Box that is packaged in-wait for it-a box! But this canary-yellow tome has more going for it than a clever concept. Editor Joel Kurtzman, a former chief of the Harvard Business Review, has rounded up fresh writings from a winner’s circle of business thinkers in order to present in an approachable format all … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Authors: Glenn Rifkin, Joel Kurtzman, Victoria Griffith | Subjects: Management, MBA Related
Henry Mintzberg
Full-time MBA programs by their nature attract many of the wrong people–too impatient and analytical, with little experience in management itself. These may be fine traits for students, but they can be tragically ill-suited for managers.
Conventional MBA programs then compound the error by giving the wrong impression of management: that managers are important people disconnected from the daily work of making products and producing services; … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Fast Company | Subjects: Management, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training
Should Business Schools Teach Aristotle
Many top business thinkers — including Michael Porter, C. K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel — argue that good communications are crucial for implementing strategy. Yet, while most chief executive officers say that more than half of their daily work involves communications, little in their education prepares them for the task. Their formal training is often limited to basic writing and speaking courses in college and … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Janis Forman, Paul A. Argenti | Source: strategy+business | Subjects: Management, MBA Related
A Fine Balance
Certified accountants are back in vogue, but don’t forget the MBA. Skills and experience in both accounting and finance are best for a full career.
Content: Article | Author: Cesar Bacani | Source: CFO Publishing | Subjects: Finance, MBA Related
B-School Development and Fundraising Facts
Best Practices and Case Studies: Be Very Afraid
Often, it’s not clear what it means for some practice to be “best.” Best at what? And by what standard?
What works well for one of your competitors or another company doesn’t necessarily mean it will work well for your organization. Following in the footsteps of other companies is called mimicry, and while it might be flattering, it is often very dangerous.
Content: Article | Author: Allen Weiss | Source: MarketingProfs | Subjects: Best Practices, MBA Related | Industry: Education / Training
Does Graduate Education Contribute to Professional Accounting Success?
Wier, Stone, and Hunton look at whether, and if so what type of, graduate education is useful in predicting professional success in accounting. Using a fairly large data set (about 9000 total students), the authors conclude that graduate education does help (and it is not just a selection or halo effect!) but at differing degrees. For instance, performance evaluations for those with a … [ Read more ]
Content: Article | Authors: Benson Wier, Dan N. Stone, James E. Hunton | Source: Social Science Research Network (SSRN) | Subjects: Accounting, MBA Related
The Wharton MBA Case Interview Study Guide: Volume I
Have you already worked your way through Ace Your Case and Fifteen Questions and are looking for more expert guidance to help you slam those case interviews? Look no further. The MBA Consulting Club at The Wharton School has produced an excellent guide to help prepare you for consulting case interviews. Now distributed exclusively by Wet Feet Press. Here’s a short online preview!
Table of … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Subjects: Career, MBA Related
David A. Garvin
The case method does little to cultivate caution. Decisiveness is rewarded, not inaction. Students can become trigger-happy as a result, committed “to taking action where action may not be justified or to force a solution where none is feasible.” Class discussions can easily polarize. Persuasiveness is valued-but not publicly changing one’s own mind. Few students do so in the course of discussion; if anything, positions … [ Read more ]
Content: Quotation | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: Education, MBA Related
Reported Business Degrees Awarded Outside Canada and the U.S.
Steer clear of B-school ‘spin’
Business schools in Europe appear to be focusing more on managing their reputation and identity than on disputing the rankings. This is a wise strategy.
Content: Article | Author: Ilja van Roon | Source: European Business Forum (EBF) | Subjects: International – Europe, MBA Related
Business Masters Awarded (US)
Writing Your MBA Dissertation
“The dissertation is an important phase of the MBA program. It allows students to individualize the program by researching an area of special interest in depth and provides an opportunity to demonstrate professional and academic skills constructively. But it can also be daunting: it requires a lengthy piece of writing and forms a major component for assessment.” This book provides help covering all the stages, … [ Read more ]
Content: Book | Author: Brian White | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
How to Win Big and Get Ahead Fast
Once academic exercises for eggheads, college business-plan contests now offer competitors the chance to win sizeable chunks of cash and launch a business. No surprise: Entrepreneurs have begun to horn in on the action.
See related sidebar, “What Judges Look For” at:
Content: Article | Author: Patrick J. Sauer | Source: Inc. Magazine | Subjects: Entrepreneurship, MBA Related
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
Professor David A. Garvin offers a rare inside glimpse at how the case method is used by both faculty and students in classrooms at Harvard Business School.
Editor’s Note: you can read the entire original article from a link provided in the text.
Content: Article | Author: David A. Garvin | Source: Harvard Business School (HBS) Working Knowledge | Subjects: MBA Related, Miscellaneous MBA-related Resources
University Studies Abroad Consortium
“MBA students – go global for the 21st century. Internationalize your MBA program by incorporating a semester abroad. The University Studies Abroad Consortium is adding MBA level courses in International Finance, International Management and International Marketing to its program in Bilbao, Spain. The program provides you with a unique and valuable multi-cultural perspective – contact us today for more details.”
Content: Online Resource | Source: University Studies Abroad Consortium (USAC) | Subject: MBA Related
Richard Brookhiser
Law school worships understanding, business school worships skill. Law-school students scrutinize what has been done. If business-school students don’t quite learn by doing, they learn how things have been done.
Content: Quotation | Source: The Atlantic Monthly | Subjects: Education, MBA Related
Business School Relative Emphasis on Teaching, Intellectual Contributions, and Service
Todo MBA
An MBA portal in Spanish: “la central de recursos para todos aquellos relacionados con el mundo de los MBA. Te ofrecemos multitud de recursos, comenzando por la más completa GUÍA DE MBA que se imparten en España.”
Content: Online Resource | Source: Nexcom Internet S.L. | Subject: MBA Related