Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School | 
| Autor: Philip Delves Broughton
Urheber: Philip Delves Broughton
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Verkaufsrang: 2622
Medium: Gebundene Ausgabe
Seiten: 304
Versandgewicht: 1.2
Maße (innen): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 1594201757
Dewey Dezimalzahl: 650.07117444
EAN: 9781594201752
Publikation: Juli 31, 2008
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 Who do you want to be in life? Oktober 19, 2008
Milan Kalajdzic (Nuernberg, Bayern)
Dear reader
I am a German reader of this book who is about to graduate from business school actually. I enjoyed the book very much. There are some funny anectodes, too, but in the end of the day, the book asks the essential questions in life: how much do you weigh your career ambitions against your personal life, family and yourself? Why are you selecting jobs, even though you know, they are wrong for yourself?
It shows very nicely how an MBA at HBS works in terms of classes, methods etc, but also what is going on inside the students. What they care about, what kind of questions they ask themselve and how they answer it. Especially interesting as it is written from a former journalist and not an ex-mckinsey guy attending now business school. The perspective how to look and value things is just so different.
Enjoy
 A Journalist's Take on Harvard Business School's MBA Program September 22, 2008
Donald Mitchell (Boston)
Philip Delves Broughton was on top of the journalism world as the Paris bureau chief for The Daily Telegraph of London when he got itchy feet and decided he wanted to go to business school. Setting his sights on Harvard, he was pleased to get in. The book's title refers to the grading system at Harvard and alludes to the competition to get a leg up on other MBA students in gaining a lucrative job.
I attended Harvard Business School while in law school many years ago. I was surprised to find out how many things are similar to when I attended. The student complaints were similar, too.
I thought that Mr. Broughton did an excellent job of explaining what the case system is all about and what occurs in preparing for and during a class. If you've always wanted to go to HBS, here's a chance to take a peek.
The book's strength is in exposing the values behind HBS, people seeking the highest-paying jobs despite the personal cost to family life and one's own soul. Mr. Broughton made some half-hearted attempts to seek out such opportunities, but ended his two years at Harvard with a large loan to show for the experience . . . and no job.
The book's weakness comes in Mr. Broughton's desire to teach you some of the basic concepts about business management. I doubt if you are interested. He doesn't always get it right, either.
I found myself comparing Ahead of the Curve to One L, Scott Turow's brilliant description of the bad old days of being a first-year law student at Harvard. One L is a better book. But both are powerful in explaining what it feels like to be a student in the middle of the gigantic forces moving to shape you like a vise into a new form that will be attractive to employers.
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