10 Lessons from Top MBA Programs

Author: Peter Navarro (USA)
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Publish Date: 2006-07-01
Features: Read one book to master the essence of ten MBA core courses. Learn the of MBA courses from top professors at Stanford University, Wharton Business School, Sloan Management School, and other leading institutions. This book condenses the wisdom taught in classrooms by renowned MBA professors from top business schools, offering management concepts, tools, and knowledge that can only be learned in formal MBA programs. Co-published by Professor Navarro and over a dozen internationally renowned professors, it summarizes the content of ten major MBA courses, conveying concepts, tools, and knowledge that can only be mastered through formal MBA education in plain and accessible language. In addition to explaining the content of each discipline, the author dedicates a chapter to exploring the connections between the courses. Before delving into each course, the author visually illustrates the relationships between its various components through charts, enabling readers not only to grasp the essence of MBA courses in the shortest time but also to integrate and apply the knowledge effectively. The ten courses covered in this book include Strategic Management, Macroeconomics, Strategic Marketing, Operations and Supply Chain Management, Financial Accounting, Managerial Accounting, Corporate Finance, Organizational Behavior, Statistics, Decision Analysis and Modeling, and Managerial Economics. Contributing professors include: Daniel F. Spulber of Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University; Peter Navarro of Paul Merage School of Management at the University of California, Irvine; Richard J. Lutz of the Business School at the University of Washington; Steven Nahmias of Leavey School of Business at Santa Clara University; Leslie K. Breitner of Evans School of Public Policy and Management at the University of Washington; Emeritus Professor Ray H. Garrison of Brigham Young University; Stephen A. Ross of the Sloan School of Management at MIT; Steven L. McShane of the Business School at the University of Western Australia; and Charles P. Bonini of the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. If you are preparing to apply for an MBA and want to familiarize yourself with the courses you will study before starting to enhance your competitiveness, or if you have already obtained an MBA degree and wish to systematically organize the knowledge you have learned, or if you are interested in pursuing an MBA but lack the time, then this book is perfectly suited for you.