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(More customer reviews)"Those who invest in thinking differently, in pulling ahead from the crowd, in constantly seeking fresh brilliant ideas are not just those who survive, but also those who thrive," according to Nicholas Bate in this book. The book contains the author's ideas of the essential parts of an MBA course, arranged into 52 short chapters, which could be studied at a rate of one per week for a year.
The book briefly covers a number of important ideas from Michael Porter, Peter Drucker, Jim Collins and other well-respected thought leaders, as well as some ideas from voices a bit closer to the lunatic fringe. Seven of the chapters are on concepts which the author describes as New World of Work Drivers: acceleration (increasing rate of change), automation, alternative shores (outsourcing), abundance (of choices), ambiguity (making the future unpredictable), anarchy (power is back with the people), and adrenaline (all of this causes fear). I found these chapters the most interesting.
The author makes an impossible promise in the book's title. It is simply not possible to obtain the knowledge and skills of an MBA graduate instantly. I was hoping that each chapter would act as a starting point for a topic, with an extensive list of books and other resources that the reader could consult for further information on each topic. Instead, most topics are presented in a manner which is likely to be too brief for the reader fully to comprehend the topic's value and significance, and at the end of the book there is a list of just 17 books, more than half of which are unlikely to be on any real MBA course reading list.
Finance, economics and managerial accounting are frequently core subjects in MBA courses, but this book does not mention economics and has very little to say about finance, and as a result the reader does not even get introduced to much of the distinctive language that MBA graduates speak. In chapter 14 the author says that there is a lack of understanding about mission and vision statements, and then proceeds to demonstrate his own lack of understanding by completely confusing the concepts.
The book does contain some interesting material, and it is short and easy to read. However, if you are looking for a book that gives you a good overview of what people typically learn in a real MBA course, you would do well to look elsewhere.
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