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Books : Ahead of the Curve: Two Years at Harvard Business School

by: Philip Delves Broughton


Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 650.07117444 EAN: 9781594201752 ISBN: 1594201757 Label: Penguin Press Manufacturer: Penguin Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 304 Publication Date: July 31, 2008 Publisher: Penguin Press Sales Rank: 31230 Studio: Penguin Press	Average Rating: List Price: £17.45 Price: £13.35 You Save: £4.10 (23%) Prices subject to change.
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- A Journalist's Take on Harvard Business School's MBA Program
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 ... Read More

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- Lacks a Punch
Be warned any prospective applicant of Harvard Business School that P.D Broughton's publication "Ahead of the Curve" may put you off pursuing one of the most prestigious accolades in higher education.

While his commentary is interesting and the dry British wit effectively used to undermine some of P.D. Broughton's more mercantile peers, this book was a disappointing account of one man's frustrated efforts to establish clear career objectives, deliver on said objectives and integrate ... Read More

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- Inside look at the business elite
Philip Broughton went into the Harvard MBA like an anthroplogist goes to live with an obscure jungle tribe - this book works on the same principle of outsider wisdom, of the newcomer able to see just how strange the social norms of these hard-to-access cultures can be. Marvel at these elite MBA-ers and their language of "creating a developmental agenda for leveraging their reflected best-self"! Puzzle at the strong emphasis on business integrity and moral judgment, when fact is everyone's really there ... Read More

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