The 30 Day MBA: Learn the Essential Top Business School Concepts, Skills and Language Whilst Keeping Your Job and Your Cash [Paperback]

Colin Barrow (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2009

The 30 Day MBA demonstrates that going to business school is not the only way to acquire an MBA skill set - and that there are ways to gain the same knowledge, while saving both time and money. This book covers the essential elements and core disciplines in a top MBA program.

The subjects covered include accounting, business history, business law, economics, entrepreneurship, ethics and social responsibility, finance, marketing, operations, organizational behavior, personal development, quantitative and qualitative research and strategy.

This practical guide also incorporates external reading and resources, online library and information sources, case examples and links to online self-assessment tests to help readers keep track of their learning achievements.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Short of taking an MBA direction itself, this book offers a solid substitute... Any business library - and many a general interest lending library - needs this." - Midwest Book Review

About the Author

Colin Barrow spent 15 years running companies and applying the principles and knowledge he learned from his own MBA. For the next 20 years he lectured, researched and collaborated with colleagues in business schools in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, the Far East and throughout Europe. He is the author of The Business Plan Workbook and The Complete Guide to Buying Property in Portugal (Kogan Page).

Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page; Reprint edition (March 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749454121
• ISBN-13: 978-0749454128
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,100 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Educated at Sandhurst and Cranfield, Colin Barrow is the author of more than 30 books in the fields of entrepreneurship, business management and international property development. His books have been published by the BBC, The Economist, John Wiley, The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times, Kogan Page, he has authored or co-authored ten books in the Dummies series and been translated into a score of languages including Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Russian, Georgian, Romanian, Polish and Bahasa Indonesia. Two of his books form the core of Microsoft's Business Plan Writer, a project on which he was a consultant advisor.

Following a career in business where he held senior staff and line positions, including that of managing director of a substantial manufacturing enterprise with multi -plant and multi-country operations he was Head of the Enterprise Group at Cranfield School of Management, a leading International Business School, for ten years. He has been a visiting professor in universities in the US, Europe and the Far East. For five years he was a non-executive director of a high tech venture capital fund, has sat on Government task forces and is now strategic advisor to a number of business owners.

As well as his own books he currently writes freelance, ghost writing and 'Anglicising' books for American authors and lectures extensively on business topics. You can hear Colin's podcast on team building at http://www.morethanbusiness.com/Knowledge-Centre/Podcasts/Business-Networks

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of an International MBA, September 27, 2011

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Guy Cornwall "guycornwall" (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 30 Day MBA: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success (Paperback)

If your want to find out what goes on in Business Schools beyond Harvard and Wharton, then this is the book for you, though they are covered too. IMD, in Lausanne, CEIBS (China Europe International Business School), INSEAD in France, IESE in Spain, LBS (London Business School, Shanghai Jiao Tong University's Antai College of Economics & Management (ACEM)are amongst the world's best B Schools whose syllabi are tapped into to compile this book. Case examples are drawn from global businesses such as Unilver, Societé Générale, and Tata Motors as well as established US firms including Facebook, Google and Dell.
For anyone who wants to know a bit more about what goes on in business schools that lie beyond the US coastline, as well as a what goes on within, this is an excellent primer.

5 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Now in a completely updated and expanded second edition, September 18, 2009

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 30 Day MBA: Learn the Essential Top Business School Concepts, Skills and Language Whilst Keeping Your Job and Your Cash (Paperback)

Now in a completely updated and expanded second edition, Colin Barrow's "The 30 Day MBA: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success" is a 312-page instruction manual based upon twelve fundamental disciplines that provide the foundation for modern MBA programs. The focus is upon identifying and explaining key tools and concepts for assessing business situations and decisions. Enhanced with references for online resources, "The 30 Day MBA: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success" will enable the reader to create their own personalized 'Management Information Resource Centre' for accessing business information on markets and competitors, as well as pertinent research data and informative case studies. It will also help prepare the reader for MBA exams. Of special note is the chapter on 'Ethics and Social Responsibility'. Superbly organized and presented, "The 30 Day MBA: Your Fast Track Guide to Business Success" fully lives up to the promise of its title and is strongly recommended for personal, professional, academic, and community library Business Studies instructional reference collections and supplemental reading lists.

4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good information. Examples are mostly British., March 5, 2010

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Lonnie L. Wibberding Jr. "llwibber" (East Coast) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The 30 Day MBA: Learn the Essential Top Business School Concepts, Skills and Language Whilst Keeping Your Job and Your Cash (Paperback)

The author did a good job providing a lot of information in a small space. The only drawback I found is most of the examples use the British Pound rather than the dollar. Being unfamilair with how many Shillings per Pound, etc, it was a little cumbersome to read. However, the divisions of disciplines and well written overview of each subject make this a great reference book.