From Publishers Weekly
In a somewhat uncoordinated series of revealing episodes and unflattering personal profiles, former employee Mark here writes an expose of the Harvard Business School, whose MBAs constitute an elite power bloc in American finance and industry. Professors fatten their incomes, charges the author, with corporation consulting fees, competing fiercely for graduates to staff their consulting firms. Instructors using the "case system" for teaching business situations later use for their own projects research done by students, who themselves, through a professor's recommendation, may go on to starting salaries on Wall Street of $80,000 or more. Corporate managers, Mark maintains, sometimes establish faculty chairs on "special" subjects by making million-dollar contributions to the school, and "associates," like IBM, which contribute to HBS programs, often become suppliers to the school. University president Derek Bok himself has expressed dissatisfaction with the school, according to the author.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Mark looks critically at the Harvard Business School, of which he is a former staff member. He examines topics such as the case method of teaching, faculty involvement with outside corporations, fund-raising, and internal politics. His conclusion: HBS is tops in this country, but some changes are desirable, such as limiting outside work done by the faculty. This work focuses on the faculty and administration rather than on the alumni (see Laurence Shames's The Big Time , LJ 2/15/86) or curriculum (as in What They Really Teach You at the Harvard Business School by Francis J. Kelly and Heather Mayfield Kelly, LJ 10/1/86). Mark writes ably, and his book deserves a wide audience. Wendy Allex, Lee Cty. Lib. System , Ft. Myers, Fla.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
