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Instant MBA: Think, perform and earn like a top business-school graduate (52 Brilliant Ideas)

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"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.

Yet another remarkable book from Nicholas Bate.

If you are wanting to do an MBA one day or just want to be better in whatever you do, this book will give you direction, and guidance. As unlikely as it may sound, I found this book to be like a mentor. Your own personal one, whom you can turn to anytime... See, you can read it from cover to cover, but since it's logically divided into topics, you can just use it as a reference and flip it open at the topic you are wanting some direction in. And whenever you do so, you will find yourself motivated and acting upon brilliant advice.

Not only is this book an enjoyable read, but also a very useful one. Highly recommended.

i continue to keep coming back to this to get some MBA Common sense. I enjoy it - not to complex, just straight forward..simple read.

This was an interesting book because I have an MBA from a pretty good school. Nicholas Bate does a thorough job of covering the basics and Instant MBA reminded me of a few things that I had forgotten.

I was really amazed at how much was stuffed into this book.

I saw this for download at no charge. I'm currently getting my MBA from a traditional college, so I thought this could be interesting. It's good to have and read from time to time. It keeps some of the ideas I'm learning fresh. That said, I would never forego the real thing for this ebook. It's a good companion or, if you have no plans on getting a real MBA, could be a worthwhile read.

Great material. One will benefit directly related to one's willingness to invest in the learning process. It is a nice synthesis of ideas with lots of additional materials to explore.

Definitely NOT an "INSTANT" thing - well at least you have to open and read it .... which I haven't even done. The free download was pretty quick - but not quite as fast as an instant to download - I would say almost 2 instances download time lol