The 10-Day MBA: A step-by-step guide to mastering the skills taught in top business schools - Softcover

Silbiger, Steven

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749927003 ISBN 13: 9780749927004

Publisher: Piatkus, 2010

Synopsis

The 10-Day MBA is an essential business reference, summarising a top business school education in one easy-to-read volume. Steven Silbiger devotes a concise chapter to each discipline you will encounter on an MBA course - Marketing, Ethics, Accounting, Organisational Behaviour, Quantitative Analysis, Finance, Operations, Economics, and Strategy. On Day 10 the author gives a series of MBA mini courses on research, public speaking, negotiating, international business, and more. This third edition of Steven Silbiger's bestselling book has the latest facts, figures and trends, as well as information on ethics in business post-Enron and personal finance. All-new mini-courses in property investment, business writing, leadership coaching, and financial planning have also been added. Prospective MBAs can use The 10-Day MBA to decide if they want to pursue a degree; those about to enter business school can use it to get a BIG head start on the competition; and those without the time and money can get the equivalent of an MBA education at 99 per cent off the list price.

About this title

Book Description:

Learn the key tools and theories taught at the leading business schools in just 10 days.

From the Back Cover:

Steven Silbiger's international bestseller, The Ten-Day MBA, has already helped thousands master the skills taught at America's top-ten business schools--and at a fraction of the time and staggering cost that acquiring an MBA typically demands. This newly revised fourth edition contains the most up-to-date information available for understanding the intricacies of today's complex global business world. Distilling the material contained in most popular business courses presently offered at Harvard, Stanford, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, Northwestern, and the University of Virginia--including leadership, corporate ethics and compliance, financial planning, real estate, and all the latest topics--this invaluable volume will teach you how to:

• Read and understand financial statements
• Draft and adopt effective and comprehensive marketing plans
• Comprehend accounting rules and methods
• Manage your relationship with your boss
• Develop corporate strategies
• Understand the present value concept
• Use quantitative techniques to evaluate projects
• Value stock, bond, and option investments
• Interpret the language of business law
• Master the most-used MBA jargon . . . and more

The information, the expertise, and the confidence you need for success are all in the pages of this remarkable book--at the rate of one easy-to-follow chapter per day.

About this edition

• Publisher: Piatkus
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0749927003
• ISBN 13: 9780749927004
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 448