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In the century since its founding, Harvard Business. School has become the single most influential institution in. global business. Twenty percent of the CEOs of Fortune 500. companies are HBS graduates, as are many of our savviest. entrepreneurs (e.g., Michael Bloomberg) and canniest felons. (e.g., Jeffrey Skilling). The top investment banks and brokerage. houses routinely send their brightest young stars to HBS to. groom them for future power. To these people and many others,. a Harvard MBA is a golden ticket to the Olympian heights of. American business. In 2004, Philip Delves Broughton abandoned a post. as Paris bureau chief of the London Daily Telegraph to join nine. hundred other would-be tycoons on HBS’s plush campus. Over. the next two years, he and his classmates would be inundated. with the best—and the rest—of American business culture that. HBS epitomizes. The core of the school’s curriculum is the. “case”—an analysis of a real business situation from which the. students must, with a professor’s guidance, tease lessons. Delves. Broughton studied more than five hundred cases and recounts. the most revelatory ones here. He also learns the surprising. pleasures of accounting, the allure of “beta,” the ingenious chicanery. of leveraging, and innumerable other hidden workings. of the business world, all of which he limns with a wry clarity. reminiscent of Liar’s Poker. He also exposes the less savory trappings. of b-school culture, from the “booze luge” to the pandemic. obsession with PowerPoint to the specter of depression that. stalks too many overburdened students. With acute and often. uproarious candor, he assesses the school’s success at teaching. the traits it extols as most important in business—leadership,. decisiveness, ethical behavior, work/life balance. Published during the one hundredth anniversary. of Harvard Business School, Ahead of the Curve offers a richly. detailed more...

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Many good jobs don't require a four-year degree. Includes a tip on how to write a resume. more...

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This spiritual how-to book helps readers discern what they are called to do, find the courage to respond to that call, and stay on course to make that vision a reality. Schuster first explains what it means to be called to something larger--then to find the life that best fits. more...

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Providing vital information for those currently involved in court administration and those who are considering becoming involved, The Art and Practice of Court Administration offers new ways to approach justifying a court's base budget needs. It presents a fresh perspective on the role of court administrators and how administration supports the institution's role in securing litigation-based justice and practical hints for handling daily administrative challenges. It introduces the Hierarchy of Court Administration, which provides a structure and a basis for setting priorities that should advance the field and help administrators cope with undifferentiated demands. more...

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