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The Portable MBA, 4th Edition
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Sales rank 73,033
Customers rating (based on 13 reviews)
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Praise for The PORTABLE MBA THIRD EDITION "This is a first-rate book by a first-rate group of scholars. It provides a clear distillation of some very powerful new concepts and integrates [them] into a practical general management framework that will help managers meet the challenges of the twenty-first century." –W. Carl Kester Industrial Bank of Japan Professor of Finance Harvard Business School "The Portable MBA is an outstanding resource. Every prospective MBA student should read it to jump-start their course work; every practicing manager, even those with MBAs, would also profit greatly from time spent with this excellent book." –Dennis E. Logue, Dean and Fred E. Brown Chair Michael F. Price College of Business, University of Oklahoma "The Portable MBA will appeal to those who recognize that the tired old rules of business no longer apply in today’s rapidly changing global environment. This book offers students and business professionals an up-to-date approach that integrates all the key functional areas of the business enterprise." –John D. Finnerty, PhD, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Professor of Finance, Fordham University "[The Portable MBA] offers an interdisciplinary, succinct, and practical approach to tools, concepts, and emerging trends facing executives who compete in the global economy." –Barry D. Leskin Chief Learning Officer, Chevron Corporation
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| Publisher | Wiley | | Release date | 11/2002 | | Availability | Usually ships in 24 hours | | Edition | Hardcover |
| | List price | $34.95 | | Our price | $23.07 (you save 33.99%) | | Used price | from $17 |
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 Portable MBA Libraries
I love the entire collection of MBA books; they are easy to read and full of detailed information that would cost thousands to learn in school.
 Portable MBA? No way.
Background Information
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I was in an endeavor to "refresh" my library of knowledge I acquired subsequent to completing my MBA program. After reading a number of these so-called Portable MBA or MBA in a Box books, I am quite firmly convinced that you cannot learn MBA material outside of an MBA program. At best, these books can provide a refresher or an almost adequate preview of the content covered in MBA programs. More specifically, THE PORTABLE MBA was not the most disappointing book on the subject of MBA maetrial, but nevertheless not very useful as a refersher or a preview for prospective MBA students.
Summary
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I am going to be brief in discussing this book. I cannot encourage you to read this, particularly if you're interested in an MBA review or preview. I actually tutored Macroeconomics, and I found the section on that subject in this book to be very inadequate and disappointing. To be perhaps fair, I am glad that Keynesian economics was touched on in contrast to supply-side economics. Nevertheless, I do not think a reader of this book can fully appreciate the difference between being a demand-side and supply-side economist. I do not believe that Milton Friedman was even touched upon in this context, however.
Conclusion
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As I stated, I would discourage anyone from going out of her/his to acquire a copy of this book. However, leading from the middle, the challenges of international business, and the complexity of strategic alliances are covered adequately.
Thank you,
Clovis
 Here is How You Get a "Portable" MBA
The rage nowadays seems to be how you can circumvent the B school process, save 100,000 dollars, and still come out on top with all the knowledge free.
I got news for you.
It won't happen.
But there are activities and materials you can procure in order to sharpen your business acumen and critical reasoning skills.
This post comes as a result from a recent seminar I attended where deans from top MBA programs in NYC were convened to talk about the admissions process.
There were 5 up there - 3 of them agreed that if it weren't for the networking opportunities at B school, everything you get a B school can be attained by suscribing to the Economist.
I was shocked.
So here we go.
The top five ways to get your portable MBA:
1. Buy the complete Portable MBA Series. There are many more, but you only need these 8:
- the portable MBA (start with this one)
-" " finance/accounting.
-" " entrepreneurship
-" " marketing
- " " management
- " " strategy
- " " investments
- " " economics
You probably think I'm joking.
I'm not.
The wealth of information here will blow you away.
Be a smart and consider it all as an investment.
Anyways, top b schools cover all the topics listed above.
2. Suscribe to the Economist.
I suscribe to dozens of business periodicals, but the Economist is global in scope.
Remember that word - global.
You'll hear it a lot in Business school should you decide to go.
3. Read Thomas Friedman's new book: THE WORLD IS FLAT. I read over 300 business books a year (on average one a week) and this is so far the best book I've read in 2005.
Get this: Business Week polled some of the top B school professors in the nation and they all said they were planning on reading this over the summer.
I'll let you decide.
4. Be thankful you have the internet at your disposal.
Our parents did not have such a luxury as Google, Investopedia, or Wikipedia.
Read everthing related to business, finance, econ, marketing, technology, media, wall street, stock markets, venture capitalism, & the internet.
That means blogs, too...
5. Get cable and watch either CNNfn, CNBC, or Bloomberg as much as you can.
Even if you're busy, leave it on and let that juice seep into the subconscious.
Use discipline + never change the channel to watch what the rest of America watches.
So there you go.
 Very poor quality, poorly written book
I will strongly advise not to purchase this book. The book is a superficial look at the topics covered in an MBA program.
A scratch on the surface, or not even that
This book is totally void of content. The authors state the obvious over and over again, and never get to saying anything meaningful.
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