What's Your MBA IQ: A Manager's Career Development Tool | Date: 28 April 2011, 05:49
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What's Your MBA IQ: A Manager's Career Development Tool
By Devi Vallabhaneni
* Publisher: Wiley
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2009-09-22
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470439572
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470439579
Product Description:
What’s your MBA IQ? A combination of what you know and how much you’ve applied this knowledge on the job, your MBA IQ is what defines your management knowledge in today’s business climate. It’s what keeps you at the top of your profession, an expert in your specialized field with an understanding, as well, of cross-functional disciplines.
Arming you with a solid foundation across the entire MBA curriculum to interact with colleagues, clients, senior management, and professors at a higher, more advanced level, international business expert Devi Vallabhaneni helps you get the most from MBA-level topics—and ultimately, develop your career. This authoritative road map facilitates advanced management education and reveals a structured approach for career development in the management profession, equipping you with nuts and bolts coverage of:
* General management, leadership, and strategy
* Operations management • Marketing management
* Quality and process management • Human resources management
* Accounting • Finance
* Information technology
* Corporate control, law, ethics, and governance
* International business
* Project management
* Decision sciences and managerial economics
The related self-assessment exercises available at www.mbaiq.com allow you to compute your MBA IQ. You can find out where your weaknesses are and then begin to develop your knowledge base to gain proficiency in all management areas and become a true business generalist.
Since the MBA degree has become a de facto standard in management education, the goal of What’s Your MBA IQ? is to make the knowledge contained in an MBA accessible to all business practitioners. As a result, this book is equally relevant to business practitioners, whether or not they pursue an MBA. Also, your organization can use What’s Your MBA IQ? to assess its business practitioners’ readiness for corporate rotation programs, high potential programs, the CABM, the CBM, or an MBA degree.
Summary: An Essential Resource
Rating: 5
In these turbulent times, increasing your knowledge is one of the best investments you can make. Whether you are thinking about getting an MBA, are trying to move up the next rung of the corporate ladder, or merely want a refresher on what you studied in business school years ago - the essentials of sound business practices are in this book. Devi has done a masterful job of laying out the essentials across all key business functions in an informative, engaging, and inspiring manner. Read this book and prosper!
Summary: Great even if you have an MBA!
Rating: 4
The cover of this book promises "A Manager's Career Development Tool" and that is exactly what it is. In my case, I already have an MBA but have been out of the work force for a while and wanted a quick refresher that I could read at my own pace. Vallabhaneni's information is well organized,thorough and practical.
Summary: This is a great resource
Rating: 5
The content in this book really represents what any manager should know - whether you're in finance, operations, marketing, etc. The more managers have a common base of knowledge, the fewer 'silos' we'll see. This book helps to break down the functional silos by providing a common knowledge base for any manager in a company.
Summary: Great Addition to Leadership Development Plans
Rating: 5
A comprehensive approach to management - incorporating all the requirements for successful leadership. This is a great tool for early and mid-level professionals to leverage as they round out their tool box of capabilities. Senior level managers should consider it as a core developmental tool for their rising leaders.
Summary: Read MBA IQ ASAP!
Rating: 5
The MBA IQ is a must read for any current manager or those with managerial aspirations. Never before as such a comprehensive guide been developed which helps one develop such a solid foundation in managerial principals and theories. Further the self-assessment exercises available provide a unique and hands-on method for practicing skill sets. Ms. Vallabhaneni is spot on when it comes to sifting through the overall components of an MBA education and getting to the heart of the most important aspects and tools of managerial leadership. Even with an MBA, this book offers a fresh take on previous learned concepts and provides quick and convenient refreshers in a wide variety of areas. (Perfect for brushing up on some of those accounting basics!)
This is the type of book that will not just sit on your bookshelf; you will refer to it over and over again and recommend to friends and colleagues looking to enhance their business knowledge.
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