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Beth Robinson
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Online MBA
Replied Aug. 18, 2009
What happened while you were away?
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The Effective Executive by Peter F. DRUCKER
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Inventing Elephants
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I completed my MBA this summer. I earned it online through Arizona State University.
Each program is different. Look for proof of accreditation to determine if the diploma will be valid.
A school like University of Phoenix is regionally accredited.…
That's a great thing to point out, Shantanu. It took me awhile to find it. I subscribe to the RSS feed with Google Reader (along with many many blogs) and it's easy to scroll past the past the parts I'm less interested in and see the conversations t…
Florent,
The ideas in the book were new when he wrote it. Drucker was one of the first to write about these ideas, especially the idea of an information worker (vs. manufacturing worker) being an executive who makes decisions.
I have not yet read…
The idea of seeing the same ideas as confirming your understanding is a pretty neat one. I agree that cycles in reading tend to make things fresh no matter what the subject matter is. Thanks for sharing.
Shantanu,
This is the only book I've read in Personal Finance so far and it is applicable to readers outside the US. It's less directly about investing your money and more about mindset.
Rafael,
My goal in learning business is also to get into product management and I agree that a range of the books on the list are directly applicable. You might also want to invest in The Product Manager's Desk Reference by Steven Haines. It's humon…
Profile Information
- What do you do?
- Product Development Chemist looking to move into Product Management
- What are you most interested in learning?
- For practical purposes, leadership (including interpersonal communication) plus product development and marketing. Overall, I'm into systems thinking and other ways to integrate multiple perspectives and create better solutions to complex problems.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 7:36am on April 24, 2009,
Shantanu said…
- Hi Beth,
I need a small tech help.
How do I hide the entire URL of some link which I want to suggest in a sentence. OR How do I provide Hyperlink while not mentioning the complete URL?
It would be great if you could help me with this :-)
Thanks
-Shantanu
- At 5:16am on April 7, 2009,
Shantanu said…
- Hello Beth,
Read your first blog entry on 'Thinking in Systems'.
Look forward to the successive posts.
-Shantanu
- At 1:45pm on January 6, 2009,
Olivier Roland said… - Hello Beth, thanks for yours advices, I added the RSS feed of my blog on my profile and just introduced me on the forum :)
- At 12:45pm on January 5, 2009,
Josh Kaufman said… - Hi, Beth - great to see you! :-)
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