From the Back Cover The Only Business School You'll Ever NeedFrom the mind of bestselling author Stanley Bing, the ultimate corporate mentor, comes The Curriculum: Everything You Need to Know to Be a Master of Business Arts, a no-nonsense, real-world strategy for success. Sharp, practical, and amusing when it needs to be, and lavishly enhanced with charts, graphs, and other illuminating illustrations, The Curriculum is certain to occupy a place of pride on any shelf dedicated to books that explain how business works, and how that knowledge can be used to achieve power, happiness, and indefensible amounts of money. Included are key chapters on not appearing stupid (mandatory for entry-level students); fabricating a sustainable business personality; management, group dynamics, and the art of selling; self-branding and self-marketing; mastering electronic communications; and dealing with bosses and other crazy people.After contributing thousands of columns to Fortune, Esquire, and the Wall Street Journal, and writing nearly a dozen books on corporate strategy, Stanley Bing is at the top of his game, dispensing a lifetime's worth of hard-won wisdom to the next generation of masters. Enroll in The Curriculum, and his secrets will be yours—along with an attractive diploma, suitable for framing. Read more About the Author Stanley Bing is the bestselling author of Crazy Bosses, What Would Machiavelli Do?, Throwing the Elephant, Sun Tzu Was a Sizzy, 100 Bullshit Jobs . . . And How to Get Them, The Big Bing, and The Curriculum, as well as the novels Lloyd: What Happened, You Look Nice Today, and Immortal Life. By day he is an haute executive in a gigantic multinational corporation whose identity is one of the worst-kept secrets in business. Read more
L**D
Love it, Hate it, Who Cares!
So, I loved the book! I first purchased it on Audible.com, but then had to re-read it on the Kindle version to highlight some practical wisdom. Funny, witty, sarcastic but ohhhhh sooooo true! Of course everything is subjective as it is experienced by the reader; meant solely for the purpose of the readers interpretation, so don't be insulted where others would nod in agreement. As with everything these days, point of view and opinion are relevant only to whom it applies! Therefore, I loved it! (But that's just my opinion!)
A**R
Dislike, brought no value
This is a sarcastic book that brought little value whatsoever and I would argue that it borders on false advertising.
D**T
Five Stars
A good read
C**O
Just what I expected and slightly better
Humorous, well written, detailed and big picture critique of what should and should not be expected from a traditional MBA. I have sent this to members of my family who might be contemplating a traditional MBA. Perhaps they will read this work carefully, garner as much knowledge as they can, and think twice!
P**S
it's clearly the best book I've read in years
For me, it's clearly the best book I've read in years. What strikes me most is that although the book is written by a senior executive of a big US corporation, its content fits perfectly in the context of very much smaller companies, operating half a world away, in my country. Moreover,its sleek writng style and the tongue-in-cheek humor makes it a pleasant reading, let alone that it provides information to younger people about issues they may neglect at their career beginning, at a cost they have to pay later. Surely a must-read and surely worth its money.
C**E
So Far, So Good.
I'm a very slow reader. What I've read so far was good. Looks like its true to the "real world" including the rough language. I'm not sure I would recommend it to a friend. I want to complete it before I decide. It is a book written for a rather specific audience.
T**K
Neat book. Def not an MBA, but teaches great lessons
Really interesting book. I like how it outlines many things in business that a textbook just wouldn't share. Anecdotal all day.
J**R
Much information, but trouble
No doubt Stanley Bing is extremely knowledgeable, but with all the unnecessary four letter words, the sarcastic disrespect for the business, and the ways to deceive others into thinking you know more than you do, I didn't want to give it as a gift to my grandson, who plans to major in business.
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