Crash Course MBA

Crash Course MBA isn’t the perfect substitute for a real MBA program, but it will teach you important business fundamentals.

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Lita Epstein offers an alternative to going to business school in her book Crash Course MBA.

Crash Course MBA focuses on the fundamentals of finance, marketing, strategic planning and organization management. The book's content is similar to the content of any given business school’s core curriculum. That’s not to say that Crash Course MBA is an equal substitute for a formal program at a top business school (it’s not), but it is a good overview of basic information.

The book is split into six parts:

• Today’s Business Culture
• Accounting
• Finance
• Management
• Marketing
• Looking Outside the Box

Each section includes several chapters to impart the knowledge you need to climb the corporate ladder or run your own business.

I would definitely recommend this book to people who do not want to go to business school and to people who do want to go to business school. It is an excellent primer and a great way to receive the beginning education needed to expand later on.