Gameplan: Aiming for Harvard
By David Fisher. Filed in life |Tags: book, case study, Harvard, hbsp, helle, negotiate, reading, study
I’ve wanted to go to Harvard for several years. I shouldn’t say that it’s been a lifetime goal or anything, but I would rather like to attend their business school perhaps in Fall 2009, or at worst 2010. I’ve started a plan into action that will surely help me at whatever MBA program I end up pursuing.
Rich Helle and I each purchased the The Case Study Handbook: How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively About Cases by William Ellet on HBSP. After going through that I will start independently working over case studies. I know that the in-classroom lectures and feedback would be helpful but this is a good start. I’ll try to write response essays as if I am enrolled in business school and post them here to my blog for critique. It might be tricky however as I don’t think I can post the original case study so it might confuse readers. I’ll have to figure that out. Seems to be a pretty good book so far.
Also, Rich and I have decided to start a negotiations group. We need to work out the details, but we’d like to invite other business-minded friends to join us in the study of the art of negotiation. Everyone in every organization needs better negotiation skills, so if you interested and in the Boston area email me and I’ll keep you in the loop. I took one negotiations class at Berklee but I still feel unprepared for it in the business world.