What They Teach You at Harvard Business School

What do they teach you at Harvard Business School?

Graduates of Harvard Business School run many of the world's biggest and most influential banks, companies and countries But what kind of person does it take to succeed at HBS? And what do they learn there?

Philip Delves Broughton's thrilling and hilarious memoir of his two years at Harvard takes us from first class to graduation, encompassing the case studies, the guest lectures, the Apprentice-style tasks, the booze-luge, the burn-outs and high flyers, as well as all the advice, wisdom and folly he found in this "factory for unhappy people".

If you've always wanted to know how to get to the top, but wondered what it takes and exactly what it costs, this book will tell you.

1. Let's Get Retarded
2. Starting Over
3. A Place Apart
4. Riding the Booze Luge
5. Who Am I?
6. Formin', Stormin', Normin',Performin'
7. To Beta and Beyond
8. The Risk Master
9. Insecure Overachievers
10. Ethical Jihadists
11. Extreme Leverage
12. Chasing the Curve
13. Big Hairy Goals
14. "Watching My Children Grow Longer"
15. Graduation
16. A Factory for Unhappy People

This was supposed to be a "funny" book, but is yet another journalist that writes of his experience of going to business school. Not exactly breath-taking, but mildly interesting as it is one of the few books describing the HBS experience.