Business Book Summaries

[rsmamg]

Does anyone have any experience with websites that offer summaries of popular business books?

Any other suggestions? I thought about buying summaries online, but I want to see if anyone has done this before and recommend a good site.

Thanks.

[themonotron]

What's the point in receiving an education if you're not going to do the work?

[wj4]

You must be working that 70-80 hr a week to afford the cars in your sig, huh? Pathetic.

I hope your professor uses Turnitin and catches you.

[rsmamg]

Originally Posted by wj4

You must be working that 70-80 hr a week to afford the cars in your sig, huh? Pathetic.

I hope your professor uses Turnitin and catches you.

catch me? for what?

the point in getting an exducation is to learn imo. im not paying my school 50k a year to tell me to read a $10 book at the bookstore.

and no, i do not work 70-80 hours a week to afford those cars. and that should be none of your concern. and why is that pathetic?

some people amaze me

[Comet]

try coles notes...?
dont know if they make em for business books

[themonotron]

Originally Posted by rsmamg

catch me? for what?

the point in getting an exducation is to learn imo. im not paying my school 50k a year to tell me to read a $10 book at the bookstore.

and no, i do not work 70-80 hours a week to afford those cars. and that should be none of your concern. and why is that pathetic?

some people amaze me

Dude, there are only two major ways of learning at an educational institution, the point of getting an education is to do both.

1)Lectures, class participation
2) BOOKS (textbooks, supplementary reading material, online articles)

Books constitute the majority of your education outside of the classroom. Just showing up at lectures and not being prepared makes you look silly.

[themonotron]

oh yeah, bro, you spelled education incorrectly.

Sorry, not trying to be offensive. Your life man.

[Comet]

Originally Posted by themonotron

Dude, there are only two major ways of learning at an educational institution, the point of getting an education is to do both.

1)Lectures, class participation
2) BOOKS (textbooks, supplementary reading material, online articles)

Books constitute the majority of your education outside of the classroom. Just showing up at lectures and not being prepared makes you look silly.

I highly disagree

I graduated honor roll in some classes doing neither.. I'd show up to class and pass out in the back...

business classes are BS anyways.. especially if you have experience...
I don't see why you're giving him a hard time... it's up to him in the end..
he'll learn in one week working in the real thing what would take 5 months to teach in a class room

[themonotron]

I agree with you. My intention is not to put him down, cheating on reading/papers is dishonesty to yourself, but i'll let the OP be the judge of it.

[Comet]

ah ok... internet has no tone :P
my bad then

I disagree with someone else giving him the critique.. do the work ur supposed to do..

however the tl;dr to the book.. no biggie :P

[themonotron]

[radix]

Originally Posted by rsmamg

catch me? for what?

Cheating.

Originally Posted by rsmamg

the point in getting an exducation is to learn imo.

Yes, and you do that by doing the work your professor assigns you, such as reading the material.

Originally Posted by rsmamg

im not paying my school 50k a year to tell me to read a $10 book at the bookstore.

Yes, you are, among other things.

Originally Posted by rsmamg

and no, i do not work 70-80 hours a week to afford those cars. and that should be none of your concern. and why is that pathetic?

You're absolutely correct. What you drive is irrelevant to the topic.

Originally Posted by rsmamg

some people amaze me

I'd suggest taking a psych class to try to lessen your bewilderment toward human nature, but you probably would just cheat your way through that as well.

[Comet]

like I said, reading the book is of no consequence
so long as he does the critique, it works out

[radix]

Originally Posted by Comet

like I said, reading the book is of no consequence
so long as he does the critique, it works out

You can't critique a book you've never read. When you read a book, you summarize it internally. You then critique the book based on your conclusions. Using someone elses efforts, conclusions, and summary in place of doing the assigned work is academic dishonesty, aka cheating. It's pretty sad when someone in college can't be bothered to read a couple of books.

[jaiman]

Originally Posted by radix

You can't critique a book you've never read. When you read a book, you summarize it internally. You then critique the book based on your conclusions. Using someone elses efforts, conclusions, and summary in place of doing the assigned work is academic dishonesty, aka cheating. It's pretty sad when someone in college can't be bothered to read a couple of books.

[wj4]

Originally Posted by radix

You can't critique a book you've never read. When you read a book, you summarize it internally. You then critique the book based on your conclusions. Using someone elses efforts, conclusions, and summary in place of doing the assigned work is academic dishonesty, aka cheating. It's pretty sad when someone in college can't be bothered to read a couple of books.

+1. It's almost like watching a movie that models after a book because you're too lazy to actually read it and write an essay on it.

I'm not a business major, but I find investing and business interesting and have already killed off 5 books since the summer started for me. And that's not even devoting full time, just leisure reading.

[InsaneSkippy]

Originally Posted by rsmamg

catch me? for what?

the point in getting an exducation is to learn imo. im not paying my school 50k a year to tell me to read a $10 book at the bookstore.

and no, i do not work 70-80 hours a week to afford those cars. and that should be none of your concern. and why is that pathetic?

some people amaze me

Like people who pay for college and not bother to do the work assigned to them? You're right, people ARE amazing.

P.S. You might want to sign up for a English Composition 1 class...

[rsmamg]

wow lot of a-holes helping my issue.. maybe i should clarify.. its not a text book. its an ny times best seller type book.

some teachers offering this class dont require the book while others do. obviously not critical to the class. just for extra reading.

[hhkim]

well, you kinda screwed yourself by not reading those books beforehand. I dont know what to tell you. Most students these days pay for a degree but not an education. Its really sad.