I have moved to management consulting (strategy) after a PhD and post-doc in science. I have been working for a niche firm in London (to start with) for almost two yrs and I constantly have a thirst for basic knowledge. I find myself much too focused on delivering results and collecting billable days, but I still have time in the evening to study. The internal library at work is rather dated, and there is almost nothing in terms of MBA textbooks.I tried to get hold of any list of textbooks/references used for MBA courses in Harvard, LBS, Stanford, Carnegie, Wharton, Columbia, Bocconi etc...but no success...unfortunately I have no friends with a business background that could help me...To be honest, I do not even know (exactly) what are the standard subjects tought in those schools (though some publish a list of subjects on their webpages: strategy,operations,finance,accounting,marketing ,economics,statistics).Can anybody help in this forum? Has anybody here got an MBA at LBS, Harvard, Wharton, etc..and remembers the books he studied on?I am willing to spend a lot of money in books (they are always a good investment)!Thank you in advance...and...Happy Easter to everybody!

Nobody in the forum with an MBA from a top business school who could help me?...

Google is your friend.http://www.docstoc.com/docs/204563/Harvard-Business-School---Reading-Materials-for-MBA-level-STRATEGYhttp://www.docstoc.com/docs/204557/Harvard-Business-School---Reading-Materials-for-MBA-level-FinanceJust search for MBA + "reading list" + (name of school) and you should find what you want with a little work.

Thanks a lot, I think it should do for now.All the best

Sapienza, You may be interested in taking a look at the MIT's open source, if you don't know it yet. http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/courses/courses/index.htm#SloanSchoolofManagementThey follow the (great) principle that anyone must have the right to get access to knowledge, so they uploaded most of their courses (including lectures and bibliography) in a very large pool of disciplines, including business-related courses (from Sloane'). You will find good references to a lot of excellent bibliography to a lot of basic knowledge and not only...Enjoy, FB

Dear FB,Thanks a lot for you piece of advice. The MIT link is great, I wonder if anybody else in the forum can contribute to this thread with other links or tips as well!I hope you all had a nice Easter.

http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/prospective_students/postgraduate/holloway/int_business/syllabus.shtml#IB_ia_fUniversity of London external MS in international business: a brief overview of the syllabus, no book lists. A good online library in business related disciplines is at www.skillsoft.com - you have to buy a subscription, and it's worth it. wrt MIT, i find Berkeley online material more useful (but that's just me).. http://webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.php

university of london external has published reading lists (information sheets) at undergraduate level: maybe that's worth a look http://www.londonexternal.ac.uk/prospective_students/undergraduate/index.phpfor intro to business and management key text was Mullins, 'management and organizational behavior' - it's overwhelming but very good

Hi Sapienza,I am a science postdoc and interested to get more info about management consulting field. I would highly appreciate if you could give me your e-amil sothat I can contact you offline. Here is mine: dr.postdoc@googlemail.comMany ThanksDr. Postdoc

I'd recommend the '10-day MBA' by Steven Silbiger. Great book covers everything quickly and allows you to see what you don't know nad has a bibliography so you can go and find more about the subjects you wont.DofT