The Ten-Day MBA: A Step-By-Step Guide to Mastering the Skills Taught in America's Top Business...

Can MBA programs be compressed, allowing a reader to ``get at least $20,000 of MBA education at 99 percent of the list price,'' as the author promises? Silbiger, a Philadelphia marketing manager, claims that ``one can grasp the fundamentals of an MBA without losing two years of wages.'' Unfortunately, the constraints of his questionable methodology of ``if this is Wednesday, it must be organizational behavior'' result in some topics being scanted. While Silbiger's coverage of marketing, economics and strategy is cogent, his treatments of accounting, quantitative analysis and finance are pallid. Business law and labor relations are ignored altogether; Silbiger's thoughts on ethics, negotiating and international business are superficial. (Nov.)