book overview of "Snapshots from hell" a book by Peter Robinson

1. The making of an MBA
Book Overview By
AmritPal Singh Bedi

2. Goodbye Mr. president
• Peter Robinson-left presidential office in
1988 as speechwriter to the then
president Reagen to persue MBA from
“Stanford business school”
He was having background in:
LAW

3. MBA college- Inferno begins
POET
Mathematics
Essentials of
Accounting
OB
Surrounded by

4. Maths Activity- love maths with practical examples
 If you fold single piece of paper in half, folded it again in
half and keep on folding it in half a total of thirty-two
times, how thick would the sheet be?
Answer: 271 miles

5. Orientation- journey continues
Initial Computer Camp: making of excel spreadsheets
Introduction to college, classmates, environment
 Students with Rich and Poor family backgrounds.

6. Inside classroom: Snapshots from “HELL”
Decision
making
Under
Uncertainty
Statistics
Computer
Modelling
Micro-
economics
Financial
Accounting

7. Question in his mind
I do not understand-
• Statistics
• Computers
• Micro
• Accounting
I do understand OB, but I don’t like it. So,
What am I doing in a B-school?

8. Student life: More Snapshots from Hell
Restless
nights
Painful
subjects
Difference
in thoughts
No/little
time
For family

9. Midterms: the Horror
2 phases:
The week
before exams The week of
exams
Being student VS Being exam takers

10. Glimpse of Midterm conversation

11. Result of Midterm
Passed
Accounting
Computers
Micro-eco
“H” in OB
Among 333
students,
ranked 8th * in
“Statistics”
*(from the bottom)

12. Stockholm Syndrome
named after Stockholm bank robbery incident
“I am responsible for my failure, not Stanford”

13. Finals
Preparation
Day start at 6:30
followed by light jog &
balanced diet in menu to
ensure good
mental/physical health
Group study NO MORE-
solitary study
Outcome
Change from
“Nothing about
business”
to
“Face complicate
business situations”

14. Shopping with girlfriend
Party with colleagues
Now more Business minded
It’s party time now- Christmas break

15. Party over- Back to Hell, Back to Inferno
Endless looking chain of Case studies, Mathematical formulaes and
long unreadable books.
Numbers Numbers Numbers
Interesting Operation VS painful Cost Accounting
Case study-Japanese
Car Manufacturing
Definition of MBA degree holder
• Luxurious cars Porsche
• High salary with glamorous jobs

16. Questions of life ahead MBA
Marriage Money
Some return to their home place for jobs, refusing offers that they got
“Even big guys like P&G make mistakes”