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Entertainingly written, but now TOTALLY OUTDATED.......2003-01-21

If this book could be updated, with CURRENT industry and student remarks, I would give it a much better review. The MBA 'payback' and education approach is now currently under turmoil with the global downturn and the corporate scandals worldwide - this book of course is now too old to consider these aspects.
Be very careful, particularly if you expect an MBA in the current climate to 'spoonfeed' you a job with Morgan Stanley, to take this book too seriously. I am currently in the final term of a top-flight MBA in the Asia-Pacific region (which included a European exchange to a highly regarded school), and have had the time of my life, so can speak with a fair bit of authority about the book.
It is very well written and honest, so that's a good thing.
Unfortunately it was written right towards the end of the Internet bubble, and way before Sep. 11 and Iraq, so the book's advice in the second part in particular is now almost like reading a quaint history book of a bygone era.
It also at times takes too much credence from some of the studnent's comments, many of whom have a very US-centric/investment banking view of the MBA (ironically the region/sector that has been affected worst by the MBA downturn)
As a book telling you about the CURRENT situation of what you get out of the MBA, it is hopeless. It badly needs to be updated.
The MBA is still the most amazing experience of my life, but my current class have learnt to become 'optimistic realists'. The book needs to reflect this.
Have a look at the latest articles on [website](uk - education section) regarding the tough situation for current MBAs to see what I mean....

Decent information a bit Dull.......2001-10-04

Also somewhat one-dimensional in its approach

excellent.......2001-09-28

Next to the Vault.com MBA career website, I found the MBA Planet book to be the most critical resource for MBAs.

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Typos Included.......2001-11-20

The product was not what I expected. I found 2 typos and I did not even go through the whole presentation. Some of the grammar was odd as well.

Customer Service.......2001-09-06

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Excellent.......2000-12-05

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Enhanced Knowledge on Project Management.......2001-10-31

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Authors Tim McEachern and Bob O'Keefe vividly illustrate that new Web technology must be considered and managed within the context of a company's entire business operations. With the help of success stories from industry leaders, they demonstrate the impact the Web can have on everything from product development to supplier relations, marketing and sales to personal management styles.

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TIM McEACHERN (Albany, New York) is founder and President of One World Interactive, developers of Web sites for a number of Fortune 500 companies. BOB O'KEEFE (London, England) is a professor of information services management at Brunel University in London and has been a visiting professor at the Rensselaer Polytech's Lally School of Management and Technology.

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Excellent!.......1998-10-14

I've read virtually every "Internet" book and found this to be singly the best. I'm recommending it to everyone. Great advice, great examples. All around great.

GPA - Good Practical Advice.......1998-08-22

I found the book extremely pragmatic, sometimes to the point of overkill, but better that than no examples at all. Points are well made, found the strategy discussion excellent and timeless, and overall the authors seem to avoid technology recommendations, focusing instead on strategic matters.

Overall, well worth the money. Felt like a conversation with the authors rather than a stuffy, "this is how you do it or else" usually reserved for this category.

Misleading title.......1998-06-13

The word "management" in the subtitle threw me. This book is mainly for managers who are looking to make money, rather than manage, on the web, While Chapter 4, "The Network Inside," is on Intranets, and Chapter 6, "The Medium is the Message" (how's that for cliché?) is on newsgroups and other feedback mechanisms, the bulk of the book focuses on marketing and retailing. That's fine, but it's not centered around management/organizational issues. What's left is kind of interesting but not exactly content-rich. The "pragmatic" aspects of the book, while they should enthuse sales and marketing types, are not developed enough to give direction to the technophiles. I was hoping for something with a little more meat.

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