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Updated on: 08 Jan 2010, 09:11
Originally posted by 3underscore on 08 Jan 2010, 09:10.
Last edited by 3underscore on 08 Jan 2010, 09:11, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by 3underscore on 08 Jan 2010, 09:11, edited 1 time in total.
edited to add more slagging of HBS case studies, as it is necessary
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Oh good god. All the woman sitting behind the mahogany desk needs to do is consider the life-changing moments for the firm that she has to decide about, stare into a cup of coffee, and then it is a Harvard Business School bloody case study.
Which, to clarify, are amongst the worst pieces of writing known to man, and consistently have numerical errors.
08 Jan 2010, 09:19
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ok ok I get it no shiny mohogany desk that reek of HBS case studies 
08 Jan 2010, 09:36
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I am not against people writing interesting essays. I would avoid the third person though - I think it is a really dangerous format to write in as it can give a really bad impression.
As for the HBS case studies, you will see. They have all kinds of garbage in them. "As Rhyme stared out of the window at the snow-drift landscape of midway airport, he realized it was the first time he had encountered in the past weeks that he truly had the opportunity to consider the recent decisions he had made and the firms future. The past week had been extremely demanding for him, stepping in as the emergency CEO of goatse.cx...."
As for the HBS case studies, you will see. They have all kinds of garbage in them. "As Rhyme stared out of the window at the snow-drift landscape of midway airport, he realized it was the first time he had encountered in the past weeks that he truly had the opportunity to consider the recent decisions he had made and the firms future. The past week had been extremely demanding for him, stepping in as the emergency CEO of goatse.cx...."
