Kamis, 16 Oktober 2008

Profil FORSALIM

"Ya Rabb kami, beri ampunlah kami dan saudara-saudara kami yang telah beriman lebih dulu dari kami, dan janganlah Engkau membiarkan kedengkian dalam hati kami terhadap orang-orang yang beriman; Ya Rabb kami, Sesungguhnya Engkau Maha Penyantun lagi Maha Penyayang ( Qs. Al Hasyr : 10 )

"Ya Tuhan kami, janganlah Engkau jadikan hati kami condong kepada kesesatan sesudah Engkau beri petunjuk kepada kami, dan karuniakanlah kepada kami rahmat dari sisi Engkau; karena sesungguhnya Engkau-lah Maha Pemberi (karunia)". ( Qs. Ali Imran : 8 )

Ya Allah, kami telah menganiaya diri kami sendiri, dan jika Engkau tidak mengampuni kami dan memberi rahmat kepada kami, niscaya pastilah kami termasuk orang-orang yang merugi (Qs. Al Baqarah : 286)

(Do'a Mustajab dari kang Barkah)

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Surah Al-Baqoroh: 142-152

142. Now the fools will say: 'who has turned the Muslims from their Qibla on which they had been? Say you: 'East and West all belong to Allah; He guides whom He likes to the right path.

143. And thus We made you exalted among all nations that you may be witnesses to the people and this Messenger your guard and witness. And O, beloved! We had not made that Qibla upon which you had been before, but to see who follows the Messenger and who turns back upon his heals. And verily, indeed it was hard, but to those who were guided by Allah. And it does not behave Allah that He might waste your faith: Verily Allah is very Kind and Merciful to human beings.

143. We are seeing the turning of your face towards heaven repeatedly; necessarily then We will turn you towards that Qibla which pleases you. Turn your face towards the sacred mosque (Kaaba) just now; and O Muslims! Turn your faces towards the same, whenever you be. And those who; have been given the Book know necessarily, that this is the truth from their Lord, and Allah is not unaware of their doings.

144. And even if you should, bring every sign to those people of the Book, they would not follow your Qibla: And you follow not their Qibla; and they are not followers of each other Qibla among themselves too. And (O listener, whoever he may be) if you should follow their desires after the knowledge that has been given to you, then at that time, you shall surely be of the transgressors.

145. Those whom We gave the Book recognise this prophet as man recognises his sons and no doubt, a group of them conceal the truth knowingly.

146. (O Listener) It is the truth from your Lord (or the truth is that which is from your Lord) then beware! Doubt not.

147. And there is a direction of inclination for every one towards which, he turns his face; then desire that you may surpass others in good deeds. Wherever you be, Allah will bring you all together. No doubt, Allah has the power to do all that He wills.

148. And from where so ever you come forth turn your face towards the sacred Mosque (Kaaba) and that is necessarily, the truth from your Lord and Allah is not unaware of your doings.

149. And O beloved! When so-ever you come forth turn your face towards the sacred Mosque (Kaaba) And O Muslims! Turn your faces towards the same, wherever you be, so that people may have no argument against you, but those among them who do injustice, so fear them not and fear Me. And it is for this that I may perfect My favour upon you and that you may be rightly guided.

150. As We sent in you Messenger from among you, that he recites Our signs to you and purifies you and teaches you the Book and mature knowledge and teaches you that which you did not know.

151. Therefore remember Me, I shall remember you, and accept My right and do not be ungrateful to Me.

152. O Believers! Seek help with patience and prayer; no doubt, Allah is with the Patients.

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Internet television (Internet TV or iTV) is television distributed through the Internet. Internet television allows viewers to choose the show they want to watch from a library of shows. The primary models for Internet television are streaming Internet TV or selectable video on an Internet location, typically a website. The video can also be broadcast with a peer-to-peer network(P2PTV),which doesn't rely on single website's streaming.

It differs from IPTV in that IPTV offerings are typically offered on discrete service provider networks,requiring a special IPTV set-top-box.

Internet TV is a quick-to-market and relatively low investment service. Internet TV rides on existing infrastructure including broadband, ADSL, Wi-Fi, cable and satellite which makes it a valuable tool for a wide variety of service providers and content owners looking for new revenue streams.

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Seuntai Tekad dan Harapan,

Seiring dengan berjalannya waktu, hari berganti hari, bulan berganti bulan dan berganti pula tahun menjadi tahun yang baru. Begitu pula dalam kepengurusan IRM MU (Ikatan Remaja Masjid Manbaul Ulum) SMA Negeri 1 Banjar yang tercintai ini. IRM MU merupakan sebuah keluarga (kedua setelah keluarga di rumah) yang sangat memberi arti dan saling mengisi serta memotivasi antarsesama anggota keluarganya. Ketika keluarga ini pun terpisah-pisah (ada yang ke Bandung, Jakarta, Purwokerto, Tasik, Ciamis, Bogor dan Jogja), maka ketika itu, hadirlah rasa kerinduan akan kehangatan, kerinduan akan berbagi tawa, canda, sedih, keluh kesah dan kerinduan akan sikap ridlo akan perjuangan dalam keluarga IRM MU itu.

Semburat cahaya matahari dari arah timur di kala Subuh, menetasnya telur menjadi seekor binatang yang lucu dan bermekarannya bunga-bunga mawar yang begitu indah menjadi sebuah inspirasi bagi anggota keluarga IRM MU yang telah terpisah untuk kembali memberikan cahaya (kebersamaan), untuk dapat menetaskan berjuta-juta ide gagasan dan untuk kembali menebarkan harum yang semerbak untuk pencapaian cita-cita yang tinggi. Maka pada tahun 2006 seluruh anggota keluarga IRM MU yang telah terpisah pun, kembali berkumpul dalam suasana yang sangat bahagia dan penuh kehangatan. Rasa Mahabbah yang sangat kuat dalam jiwa setiap anggota keluarga IRM MU ini harus tetap dijaga agar tidak luntur, maka haruslah ada sebuah ikatan yang semakin mengokohkan ikatan ini. FORSALIM, yang merupakan sebuah gagasan yang terlahir atas nama cinta, sebagai sebuah tekad dan sebagai sebuah cita-cita tinggi yang akan senantiasa mengokohkan ikatan ini.

Sama halnya dengan bayi, kini bayi FORSALIM pun baru berusia dua tahun. Belum terlalu nampak akan kehebatan atas apa yang sebenarnya bisa ia lakukan. Masih sama halnya seperti bayi yang belajar untuk merangkak berdiri dan berjalan bahkan berlari, FORSALIM pun masih harus banyak belajar kenapa ia lahir? Kenapa ia harus ada? Dan untuk apa ia ada? Akan tetapi yang harus disadari olehnya (oleh semua) bahwa ia lahir atas nama cinta, atas dasar kecintaan setiap hamba untuk dapat ber re-kreasi dan berkarya untuk sebuah cita-cita yang teramat tinggi. Sebuah cita-cita yang teramat agung dan teramat indah untuk tidak diperjuangkan, serta teramat indah untuk tidak dicintai. Itulah ISLAM. Semoga BENIH-BENIH CINTA ini dapat menerangi tempat yang gelap gulita, menebarkan harum yang semerbak dan memberikan manfaat yang nyata bagi setiap jiwa yang di dalamnya bersemayam setitik CINTA.

Cabinet’s Structure of FORSALIM ,,,

FORSALIM yang merupakan kependekan dari Forum Silaturahmi Alumni Ikatan Remaja Masjid Manbaul Ulum di SMA Negeri 1 Banjar ini, lahir atas dasar cinta dan kepedulian akan sebuah ikatan yang telah terjalin di kala masih duduk di bangku SMA. FORSALIM ingin mencoba membantu para pejuang yang masih bernaung di bawah panji IRM MU. Mencoba untuk berkontribusi, mencoba untuk memberikan arti dan saling memotivasi.

" Sesungguhnya Allah menyukai orang yang berperang dijalan-Nya dalam barisan yang teratur seakan-akan mereka seperti suatu bangunan yang tersusun kokoh."
(Q.S. Ash Shaf : 4)

Sesuai dengan ayat di atas, maka FORSALIM pun berusaha untuk menata dan mengatur manajemen dakwah ini. FORSALIM yang pada periode pertama dikomandani oleh Kang Agus Haeruman (2004), sekarang tongkat komando pun telah dipegang oleh Jendri Irawan (2006). Sedangkan untuk Wakil Ketua diemban oleh Dian Rosdiana (2006), sekretaris Fitri Apriyani (2008) dan bendahara Aresti Wulansari (2007). Agar mempermudah kinerja FORSALIM itu sendiri, maka dibagilah beberapa divisi yang disesuaikan dengan kebutuhan. Berikut divisi-divisi dalam FORSALIM :

1. Divisi Kaderisasi

Ini merupakan sebuah divisi yang bertanggung jawab untuk mengadakan mentoring bagi anggota IRM MU yang masih aktif. Mentoring diadakan dengan bertujuan untuk menumbuhkan rasa bangga menjadi seorang Muslim alias Proud be a Muslim. Selain itu, inipun bertujuan untuk mempererat ukhuwah di antara angota IRM MU itu sendiri dan tak ketinggalan ini merupakan sarana untuk menyeimbangkan antara intelektual dan spiritual. Divisi ini dikomandani oleh Erik Nurdiansyah (2005) dengan para pejuang yang akan senantiasa berada di belakangnya adalah Galih Rakasiwi ’05, Uman ’08, Rismaniar ’05, Sugi ’05, Ela ’08.

2. Divisi Diklat (Pendidikan dan Latihan)

Divisi ini merupakan sebuah solusi untuk bertanggung jawab untuk memberikan pelatihan atau training agar anggota IRM MU yang masih aktif memiliki skil, terutama dalam berorganisasi. Divisi ini dikomandani oleh Ridwan ’08, dengan para sesepuh yang selalu mendampingi dan membimbing ada Kang Agus Haeruman ’04, Ua alias Kang Supriatna ‘04 dan satu-satunya akhwat di sini yaitu Teh Ade Kokom ’04. SEMANGAT,,

3. Divisi Infokom (Informasi dan Komunikasi)

Vision & Motto

-"Trasform Information Become Wisdom"-

How to Transform Informations Be Knowledge, Knowledge Be a Power
and
a Power Become Wisdoms

I Informasi yang sangat berharga, tidak bermanfaat jika tidak dikelola dengan baik. Dengan adanya informasi, maka telah menjadi sunnatullah di sana akan terjadi komunikasi. Oleh karena itu, divisi ini menjadi solusi bagi terselenggarakannya pengelolaan informasi yang berkualitas. Berawal dari buletin, email, millist hingga website semoga menjadi salah satu jalan untuk memudahkan dalam berkomunikasi dan menyampaikan informasi. Konon katanya divisi ini adalah divisi yang paling banyak anggotanya tahun ini, yaitu divisi yang koordinatronya diemban oleh A Barkah ’05, yang selalu mendukung kerja-kerjanya adalah , Kang Dede Supriatna ’06, Kang Ngara ’04, Kang Ginanjar ’07, Kang Sandy Socrates ’08, Teh Indah ’04 dan Teh Ranni Kharismaya ’05, Kang Dian Hadiana '07, Kang Ricky Aji P. '07, Kang Riki '07, Kang Ricky Taufikurrahman '07, Kang Arif Nurrahman ’07, Kang Anton Timur J. '08.

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1. Pengelolaan Web Site yang Optimal
2. Membangun Fasilitas VoIP
3. Membangun Fasilitas Radio dan TV Edukasi Manbaul Ulum
4. Membangun Sarana Internet agar mudah diakses oleh seluruh Umat

Capaian Divisi Infokom Selama Satu Tahun Ini.

1. Telah Mendirikan:

School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics EECS at MU

-"MENCERDASKAN UMAT"-

School of Electrical Engineering and Informatics

EECS at MU

Electrical Enginering & Computer Sciences IR&D Center

at Manbaul Ullum University

Visi

Menjadi Pusat Pelatihan dan Pembelajaran ICT Cyber Terdepan

Misi

1. Unggul dalam Pendidikan ICT untuk pendidikan dasar dan menengah
2. Pusat Riset, Innovasi dan Pengembangan ICT
3. Teknologi Tepat guna dalam bidang ICT
4. Pusat data dan penganalisaannya

4. Divisi Ekonomi

Merupakan sesuatu yang tidak dapat dielakkan, bahwa dalam setiap kegiatan diperlukan dana untuk mendukungnya. Selain iuran dari anggota, FORSALIM pun berusaha untuk dapat mencukupi kebutuhannya dengan membentuk divisi ini yang merupakan solusi terbaik untuk mendapatkan pemasukan dana dari hasil usaha dan atau apapun bentuknya (yang pasti halal). Kegiatannya bisa mengadakan bazar saat kegiatan-kegiatan di SMA ataupun di Banjar. Untuk yang menjadi direktur divisi ekonomi ada Kang Sandi ’06, dan para stafnya di belakang ada Kang Gumilar ’03, Kang Candra ’03, Teh Ceni ’03, Teh Dahlia ’04 dan Teh Wulan ’07.

5. Divisi PSDU (Pengembangan Sumber Daya Umat)

Divisi ini bertanggung jawab untuk dapat memberikan kontribusi yang baik kepada anggota FORSALIM dan IRM MU (khususnya) dan seluruh umat muslim (umumnya). Dalam pengembangan sumber daya ini dapat dijalankan pada beberapa bidang, antara lain keilmuan, kesenian dan lain-lain. Selain itu, menyelenggarakan bakti sosial dengan sasaran yang tepat dan kondisional. Pemimpin dari divisi ini adalah Kang Ari Tanri ’03 dan yang selalu membantu ada Kang Syarif Hidayat ’08, Teh Larasti ’07 dan Teh Listia Dewi ’08.

6. Divisi Kemuslimahan

Ini wilayahnya para ‘muslimah’ , sungguh Allah itu telah mengistimewakan sosok seorang wanita. Dengan diutusnya Rasulullah SAW, maka di kala itu kaum wanita dibebaskan dari segala ketidakadilan yang terjadi saat itu. Banyak sekali peranan seorang muslimah dalam sejarah perjuangan, yang salah satunya adalah istri beliau sendiri, Khadijah r.a. Oleh karena itu, divisi ini bertanggung jawab untuk mengoptimalisasikan peranan muslimah untuk senantiasa mendukung jalannya dakwah. Kegiatan yang diselenggarakan antara lain kajian, dan training khusus muslimah only. Koordinator dari divisi muslimah ini adalah (yang pasti bukan ikhwan) Teh Seli Dewi Lestari ’06, dan yang akan terus mendukung perjuangan ada Teh Winda ’07, Teh Nenden ’08 dan Teh Alifa N. Syifa ’08.

Sungguh, dengan perjuangan yang didasari atas nama cinta dan dengan adanya barisan yang kokoh seperti halnya yang difirmankan oleh Allah SWT pada Q.S. Ash Shaff ayat 4 di atas, maka besar harapan bahwa cita-cita itu kan dapat tercapai. Sungguh Allah-lah yang akan selalu melindungi dan akan selalu menolong hamba-Nya yang berjuang menegakkan kalimat Tauhid. Dalam Q.S. Al Hajj ayat 40 berikut,

"(yaitu) orang-orang yang Telah diusir dari kampung halaman mereka tanpa alasan yang benar, kecuali Karena mereka berkata: "Tuhan kami hanyalah Allah". dan sekiranya Allah tiada menolak (keganasan) sebagian manusia dengan sebagian yang lain, tentulah Telah dirobohkan biara-biara Nasrani, gereja-gereja, rumah-rumah ibadat orang Yahudi dan masjid- masjid, yang di dalamnya banyak disebut nama Allah. Sesungguhnya Allah pasti menolong orang yang menolong (agama)-Nya. Sesungguhnya Allah benar-benar Maha Kuat lagi Maha Perkasa,"

“Tiada setetes yang lebih disukai Allah 'Azza wajalla daripada setetes darah di jalan Allah.” (HR. Ath-Thahawi)

Kewajiban dari FORSALIM hanyalah untuk menanam benih-benih kebaikan, dengan mencari bibit unggul yang baik, menanam di lahan yang terbaik dan diberi pupuk terbaik secara baik pula. Maka hasil dari menanam ini biarlah Allah yang menentukan karena kita yakin bahwa sesuatu yang telah diperjuangkan dengan perjuangan terbaik pasti akan mendapatkan hasil perjuangan yang terbaik pula. Sungguh, yang Allah lihat hanyalah proses perjuangan bukan hasil dari perjuangan, karena hasil perjuangan adalah hak Allah Yang Maha Mengetahui Segala Yang Terbaik bagi setiap pejuang terbaik.
Wallahu’alam bishshawwab ,,,

Kang Jendri Irawan

Ketua FORSALIM
Periode 2008-2010

Struktur Kepengurusan FORSALIM

Struktur Kepengurusan FORSALIM
(Forum Silaturahmi Alumni Ikatan Remaja Masjid Manbaul Ulum)
2008-2010

JABATAN	NAMA	CONTACT PERSON
Ketua	Jendri Irawan	085228438259
Wakil Ketua	Dian Rosdiana	081323720498
Sekretaris	Fitri Apriyani	085223615718
Bendahara	Aresti Wulansari	081323087533
Divisi-Divisi :
Kaderisasi	Erik Nurdiansyah (Ko.) Galih Rakasiwi Uman Rismaniar Sugi H. Ela	085223076212 081319929356 085223696914 085223440090 085223248758 085223933523
Diklat	Ridwan (Ko.) Agus Haeruman Ade Kokom Supriatna	085295252870 085292812526 085223397709 081323550596
Infokom	Barkah Firdaus (Ko.) Ngara Dian Hadiana Dede Supriatna Ginanjar Sandi Socrates Indah Rani Kharismaya Ricky Taufikurrahman Riki Ricky Aji P. Arif Nurahman Anton Timur J	08562342304 085285228805 085222722884 085223093435 08157072325 081323394527 085223734968
Ekonomi	Sandi (Ko.) Gumilar Candra Wulan Dahlia Ceni	081804141001 081385344220 08170608191 085220981720 085223115153 085223275011
PSDU	Ari Tanri (Ko.) Syarif Hidayat Listia Dewi Larasti	081384926970 085223246157/ 081323258186 081323064906 085223326585
Kemuslimahan	Seli Dewi Lestari (Ko.) Winda Nenden Nurrohmah Alifa Nurul Syifa	081319929357 085224226306 085228120256

Ini adalah susunan kepengurusan yang BARU, dengan semangat BARU, ruh yang BARU, kita buat sesuatu yang BARU. (BY : Ketua FORSALIM 2008-2010)

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Tanya Jawab Lengkap Tentang Agama dan Kehidupan

Awalnya adalah Tanya jawab di sebuah radio Mesir yang di asuh oleh penulis buku ini. Berbagai orang, dari berbagai negara Arab dan Islam, mengirimkan pertanyaan mengenai apa saja yang berkaitan dengan agama, dari soal fiqih, usul fiqih, akidah, akhlak, AL-Qur’an dan Hadis sampai soal sejarah dan filsafat, dari masala-masalah mutaqaddim (Klasik) sampai masalah-masalah muta'akhkhir (Kontemporer). Menyadari bahwa penyebaran sekaligus pemeliharaan ilmu lewat tulisan jauh lebih baik ketimbang lewat lisan, tanya jawab tersebut kemudian dihimpun dan dibukukan.

Bersama:

Dr. Ahmad asy-Syarbashi

(Dosen Universitas al-Azhar, Cairo. Mesir)

Bagian I: Bersuci

Thaharah secara bahasa artinya bersuci atau menghilangkan kotoran. Adapun secara syar’i yang dimaksud ialah menghilangkan najis atau kotoran dengan air dan debu (tanah) yang suci lagi menyucikan dengan tata cara yang telah ditentukan oleh syari’at.

Bab thaharah selalu didahulukan dalam pembahasan-pembahasan fiqih karena thaharah (bersuci) merupakan salah satu syarat syahnya shalat, padahal kita tahu shalat adalah rukun dari rukun Islam setelah dua kalimat syahadat. Jadi, syarat (sahnya shalat) tentu harus didahulukan (pembahasannya) daripada yang disyaratkan (yaitu shalat).

Bagian II: Shalat

Shalat/ Sholat (Arab صلاة ) atau sering ditulis Salat (ejaan KBBI), merujuk kepada salah satu ritual ibadat pemeluk agama Islam.

Menurut syariat Islam, praktik shalat harus sesuai dengan segala petunjuk tata cara Rasulullah SAW sebagai figur pengejawantah perintah Allah. Rasulullah SAW bersabda, Shalatlah kalian sesuai dengan apa yang kalian lihat aku mempraktikkannya.

Bagian III Puasa / Shaum (Just Clik! ^_~ Ok!)

Puasa dalam agama Islam artinya menahan diri dari makan dan minum dan dari segala perbuatan yang boleh membatalkan puasa, mulai dari terbit fajar hinggalah terbenam matahari, untuk meningkatkan ketakwaan seorang muslim. Perintah puasa difirmankan oleh Allah pada Al-Quran surat Al-Baqarah ayat 183.

Berpuasa merupakan salah satu dari lima Rukun Islam. Terdapat puasa wajib dan puasa sunnah, namun tata caranya tetap sama.

Waktu haram puasa adalah waktu di mana umat Muslim dilarang berpuasa. Hikmah puasa adalah ketika semua orang bergembira, seseorang itu perlu turut bersama merayakannya.

Hari Raya Idul Fitri (1 Syawal)

Hari Raya Idul Adha (10 Zulhijjah)

Hari-hari Tasyrik (11, 12, dan 13 Zulhijjah)

*Mukadimah Sifat Puasa Nabi Shallallahu 'Alaihi wa Sallam

*Keutamaan Puasa

*Keutamaan Puasa Ramadhan

Bagian IV : Zakat

Bagian V: Haji

Bagian VI : Nikah

Bagian VII: Talak dan Idah

Bagian VIII: Muamlah dan Ekonomi

Bagian IX : Al-Qur’an Al-Karim

Bagian X : Hukum-Hukum Mayat

Bagian XI: Makanan dan Minuman

Bagian XII: Nabi SAW dan Hadisnya

Bagian XIII: Para Tokoh

Bagian XIV: Jihad dan Kekuatan

Bagian XV: Tasawuf

Bagian XVI: Orang Yahudi dan lain-lain

Bagian XVII: Lain-lain

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Ranking techniques

Columbia Business School is ranked #1 in The Financial Times "ranking of rankings" for United States business schools.


	Current #1 United States business schools Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania - The Financial Times The Stanford Graduate School of Business - U.S. News & World Report
	Harvard Business School - U.S. News & World Report University of Chicago Graduate School of Business - BusinessWeek and The Economist
	Current #1 Wall Street Journal United States business schools BYU Marriott School of Management (regional) Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College (national) and #1 by Forbes MIT Sloan School of Management (international)

The rankings are based on a variety of factors such as standardized test scores of students, salary of recent graduates, survey results of graduates and/or recruiters, the specific schools that choose to participate in a market survey, the number of top companies recruiting at the school and a variety of attributes.^[4] The ratings vary significantly by method used to determine the success of each program. The Forbes and Financial Times results are based on long-term graduate career progress concerns. The BusinessWeek and Economist polls evaluate short-term experiences of the students with their program. The Wall Street Journal and U.S. News & World Report consider the recent experiences of recruiters with the program.^[2]

The U.S. News & World Report uses a combination of the objective and subjective as well. The magazine seeks "expert opinion about program quality and statistical indicators that measure the quality of a school's faculty, research, and students." However, it ranks a broad spectrum of professional school programs such as business schools, law schools, and medical schools as well as a variety of programs specific academic disciplines such as the social sciences or humanities.^[5] The business opinion data incorporates responses from deans, program directors, and senior faculty about the academic quality of their programs as well as the opinions of professionals who actually do the hiring of the new MBA graduates from the schools. The statistical data combines measures of the qualities of the incoming students and as well as the faculty with measures of post graduate success as related to their degrees.^[5] There were 382 programs that responded out of 402 solicited, and the formula used a strict combination of quality assessment (40%), placement success (35%), and student selectivity (25%).^[6]

The BusinessWeek rankings, which are based on three sources of data (a student survey, a survey of corporate recruiters, and an intellectual capital rating), are published in mid-October of even numbered years.^[7] The 2006 student survey of 45 online questions of students' ratings of their programs was distributed to 16,595 students three weeks before graduation; there were 9,290 responses. The recruiter survey determines how many MBAs a recruiter's company hired in the previous two years and which schools it actively recruits from. 223 respondents participated out of 426 solicited. The intellectual capital is determined based on a formula incorporating academic publications in journals, books written, and faculty size.^[7]

The Forbes magazine methodology was to calculate a five year return on investment for 2002 graduates. Forbes surveyed 18,500 alumni of 102 MBA programs and used their pre-enrollment and post-graduate business school salary information as a basis for comparing post-MBA compensation with the cost of attending the programs.^[8]

Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive poll was the result of an online survey of 4,125 recruiters between December 13, 2005 and March 16, 2006, based on their experiences at schools where they had recently recruited. The survey was not based on academic quality although the survey was built upon 21 attributes including faculty and curriculum. However, the poll was based on attributes that would lend toward professional success such as interpersonal and communication skills, teamwork orientation, personal ethics and integrity, analytical and problem-solving abilities, and work ethic.^[4] The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) publishes three lists: a "national" ranking of U.S. business schools that are heavily recruited by national and multinational companies, an "international" ranking of European, North American, and Central American schools visited by recruiters for companies seeking employees for jobs outside the United States, and a "regional" ranking of schools not included on the national list that draw many of their recruiters from within their U.S. geographic region.^[9]

The Economist Intelligence Unit, the business information arm of the Economist Group, gathered results from two internet questionnaires, one of business schools and one of their students and recent graduates, and used them to rate business schools located all over the world. Information provided by the schools made up 80% of the ranking, with student and alumni responses accounting for only 20%. Factors in the evaluation included faculty:student ratio, GMAT scores of incoming students, student body diversity, foreign languages offered, percentage of graduates finding jobs within three months after graduation, percentage of graduates finding jobs through the school's career service, graduates' salaries and the comparison of pre-enrollment and post-graduation salaries, and student/alumni evaluations of the program, facilities, services, and alumni network. Results were tabulated using a smoothing method incorporating the three previous years' results. The organization used strict data provision thresholds, with the result that some highly regarded schools were omitted from the list of 100 ranked schools. ^[10]

The Financial Times poll was the result of over 10,000 respondents to nearly 23000 electronic questionnaires of alumni from 155 qualifying business schools. The survey began in July 2006 and all internationally accredited programs that are at least five years old and that have produced at least 30 graduates in each of the last three years were solicited. 113 of the 155 had at least 20 respondents and at least a 20 percent response rate. The questionnaire used twenty criteria in three main areas. The poll actually presents all twenty criteria to the reader. Eight criteria are based on alumni responses; eleven criteria are based on business school responses, and the final criteria is based on a research index produced by the Financial Times.^[11] The survey responses are audited by KPMG.^[12]

The Financial Times has also produced a "ranking of rankings" summarizing five of the individual rankings (The Economist, BusinessWeek, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Financial Times). They produce United States, and European summary rankings based on all five and a global summary ranking using the Wall Street Journal, Economist and Financial Times. The summary is based on underlying polls in which a school placed in the top ten using an average of the ordinal placements. The summary excludes the U.S. News & World Report results.^[2]

Harvard Business School


Established:	1908
Type:	Private
Endowment:	US$2.8 Billion ^[1]
Dean:	Jay O. Light
Faculty:	~200
Staff:	~1,100
Students:	~1,800 MBA and ~100 Doctoral
Location:	Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Campus:	Urban
Website:	www.hbs.edu

Harvard Business School (HBS) is a renowned business school in the United States. It is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University.

Founded in 1908, Harvard Business School started with fewer than 100 students. In the 1920s, the class size reached 500 students. In 1926, the School moved from the Cambridge side of the Charles River to its present location in Allston (part of Boston) - hence the custom of faculty and students referring to the rest of Harvard University as "across the river." Women were first admitted to its regular two-year Master in Business Administration program with the Class of 1965. The dean of HBS is Jay O. Light, who was appointed by then University President Lawrence Summers on April 24, 2006.

The school offers a full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, as well as many executive education programs, but does not offer an 'Executive MBA'. The School owns Harvard Business School Publishing, which publishes business books, online management tools, teaching cases and the monthly Harvard Business Review.

MBA program

HBS, as seen from across the Charles River. In the background is the steeple of Baker Library.

Harvard Business School offers a two-year full time MBA program, which consists of one year of mandatory courses (Required Curriculum) and one year of unrestricted course selection (Elective Curriculum). Admission to the MBA program is one of the most selective graduate programs in the world^{[citation needed]}, with an admissions rate of 12% for the class of 2010^[2] The student body is international and diverse, with 67% of students who are citizens of the United States.^[3] Women comprise 38% of the class of 2010. ^[2]

The Required Curriculum consists of two semesters. The first semester focuses primarily on the internal aspects of the company and includes the courses Technology and Operations Management, Marketing, Financial Reporting and Control, Leadership and Organizational Behaviour, and Finance I. The second semester focuses on the external aspects and includes the courses Business, Government, and the International Economy, Strategy, The Entrepreneurial Manager, Negotiations, Finance II, and Leadership and Corporate Accountability. ^[4]^[5]

The Elective Curriculum can be chosen from among 96 courses. The diverse selection includes courses such as: Agribusiness, Doing Business in China, Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise, Managing in the Information Age, The Moral Leader, Entrepreneurship in Education Reform, Venture Capital and Private Equity, Business at the Base of the Pyramid, Consumer Marketing, Retailing, Power and Influence, Managing Medicine, Supply Chain Management, and Corporate Strategy.^[6] The students assign each course a priority and the courses are filled through a lottery system based on student priority and class availability. Elective curriculum students can also complete a field study or independent student research project in lieu of a class. Field studies allow students to work together in a team closely with faculty members to launch a product, develop a new business, or research a real world issue. Independent student research projects provide an opportunity for a student to work with a faculty member to develop deep insights on a particular topic of interest. These options allow students to create a second year curriculum that is aligned with their personal and professional interests.

Current MBA classes have a size of approximately 900 students, divided into ten sections (A-J) of 90 students. Each section takes classes together the first year, with the intention of forming deep social bonds. During the first year, all students are assigned to learning teams of 6 students. These learning teams meet daily throughout the first year to prepare each day's class assignment. Graduation rates are approximately 98%. Teaching is almost exclusively (95%) done through case teaching (also referred to as the Socratic method), where the students prepare teaching cases and discuss them in class, with a professor as moderator and facilitator. There is an Education Representative role in each section whose role it is to develop an appropriate learning environment and effective relationships between the students and faculty and between students themselves given the diversity within the section (students from a broad range of industries, undergraduate schools, ethnic backgrounds, geographies, etc.).

MBA students at Harvard are graded on a relative curve. In most courses, the grade consists of roughly 50% class participation and 50% final exam or paper. In a few cases (primarily in the RC year), there may be a few brief exercises or a midterm that typically account for no more than 20% of final grade in a given course. The top 15-20% of the class receive "1's" (instead of A's), the middle 70-75% receive "2's", and the bottom 10% receive "3's". If a student receives more than a certain number of "3's" in the first semester of the Required Curriculum, they receive an academic warning. The student is offered help, in the form of academic counseling and tutors to improve their academic performance. The fact that most MBA students at Harvard have been at the top of their classes in undergraduate schools and high schools makes it more competitive. However, it is said that the relationships between students are not as cutthroat as rumored and that it is quite a friendly and collaborative learning environment.^{[citation needed]}

Academic honors

The top academic honor at Harvard Business School is the Baker Scholar designation (High Distinction), given to the top 5% of the graduating MBA class. In a typical year a Baker Scholar will have achieved "1s" in approximately 70 - 75% of his or her course credits. Students receiving honors (top 20%) in both their first and second years are awarded the MBA degree with Distinction.

The student who receives the highest grades in each year of the program is awarded the Henry Ford II scholarship and is known as the Ford Scholar. For a typical student to attain this honor, he/she must achieve the highest available grade in each of the eleven MBA classes during the first year of the program. Other academic distinctions include the Thomas M. and Edna E. Wolfe Award, given to recognize scholastic excellence (generally to the student with the highest grade in the class) and the Loeb prize given for the most outstanding performance in finance.

Until 2005, Harvard Business School also awarded the Siebel Scholarship to each of the top five students in the first year of the program (see http://www.siebelscholars.com). However for reasons that were not publicised this was recently withdrawn.

Student life

Students can join one or more of the more than 75 clubs on campus. The clubs invite speakers to campus, organize trips, social events, and help forming bonds between students of similar interests. The Student Association is the main interface between the MBA student body and the faculty/administration. It is led by a four-person Executive Committee (2 Co-Presidents, CFO and COO). The decision power rests with the Senate, which is composed of one senator from each section (a total of 10), the Executive Committee, and various committees made up of section officers. Intramurals are also a major part of the student life. Basketball, flag football, volleyball and soccer are the main intramural sports that are offered.

The HBS Rugby Football Club is the only extramural sport on campus, competing against locally against New England clubs and worldwide against fellow MBA teams throughout the year.

Immersion experience

HBS offers immersion programs to supplement in-class room academic experience. These programs are designed to integrate educational objectives with other elements that the student-led treks offer. Through this experience, students are "immersed" in academic, cultural, and organization fieldwork around the world. The program spans an intensive five to twelve-day period during January. The programs offered in 2007-2008 were: China and Vietnam, Europe, Healthcare, India, Middle East, and New Orleans immersions. Supplemental financial aid is available to eligible students.

The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship

The Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship was made possible through the extraordinary generosity of pioneering venture capitalist Arthur Rock (MBA 51). In 2003, Rock donated $25 million to HBS to support faculty and their research, fellowships for MBA and doctoral students, entrepreneurship symposia and conferences, and new outreach efforts to extend the impact of the School's work. Excellence in the research and teaching of entrepreneurship has long been an important part of the history of HBS, and Arthur Rock has ensured that the School will continue to produce leading intellectual capital in this field for generations to come. All of HBS's work in the entrepreneurship arena is now under the umbrella of the Rock Center.

Business Plan Contest

The Harvard Business School (HBS) Business Plan Contest is jointly sponsored by HBS's Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, the HBS Entrepreneurship Club and the Social Enterprise Club. The contest consists of the "traditional" for-profit track and the "social enterprise" track, for those plans with an explicitly social agenda. The winner of the traditional track contest wins the Dubilier Prize, including $10,000 in cash and $10,000 in in-kind (legal and accounting) services. The winner of the social enterprise track also receives the Peter M. Sacerdote Prize, including $10,000 in cash and $10,000 in in-kind services. Three runners-up from both tracks of the contest are also named, and each receive the Satchu-Burgstone Entrepreneurship Award, including $5,000 in cash and $5,000 in in-kind services. In certain cases, a "specialty plan" prize may be awarded to a plan that may simply require less capital — and be targeting a smaller market, if such a plan is not already among the winners. These winners also receive $5,000 in cash and $5,000 in in-kind services. The contest is now in its 11th year and has had a number of prominent companies among its winners, including Bang Networks in 2000.

The Healthcare Initiative

The Healthcare Initiative at Harvard Business School is a multidisciplinary program dedicated to innovative thinking in the healthcare industry. Launched in 2005, the Initiative brings together the extensive research, thought leadership, and interest in the business and management of healthcare that exists at HBS. The core strengths of HBS, its general management and leadership-focused MBA program, its case method of teaching, and its global reach-coupled with the industry focus provided through the Healthcare Initiative, result in superior educational and career opportunities for aspiring leaders in the healthcare industry.

In addition to the Healthcare Initiative, the student-run Healthcare Club is the second largest--and most active--club at HBS. The mission of the Healthcare Club is to provide a forum for students to learn about the business of healthcare, to interact with other students who are interested in healthcare, and to meet with leaders and key decision makers in the healthcare industry.

The Global Initiative

Established in 1996, the Global Initiative builds on a legacy of global engagement by supporting the HBS community of faculty, students, and alumni in their work, encouraging a global outlook in research, study, and practice. With its rich heritage of global leadership in management education and research, Harvard Business School (HBS) is deeply rooted in the international economy. Working closely with companies, universities, and governments, the School and its faculty help shape the perspective, knowledge, and insight of managers throughout the world.

To facilitate faculty research and case development on an international scale, Harvard Business School furthered its impact by establishing six Global Research Centers in key regions around the world: Asia-Pacific (Hong Kong and Japan), Europe, India, Latin America, and California. The Global Research Centers strengthen faculty connections with businesses, people, and ideas beyond our borders. This far-reaching network not only is unprecedented in higher education, but also is a vital element in the creation of the School's intellectual capital. At any given time HBS researchers are active in more than 40 countries.

The Leadership Initiative

A research-based initiative that bridges the gap between leadership theory and practice, the Leadership Initiative at Harvard Business School was created as a catalyst to achieve the School's mission..."to educate leaders who make a difference in the world." Since its inception, HBS has been committed to shaping business leaders with the integrity and capabilities to build world-class organizations. Today, the Leadership Initiative seeks to ensure that HBS remains at the forefront of leadership research and development for the 21st century and beyond.

The Social Enterprise Initiative

Grounded in Harvard Business School's mission to educate leaders who make a difference in the world, the Social Enterprise Initiative aims to inspire, educate, and support current and emerging leaders in all sectors to apply management skills to create social value. Through an integrated approach to social enterprise-related teaching, research, and activities at HBS, the Social Enterprise Initiative engages with leaders in the nonprofit, for–profit, and public sectors to generate and disseminate practicable resources, tools, and knowledge with the ultimate goal of bettering society.

The Social Enterprise Initiative's strategic objectives range from building the world's best faculty dedicated to social enterprise research and teaching to providing learning experiences that not only increase the effectiveness of social-sector executives, but also tap into the potential for social value creation among our entire community of students and alumni.

The Initiative was formed in 1993 by former Dean John H. McArthur and interested faculty and staff with the initial support of John C. Whitehead (MBA '47), whose career has spanned leadership positions in the private, for–profit, and nonprofit sectors. Subsequent support from numerous alumni has enabled the Social Enterprise Initiative to flourish at the School. The impact of the Social Enterprise Initiative has manifested itself in a number of areas. At HBS, these range from the participation of more than 75 faculty members in social enterprise research and teaching, to the creation of over 400 social enterprise cases and teaching notes by HBS faculty. Social enterprise perspectives are integrated into a broad range of classes and case discussions, reflecting a real-world blending of business and social issues, and courses focusing on social enterprise are incorporated into the curriculum. Additionally, HBS offers a number of career development programs designed to support students and alumni engaged professionally in the social sector.

Doctoral programs

The mission of Harvard Business School's Doctoral Programs is to develop outstanding scholars for careers in research and teaching at leading business schools and universities.

Flexibility in learning, independence in study, research with deep impact, notable faculty who are leaders in their fields, and the finest resources in academia—these qualities enable Harvard Business School to offer highly regarded doctoral programs.

To ensure a solid foundation in management, all students (without an MBA degree) are required to take at least five courses in the MBA curriculum. A deep knowledge of management practice—not only in general, but also specific to a student's area of specialization—is a critical component of business doctoral education. These courses provide a valuable source of research topics and institutional knowledge that will be important for future research and teaching success in business schools. At the same time, a broad knowledge of business ensures that students fully appreciate the interdependencies and complexity of management problems and may introduce them to the possibility of interdisciplinary research.

All students are admitted for full-time degree programs, beginning in September. Students, however, may begin the program in July, conducting research with an HBS faculty member. A minimum of two years in residence is required, and it is expected that students will complete their program in four to five years. Students typically spend two to two-and-a-half years on course work, and another two years on their dissertation.

Executive education

In addition to Master's and Doctoral degrees, the Harvard Business School (HBS) offers non-degree executive programs which confer alumni status to graduates:

the Owner/President Management Program (OPM), a part-time, multi-year program for self-employed entrepreneurs;
the Advanced Management Program (AMP), an eight-week intensive course for senior managers; and
the General Management Program (GMP), which combines campus and distance learning and is intended for middle managers.

Other Executive Education programs at HBS also award certificates to attendees, but do not confer alumni status (an exception is the Program for Leadership Development, which also confers HBS alumni status if 10 extra days of HBS executive education are completed).

Campus

Hawes Hall at Harvard Business School.

The Harvard Business School campus is located in Allston, across the Charles River from the main Harvard campus in Cambridge. Many of the buildings have red-brick exteriors, as do many buildings in Harvard Yard. HBS maintains a number of facilities, including a sports center and The Class of 1959 Chapel, that are dedicated for the exclusive use of its community. A series of underground tunnels connects the basements of nearly every building on the campus, with the noticeable exception of the more recent student housing facilities that are SFP (Soldier Field Park) and OWA (One Western Avenue) buildings. Spangler Hall is widely considered HBS' main building with student lounges, meeting rooms, administrative offices and dining facilities. Most classrooms are located in Aldrich and Hawes, most of which are 100-student "amphi-theatre" rooms with approximately five rows in a half circle. This design facilitates the teaching of the case method. Baker Library was reopened in 2005 after several years of renovation. The new building features student study spaces as well as faculty offices. The fitness center is located in Shad Hall, across from Morgan Hall, which houses the majority of the faculty. Shad Hall is also the location of the Computer Lab for Experimental Research (CLER) where many business research studies are conducted. Closest to Charles River are MacArthur Hall and Baker Hall, which accommodate the Executive Education programs, and several student dormitories.

Academic units

The school's faculty are divided into ten academic units: Accounting and Management; Business, Government and the International Economy; Entrepreneurial Management; Finance; General Management; Marketing; Negotiation, Organizations & Markets; Organizational Behavior; Strategy; and Technology and Operations Management.

Admission

HBS looks for candidates who exhibit leadership potential, capacity for intellectual growth, and the drive to make a difference in their community. The school aims to attract students representing a wide range of interests, perspectives and experiences as reflected by its highly diverse student body. Each year students represent more than seventy countries and a wide range of backgrounds ranging from professional sports, medicine and military to consulting and investment banking.

To be considered for admission, a candidate must have successfully completed the following:

A degree program at an accredited U.S. four-year undergraduate college/university or its equivalent; and the Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT) exam,
The application for the MBA class entering consists of responses to the application essay questions,
A resume, recommendations, academic history, GMAT scores, TOEFL or IELTS score, if applicable, and nonrefundable U.S. $235 application fee.
There is no minimum work experience required.

Notable Harvard Business School students

Notable alumni (MBA and executive programs)

Jefferson F Allen, oil co. exec, former CEO Tosco, Premcor
William Anders, former NASA astronaut
John Edward Anderson, president of Topa Equities, Ltd., namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management
Gerhard Andlinger, founder of Andlinger & Company, Inc.
Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of Staff of Israeli Defense Forces
Rahul Bajaj, Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Auto
Jim Balsillie, Chairman and co-CEO of Research In Motion, which developed the BlackBerry handheld communication device
Frank Batten, founder of The Weather Channel (United States)
Roger Berkowitz, President and CEO of Legal Sea Foods
Ernesto Bertarelli, former CEO of Serono, America's Cup Yacht Race Winner[7]
Gordon Bethune, former CEO of Continental Airlines
Julie Bishop, Australian politician
Michael Bloomberg, businessman and Mayor of New York City
Roy J. Bostock, Chairman of Northwest Airlines, Yahoo and Partnership for a Drug-Free America
Marvin Bower, pioneer management consultant, McKinsey & Company
Nicholas F. Brady, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
L. Paul Bremer, former Head of Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority
John J. Brennan, Chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group
Greg Brenneman, President and CEO of Quiznos Sub, former CEO of Burger King
Dan Bricklin, co-creator of the VisiCalc spreadsheet program
Robin Buchanan, Dean, London Business School
James E. Burke, former CEO of Johnson & Johnson
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
David Clarke, Chairman of Macquarie Group Limited
Frank Carlucci, former United States Secretary of Defense
Donald J. Carty, former Chairman and CEO of American Airlines, current CFO of Dell Computer and Chairman of Virgin America and Porter Airlines
Elaine Chao, 24th United States Secretary of Labor
Ram Charan, Management Guru, named by Fortune "The Most Influential Consultant Alive" [8]
P. Chidambaram, Finance Minister of India
Sir Ronald Cohen, co-founder of Apax Partners
Charles W. Coker, former Chairman and CEO of Sonoco Products
Scott Cook, founder of Intuit, Inc.
Stephen Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and co-founder of Franklin Covey
Chris Cox, Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and former U.S. Congressman
Zoe Cruz, former Co-President of Morgan Stanley
Gurcharan Das, venture capitalist
Evan Mervyn Davies, Chairman of Standard Chartered Bank
Belmiro de Azevedo, Chairman, CEO, and co-founder of Sonae; member of the European Round Table of Industrialists
Susan Decker, President of Yahoo
Božidar Đelić, former Minister of finance, current vice-president of the Government, Serbia
Anne Dias-Griffin, Hedge fund manager married to investor Kenneth C. Griffin.
Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JP Morgan Chase
John Doerr, leading technology venture capitalist, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
William H. Donaldson, former Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, founding Dean of the Yale School of Management, and co-founder, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Georges Doriot, one of the founders of INSEAD, World War II Brigadier General, considered America's first venture capitalist
Timothy C. Draper, founder of Draper Fisher Jurvetson who popularized the term, "Viral marketing"
Donna Dubinsky, former CEO of Palm, Inc., and co-founder of Handspring
Chet Edwards, U.S. Congressman from Texas
Richard B. Fisher, former Chairman of Morgan Stanley
Barbara Hackman Franklin, former United States Secretary of Commerce
Victor Kwok-king Fung, Prominent Hong Kong businessman and political figure
William W. George, former Chairman and CEO of Medtronic
Lou Gerstner, Chairman of the Carlyle Group and former Chairman and CEO of IBM
Kathy Giusti, CEO and founder of the Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation
Albert Hamilton Gordon, former Chairman of Kidder, Peabody & Co.
Jonathan Grayer, Chairman and CEO of Kaplan, Inc.
Rajat Gupta, former Managing Director, McKinsey & Company
Walter A. Haas, Jr., former Chairman and CEO, Levi Strauss & Co.
James Hagedorn, Chairman, President and CEO of Scotts Miracle-Gro Company
John H. Hager, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia and US Assistant Secretary of Education
Fred Haise, former NASA astronaut
Fred Hassan, Chairman and CEO of Schering-Plough Corporation
H. John Heinz III, former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania
Bruce Henderson, founder of the Boston Consulting Group
Amo Houghton, former U.S. Congressman from New York
Allan Hubbard, Director of National Economic Council, U.S. President's top economic advisor
Jeffrey Hunker, Former Dean of the Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University
Jeffrey R Immelt, Chairman and CEO of General Electric
Kwame Jackson, one of the two final candidates on Donald Trump's American television reality series The Apprentice
Richard Jenrette, investment banker and co-founder, Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette
Abigail Johnson, heir apparent to Fidelity Investments
Samuel C. Johnson, former Chairman, S.C. Johnson
James Kelly, former Assistant U.S. Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Naina Lal Kidwai, CEO of HSBC in India
Kevin Kimberlin, Chairman and CEO of Spencer Trask & Co.
Herb Kohl, U.S. Senator, President of Kohl's Department Stores, owner of the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks
Jerome Kohlberg, Jr., Founding Partner of Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts & Co.
Michael Kolowich, internet content pioneer and documentary filmmaker
Robert Kraft, Owner of the New England Patriots and Chairman and CEO of the Kraft Group
A.G. Lafley, CEO of Procter & Gamble
Jorge Paulo Lemann, entrepreneur, currently the third wealthiest individual in Brazil, according to Forbes' List of billionaires (2007)
Antony Leung, former Financial Secretary of Hong Kong SAR
Andrew L. Lewis, Jr., former U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former Chairman and CEO, Union Pacific Railroad
Eugenio Lopez III, Chairman and CEO of ABS-CBN Broadcasting Corporation
Chai Ling, one of the leaders of the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989
Peter Lougheed, former leader of the Alberta Progressive Conservatives and Premier of Alberta from 1971 to 1985
Gilman Louie, Partner of Alsop Louie Partners, founding CEO & President of In-Q-Tel, former Chairman and CEO of MicroProse/ Spectrum HoloByte, Inc.
Robert Louis-Dreyfus, owner of Olympique de Marseille French football club and former CEO of Adidas-Salomon and Saatchi & Saatchi
John Lynch, Governor of New Hampshire
Michael Lynton, Chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment
Anand Mahindra, Managing Director of Mahindra & Mahindra
Burton Malkiel, Princeton University economist, former Dean of the Yale School of Management, and author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street
Stanley Marcus, former Chairman and CEO of Neiman Marcus
Susan McCaw, former U.S. Ambassador to Austria
Charles Peter McColough, former Chairman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation
William G. McGowan, former Chairman, MCI Communications
Robert S. McNamara, US Secretary of Defense, 1961 - 1968, 4th President of the World Bank 1968 - 1981
W. James McNerney, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Boeing
Allan Moss, CEO Macquarie Bank
Brooks Newmark, Member of Parliament in UK
Grover Norquist, political activist, President of Americans for Tax Reform
Robert Nourse, former President and CEO of The Bombay Company
Stan O'Neal, former CEO of Merrill Lynch
Adebayo Ogunlesi, DBA, Chairman and Managing Partner of Global Infrastructure Partners
Robert D. Orr, former Governor of Indiana
Karen A. Page, James Beard Award-winning culinary author
Henry M. Paulson, Jr., United States Secretary of the Treasury and former Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs
Gilles Pélisson, CEO of Accor, parent company of Sofitel, Novotel, Ibis, Mercure Hotels, Motel 6, et al.
Joseph R. Perella, M&A expert, investment banking executive
Tom Perkins, venture capitalist, co-founder of Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Ghaith Pharaon, fugitive financier
Michael Porter, creator of Porter's 5 forces, co-founder of Monitor Group, best-selling author and professor of Competitive Strategy
William Proxmire, former U.S. senator from Wisconsin
Fred Reichheld, author of The Loyalty Effect and other bestselling business books
Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former U.S. senator from Michigan
Arthur Rock, considered one of the fathers of venture capital
Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts and 2008 presidential candidate
Charles O. Rossotti, co-founder of American Management Systems and former Commissioner of Internal Revenue
William Roth, former U.S. Senator from Delaware and chief sponsor of the Roth IRA
Jack Ryan, former United States Senate candidate
Henry Schacht, former CEO of Lucent Technologies
Edgar J. Scherick, prolific television and film producer and former programming executive of the ABC Television Network
Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder and CEO of the Blackstone Group
John S.R. Shad, former U.S. Ambassador to the Netherlands
Frank Shrontz, former Chairman and CEO of Boeing
Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO of Enron, sentenced to 24 years in prison for fraud
Orin C. Smith, former President and CEO of Starbucks
Martin Sorrell, founder and CEO of WPP Group
Jan Stenbeck, Swedish capitalist and majority shareholder of Investment AB Kinnevik
John E. Sununu, United States Senator from New Hampshire
John Thain, CEO of Merrill Lynch and former CEO of the New York Stock Exchange
Pamela Thomas-Graham, former CEO of CNBC
Marvin Traub, former Chairman and CEO of Bloomingdale's
Gérald Tremblay, mayor of Montreal
Jack Valenti, former President of the Motion Picture Association of America
Daniel Vasella, Chairman and CEO of Novartis
Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors
Mark Walsh, entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and former CEO of Air America Radio
Robert D. Walter, Chairman and CEO of Cardinal Health
David Walters, former Governor of Oklahoma
Bruce Wasserstein, Chairman and CEO of Lazard
John L. Weinberg, former Chairman and Senior Partner of Goldman Sachs
Suzy Welch, columnist for BusinessWeek and former Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Business Review
John C. Whitehead, Chairman of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and World Trade Center Memorial Foundation
Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat and former COO of Delta Air Lines
Meg Whitman, former President and CEO of eBay
James Wolfensohn, 9th President of the World Bank
George Yeo, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Singapore
Jaime Augusto Zobel, Chairman and CEO of Ayala Corporation

References

Best Business Schools in USA

^ Harvard Business School 2006 Annual Report [1]
^ ^a ^b Harvard Business School Website: MBA Program Statistics [2].
^ Harvard Business School Website: Class Profile [3]
^ Harvard Business School Website: Required Curriculum Term 1 [4]
^ Harvard Business School Website: Required Curriculum Term 2 [5]
^ Harvard Business School Website: Elective Curriculum Courses[6]

Sources

Cruikshank, Jeffrey L. (1987). A Delicate Experiment: The Harvard Business School, 1908-1945. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press. ISBN 087584135X.

External links

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Harvard Business School (Harvard) and The Wharton School (Wharton) remain the most popular choices and take turns, year on year, at holding the most favoured position. This year Harvard has retained a narrow edge. There is great continuity in the top 20 most favoured US schools among recruiters, with only Yale, Carnegie Mellon, Georgetown and University of Toronto narrowly slipping out from a top 20 position, but all remain within the top 40.

Joining the top 20 this year are; North Carolina University (Kenan-Flagler), Southern California (Marshall), South Carolina (Darla Moore) and Western Ontario (Richard Ivey)..

Within the consistent top 20 group, Chicago, Columbia Business School, Michigan, Berkeley, Northwestern and UCLA have all improved their relative positions. The Sloan School of Management MIT, Tuck and Darden have fallen relative to their peer group. The Fuqua School of Business, Duke University (Duke) has remained stable in 8th place for second year after being one of the highest climbing top-tier US schools in recent years.

Canadian schools had also made much recent progress; In 2007, they have returned en masse to the top 40, with HEC Montreal, and British Columbia rejoining Western Ontario, McGill and Queens in the top 40. This year, Western Ontario is the only Canadian school to remain in the top 20, gaining 1 place to 20th. McGill University, which had steadily grown in recognition during the last five years is the most striking improver, rising 6 places to 30th. position.

Notable North American movers: The four North American top movers are all schools with a strong pedagogical emphasis on international management: North Carolina is up 14 places to 15th, Southern California is up 15 places to 18th, South Carolina is up 11 places to 14th, whilst UCLA is up 9 places to 13th.

Recruiters’ top 10 preferred schools in North America are:

Harvard, Wharton, Northwestern, Columbia, Chicago, Stanford, Michigan, Duke, MIT and UC Berkeley.

Recruiters Top 40 Business School in North America

Table : North America Top 20 (Alphabetical)
School Name	Country	Recr. Rank		Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top)	Avg. GMAT Score	Avg. Years Work Exp.
School Name	Country	2007	2006	Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top)	Avg. GMAT Score	Avg. Years Work Exp.
Chicago GSB	USA	5	7	60%	700	5
Columbia Business School	USA	4	6	65%	708	5
Dartmouth, Tuck	USA	17	16	25%	710	5
Duke, Fuqua School of Business	USA	8	8	46%	700	5
Harvard Business School	USA	1	1	100%	714	4
Michigan, Stephen M. Ross	USA	7	9	46%	680	5
MIT, Sloan	USA	9	3	41%	710	5
North Carolina, Kenan - Flagler	USA	15	39	27%	682	5
Northwestern, The Kellogg School	USA	3	4	71%	700	5
NYU Stern	USA	11	10	35%	700	5
Penn.,The Wharton School	USA	2	2	89%	713	6
Southern California, Marshall	USA	18	33	23%	685	5
Stanford University GSB	USA	6	5	54%	712	4
Texas at Austin, McCombs	USA	19	17	22%	669	5
Thunderbird, Garvin	USA	12	12	34%	610	5
UC Berkeley, Haas	USA	10	13	39%	700	5
UCLA, Anderson	USA	13	22	33%	700	4
University of South Carolina, Moore	USA	14	25	30%	640	4
Virginia, Darden	USA	16	11	26%	677	4
Western Ontario, Richard Ivey	Canada	20	21	19%	660	5

Table : North America Next 20 (Alphabetical)
School Name	Country	Recr. Rank		Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top)	Avg. GMAT Score	Avg. Years Work Exp.
School Name	Country	2007	2006	Recr. Reputation 2007 (% of top)	Avg. GMAT Score	Avg. Years Work Exp.
Source: QS TopMBA.com International Recruiter Survey 2007
Babson College	USA	38	23	8%	630	6
Boston University School of Mgmt.	USA	27	28	11%	664	5
British Columbia, Sauder	USA	36	-	9%	620	6
Carnegie Mellon, Tepper	USA	29	18	10%	696	4
Cornell University, S.C. Johnson	USA	28	20	11%	680	5
Emory, Goizueta	USA	22	35	17%	690	5
Georgetown, McDonough	USA	21	15	17%	665	5
Georgia Institute of Technology	USA	33	-	9%	669	4
HEC Montreal	Canada	35	-	9%	610	6
Indiana, Kelley	USA	25	29	15%	645	5
McGill, Desautels	Canada	30	36	10%	650	5
Minnesota, Carlson	USA	40	-	8%	641	5
Notre Dame, Mendoza	USA	37	26	9%	657	5
Purdue, Krannert	USA	24	30	15%	661	3
Queens School of Business	Canada	26	37	13%	661	6
Texas A&M, Mays	USA	39	-	8%	635	4
Toronto, Joseph L. Rotman	Canada	31	19	10%	660	5
Vanderbilt, Owen	USA	32	-	10%	642	5
Washington U. in St. Louis, Olin	USA	34	27	9%	654	4
Yale School of Management	USA	23	14	16%	701	4

Where are the best distance learning MBA courses?

By Ross Geraghty

Run-of-the-mill distance learning MBA courses are popping up all over the globe, so how can you ensure your distance learning program is from a top business school? Ross Geraghty finds out.

It is essential with any top business school MBA course that the candidate finds the best ‘fit’ for them. This involves spending a lot of time and effort considering the study options available. After all, an MBA program is expensive, time consuming and requires a considerable amount of effort to graduate from. This is even more important when considering the many distance learning MBAs on offer. Finding a top business school with a decent reputation is going to be a lot more impressive to employers, due to the numerous run-of-the-mill ‘buy an MBA’ institutions that have emerged in recent years.

School reputation is still one of the most important factors MBA candidates have to consider, and it’s doubly important when you consider that employers are doing exactly the same. If a DL MBA is your choice, try and get a place at the most reputable school that you are eligible for. Make absolutely sure of the accreditation that school has. Talk to alumni and other business schools to try and get a handle on the place that you’re applying to. Try and talk to recruiters if possible to see what their opinions are on the school you’re thinking about applying too.

QS TopMBA Scorecard (www.topmba.com/scorecard) is the first step for thousands of MBA candidates every year. It’s an innovative online tool that allows MBA candidates to conduct a personalized search of business schools all around the world according to their own criteria. It also contains hundreds of distance learning courses and all of them are accredited courses. This is not to say that all other courses are not accredited but it is a seal of approval nevertheless.

There are several ways of narrowing down a search using Scorecard including return on investment, school specializations, strength of faculty and so on. As it’s free and can be used as many times as the candidate chooses, it will provide a shortlist of business schools which will contain some names the candidate may not have considered, and some names that will keep popping up again and again. This can then be followed up by visiting that school’s website and coming to visit a selection of the world’s top business schools at the QS World MBA Tour, which visits over 65 cities around the world.

To be effective, Scorecard requires a little personal data to be input in order to get the best results. Paul Jones (a fictional MBA candidate) is 28 years old. He has five years of work experience in finance and wants to do an MBA in order to get ahead in his career, or perhaps move into marketing. He’s considering doing an MBA but has a young family and doesn’t want to commit to a full-time position. He’d also like to stay at the company he’s in and continue working while studying.

The first search he does on Scorecard is distance learning MBAs by marketing specialization. The top five business schools are:
1) IE Business School (Spain)
2) Warwick Business School (UK)
3) Manchester Business School (UK)
4) Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
5) Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA)

Noting those down he decides to have another go, this time selecting finance as the most important criteria.
1) IE Business School (Spain)
2) Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
3) Tanaka Business School, Imperial College, London (UK)
4) Manchester Business School (UK)
5) S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (USA)

Having noted these down as well, and noticing that there is a fair amount of crossover between the schools in both lists, he decides on another approach. This time he’s going to take a look at program strength. The first slider that he prioritizes highlights school reputation with recruiters and he gets:
1) IE Business School (Spain)
2) Thunderbird School of Management (UK)
3) Manchester Business School (UK)
4) S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University (USA)
5) Warwick Business School (UK)

The London School of Economics and Political Science

Motto:

Rerum cognoscere causas
To understand the causes of things

Established:

1895

Chancellor:

HRH The Princess Royal (University of London)

Director:

Sir Howard Davies^[1]

Visitor:

The Lord President of the Council ex officio

1,303

8,810^[2]

3,860^[2]

4,950^[2]

Location:

Central London, England, UK

Campus:

Central business district

Publications:

The Beaver, Clare Market Review

Colours:

Mascot:

Beaver

Affiliations:

University of London
Russell Group
EUA
ACU
CEMS
APSIA
'Golden Triangle'
'G5 Group'
Universities UK

Website:

http://www.lse.ac.uk/

The London School of Economics and Political Science, more commonly referred to as The London School of Economics or LSE, is a specialist college of the University of London in London, England. It was founded in 1895,^[3] and officially joined the federal University in 1900 as the Faculty of Economics, beginning to issue its degrees from 1902. Today it is regarded as one of the world's leading academic institutions and remains a specialist single-faculty constituent college of the University, the only such institution in Britain. Located on Clare Market in Westminster, off the Aldwych and next to the Royal Courts of Justice and Temple Bar, it describes itself as "the world‘s leading social science institution for teaching and research".^[4] LSE also has the most international student body of any university in the world today.

The School is a member of the elite Russell Group,^[5] the European University Association, Association of Commonwealth Universities, the Community of European Management Schools and International Companies,^[6] The Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs^[7] and Universities UK^[8] as well as the Golden Triangle of British Universities, and most recently the 'G5 Group' of Britain's five leading universities.