I'm currently researching MBA schools, and doing some soul searching to figure out what I really want to do post-MBA. I'm struggling a little with the different options, because I'm not really sure what those different post-MBA functions - Finance, strategy consulting, marketing - really come down to. I guess I'm looking for some kind of 'A day in the life of...' picture on the different functions, to assess myself. Of course, I understand them at a high level, but not to the extent I'd like to at this point.
I suspect talking to grads and alumni is probably the best way to figure all these out, but are there any books/links that you all are aware of, which clearly speak to these functions/options? Before approaching people, I want to make sure I've read enough to ask intelligent and specific questions. I did Google around a little bit, but some of the "gold standard" books such as 'The McKinsey way' appear to be, well, 'old' (that particular one's from 1999), and I'm pretty sure some things have changed quite a bit, if not a lot. Does anyone think this is still a good book to read to get a hang of management consulting?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
I suspect talking to grads and alumni is probably the best way to figure all these out, but are there any books/links that you all are aware of, which clearly speak to these functions/options? Before approaching people, I want to make sure I've read enough to ask intelligent and specific questions. I did Google around a little bit, but some of the "gold standard" books such as 'The McKinsey way' appear to be, well, 'old' (that particular one's from 1999), and I'm pretty sure some things have changed quite a bit, if not a lot. Does anyone think this is still a good book to read to get a hang of management consulting?
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
