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job skills or any specific ability or university course work。 The test doesn’t
a。。empt to assess subjective qualities such as motivation; creativity and
interpersonal skills。 These areas are usually explored during the interview
at the business school。
So what score are top business schools looking for and how important
is the test to ge。。ing in? Well; in the first place the scores are a moving goal
post。 You are up against everyone else taking the test; so as the average
scores move up so does the required score。 The average score is currently
around 500。 Less prestigious business schools look for a GMAT score of
550; and a score around 650 on the GMAT will make you a petitive
candidate at most business schools。
306 Appendix
Do business schools place much reliance on
this test?
Chicago Graduate School of Business looks for between 640 and 760; for
example。 But a high score won’t guarantee a place; nor will a low one
preclude admission。 As the Associate Dean of Student Recruitment &
Admissions at one of the top five business schools says of the GMAT score;
‘It’s just one piece of a plex puzzle。’ Harvard’s website says much the
same。 ‘Every application is reviewed as a whole package。 We are admi。。ing
candidates with personalities; not scores。’
Still; despite these remarks; business schools will always ask for a
GMAT score。 The fact is that the test has worked well over time as a
predictor of student quality and success。 GMAT is administered by the
Graduate Management Admissions Council (gmac); whose list
of governing schools includes around 200 of the world’s highest…ranking
business schools; so this is in effect their own test。
Improving a GMAT score
You can improve your GMAT score and; as business schools will usually
only ask to see your latest GMAT; you can take it as o。。en as you need to
get the right score for your chosen school。 Around a fi。。h of GMAT tests
are taken by people who have taken the test more than once within a year
and; if you want; you can take the test up to five times within a 12…month
period。 Unsurprisingly; a higher proportion; one in three; of people scoring
between 500 and 540 are repeat test takers; indicating that they are looking
for a place at a top school。
Mike Byron’s excellent book; How to Pass the GMAT: Unbeatable Preparation
for Success in the Graduate Management Admission (2007; Kogan Page); is
remended reading。 As well as warm…up tests and tips on preparation;
this book is full of helpful advice that goes well beyond just upping your
score。 It’s vital to know; for example; that business schools will look beyond
the single total score; looking for any significant imbalance。 So being
absolutely brilliant at problem solving and useless in the verbal area could
bar entry to some schools; even though the average score is high enough。
Business schools’ individual tests
Many schools have their own tests mirroring the GMAT。 The only logic for
having these is to allow them to evaluate the small number of applicants
who for any reason can’t take the GMAT before being interviewed。
academia 214; 286; 302
accountants 14; 17–18; 21; 23; 65; 67; 73;
129; 190
accounting glossary 37
accounts; ge。。ing 49
acquisitions 52; 92; 132; 163; 185
Advance Collegiate Schools 301–02
advertising
effectiveness 105
strategies 103–04
Alternative Investment Market (AIM) 68
Altman Z…Score 47
Amazon 82; 268; 280
amortization 35
Ansoff; Igor 270; 294
Antai College of Economics & Management
(ACEM) 7
Apple puters 48; 63; 98; 219; 234; 241;
262; 266; 280
appraisals 154–55; 184
Ashridge Business School 219; 285
Aspen Institute 12; 303
Asset Based Finance Association 60
asset…stripping game 65
Association
to Advance Collegiate Schools of
Business 301–02
of MBAs (AMBA) 286; 301
Audi 85; 97
audit 23
auditors 23; 67; 224
average collection period 44
Babson College 175; 215
balance of payments 212
balance sheet 3; 14; 17–18; 27–28; 32–35;
37–39; 42; 49; 55; 61
balanced score card 150
bank accounts 56; 61
Bank of England 261
banking crises 163
Bankruptcy Acts 176
Barclays 93
behaviour 69; 138; 166; 178; 185; 191; 201;
221; 224–05; 247; 301
below the line (BTL) 104
Berkeley University of California 280
Best Social Accounts 217
beta factor 71–72
Big Mac Index (BMI) 201
Bilimoria; Karan (Lord) 73; 220
Birch; David 4; 214
Blake; Robert R 148
blogs 117; 262; 280; 295
Blooming Marvellous 86; 105; 146
blue chip clients 110
BMW 266; 299
Bocconi 8; 233
Body Shop International 82; 87; 97; 186; 188
bonds 5; 57–58; 64; 69; 206
bonus 14; 54
bookkeeping 23–25; 165–66
boom 201–02; 204
boss 102; 109; 142; 144; 146; 168; 185
Boston College 280
Boston Consulting Group (BCG) 265
Boston Matrix 271–72
brainstorming 258
brand
loyalty 269
value 97
break…even analysis 14; 51
British Airways 199; 204
budget 77–80; 97; 112–13; 192; 207; 240
Buffe。。; Warren 220; 266
bureaucratic environment 133
business
angels 5; 62–63
cycles 201; 204–05; 207
environment 2; 4; 121; 166
ethics 222–24
information 11; 114; 295
law 3; 4; 175; 177; 179; 181; 183; 185; 187;
189; 191; 193; 221
plans 24; 56; 77; 220; 261; 274–75; 277; 292
statistics 247
strategy 6; 268
tools 31; 37; 80
business history 3; 4; 159; 162–65; 167; 169;
171; 173; 282
Business Link 27; 69; 134; 180; 182–83
business models 266; 288; 294
business school
first 6
limitations 8
rankings 86; 279; 302; 304
Index
308 Index
star faculty 9
teaching 13
top 7
buzzwords 154; 243
capital
asset pricing model 70
budgeting 77
cost of 69–72
markets 52
sources of 61–69
capitalism 203; 214
Cardiff Business School 163; 233
career
boosting 278
counselling 279
goals 154
move 109
opportunities 145
paths 292
perspective 152
progression 153; 274
prospects 142
Carnegie Mellon University 270; 280
case studies;
freely available 11; 217; 285; 289; 293
method 8–9
writing 258
cash cows 271
cash flows 3; 24; 27; 29; 59; 76–77; 108; 252;
274
Cass Business School 52; 163; 215; 220; 261
central tendency 249–50
Centre
for Business History 163
for Corporate Governance 52
for Growth and Business Cycle
Research 204
for International Business History 163
chairman 10; 224; 292
change
in strategy 12
managing 158–61
technological 2; 158
chartered accountants 22
Chicago Graduate School of Business 223;
280–81; 301; 305–06
China Europe International Business
School 279; 281
CIRS (continuous inventory replenishment
system) 108
Cisco 63; 219
class A and class B share 61
coaching 130; 156; 287
co…operatives 178–80
Coca…Cola pany 10; 97; 201; 222
collaboration 159; 171; 218
Columbia Business School 217; 279; 285;
301
fort zones 87; 219
mon stock 64
munication systems 243
panies Act 23; 37; 178
panies House 39; 176; 180
pany names 113; 189
petition mission 198
petitive
advantage 14; 112
forces 198; 269
markets 199
position 84–85; 272
pricing 82; 98; 108
strategy 185; 263
plaints 153; 181; 185
puters 17; 25–27; 32–33; 59; 110; 117;
145; 182; 184; 193; 241; 243–44; 254; 258;
262; 290
concepts 2; 3; 14; 18; 21–22; 49; 82; 87; 94;
120; 126; 173…74; 196; 221; 242; 267; 282
conflict 124–25; 130; 151; 229
conglomerate 168; 270–71
consequences 160; 163; 173; 177; 201; 203;
229
conservatism 19; 21
consultancy see also management
assignments 10
profession 147
tools for 291
consumer demand 99; 197
contingency modelling 148
contract of employment 133–34; 139; 183
contracts 4; 56; 64; 83; 182–83; 185…86
control 66; 123–24; 126; 131; 152; 159; 164;
170; 172; 198; 204; 206; 208; 215; 218;
223–24
convention 21–22; 43; 79; 136; 240; 248
copyright 187; 299
core business 267
corporate
behaviour 225
fraud 230
governance 4; 52; 223; 293
misconduct 231
venturing 63; 219
corporations 194; 218; 231
cost
advantage 84; 263
leadership strategy 263; 265
of capital 69; 71–73; 75
of sales 31; 39; 44
Index 309
Cranfield School of Management 6–8; 10;
13; 98; 129; 134; 204; 220; 233; 272–74;
285–86; 299; 305
Crawford’s model 265
creative
accountants 22
design 234
destruction 214
thinking 258
works 187
creativity 159; 215; 305
credibility 65; 111; 203
credit 23–24; 44; 172; 180; 182; 263
crime 52; 163; 200; 228
critical path method (CPM) 237–38
cultural norms 223
current
assets 28; 32…34; 39; 43–44; 47–49
liabilities 33…4; 39; 43–44; 47–48
curriculum 163; 263
customer relationship management (CRM)
245
cu。。ing…edge thinking 282
cycles; business 201–04
Dartmouth College 7; 223; 301
dashboard 150; 207
Data Protection Act 182; 184; 244
debentures 5; 53; 57–58; 69 see also bonds
debt capital 53; 55; 72
debtors 27–28; 33–34; 37; 40; 44; 47–48; 60
decision trees 248–49
defects 181; 236; 243
deflation 205
delegation
eight steps to success 152–53
essential management skill 151–52
growth through 159
Dell puters 88; 234; 262
Deming; W Edwards 242
democracy 199; 214
demographics 117; 136; 215; 297
depreciation 18–19; 21; 31; 36–37; 192
depression 160; 203
derivatives 52
desk research 82; 112–13
developing staff 152
differentiation 263; 266
direct costs 79; 80 see also breakeven; cost
and variable costs
directors 23; 41; 50; 53; 130–31; 150; 178–79;
191; 193; 223–24; 226; 274
discount 55; 76
discounted cash flow (DCF) 75; 77; 249
discrimination 183; 221; 231
dissatisfaction 142–43; 154
distance learning 157
distribution 3; 64; 79; 105–08; 250–51; 267
diversity 3; 123; 196; 199; 304
dividend valuation model 70
dividends 29; 42; 46; 53; 60–61; 70; 155
doctoral degree 301
domain names 188–89
dominant
figure 195
firms 198
players 199
purpose 191
dot 133; 204
double…entry bookkeeping system 3; 10; 20;
23–24; 170
Dragons’ Den 213; 220
Drucker; Peter 149–50; 215
due diligence 63–64
Duke University Fuqua School of Business
253; 281
DuPont 219; 237; 273
duties 123; 131; 134;165; 222
duty of care 184
Dyson 99; 186
early adopters 89; 90; 133
earnings 12; 46; 76; 194; 224; 229; 303–04 see
also profit
eBay 100–01; 262
economic
activity 28; 196
cycles 4; 202–03
order quantity (EOQ) 241
economics 4; 14; 195–97; 199; 201–03; 205;
207; 209; 211; 213; 223; 281; 285; 287
economies of scale 41; 198; 264; 269
Economist Intelligence Unit 304
elasticity of demand 97; 197
e…mail 101; 118; 139; 182; 185–86; 259
employment 4; 69; 133–34; 139; 183–84; 210;
218; 227; 289
employment agencies 180
employment law 125; 180; 185; 193
Enron 22; 219; 226
entrepreneurship 3; 4; 198; 213–17; 219–20;
280; 282
environment 87; 97; 121; 218; 225; 230;
262
equity 5; 38; 42–43; 53–54; 60–62; 64; 66; 68;
70–72; 74
Esade Business School (Barcelona) 8; 233
ethics 3; 4; 97; 176; 221–23; 229; 232
EU 69; 192; 198
European Business Schools 304
310 Index
European Quality Improvement System
301–02
examination 27; 73
excellence 189; 274; 291
exchange rate policies 211
executive development 10; 285–87; 304
executive summary 115; 274–76
exit strategy 280
expectations grid 228
expected values 248–49
expenditure 20; 28; 67; 112; 126; 164; 191;
200–01; 209
experience curve 83; 265–66
expert advice 168; 277
Facebook 185–86
facilities 64; 74; 239; 285
factoring 11; 59; 60; 74
failures 5; 9; 47; 69; 142; 173; 178; 203; 214
families 5; 16; 166–67; 170; 172; 179; 196
features; benefits and proofs 88–89
Federal Trade mission 198
field research 112–13; 118
FIFO (first in first out) 35–36 see also LIFO
and stock
figurehead 147
Finance and Leasing Association 59
financial
analysis 296
jeopardy 177
position 41
projections 275–76
ratios 39; 40; 47–48; 51; 151
reporting 124
stability 48
Financial Services Authority 181
Financial Times 285; 290
first mover advantage; fallacy of 267
fiscal policy 196; 208
five forces 6; 13; 268–69; 273
fixed
assets 18; 21; 32–33; 35; 37–39
costs 51; 273
flat organization 123
flotation 66–67 see also AIM; London Stock
Exchange
focus 91; 93; 128; 145; 223–24; 242; 257–58;
266–67
force field analysis 160–61
Ford; Henry 93; 162
forecast 252–53
Fortune 500 219; 262
Foundation of Management
Development 301
free knowledge tools 287
Free Management Library 11; 222
free online surveys 113
free teaching materials 280
frugal 140; 168
FTSE4Good Index 231–32
functions 122; 128–31; 153; 266
funding 55; 64–65; 73; 220; 225; 299
Gates; Bill 87; 217
GDP 199–202; 207; 210; 212
gearing 45; 53–55; 100
GE – McKinsey Directional Policy Matrix
273
General Electric 85; 150; 272
General Motors 241
Generally Accepted Accounting Practices
(GAPP) 22
generic strategies 263; 268 see also strategy
Genuine Progress Indicator 200
Global Entrepreneurship Monitor GEM)
215
globalization 4; 281
goals 82; 96; 108; 122; 130; 135; 144; 146;
161; 169; 210; 217; 229; 262; 299
Google 60; 82; 103; 116; 133; 186; 283;