As someone who got a long ago MBA (and has also worked as an engineer), a few comments.
That's a lot of books. I'm not sure it's more total reading than I did in an MBA program but it's certainly more books than I read.
I'm not sure the best way to replicate case study discussions--which is a big part of most actual MBA programs and is probably at least somewhat important. (Also projects as opposed to just reading.)
Seems very light on finance and accounting. Honestly accounting doesn't need a lot--the main lesson is things are this way because the financial accounting standards board says it is--but the equivalent of core Finance 101 is probably necessary even if you're not going to be primarily a finance person. What I didn't have in B-school but would want today is a deeper dive into VC/startup/etc. term sheets and the like.
There's no real operations on that list. Probably don't really need real operations research but some basic manufacturing lingo and concepts would be useful.
I'd probably look for a basic Marketing 101 sort of book/course in addition to UX and things along those lines.
I'll stop there but I'd probably encourage more reading along the lines of what's actually used in MBA programs and looking at ways/materials that are closer to case studies and learning by doing.
I think if I were actually putting together a curriculum (and not worrying about copyright/access), I'd probably have a lot more chapters of books and articles/papers/webpages/videos than I would complete books. And I think you need to bring in discussions/projects in some manner in any case.
> I'm not sure the best way to replicate case study discussions--which is a big part of most actual MBA programs and is probably at least somewhat important. (Also projects as opposed to just reading.)
As someone who did an MBA twenty years ago, I think this is a really important point
The value for me wasn’t the reading, it’s the discussion the exploration of different (sometime opposed) viewpoints and understanding the differences between them
Talking to friends who’ve done other Masters degrees one of the key things we all agree on is they taught us how to “think better” and not sure you’ll get that from reading a bunch of books
I think if I really wanted to put together a DIY MBA, I'd try to gather some friends who would be open for semi-regular discussions, put some lightweight projects together, and some reading/watching that was also relatively short and lightweight. My goal would be to distill things down to something busy, working people with lives might actually be willing to do absent the spur of getting a diploma.
That's a lot of books. I'm not sure it's more total reading than I did in an MBA program but it's certainly more books than I read.
I'm not sure the best way to replicate case study discussions--which is a big part of most actual MBA programs and is probably at least somewhat important. (Also projects as opposed to just reading.)
Seems very light on finance and accounting. Honestly accounting doesn't need a lot--the main lesson is things are this way because the financial accounting standards board says it is--but the equivalent of core Finance 101 is probably necessary even if you're not going to be primarily a finance person. What I didn't have in B-school but would want today is a deeper dive into VC/startup/etc. term sheets and the like.
There's no real operations on that list. Probably don't really need real operations research but some basic manufacturing lingo and concepts would be useful.
I'd probably look for a basic Marketing 101 sort of book/course in addition to UX and things along those lines.
I'll stop there but I'd probably encourage more reading along the lines of what's actually used in MBA programs and looking at ways/materials that are closer to case studies and learning by doing.