The Business Honors Book Club? Why would a college student toting an already heavy backpack want to read more books?
Reading increases your understanding of the world and exposes you to new perspectives. Books are a fun way to educate yourself; a passionate author can take the driest of subjects and fashion a captivating tale. Reading will improve your vocabulary, grammar, and spelling. In addition, reading can ignite your creativity as it exposes you to situations you may never experience on your own – riding a camel, building a bridge, or chasing a tornado. Readers always have something to talk about – that could come in handy at the next reception or business dinner.
Add to all that the fun of sitting down and discussing a book with friends. Our book club discussion will help your listening, debating, negotiating, and presentation skills!
We will choose six books a year to discuss – three in the fall and three in the spring. You do not need to come to every meeting to be a book club member – you can pick and choose the books that interest you. The only rules are that you read the book before you come and that you are prepared to engage in the discussion.
During the last month of each semester, the club will show a movie for everyone to watch and discuss. These movies will involve subjects which are relevant in today’s world. The topics are discussed and debated among the students who attend the showing. The movies are usually shown at a local movie theater or media room.
Spring 2010 Books
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Good to Great by Jim Collins
Fall 2009 Movie
Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (documentary)
One of the greatest scandals in American corporate history is chronicled in the riveting documentary Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. Based on the bestselling book, the film draws upon a wealth of insider interviews and archival material to show how Enron, once the nation’s seventh largest corporate entity, essentially faked its bookkeeping to report profits that never existed. The massive losses eventually toppled the company (along with the venerable Arthur Anderson accounting firm) and left 20,000 employees jobless. Enron transcends political and corporate boundaries by showing how smart and powerful men grew blinded by greed and brought ruin upon themselves, along with thousands of otherwise innocent victims.
*- Times and dates for these book club meetings will be posted on the Upcoming Events page.
Books from Previous Semesters
- Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace, One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
- Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner (Spring 2009)- What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormick (Spring 2009)
- The Starfish and the Spider by Ori Brafman (Fall 2008)
- The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Fall 2008)
- Never Eat Alone by Keith Ferrazzi (Spring 2008)
- Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Spring 2008)
- The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman (Fall 2007)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Fall 2007)
- The Price of a Dream by David Bornstein (Fall 2007)