Saturday 21 February 2009
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Term 3 the best so far.
Yes as it says, for me term 3 has been the best term so far.
I think all 3 topics:
Financial Accounting (FA)
Change Management (CM)
Corporate Branding (CB)
were relevant, however I enjoyed FA and CB the most.
As I have mentioned in my previous posts I was quite surprised to find that I liked FA so much. :)
Kudos to our teacher Jeff Gramlich who did a wonderful job. He really did an excellent job of teaching a very difficult subject in a short amount of time.
In respect to CM I had been looking forward to this subject since I started the MBA and it did not disappoint.
Our teacher in CM was John Hayes who both teaches and practices change management in the "real world"; and again a teacher who managed to cram more knowledge into a short amount of time.
It has probably been the most relevant course so far. The theories behind change and how to handle it effectively are arguably more relevant now than ever given the current economic situation.
One notion that I found to be of particular interest for companies in high velocity industries, arguably game developers fit this bill, was that in these high paced firms a change process should not be instigated by first unfreezing the company from it's static assumptions. No one should in fact freeze high velocity firms because they tend to move towards multiple end points at relatively high speed.
I think all 3 topics:
Financial Accounting (FA)
Change Management (CM)
Corporate Branding (CB)
were relevant, however I enjoyed FA and CB the most.
As I have mentioned in my previous posts I was quite surprised to find that I liked FA so much. :)
Kudos to our teacher Jeff Gramlich who did a wonderful job. He really did an excellent job of teaching a very difficult subject in a short amount of time.
In respect to CM I had been looking forward to this subject since I started the MBA and it did not disappoint.
Our teacher in CM was John Hayes who both teaches and practices change management in the "real world"; and again a teacher who managed to cram more knowledge into a short amount of time.
It has probably been the most relevant course so far. The theories behind change and how to handle it effectively are arguably more relevant now than ever given the current economic situation.
One notion that I found to be of particular interest for companies in high velocity industries, arguably game developers fit this bill, was that in these high paced firms a change process should not be instigated by first unfreezing the company from it's static assumptions. No one should in fact freeze high velocity firms because they tend to move towards multiple end points at relatively high speed.
Friday 13 February 2009
Almost done with term 3
I just need to hand in my final paper in Change Management at 12:00 and then technically the 3rd term is over, which means that I am 1/2 MBA.
The last two exams were two 8 page papers, one for each subject.
As mentioned above one was for Change Management, the other paper was in Corporate Branding.
I enjoy writing papers, it really gives you time to understand a topic.
In 40 min. I'll jump on my bike, head to school, turn in the paper and get myself a new calculator for Corporate Finance (4th term).
We start Monday, so I know what I'm going to do Sunday :O).
But today and tomorrow I'm not going to anything but relax and enjoy the weather.
We've had snow and the sun is out, so the park looks really nice.
The last two exams were two 8 page papers, one for each subject.
As mentioned above one was for Change Management, the other paper was in Corporate Branding.
I enjoy writing papers, it really gives you time to understand a topic.
In 40 min. I'll jump on my bike, head to school, turn in the paper and get myself a new calculator for Corporate Finance (4th term).
We start Monday, so I know what I'm going to do Sunday :O).
But today and tomorrow I'm not going to anything but relax and enjoy the weather.
We've had snow and the sun is out, so the park looks really nice.
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