Managerial Accounting Final Exam Cramming

February 26, 2010
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Today I looked for the first time at the example final exam in the course pack. It really got me anxious. I got the same “numbers anxiety” I had before both of my Financial Accounting exams in the Fall term. All the concepts that are covered in the exam are pretty much familiar and related [...]

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GWSB MBA Spring Term Module 1 Classes Are Over

February 25, 2010

Today was the last day of classes in the first module of the Spring Term for me. Next week we have finals. For me it is Global Perspectives and Managerial Accounting. I have a false sense of confidence about Global Perspectives, mainly because it’s an open notes, books, everything exam. As for Managerial Accounting – [...]

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Part-time MBA Students Horror Stories at GWSB

February 24, 2010

Today after the Global Perspectives class I saw in the hallway three of my groupmates who I work with on the Political Risk Analysis paper. From a distance I noticed they had quite an involved conversation. Naturally, I assumed they were discussing our paper, so I joined them. Turned out they were not concerned with [...]

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Cheney at George Washington University Hospital

February 23, 2010

// Who could know. Yesterday there was a news about former  Vice President Dick Cheney being hospitalized at GWU Hospital. Seems he is doing alright already. I remember when I used to work on the campus of Navy Medical Center in Bethesda a few years ago, once a year in Spring we had the whole campus [...]

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MBA Hiring Improving, Even if Slightly

February 22, 2010

Being on the student’s bench does not insulate MBA candidates from the reality of the job market. As a matter of fact, they may feel it more than many other graduate students, because the job search is an integral part of the “total MBA experience”. According to many accounts I read on internet, more than [...]

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Synetic Theater’s ‘Antony and Cleopatra’-Theater Night Out

February 20, 2010
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On Saturday I had a night out with my wife to watch a play ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ by Synetic Theater on Lansburgh Theatre stage  of the Shakespeare Theatre Company. If you are a theater-goer and  have a chance to see only one show while in DC, I would definitely encourage you to go to Synetic’s production. Labeled as [...]

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Washington, DC February Snow Storm Aftermath

February 19, 2010
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Today I found yet another derivative of apocalypse in relation to the double snow storm that hit Washington, DC area earlier in February. I already expressed my opinion about the use of strong epithets in regards to these storms. However in this case it felt more like an irony than alarmism, so I let it slip. [...]

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Back to School from Snow “Mini-vacation”

February 18, 2010

It has been great to get back on campus after a week of cancelled classes. The last week with its snow days and a whole week of missed work and MBA classes has affected most of my classmates in the same way: we slacked down. It was obvious when professor in Global Perspectives asked a [...]

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Toyota Scandal – New Case Candidate for MBA Textbooks

February 16, 2010

With this scandal unravelling in the last 3 weeks about Toyota recalls connected to the sticking accelerator pedal, and speculations about how much and for how long the top managers and owners have known about the problem, I realized that the situations is related to two of the courses I have been taking in my [...]

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GMAT Test Anniversary – Second Take

February 14, 2010

With all this snow days and hype I almost forgot about one year anniversary of my second attempt on GMAT in preparation for the part-time MBA program. It actually was on February 7-th. In my post about the first taking of the GMAT I already mentioned that the score of 550 that I got that time would [...]

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Snowpocalypse, Snowmageddon, Snow Wimps

February 11, 2010

// I don’t intend to downplay the serious implications, hazards, and consequences of the double snowstorm that hit the Washington, DC area and the East Cost of the country in these last few days in February. I admit that the massive snowfalls are not very common to this area, and people, as well as local authorities, may feel inadequate [...]

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Washington, DC Snow Storm News (Not)

February 9, 2010

The snow storms battering the Washington, DC area in February are not really even news anymore. It has become sort of boring routine. I don’t even need to put up pictures of the snowfall, as it is just more of the same old. Nothing newsworthy. Anyways, today started the next round of snowfalls in the [...]

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Super Bowl 2010 TV Commercials and Biases

February 8, 2010

On Friday morning I checked out my co-workers on their preparedness for the Super Bowl Sunday. I am not following any sports (not even soccer, chess, ice hockey, or cricket), so my main interest was if they were prepared for a good party time. Turned out both of them for one reason or another were not [...]

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Blizzard 2010 Washington, DC Area

February 7, 2010

Judging by TV news reports the snowstorm of February 5-6, 2010 was officially christened Blizzard 2010. That was an impressive nature showdown. I actually enjoyed the snow days. Spent Friday afternoon and all day on Saturday at home, with the fireplace cozy chirping, sipping on porto, watching movies with the family, and just taking it easy. As [...]

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Big Snowfall in Washington, DC area – Alternative Take

February 5, 2010

Yesterday after a class  I stopped by at the neighborhood supermarket to pick up a few items. The store was quite empty, so were the shelves in produce, dairy, meat, and bread departments. The sight of the empty shelves was quite shocking. Only then I remembered that we were going to have a big snowfall this weekend. The [...]

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Moral Hazard in Managerial Accounting

February 4, 2010

Today in class when we were working the case, professor introduced the problem of ‘Moral Hazard’ in Managerial Accounting. To better explain the idea of moral hazard professor brought up an example of rental cars. First he mentioned quite common stuff: people often do not care much about rental cars and drive them rather negligently, if [...]

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Open Book Exams at GWSB part-time MBA

February 3, 2010

Today I read an article about technical means of fighting hi-tech and low-tech cheats at exams in universities. One of the conclusions of the author was to allow wider use of open book/open notes exams. This article evoked some of my personal thoughts on the subject. At the time and place where I was doing my undegraduate degree the very [...]

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MBA Gala at GWU

February 1, 2010

I did not really know what to expect from this event when I was going there with my wife last Friday. For some reason the word “gala” implied something rather special to me. Therefore, when I saw announcement about Annual MBA Gala    in the email from MBA Students’ Association, I put the date on my [...]

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Political Climate for FDI in Russia-Risk Analysis Study

January 31, 2010

I feel like a squeezed lemon: exhausted and despondent. The whole weekend I have been working on my part 0f the group research paper on FDI in Russia. I had to cover Political Climate section of our Risk Analysis study. Last weekend I digged out tons of material on the internet on the topic. This week [...]

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My Favorite MBA Jokes

January 28, 2010

Some people would argue that MBA students and MBA degree holders think to much of themselves.  It might as well be true, I don’t know for sure   But I heard some time ago that one of the distinct human traits is being able to poke fun at yourself. It kinda stuck in my head, alas I don’t [...]

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George Washington University School of Business-Financial Times Rankings

January 27, 2010

Today in Global Perspectives class professor was seemingly glowing when he broke a news. Turned out that Financial Times published their Global MBA Rankings 2010 just two days ago on January 25. MBA program at GWSB climbed from position 71 to 57 among top 100 MBA programs worldwide. What he was even more proud of was that in [...]

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Part-time MBA Workload and Homework Satisfaction

January 26, 2010

This week I am feeling quite satisfied with my preparation for classes. This is actually first time in this Spring module that I was able to study and work through most of the material assigned to homework. The keyword here is most. The important part of the MBA experience is to work under pressure and prioritize. [...]

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Managerial Accounting Study Group Meeting

January 25, 2010

Our study group in Managerial Accounting had a meeting on campus tonight. There were four of us in the meeting in person, and one group member joined us for the part of the meeting over the phone, as he was out of town on business. In this group there were modest aspirations in terms of [...]

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Global Perspectives – FDI in Russia

January 24, 2010

Spent all day today digging up the material for my group research paper on FDI in Russia. There is a lot of information available on the internet, arguably of various levels of credebility. Seems that our preliminary assessment of the situation, i.e. advise the company against doing any business in Russia through FDI, was on [...]

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New York Trip Musements Continued

January 23, 2010

I was going through the pictures we made on our December trip to New York City. I wrote a bit about the trip in these two posts: NY City Musements… New Jersey Full Service Gas Station… Most of the pictures are family stuff of no particular interest to outsiders. But there is one picture that is worth [...]

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Managerial Accounting and Grizzly Dessert

January 22, 2010

Grizzlies are known to like to eat marmots. In spring when grizzlies come out of hibernation they spend unproportionate amount of energy and time hunting those small squirrel-like animals from under the stones. The scientist were puzzled by this fact, because according to their estimated calculations the energy spent on hunting the marmots was much more than [...]

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Spring Term Part-time MBA at GWU – Week 2

January 21, 2010

Finished the second week of classes in my first module of Spring Term. The intensity is picking up just a little bit, but so far very manageable. It’s probably going to change this weekend when I will have work on two major projects: I am planning to work on my section for Risk Analysis Group Paper [...]

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Global Perspectives Risk Analysis Paper

January 19, 2010

On Tuesday we had a group meeting to discuss the general approach and outline for our course group paper in Global Perspectives class. It was suggested to meet at one of the bar lounges on the campus, so our almost 2-hour meeting was over pizza and beer. Very inducive environment for discussing any business issues, including [...]

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Managerial Accounting Course Pack

January 16, 2010

One of the books required in Managerial Accounting is the Course Pack that has been compiled by the professor himself. This is the first time I have the course pack required in my MBA program classes. That’s why I had a little surprise with it. The course packs are apparently compiled/authored by a professor(s) in the university [...]

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Part-time MBA at GWSB – Spring Term First Week Summary

January 15, 2010

The first week of classes in my Spring Term at GWSB is over. Now I have to concentrate on the homework assignments which are quite intense. Good that I have Monday off to spend more time on reading and solving cases for classes. A short summary of the week. I am very pleased with both [...]

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Managerial Accounting Is Not Your Financial Accounting

January 14, 2010

On Thursday was my first class in Managerial Accounting. To say that it was OK would be underestimating it. I actually liked it a lot. There were a few factors that contributed to my favorable impression of the class: Professor was very sharp and knowledgable. He looks probably younger than he really is, but he [...]

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Global Perspectives – First Day of Classes at Part-time MBA Spring Term

January 13, 2010

On Wednesday I had my first class in the Spring Term – Global Perspectives. I enjoyed the class and got very favorable impression of the professor. He has been teaching in the International Business Department for a long time and still has not lost interest in teaching the subject. The subject itself is very interesting [...]

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Moving from WordPress to Designated Hosting-Part 2

January 11, 2010

My first attempt to move from WordPress (WP) hosting was at the beginning of November. That time I did some research on the WP themes. I actually went out and purchased a domain and hosting for my would be virtual home. I was not ready at the time to purchase one of the Premium themes, so [...]

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Part-time MBA Winter Break Summary

January 10, 2010

This was the last weekend before the start of the Spring semester in my part-time MBA studies. So I might as well call it the end of the winter break. Classes start on Monday, though for me personally the first day of classes is Wednesday – Global Perspectives. Just a short recap of what I [...]

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MBA – What’s the Buzz

January 9, 2010

In the light of my post on whether MBA is losing its relevance for businesses and attractiveness to the students I was thinking what were the events relating to the MBA programs that attracted the most media attention lately. Since my personal interest in MBA evoked only in Spring 2008, this was the time when [...]

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