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Consultative Processes – Intro to Consulting Business

September 1, 2010

Today I had the first class in my elective course – Consultative Processes. From the syllabus and the first class it became obvious that the class is going to be very writing-intensive and group work oriented. We will have to submit three individually prepared cases from Harvard Business Publications. And there will be two group [...]

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Financial Markets – First Class of the Fall Term

August 31, 2010

Today I had my first class in the Fall term – Financial Markets. It was rather interesting and at times even entertaining. Professor had eventually placed syllabus with required textbook earlier today and I was able to order it from Amazon. The book we are using in class is Financial Management: Theory & Practice 13 [...]

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Second Year Part-time MBA Begins

August 30, 2010

Today is the first day of classes at the University and official start of my second year of studies in GWU part-time MBA program. My classes however haven’t started yet. I have my first class on Tuesday. For the first module of the Fall term I have signed up for two classes: Financial Markets and [...]

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First Year Part-time MBA Closure

July 24, 2010

Have not been posting for almost a month. Now I am kind of have been missing blogging and ready to post some updates. The two main reasons for my extended silence are the preparation for the professional certification exam that I took in two weeks after the end of the summer module, and the family vacation [...]

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Nature of Markets – Introduction to Marketing

May 20, 2010

Tonight I had my second class that I am taking in this Summer Term at part-time MBA program at GWSB. I have been looking forward to this course and it seems that my high expectations will be met in this class. I have long been interested in marketing and I really expect to learn a [...]

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Business and Public Policy – Part-time MBA Summer Term Begins

May 18, 2010

Updated July 31, 2011. Overtime I posted my wrtie-ups for case analyses in this class in Business School Cases section of the blog. Today I placed a final case analysis from the class on Soda Tax Issues. I had the first class in my summer term tonight: Business and Public Policy. I can tell from the class [...]

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Human Capital Management – Efficiency and Monetary Motivation

May 7, 2010

In our Human Capital Management class professor showed us a great video from TED.com featuring Dan Pink’s presentation on relationship between different motivational factors  and human creativity and efficiency in solving problems.  Needless to say, Dan Pink is a very entertaining speaker. I enjoyed his talking very much. But even more fascinating for me was the [...]

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MBA Exam Human Capital Management – Mimicking Law School

May 4, 2010

A week ago on Wednesday I encountered a somewhat new format for the final exam in my MBA pursuit. Usually, if it was not multiple choice, the exams  had a requirement to write a short answer.  If it was  a longer narrative required, then it was usually done through the final research paper or a case write up done [...]

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Data Analysis Mid-Term Exam

April 5, 2010

Nothing too exciting happenned at the exam. The format was open book, open notes. Needless to say that even with this format I felt a brain-freeze, as oftentimes the case in my quantitative classes. Will see how I fared on the forced grading curve. The stuff covered in the exam was all the material we have [...]

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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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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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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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My Registered Classes for Spring Term MBA Program

January 6, 2010

As I mentioned yesterday, last weekend I finalized my MBA classes registration for the Spring term. In reality I  originally registered for all of my classes within 7-10 days after the registration was open sometime in November. My classes were selected based on the learned lessons described in my previous post. One more thing I learned during registration [...]

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Part-time MBA Classes Selection for Spring Term

January 5, 2010

This past weekend I finalized my classes for the Spring term. In this seemingly simple decision there are a few caveats I was not aware of when I was choosing my classes for the Fall term, and was still learning during this registration period. In summer I just picked whatever classes did not have other prerequisites [...]

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My First Term Part-time MBA Stats

December 24, 2009

Now that the fall term is formally over, I can draw the line for my first term in part-time MBA program at George Washington University School of Business (GWSB). It has been rather interesting learning experience. I had some classes that really grabbed my interest, such as Microeconomics, Decision Making. There was a subject that made me shiver [...]

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Part-time MBA Fall Term Graded

December 23, 2009

Today I received my last grades for the second half term in fall semester. This makes it closed both officially and emotionally  I am happy that I made it through. My GPA is actually still over 3, inspite of my little snafu with Financial Accounting-II. Hurray and on into the winter break and celebration time! I mentioned [...]

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Spring Term Part-time MBA: Managerial Accounting

December 22, 2009

My professor in one of the classes I signed up for a spring term has already placed the syllabus and the home assignment for the first class. It actually happened a week ago, I just did not have time to get to it before. That’s almost a month before the first class! I appreciate this [...]

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Part-time MBA on Winter Break!

December 17, 2009

On Thursday I had my last class in Fall term. My part-time MBA first term is officially over. In Business Ethics class we turned in our final research papers. Professor said he will get to grading them next day, so he hoped we will have our grades within a week. I also got my grade [...]

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Fall Term Is Over, Almost

December 16, 2009

My first term in Professional MBA program at GWSB is just one day shy of conclusion. I am back from my final exam on Financial Accounting-II. This time I was not nearly as depressed as after my Fin. Accounting-I in the first half-term. It does not mean that I necessarily did any better than that [...]

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Decision Making Final Exam – This Time Final for Real

December 14, 2009

The full name of this course in our MBA program is Judgement/Uncertainty&Decisions. During the exam the main descriptive of my state was “Uncertainty”. Out of this uncertainty was the necessity to make some decisions, based on a limited judgement. At least the torture was limited to just two hours. Some problems were related to the stuff [...]

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Decision Making Final

December 13, 2009

Today I spent half of the day reviewing material for the take home part of the final on Decision Making. It was excruciating. After 5 PM I decided that there is no point to try to catch all the pieces of the course. So I downloaded the exam and just worked on the problems. It [...]

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Finals Are Coming, Parties Too

December 11, 2009

Yesterday was the last official class of scheduled sessions in my first semester of part-time MBA program. However, since our class in Business Ethics fell on Thanksgiving we are going to have a makeup next Thursday. But it is mostly irrelevant. Our final research paper is due at next class. This is probably the only reason I [...]

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Financial Accounting Jeopardy

December 10, 2009

Yesterday we had our final class in Financial Accounting-II before the exam. This was probably the first time I was not depressed after the class, because I was actually able to rather adequately follow the lecture. Professor gave us handouts for exam preparation and announced the materials available on the Blackboard in order to do [...]

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Girding Up for MBA Term Finals

December 8, 2009

Now is the final week of classes for this half-term. Yesterday I had my last class before the exam for Decision Making. Professor has announced the format of the final. It will be a combination of in-class and take home assignments that need to be submitted online. This time instead of 24-hours window for submission, [...]

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Welch MBA – Any Takers?

December 7, 2009

Read an article today about new online offering in business education: online MBA degree from Jack Welch Management Institute. The guy has already made a name for himself, even if occasionally in dubious nominations. Nevertheless, he was named the Manager of the Century by Fortune in 1999, and obviously has something to say about business. Now he [...]

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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising of Prescription Drugs Research

December 5, 2009

Added on October 4, 2010: I have uploaded my write-up for the case Effect of Pharmaceutical Companies Direct to Consumer Marketing on Doctor/Patient Relationship, which I did for Business Ethics class in my MBA program at GW, in the Business School Cases section of the blog. My MBA program studies take more and more serious toll on [...]

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MBA Application Season Tips

December 4, 2009

There are many things that the applicants to MBA programs have to do during the application phase. Of course, on top of the list for most aplicants is getting GMAT nailed. Whether one needs 750 or just 550 score, it still requires preparation. The reason is that the test itself is rather challenging, there is a [...]

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Financial Accounting Double Mixer

December 3, 2009

Yesterday I got a news on my final grade in Financial Accounting-I, finally. I got a “B” and was extremely happy about that. I had been really concerned about a possibility of just barely passing it. It is a good news, as it means that I am legitimately continuing with my part-time MBA program.  Obviously, [...]

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Decision Making Mid-term Results

December 1, 2009

On Monday we received our mid-term papers for the exam we took last week. The answers had been actually posted a few day earlier, so I had general idea where I was standinng. Nevertheless I was waiting eagerly as I saw some of my solutions to more complicated problems were conceptually correct, but had some [...]

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