It has been a while since I last posted. I kept waiting for a time when things would calm down in school but that never seems to come anymore. This module has been particularly tiring, but there’s a light at the end of the tunnel; yes – only 3 months to go until graduation. Frankly, I think I am ready to move onto the post-MBA phase of my life but at the same time I already know that I’m going to miss coming to school everyday. I realize more than ever that I love coming to school everyday; socializing with all the great people in this program, listening to the engaging class debates, and absorbing life in an unfamiliar surrounding. I know that life is about to get way more routine very soon as I venture back in the workforce.
On the first day of class following the Christmas holidays, our IT professor took 15 minutes out of the class to ask each of us what we would remember most from our MBA program experiences. It was incredible to hear what everyone had to say. It made me remember so many wonderful moments that I seemed to have forgotten. It also made me realize how this program has provided value to each of us in so many different ways. Common memorable experiences included: the China study trip, Outward Bound/Ropes day, diversity of the classroom, friendship, ups and downs of the program, being there for each other, teamwork, and alumni interaction.
This module (2B) is composed of a Management Operations course (plant and supply chain operations), a Marketing course, and an IT Management course. All three courses offer very different and useful perspectives about Cross-Enterprise leadership, but I must say that Marketing is my favourite course. The professor is incredibly engaging, and the cases we cover are very interesting. I thought I’d spit out a few quotes that have stuck with me over the last few weeks (one from each course):
“The best technical solution may not work politically and the political solution may not work best technically.” ~Nicole Haggarty, IT Management Professor
“When you think of innovation don’t think of it in terms of new products, think of it in terms of new market segments” ~Niraj Dawar, Marketing Professor
“Culture is what people do when no one is looking” ~Larry Menor, Management Operations
Here’s one more from marketing class, but it in fact comes from some professor in Chicago: “All communication between human beings is persuasion.” I couldn’t agree more. I guess with this blog entry I’m trying to persuade you to go to Ivey and do your MBA because it’s so memorable and because you will be enlightened by your professors’ cool quotes :) By the way, I just wrote my Operations mid-term exam yesterday and my brain is fried. It was one of the most tiring exams I’ve ever had, and I’m still not recovered from it.
Until next time…
Sacha
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