»October 31, 2007, 3:29:36 AM EDT: The Economics Research Report
I was thinking of possible titles for this post and what I came up with were "All That Work for What?" and "MBA: Where Weekends go to Die," (I ll use those titles later) but I was a feeling a bit nice so I ll just cite the latest object of my consternation: our Economics Research Report.Our class spent this last weekend to work on the assigned work for our Economics class. P... ... (MORE)
»October 22, 2007, 3:08:35 AM EDT: Exam Scores and Cold Calls
Man, Mondays like these make me want to wish it was Friday already. The culprits: the result of my Management of Cost and Profit (MCP) quiz and the class we had today in MCP. (Hmmm... is MCP a new nemesis for me in my quest for MBA glory?) First, the exam. I had probably the lowest exam in my stay here in AIM to the tune of 2.5/25 or a meager 10%! I saw this coming as soon as I finished the e... ... (MORE)
»October 19, 2007, 1:28:20 AM EDT: Sleep Deprivation and How it Wrecks the Case Method
The Asian Institute of Management is known to utilize the Case Method pioneered by the Harvard Business School. Here s a snippet of how HBS describes this method: The case method creates a classroom in which students succeed not by simply absorbing facts and theories, but also by exercising the skills of leadership and teamwork in the face of real problems.Sounds exciting, huh? Here s a Harvard... ... (MORE)
»October 17, 2007, 9:21:04 AM EDT: Close Fight
It was a close good, close fight indeed. And in the end the better politician won. With a tally of 89-85-80, I came second in the election for the Asian Institute of Management Student Association. Yes, I lost by a very small margin (so small that a five vote swing from the trailing candidates will affect the outcome) and I have nothing to be ashamed of-- the school-wide elections were fair an... ... (MORE)
»October 12, 2007, 9:47:02 AM EDT: Running for AIM Student Association post
As you can see from the poster, I am in the running for the Vice-Chair post of the Asian Institute of Management Student Association. (You ll also notice I used the same picture I have for this blog for the campaign poster). The elections will be on October 15, 2007, Monday next week. So why did I decide to run? I am facing tough odds, to be honest-- Schoolwork is getting harder, my opponents... ... (MORE)
»October 8, 2007, 9:45:05 AM EDT: The Economics Midterm Exams
After the loaded day last Wednesday, we had a loaded weekend with the Economics Midterms Exams. It was an exam of two parts: a 2-hour "open books" exam and a 5-hour sit-down exam. The latter was also doubled as a Written Analysis of Cases (WAC) paper, which is a first for our batch. The first part of the midterms was very, very, and I mean, very difficult. The exam had everything on ... ... (MORE)
»October 4, 2007, 10:53:34 AM EDT: Loaded
We had probably one of the most intensive class days yesterday when we had three straight classes then followed by the Language of Business (LOB) Final Exam for the coup de grace. This loaded day was heavy with quant subjects: Quantitative Analysis (QA), Financial Management 1 (FM1) and the Operations Management (OM). Incidentally, this was our first session for OM. We met our teacher for this... ... (MORE)
»October 1, 2007, 7:43:37 PM EDT: Back to MBA Form?
The break is over and I think I m still in the non-MBA world-- a place where sleep exists, where not speaking up is actually an option and the word "case" denotes a container. Good thing the AIM MBA program folks were kind enough to schedule only two classes for today. We had our first shot at Financial Management 1 (FM1) under the indefatigable Prof. Larry Tan and a Statistics sessio... ... (MORE)
