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Summer 2010 MBA Update

Mike — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:15:21 +0000

Just a quick update on my MBA progress. I recently completed BUS202 – Managing in the Global Economy and got a B+. I’m glad that the class is over as it was a real disappointment. The course curriculum was not executed well and the only highlights were the guest speakers from BMW and Ericsson. The class was so disengaging that I began to lose interest in the entire program.

The good news is that it is over, and I am back engaged in two courses for the second session of the summer semester.

200W – Research and Communication
238 – International Marketing

For the 200W course we are focusing on a qualitative research project on companies within Silicon Valley incubators. The 238 course is focusing on taking a prototype product from Project Enable and putting together a comprehensive international marketing plan.

Wrapping up another session of classes…

Mike — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:29:43 +0000

Last night I put the nail in the coffin for my Financial Management course by taking the final exam. I think it went fairly well. I still need to throw dirt on the coffin by finishing our last case study assignment, but it shouldn’t be too hard to finish. Tomorrow night I will take the final exam for Managerial Decision Making Analysis, which should also be fairly easy, and then a short hour or two of work to finish that final project and this session will be a wrap.

Next session with be BUS 202, Managing in the global economy. And possibly an elective. Not sure.

Update on Business school

Mike — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:39:08 +0000

I haven’t written to give an update on my MBA in quite some time so I figured this would be as good of a time as any. The spring semester of the part-time program at San Jose State University begins right after the new year, so I am already midway thru the two courses that I am taking. Both classes are core requirement classes:

BUS220 is Accounting Principles
BUS250 is Managerial Law and Ethics

So far my grades in both classes have me on par to get an A in both of them, but there is still a long way to go.

Last semester I wound up with a mixed bag of grades.

BUS210 is Developing and Managing People and I got a B
BUS297D is Data Mining and I got an A
BUS210 is Operations and Supply Chain Management and I got an A-
BUS230 is Marketing Management and I got a B+

My current GPA is 3.6, but I am hoping with two A’s this session, I’ll be able to raise it up. After these two classes I am taking now, the next session has two courses that I am considering. I may take one or both of them.

BUS270 — Financial Management
BUS260 — Managerial Decision Analysis

I can’t officially register for the finance class until I complete the accounting class. I’m leaning towards taking that since it is a prerequisite for some of the other finance related electives that may be offered over the summer. The decision analysis class will likely be very similar to the Data Mining class I took, but since they are both core required classes, I will need to take them both eventually.