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MBA assignment.Funding questionnaire

One of the projects we work on during the course of the MBA is a UK-based consultancy. As part of that, we are looking at crowd-funding a business to enable it to trial a new drug in the fight against cancer. It would be great if you cold spend 2 minutes filling in a very … Continue reading MBA assignment.Funding questionnaire

3 months in and exams are upon us!

3 months of intense learning, distilled down into 12,000 words and 9 hours of exams. To produce those 3 assignments and answer just 11 questions, over 500 hours of reading and note taking have gone into it. Thats been the workload since september 23rd of last year, and it’s now january 10th, the day of … Continue reading 3 months in and exams are upon us!

Seizing opportunities.

In the film Any Given Sunday, Al Pacino plays an America Football coach and in it he delivers one of my favourite movie motivational talks (video below – a teensie bit sweary!). One of his key messages is that the future is 6 inches in front of our face, a sentiment I absolutely agree with … Continue reading Seizing opportunities.

MBA Blog: 5 weeks in. The times they are a-changing.

One of the most challenging aspects of completing an MBA in just 1 year has got to be the time-scales involved for everything, it’s very concise. At just 5 weeks in we are entering a transition period, with modules starting to finish, tutorials occurring and assignments being finished ahead of our first deadlines. November 22nd … Continue reading MBA Blog: 5 weeks in. The times they are a-changing.

Assignment no.1 – Managing the Marketing Dimension.

After just 2 lectures (admittedly totally 16 hours of work and about 20 hours of additional reading) I’ve been given my first assignment in the MBA. It comes from the Managing the Marketing Dimension module and is a 4,000 word written assignment in the form of a business report. ‘For this assignment you are required to … Continue reading Assignment no.1 – Managing the Marketing Dimension.

MBA Blog; 1st week of studies completed!

Looking at a time table is one thing, experiencing it is very clearly another. After a couple of weeks of gentle lectures, team building exercises and introspection, monday came around and serious study started. One of the things we, as 1 year MBA students, recognise is that we are going to have to work hard … Continue reading MBA Blog; 1st week of studies completed!