Revista MBA

I know that it was with a touch of apprehension that most of the new class entered the classroom Monday morning for the first class in Accounting.  Now almost a week of classes has passed (just a statistics tutorial to go) and the new class will have a chance to consider how it all went.  This by no means is the same as to say that it is time to decide whether taking on the MBA was a good decision.  This insight will come as the new knowledge becomes first conscious and then unconscious competence, and this for some will only be once they are back in their (new?) career.  After the first week it is also time to take stock and work out which courses are going to be the more difficult ones and which may be a bit easier.  It is important thought to keep in mind that working with e.g. marketing is very different in the classroom so completely skipping the class that you feel you are an expert in is a very bad idea.

It is interesting to see the groupings that are already forming in the class.  A number of these will survive but some will not as time and changed interests make their impact felt.  It is probably also fair to say after just two weeks everybody is still on their best behaviour.  Later on, and following the pattern of forming-storming-norming-performing, conflicts will happen and change the dynamics of the group.

I’ve now together with Merri Scotney, our Careers Management Adviser, had a chance to meet with a good selection of the class and it has for me been a good and insightful experience.  We do this to kick-start the career process and Merri and Eddie Cochrane will follow up on this weekly through the CPD programme. By the way, Eddie has now signed up as a PhD student.  I’m still to find time to sit down with him and learn what exactly he is planning to do.  Once I find time to do that I’ll write a bit about it.

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