Blog Entries tagged 'MBA'

Don't be the best, be Unique

micheal.collins@colkum.com — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:00:00 +0100

There's a great scene in that Phantom Menace movie, where Liam Neeson and Ewan MacGregor are whizzing through the sea in their Jedi submarine craft and an enormous antediluvian fish with fangs is chasing after them.

MacGregor agitatedly refers to the impending disaster while Neeson blithely seems to ignore it, and maintains a posture of perfect serenity.

Then, just as the maw of the mighty beast is about to snap , a gigantic undersea Tyrannosaurus Rex (what else?) moves in fro [...]

IE Masters in Advanced Finance (MIAF) � �Made it to halfway!�

limdilin@yahoo.com — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 08:00:00 +0100

In June'08 I've received my first life success, when I've received an email on a placement to IE's MIAF program with a Young Talent Scholarship. On 1st Nov2008, I've arrived in Madrid yet to find a place to stay I've moved into a hostel in the city centre. Just by mentioning my quest of arriving at a place without accommodation, our friends gasped in amazement. However, given the wide network of IE, I did not have to worry and quickly found a nice place to stay withi [...]

Starting in Strathclyde Business School MBA

tschattaraj@gmail.com — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

Hi there,

This is my very first blog and comes in extremely late ( lets not get into the details of the cause )

I passed out marine engineering from DMET (Kolkata / India ) and have had hands on experience in the Merchant Navy for more than a decade.Started working as a superintendent engineer in 2006 & was based in Singapore….. what next ?

The urge of doing an MBA was always there, but always found more th [...]

Choosing an MBA (I) - does the BRAND matter?

micheal.collins@colkum.com — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 08:00:00 +0100

We're kicking off this series of posts on choosing an MBA by addressing what is, from our perspective, one of the least well understood aspects of choosing an MBA, namely going for "ranking" or general school "brand".

Our view is that both these characteristics are NOT the top considerations for a person choosing their next steps in executive education, however we realise that they can be used as a metric for how the whole experience works out for you, depending [...]

Lifelong learning versus Lifechanging learning

micheal.collins@gmail.com — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

When people ask us for our opinions on which course to follow, we don't tell them straight away, of course we can't! Advising people on their career is a very serious business and requires a great deal of calmness and foresight.

We think it's important for you to ask yourself "what do I really want from my education?". One dimension to analyse along (there are several, and I'm sure we'll cover them all someday!) is the title to this blog entry : lifelong le [...]

Starting at IIM-A

piyushsing@yahoo.com — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

5 th April, 2008

Finally arrived at my college, IIM-Ahmedabad. It wasn’t easy. Was working at Deutsche Bank in Singapore till Friday, 4th April, 3:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M. was the flight. Have to pick up the luggage, some things have to be dropped to the cargo guy and then go to the airport. Aah… And then there is a bit of sadness. Came in Singapore in June 2005. It has been more or less 3 years I have been in Singapore. But I r [...]

Picture of GEMBA 2009

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

This is a picture of the GEMBA 2009 Class.

I am going to get the official copy of this some other time, this was taken from a friends camera.

I would buy you a beer if you were able to find me in lets say 1min.....

Hmmmmm.,.......

Typical Day

vivek@bhorukapower.com — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:00:00 +0100

Classes started at 8:30am,

we were 65 students - GEMBA 2009, between 2 sections,

classes ended at 6:30pm and in between we had an hour for lunch as well as every 90 minutes we were given a tea/coffee break.

The entire day was filled with activity, class, group work, group assignments, and finally participation,

At first it seems overwhelming, but as you go on with the routine it gets easier and also you get less tired at the end of the day

The [...]