Rob Dew, my MBA lecturer for GSN460 Creative Problem Solving, has turned up on ABC Radio National’s Future Tense program. GSN460 was one of the better subjects in the MBA and you pick up a sense of the subject in the podcast. There are a bunch of nice creative problem solving materials on Rob’s . . . → Read More: Rob Dew on Future Tense
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There’s an inside joke at the BGSB amongst staff and students. In response to a question from a lecturer like the following (completely made up) : As the case suggests, there is conflict between the founder and chairman and the CFO about the restatement of financial statements, the acting CEO seems distracted by her . . . → Read More: It depends… Based on the lecturers I met and the general level of good humour evident within their classes, I’ve gone out on a limb and ranked the disciplines I studied during my MBA for humour. In descending order of funny-ness (i.e. from funniest to least funny): Economists. Lawyers Accountants Management consultants, finance, human resources, marketing, . . . → Read More: Ranking the relative humour of MBA disciplines So this tip isn’t just for MBA students or even just for students – it’s for anyone wanting to develop higher order thinking skills. The tip is: become familiar with a model of learning called Bloom’s Taxonomy. In particular, understand the relationship between the six levels of the cognitive domain of the taxonomy (see . . . → Read More: A learning tip for students The requirements to graduate with an MBA from QUT‘s BGSB are the successful completion of 144 credit points of study, including 15 core units, 2 integrative core units of 6 credit points each and a further 42 credit points of elective units (more information in the course details)[1]. Here are the subjects I completed . . . → Read More: What I did to complete my MBA Part of the “innovative” pitch for the BGSB‘s MBA is the seven-week teaching period: subjects typically (but not exclusively) consist of six weeks of lectures followed by a week of assessment. There are six teaching periods over a calendar year, referred to as 6TP1, 6TP2, …, 6TP6. According to the web site: By undertaking . . . → Read More: 7 week teaching periods: not evil, just demanding From January 2005 until April 2008 I studied part time to complete a Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree at the Brisbane Graduate School of Business (BGSB) within the Queensland University of Technology (QUT). When I finished I graduated with an MBA in Entrepreneurship and Finance, receiving an MBA Director’s Award for academic achievement . . . → Read More: MBA reflections |
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