Congratulations Chris Richardson on the wonderful use of the Australian media and colourful slang to advertise the latest Business Outlook. BTW, the Outlook is conveniently available for purchase online via subscription or once off, well it would be if the Access Economics web site ever starts service https (shoot your IT team Chris, no . . . → Read More: Celebriconomist in action – Chris Richardson and the “buggered” 2009 Australian budget
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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 celebrity (sə-lěb’rĭ-tē) n. pl. ce·leb·ri·ties A famous person. Renown; fame. economist (ĭ-kŏn’ə-mĭst) n. A specialist in economics. American Heritage Dictionary So a celebriconomist is a famous specialist in economics. In Australia I find a few people continually turning up as “talking heads” in the media: Saul Eslake, Chief Economist, ANZ Banking Group. Chris Richardson, . . . → Read More: Who are the celebriconomists? I’ve just upgraded the blog to WordPress 2.7 using the Three Step Upgrade. Simple. 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 Movember has come and gone again. This was the result both this year and last: #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-2 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } I was part of a team of Mo Bro’s in both years and we managed to raise +$2k in donations. My inspiration is James Nesbit’s character from Murphy’s Law. If only…. A few months back I stumbled across some really cool Apple computer art at Reverse Garbage in West End. I think Woz would be proud, but I’m not sure about Jobs. #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } Well, “almost” and “blown up” may slightly over-exaggerate the actual risk of the situation, but a number of buildings were evacuated at RBWH due to a picric acid scare. Very exciting. |
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