We've only just begun.
After I settled down over the weekend, it was time to begin the journey that promised to be a life changing experience.
41 new faces from 18 different countries all together to start two weeks of the Pre MBA module. Well, actually 25 of these had been attending the 4 week module already and 16 of us had now joined them. So ice breaking and introductions were happening in the Forum (a bay area where one can relax, study, read, have tea / coffee and chat with other fellow students). Then all were taken to the lecture rooms that will remain abuzz for the next year.
And what do you expect a business school to do to begin with? Get down to business! So we were introduced to Minimax. We had not even realized that we were sitting together with our assigned team members! My team comprised of Mikhail (Russia), Maria (Columbia), Mahesh (India), Chendong (China) and myself. Amongst us, we had 3 engineers (each from distinct fields of mechanical, electrical and software), a Fund Manager/CFO and myself from Finance & Commercial operations.
It was a small simulation wherein business decisions were to be made in a market...with three other teams competing against us. We managed to fare well in our markets.
Post lunch, we were introduced to ‘Business Management Challenge’ - a full-scale set-up involving multiple parameters and constraints. The introduction to the rules was followed by a trial run. As a team we chose to experiment with a few different combinations of pricing and marketing spends in various markets to test ourselves.
And that`s where we began!
41 new faces from 18 different countries all together to start two weeks of the Pre MBA module. Well, actually 25 of these had been attending the 4 week module already and 16 of us had now joined them. So ice breaking and introductions were happening in the Forum (a bay area where one can relax, study, read, have tea / coffee and chat with other fellow students). Then all were taken to the lecture rooms that will remain abuzz for the next year.
And what do you expect a business school to do to begin with? Get down to business! So we were introduced to Minimax. We had not even realized that we were sitting together with our assigned team members! My team comprised of Mikhail (Russia), Maria (Columbia), Mahesh (India), Chendong (China) and myself. Amongst us, we had 3 engineers (each from distinct fields of mechanical, electrical and software), a Fund Manager/CFO and myself from Finance & Commercial operations.
It was a small simulation wherein business decisions were to be made in a market...with three other teams competing against us. We managed to fare well in our markets.
Post lunch, we were introduced to ‘Business Management Challenge’ - a full-scale set-up involving multiple parameters and constraints. The introduction to the rules was followed by a trial run. As a team we chose to experiment with a few different combinations of pricing and marketing spends in various markets to test ourselves.
And that`s where we began!
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