Planning for your future
On Cranfield MBA, you never lose sight of the future. Even if that future is just few terms away.
Our Term 1 exams are scheduled for 13th to 15th December 2004 followed by a three week winter break. Term 2 begins in January 2005 when we continue with core compulsory modules. The electives come into picture in Term 3. That appears so far away. But today, more than four months in advance, we had John Glen present the schedule and time-lines for selection of elective courses. Now this is what I call “Planning”.
Each elective course offered has a credit and we have to take up a combination of electives that add up to a given total. Exchange programmes with many schools across the world are also on offer. Each student has to understand what is being offered and then prioritize his / her selection. There are a few “tracks” (or specializations) also available.
The MBA will make us work even after Term 1 exams. We have already been given a thick folder for Project Management Introduction (PMI) and we are expected to study the contents during the Term break. We begin the next term with an intensive one week. This will involve a continuous schedule of five days when we work on a simulation exercise of building a warehouse. All this has to happen while we have a new Learning Team. So while we experience the forming- norming-storming-performing cycle of the new team, we also have to deliver. The New Year will begin with a new lesson for us – “corporate life does not give you time to settle down; you have to hit the ground running”.
I have to study and choose from a list of over 60 electives offered and carefully pick up around 12. The challenge is not just picking up a list but also to prioritize the selection. There are conditions attached in the entire process and I need to do the task well. So besides enhancing my knowledge base, I will now also learn how to customize my MBA.
Our Term 1 exams are scheduled for 13th to 15th December 2004 followed by a three week winter break. Term 2 begins in January 2005 when we continue with core compulsory modules. The electives come into picture in Term 3. That appears so far away. But today, more than four months in advance, we had John Glen present the schedule and time-lines for selection of elective courses. Now this is what I call “Planning”.
Each elective course offered has a credit and we have to take up a combination of electives that add up to a given total. Exchange programmes with many schools across the world are also on offer. Each student has to understand what is being offered and then prioritize his / her selection. There are a few “tracks” (or specializations) also available.
The MBA will make us work even after Term 1 exams. We have already been given a thick folder for Project Management Introduction (PMI) and we are expected to study the contents during the Term break. We begin the next term with an intensive one week. This will involve a continuous schedule of five days when we work on a simulation exercise of building a warehouse. All this has to happen while we have a new Learning Team. So while we experience the forming- norming-storming-performing cycle of the new team, we also have to deliver. The New Year will begin with a new lesson for us – “corporate life does not give you time to settle down; you have to hit the ground running”.
I have to study and choose from a list of over 60 electives offered and carefully pick up around 12. The challenge is not just picking up a list but also to prioritize the selection. There are conditions attached in the entire process and I need to do the task well. So besides enhancing my knowledge base, I will now also learn how to customize my MBA.
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