What was April all about ??
The most challenging term of MBS MBA ended in March, and what a way to start a new term. The first week of april was a break (not really). It was a week where we had to form teams and plan our pitch for Project 2 projects. This is the first instance where we actually start feeling the difference between a MBS MBA and other mbas. Client with real issues offer project under various categories(interdisciplinary, marketing etc.,) and we have to bid to win the projects against our own classmates.
First term, was all about primary stuff required to be known and second term was all about managerial stuff ,international perspective, searching internships, working with more than 5 teams on different parts of the course. This (third) term is mostly applying the basics and principles learnt in the first two terms in successfully completing the project 2 , MIBS (PMOPMO - its true PMO exponetial PMO) and about learning different models involved in business research.
Dr. Laszlo Czaban is teaching us MIBS for this term and everyone in the class enjoys his lectures because he speaks about various organisational aspects at length. Whether it is about SME’s in russia or different business systems in south east asia.
This term we have incoming exchange students from different schools and also a new stream of MBS MBA students who are bred in korea for the first two terms (with similar courses) have joined us.
After talking to incoming exchange students, it is quite sure that PMO and MIBS are two courses which stand out in the diploma stage. The cases in these cases were handpicked by faculty and cases are quite resourceful to gain knowledge about different industries, sectors and economies.
One more thing, MBS has a legacy of conducting vital topics lectures every year. This is not particularly targetted to MBA students but to the whole school, in general. Some of the very eminent business personalities share their ideas and opinions during these lectures. This month British Airways Chief executive, Willie Walsh spoke at length on The Future of Flying. This lecture was quite a fascinating one coz he started off by addressing the imminent doubts within audience i.e., low price trans-atlantic airlines. He shared industry insights, personal experiences and his conversation with Michael O’Leary, CEO of Ryanair (rival airlines).
