Thursday, July 06, 2006

Course: Strategic Corporate Management...contd

Engaging and Enthralling !

That's all I can say about the lecture. It lasted 3.5 hours and I never felt as if I was feeling bored.
[I was distracted in last 10 mins once since Bee came online and we exchanged a few IMs.] But, this class was absolutely mind-blowinG !

Well, to start with the faculty is Dr. J. Lamar Pierce.
Intelligent, extremely good spokesperson with fantastic eye-contact and clear communication.
He has done his PhD from Haas School of Business in California and is in Pittsburgh as VP of a smaller firm. Set expectations clear.

My dilemma whether to do the course due to the course company was resolved since class had an overwhelming majority of flex-time MBA students. btw, Da Lady had already paired up for a team and politely turned down my offer for the Research project team (yeah ! we are going to have a Research project).

Surprisingly, course package had name of Infosys somewhere - "Should Infosys get into BOTS?" ...prollie a topic due to some earlier Infoscion who might have done it successfully here.
More recent topics include Netflix downloadable DVD, Alcoa outsourcing, etc.

We are going to miss one class and hence, some adjustment to be done with a Friday class.
Telecom assignment's to be completed by tomm.

Dr. J. gives ample amount of examples to substantiate his slides which makes it more practical. 10/10 for the lecture. Rapid-fire pace since such a huge research-oriented subject is to be completed in just 6-7 weeks. Whoa !

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