Well I told myself at the start of the new year that I would write a Cranfield blog regularly so that I can at least have a memory dump of my Cranfield days since short-term memory has become the order of the day for me.. well that has not happened so here I go again and hopefully I will be more punctual from now on.
What has happened so far ? Well we have settled into our schedule... I have settled on to my front row seat... well I was sitting in the last row last term and needless to say that did not help my wakeful state... I still have not got used to it but I think a front row seat keeps you in the midst of the action.... you don't sleep lest you embarrass the lecturer and you have no option but to pay attention to what's happening on the board. Having said that most of the lectures are interesting and I really don't want to miss them.
Our Strategy and MIT group assignments are underway... its been a nice experience in my current learning team; we have got some balance and some real smart people and everytime we debate/discuss it's a great mental exercise. I hope we go on with the same spirit !
We had a fantastic session on Crisis Management by Steven Carver today. Crisis is a fact of life and an MBA needs to prepare for it. Think about Exxon Valdez, BP, Panam etc... one must learn how to deal with them... More importantly how to deal with them in front of the media and in the age of social networking ! Plenty could be said but for now I think we have an idea about how to handle press conferences at least in theory. As part of the OB course each one of us would be facing a live (yes !) press conference and grilled ( fried ?) by some seasoned BBC journalists. I have been told they now do it for free ... well they have quite a few Cranfield bunnies to skin (and roast) isn't it... I am looking forward to that experience... bring it on I say !
Lastly, we have a mock assessment centre coming up tomorrow. It will be a busy day with all the interviews, tests, group discussion, presentation etc. It should prepare us well for job interviews and assessments in the near future. I hope to get a sound sleep tonite and perform well tomorrow... especially since I have not prepared anything at all... typical MBA student that I have become... gung ho and all that ! But should be fun :)
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