August 8th, 2008

“It depends”

Posted by Edward
Under: Academic, Edward Meinert

Imagine, late July, two weeks in Oxford.  We have learned a few things, at the end of these modules we are officially six weeks in. As I am here back in Boston, I am starting to think about context in people management, new methods in accounting and thinking about strategy methods in marketing. Thinking back to our [...]

August 7th, 2008

New Status Quo

Posted by Kristina
Under: Academic, Kristina Manalo, Oxford Life

Back to work in the London office after modules 5 and 6. The pace has stepped up a notch - for the amount of time spent in lectures, pre- and follow up readings and case studies, as well as in the forthcoming series of assessment deadlines and exams.
Since starting the Executive MBA, time management has [...]

August 7th, 2008

Several subjects and one week in Oxford

Posted by Edward
Under: Academic, Edward Meinert, Oxford Life, Student Blogs

Module 4 - yes, four weeks in.  So take about 50 executives, place them in a lecture theatre for nine hours a day for a week, cover marketing, strategy and organizational behaviour, amoung other things, and I can tell you a couple of things will happen.  First, the class has become very adept at analyzing case studies.  Second, [...]