During my research for my first assignment I came across some papers and a book debating about the best way to learn management skills and behaviours. One of the strongest opinions came from a distinguished professor of a Canadian University. The basic idea of his books is that MBA is the wrong way to train [...]

I’d visited Oxford several times before. The first time, about 12 years earlier, I’d been part of a BBC course. As part of an organized tour we visited famous colleges like Christ Church and St John’s, and pretty much all of the touristy, pretty parts of the town. But to their credit, the tour organizers [...]

The first module was amazing. Between the tremendous desire to get started with our MBA and the excitement to meet so many new people from so many corners of the globe; we didn’t notice that at the end of the module we had an assignment to complete. An ‘Oxford Style’ essay with five thousands words [...]

Alan Morrison was teaching a class on Finance, Rationality and the Profit Motive, and made reference to the AOL/Time Warner merger.
Then he asked in a by-the-way sort of way, “anyone here familiar with this merger?”
A cool California drawl came from the back of the class.
“I worked with AOL/Time Warner”.
Bob, one of the quiet men of [...]

I first set foot in Saïd Business School in November, for my admissions interview. Stephan Chambers, Executive MBA Director, was my sole interrogator. It was a tough interview: he was razor sharp. He’d clearly prepared well, and seemingly had known me for years. I’d had an easier time with interview panels of three.
He eventually homed [...]