With 2008 winding down, it is time to reflect.  Global capitalism is suffering significantly, the United States have turned a bright page in political history and EMBA V is about to complete year 1 of our programme.  For about 50 students who will gather for the final time in December 2008 for a week of [...]

Analyzing a case is a key component of MBA studies; we typically do this in the lecture room, but during Module 6 (Financial Management) we had the opportunity to breakdown a case in the outdoor theater.

I find it is more effective to take an opposing viewpoint if you do it from another part of the [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

And so here it is. Application submitted, interview complete, three modules later and I think it is safe to call us MBA students. But like my favorite cocktails, there are a few different flavors . . . Here at the Saïd Business School, there are two flavors to be exact, but the focus of my [...]