http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk Some About text for the EMBA blog Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:16:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en To the new EMBA VII Cohort, firstly I’d like to offer my congratulations to each of you, not only for getting through the very stringent admissions, but also for making a truly life-changing decision to pursue the EMBA at Oxford! The 21 months which lie ahead of you will soon ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/uncategorised/welcome-emba-vii/ Cliff Who here today would have thought that we would live through our very own information revolution, let alone have the opportunity to listen to a keynote speech delivered by the person who ignited it?  What a great privilege it has been to hear the thoughts of the man who kick-started ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/uncategorised/view-from-the-class-speech-clifford-brown-and-kristina-manalo-emba-v-end-of-course-ceremony-5-september-2009/ Firstly I'd like to say thank you to Owen, Pembroke College and SBS for this very warm welcome. It's truly wonderful to be here this evening with EMBA VI, especially considering that next time we'll be here in Oxford together, it will be farewell from EMBA V. There's an ancient Chinese ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/uncategorised/teachers-and-students-after-dinner-speech-at-pembroke-college/ Wimbledon, The Royal Henley Regatta, a heat wave, Shakespeare in the amphitheatre, long English summer days and watching the sun set over the cricket field at Worcester College... With the awareness that we will only travel to Oxford together as a class one more time, these paint what I will ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/uncategorised/landscape-for-summer-electives/ 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 ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/course-content/mba-fit-for-purpose/ 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 ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/oxford-life/oxford/ 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’ ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/course-content/emba-20092010-first-module/ 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 ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/course-content/the-profits-of-the-executive-mba/ 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 ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/oxford-life/said-business-school-first-impressions/ [caption id="attachment_139" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="The formal college dinner was at Worcester, my college."][/caption] Mid-January, and I'm back in the London office after module 9. With module 10 nearly three months away, it's as good a time as any to set the pace for 2009. For many of us, the Christmas break was ... http://emba.sbsblogs.co.uk/course-content/option-valuation/