04.04.06
First Day Back, 3rd Quarter
Today was my first day back after a not long enough spring break 
This is the first quarter which we had almost total control over our schedules and I managed to squeeze all my classes onto Tuesdays and Thursdays; 4 day weekend baby! It also seems like there is very little group work, also good, because I wasn’t too thrilled with the group that I was assigned.
I have the last two of the CORE classes, which are ‘Managing & Leading Organizations’ and ‘Business Strategy’. I think I will really enjoy ‘Managing & Leading Organizations’ which is supposed to teach us how to better influence and lead people as well as how to better ’size people up’; should be very cool. One of the texts is Robert Cialdini’s WONDERFUL book, ‘Influence’. I read it once before, but upon rereading it, I found that I couldn’t remember any of it! I hope this time through I can put some of the principles to use.
My first elective this quarter is ‘Technology Management’, which discusses methods for managing and marketing ‘Disruptive’ products and has Geoffrey Moore ’s ‘Crossing the Chasm’as one of its texts. I’m glad to finally be forced to read the book as i have never seemed to find the time on my own.
My second elective is ‘Managerial Model Building’. We’re supposed will learn how to apply quantitative models to complex problems of real life I hope it lives up to all my expectations. This class is also a pre-req for ‘Decision Analysis’, which I am also very excited about.
All in all, this is looking like it could be my best quarter yet. It should be a good balance of class and work…
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