Managing IT, Negotiations, Finance Strategy, International Business, Nicholas Boothman

So we started a new module last week! And of course I neglected posting anything, but I'll blame it on having a full day of classes on Saturday. :p

Professor Jim McKeen teaches Managing IT, and uses a textbook that he's written. Professor David Detomasi teaches International Business. The reason I mention these courses together is because they're very similar in terms of teaching method and style. They both have an emphasis on cases, and both professors are great at capturing the class's attention and engaging the students.

Finance Strategy is taught by Professor Wei Wang, who's young and energetic, and if I'm going to HAVE to take yet another finance course (*sighs*), it won't do me any further harm to take it from him. As someone who has neither interest nor ability in anything finance-related, I even managed to enjoy his class sometimes.

Professor Rick Jackson came out of retirement to teach Negotiations. It's an interesting course, we did a negotiation simulation in the first class.

Strategic Implementation has yet to start.

Overall this module is definitely qualitative, even finance is going to focus on strategies more than formulas. The lectures are all very interesting and there's a lot to be learned, but again I'm not looking forward to the writing components. I'm also going to be off to do some finance right now - at least I'll make an attempt to not stay behind.

On Saturday Nick Boothman came to give a workshop on - for lack of a better description - effectively connecting with people. It was a good workshop, and the career centre also ordered his books for those of us who attended. There has been some changes going on in the career centre the past couple of months, but whatever it is, I think it's for the better.