[Original message and event organised by ESADE Alumni]
October 1st – 19:00 hrs ESADEFORUM
Building 1 – Av. Pedralbes, 60-62
Sign-up: www.esadealumni.net
“Those who Remain” is a film about the families of those who have crossed the border to the United States in search of better opportunities. A film that explores the melancholy, memories and identity of those who remain, who continue to wait, to love and to dream. A film about absence, about the families whose lives are defined by the voids emigration has created.
I wanted to wish you all the best of luck for the upcoming Business Law Exam. This Wednesday will be the first exam of your MBA at ESADE so this exam is a special one. There are many more to come but the first one always seems to be the worst because you don’t know what to expect.
Business Law in particular is a case on its own. Some few tips: Just keep the roles of each stakeholder in mind and who each person represents. Know the conflict of interests between CEOs and members of the Management Board!. By-laws do have a purpose and yes, there are tons of differences between acquiring a listed and unlisted company. Know the differences! Last tip:When the exam is 2 hours long, there is a reason it is two hours long! Because there is two hours worth of work to be done.
This year there will be 15 of the world’s best pilots battling each other in the skies of Barcelona by flying with breath-taking speeds through the race track. If you are wondering how there can be a race track for planes have a look at this video:
For those of you planning to attend please find the schedule hereto below and on the official website:
Schedule
Qualifying (Saturday, October 3rd)
• 12:00 Doors Open, Hospitality Areas
• 13:00 Pre-show, Side Acts
• 15:30 RACE STARTS!
• 15:30 1st Qualifying session
• 16:45 2nd Qualifying session
• 18:45 Results, Summary, Interviews, Highlights of the Day
• 18:00 Hospitality Pit Lane Walk (High Flyer’s Lounge and Business Class Race Club only)
• 18:00 All hospitality areas close
Race Day (Sunday, October 4th)
• 12:00 Doors Open, Hospitality Areas
• 13:00 Pre-show, Side Acts
• 14:30 RACE STARTS!
• 14:30 Wild Card session
• 15:30 Top 12
• 16:00 Super 8
• 16:45 Final 4
• 17:15 Award Ceremony
• 17:45 Results, Summary, Interviews, Highlights of the Day
• 19:30 Doors Close
It is commonly known that MBA studies are largely based on case studies and we at ESADE have already gone through many as of today. Last Friday during our class of “Corporate Citizenship” our professor has drawn our attention to ecch organization. This a great (apparently the largest) collection of business management case studies that are relevant for the MBA and therefore an invaluable resource for us MBA students. I guess it is best if I let ecch explain itself:
ecch offers the largest and most up-to-date collection of management case study materials to be found anywhere in the world, as well as a reprint service for a growing number of leading international management journals. ecch is a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting and facilitating case study based learning in management education and development. It was established by the business school community to fulfill its needs to provide a mechanism for publishing and distributing case study materials. The ecch case collection and facilities are unrivalled throughout the world.
ecch supports the writing and teaching of cases from its offices at Cranfield University in the UK and Babson College in the USA. Widely recognised as the foremost independent provider of training in the case method worldwide, ecch runs regular workshops for case teachers and writers. It also offers scholarships and awards for successful case authors. ecch produces and supplies publications and books on the case method.
[Update on 26.09.2009: check out the program in English here]
Today is the festival for the Virgin of la Merce, the PatronSaint of Barcelona, is a truelly great experience. (View the history of la Merce here ).Entire Barcelona is celebrating its culture and there is a lot of it everywhere. There are numerous parades in overlarge sizes, fireworks, concerts, the famous human towers (that I have been mentioning several times) and much more. The festival started last night and will continue until Sunday. Head to the city and just let yourself flow with the people and enjoy all those cultural activities.
Every year the festival is dedicated to a partner city and this year the guest and partner of honor is the city Istanbul. Taking advantage of this great occasion some friends and me went to the concert of Baba Zula last night. Have a look at this video to get in the mood:
Johnson & Johnson will be on campus today presenting their full time opportunities and also holding a cocktail for all of us!
Date: Monday 21st of September Time: 17-19h
Register for the presentation PR-1431 Register for the cocktail PR-1432 (please note cocktail is opened to all second year MBA students and One Year MBA students even if you did not attend the presentation!)
The Wall Street Journal has published its new ranking for the accelerated One Year MBA Programs and ESADE ranks number 6 ahead of INSEAD and Oxford. Congratulations to ESADE!!!
All the entries to The Good Entrepreneur Competition have been shortlisted to 10 business plans. Have a look at the business proposals on their website here. The final 3 will be selected by the panel on September 24th, 2009.
I am back!!! The holiday is over and the travelling has been great but today the classes start again and life becomes serious again. The new cohort of the Flexible MBA 2011 have already started two weeks ago but classes graduating in March 2010, which are the One Year MBA and the 18months MBA together, are all back again this week.
This week we have the course called “INTOP Strategic Business Simulation“, which seems to be a very interesting simulation. This INTOP Simulation was developed by Professors Hans B. Thorelli and Robert L. Graves of the University of Chicago in 1964 and fully developed with the 1970s with Professor Lloyd T. Howells. This simulation has been developed, adapted and updated for the last 45 years and seems to very sophisticated.
We will be split up in teams that will act as one company and we will compete against the others 8 teams (companies) in real life scenarios. Throughout this course we will identify our strengths and weaknesses and see how we can cope with strategic and operational mistakes and success. We have a great week ahead.
