My ESADE MBA

One of the main reasons to start the MBA is arguably to expand the personal and professional network. During the Open Day in January 2009 ESADE has presented itself to undertake numerous measures to strengthen this connection among students, one of which would have to be the extensive team work in the classrooms itself. Presentations and team projects are said to be structured in a way that it is never apparent beforehand who will be presenting in the end. Every team member needs to be prepared to such depth that each one could hold the presentation and represent the teamwork at any point in time. This uncertainty unites the team in a unique fashion because the strongest will always have to support the weakest in order to survive. Nobody will be left behind and students work together instead of against each other.

The social networking among the students is highly important as well because in order for a relationship to last, the students must be wanting to stay in touch with one another. Usually the first encounter and interaction of the students is the Introductory Week prior to the course begin however a new trend has come to my attention. The power of the social networking tools on the internet has accelerated this process and most of the students are already in touch before heading to Barcelona. Facebook seems to be the most used social platform for ESADE students at the moment to facilitate this interaction. Almost every MBA intake has its own Facebook Group where the members are actively interacting and sharing information, especially regarding accomodation arrangements, transport, mobile phone offers and other useful subject (Check out the ESADE bookmarks on Delicious). Have a look at the group at the ESADE One Year MBA Class 2010 and you will see what I mean. ESADE is also using  twitter, a microblogging tool, to communicate news.