Today I feel great!! Last night I handed in my final paper for my EMBA which I have being studying at the AGSM (Australian Graduate School of Management) AGSM has been ranked the top business school in Australia and Asia and the 5th best non-US business school in the latest Forbes biennial rankings (2005). AGSM was the only Australian or Asian business school featured in the rankings and The Financial Times (UK) 2005 ranking of EMBA programs placed AGSM as the leading business school in Australia with an international ranking of 35. AGSM ranked #30 in the world for faculty research, #8 for the percentage of women in the course and is the only Australian business school featured in the rankings.

The EMBA is an unique program. The program consists of a number of core courses in standard MBA subjects such as change management, managing people and organisations, marketing, finance and accounting. However where the program is unique is the final Executive Year with its focus on strategic management. The learning in the final EY is through a number of 5 day residential sessions and the larger cohort is broken up into a number of syndicates of between 4 and 6 and working as a syndicate you work through a number of syndicate assignments and projects. This syndicate work teaches you to work as a team in a high pressured environment with tight deadlines. The focus on strategic management in the EY is real bonus.

Today I feel a sense of accomplishment and we had a few drinks last night to celebrate. Special mention and congratulations to Catherine Ferrara, my college and friend also from Sun Microsystems who also completed her final project last night. A great day for Sun!! Two Sun colleges completing their EMBA at the number 1 MBA school in Australia and Asia on the same day.