Sunday October 09, 2005

MBA So I started an MBA, , up here in Oregon after much deliberation and decision making about whether the time commitment would be worth it, and I'm 4 weeks in. Well is it worth it? So far yes, it's been great to have a good and genuine reason to read and read and read, as well as learn and apply some of the stuff we learn almost immediately. For example, the first two classes are Law and Economics, which are presented at an entry level, but very interesting nevertheless to go back over some old ground (econ) and some new ground (law). Our Economics professor is actually the Oregon state economist, which is a great deal, as he lives in the real world as opposed to an Ivory tower. Law is a strange subject for the most part, more about trying to apply rule based logic to vague linguistic constructs, but fascinating in it's own way. First exercise for the reader, define reasonable. It's used a lot and is a key to a lot of cases. Anyway, it's just great to be exercising different parts of grey matter again beyond the usual meanderings of a work week as a manager, which is full of challenges, and interesting problems, but for the most part of a different nature. I hope to be able to change that by bringing some of this academia to bear on the job and spice it up a little. That's not to say that i'm bored, far from it, in fact couldn't be further from the truth, but they're not all my decisions I'm implementing and I want to have more ownership and influence. Hopefully this will help start the ball rolling in that direction. If you;ve thought about one but shied away, I understand, it's a big commitment, and apparently everyone has one already, so I've been told, but there's still a lot of value to be gained, from broadening ones perspective, which often in the narrow confines of your job you don't get to do. (2005-10-09 13:24:14.0) Permalink Comments [0]