This week, I kept pace with my current classes and decided to add a new course to my homemade MBA! I’m about half-way through my original homemade MBA plan, and I hate to make a change this late in the game (let alone making more work for myself…), but I think this course will fill …
Monthly Archive: October 2013
Oct 26
Late Curriculum Addition – Inspiring Leadership through Emotional Intelligence
I’m adding a new course to my homemade MBA! I’m about half-way through my original homemade MBA plan, and I hate to make a change this late in the game (let alone making more work for myself…), but I think this course will fill a gap in my plan. I’m adding Inspiring Leadership through …
Oct 24
First Impressions: Wharton’s Coursera Intro to Marketing
Now, I should start by saying that I work in Marketing, so I have high hopes as well as high expectations for Wharton’s Intro to Marketing Coursera class. So far, it’s off to a fantastic start! This class is completely different in format (in a good way) and delivery than the other two Wharton Foundation …
Oct 24
First Impressions: Wharton’s Coursera Intro to Operations Management
Despite posting this today, I actually started this class a few weeks ago. Fortunately, I kept notes on my first impressions so I can share them with you here, even though I’m about half-way through the course at this point. Intro to Operations Management is part of the four-class Wharton Foundations series of MBA classes Wharton …
Oct 20
Progress Report: October 20, 2013
My first two homemade MBA Coursera courses are now complete! I cranked out another solid week of work on my homemade MBA, and I feel like I have a lot to show for my effort. This week, I finished Foundations of Business Strategy class as well as Entrepreneurship. I also crossed the half-way point in …
Oct 20
First Impressions: University of Geneva’s Coursera International Organizations Management
As with all of these First Impressions posts, please keep in mind that they are exactly that – my first impressions of a course. It is plausible, perhaps even likely, that my first impression will be wrong and my opinion of the course will change over time. Please read my Full Review posts about these …
Oct 18
First Impressions: University of Maryland’s Coursera Entrepreneurship Course
As with all of these First Impressions posts, please keep in mind that they are exactly that – my first impressions of a course. It is plausible, perhaps even likely, that my first impression will be wrong and my opinion of the course will change over time. Please read my Full Review posts about these …
Oct 13
Progress Report: October 13, 2013
I rocked out with Coursera this weekend, like all cool kids do. I’m on the verge of finishing my first Homemade MBA course – maybe Monday or Tuesday. Here’s my updated homemade MBA plan Gantt chart: I liked the organization of last week’s progress report, so I’m going to adopt it for my future updates. …
Oct 08
Progress Report: October 8, 2013
This weekend I was quite industrious and made a lot of progress on Coursera. However, I did have to sacrifice making my scheduled progress report this weekend, but that’s ok. Here’s a quick recap of what I covered since my last update. First, I updated my homemade MBA plan (see below) because one of …
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