Thursday, 11 March 2010
B-School
End of Module 2a Friday (28th) marked the end of Module 2a with three four-hour exams on consecutive days. The first four months at Ivey have certainly been transformational. I am glad that I could comprehend the financial statements and business snippets in news that once made zero sense. I am amazed, having looked back into what we have learnt in this module.... B-School | | Friday, 4 September 2009 Read more |
Week 19 at Ivey In addition to the regular class/case work and job interview preparation, my responsibilities started to expand in terms of club-leaderships and senatorship. I’ve started to feel the pressure and the fast approaching exams was scary. The week saw yet another airlines case in strategy and several other interesting cases in finance (international financials management) and accounting (balance score card,... B-School | | Friday, 4 September 2009 Read more |
Entrepreneurship
How to Start a Business and Make Money Within a Week. As you might or not know, doing business is no easy task. For example, if you want to start a Deli business, you will need a lot of planning, which includes market analysis for your area, a location, a number of employees and of course a great deal of equipment in order to operate.All of these essentials will translate into... Entrepreneurship | | Tuesday, 14 July 2009 Read more |
Career Management
Career Counseling in Workforce Development is Cost-Effective. Who Knew? We did. Linking the terms cost-effective and workforce development (or any government enterprise) is a risky business these days - but I"m going to go out on limb here because I"m armed with "think tank" report! Earlier this year, The Brookings Institution issued a report on how to make U.S. workforce development more cost-effective, focusing on One-Stop career centers. Among the conclusions:One... Career Management | | Friday, 9 October 2009 Read more |
5 Ways to Spark Your Creativity In Choosing a Career If you want to be creative when choosing your career and consider what truly makes you happy, try these 5 ways to spark your creativity:Explore roadtripnation.com and watch episodes of this inspiring PBS documentary series. In a big green RV, students go on a roadtrip meeting new people and talking with them about their life and work. This series is... Career Management | | Thursday, 8 October 2009 Read more |
Leadership
Affirmative Action Holds Blacks DownJust as we thought there couldn"t possibly be any more accusations of racism floating around the public square, a black scholar had to come along and rip the lid off once again. In "Rich, Black, Flunking," the East Bay Express reports on the research which UC Berkeley Anthropology Professor John Ogbu carried out in the upscale Cleveland suburb of Shaker... Leadership | | Friday, 9 October 2009 Read more |
Economics & Finance
How to Start a Business With an Unlimited Profit Potential Unlimited Profit Potential...Think big... this is a must if you want to achieve success in life, particularly in business. However, we often get scared away of the concept because we believe that in order to go big you need to have an over sized wallet, and nothing can be farther from the truth.Indeed, most of the greatest business of yesterday... Finance | | Tuesday, 14 July 2009 Read more |
Obama"s Fouled Plan for DetroitMy, what a difference a few short months makes. This time last year, while the entire business world was well aware of GM and Chrysler"s dire straits and the clear political fact that no president would want either of them to fold on their watch, nobody dreamt that the federal government would directly step in and take control, as in... Finance | | Thursday, 30 April 2009 Read more |
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