Dear blog,
I know what it feels like to be ignored and I offer my sincere apologies for not posting in quite some time.
It has been a bit busy since the start of the school year. I am taking six courses that I wish to detail below.
Financial Accounting – In the years leading up to 2001, Kenneth Lay became a multi-millionaire because of his ability to “cook the books” when it came to accounting. It is my hope that with enough training, I can become as skilled as this American hero.
Economics - John Maynard Keynes, the father of modern economics, once said “in the long run, we’re all dead.” Perhaps this class will teach me what the long run is; in which case, I will do my best to avoid it.
Marketing – Someday I would love to invent something. Knowing that whatever I invent will likely suck ass, I will need to know how to market it so that people will think they want to buy it. For those of you keeping up with current events, this is very similar to what the teaparty is doing at the moment.
Data Models and Decision Making (DMD) – Without a doubt this is the most analytically difficult class I am taking. The goal is to learn how to use data to make the best decision possible. This knowledge comes in handy when you are determining whether or not you should cheat on your significant other. If you can quantify the pleasure you will get out of being with your mistress or male equivalent (a gigolo?) vs. the pleasure you get out of being with your SO and you know the probability of being caught as well as the quantified repercussion if you are caught, this class will teach one how to determine whether or not it is in your best interest to cheat on your SO. Perhaps I will do this mathematical analysis for my next blog post.
Organizational Processes (OP) – No matter where you work, you will encounter assholes. OP teaches you why these people act like assholes in the organization and attempts to excuse their actions. I don’t pay much attention in this class.
Communications – apparently at some point some behavioral scientist did a study to find what people were most afraid of. The overwhelming conclusion of the study was that people’s greatest fear is the fear of public speaking. Death was a distant second. I am far more afraid of death than I am of public speaking and therefore will continue to put more effort into economics.
For those of you thinking you want to get an MBA from MIT, be sure that you take the course descriptions above to heart. All first year MBA’s are required to take these six courses (with the exception of marketing but now we are just getting into ancillary details). Please check back soon for the decision tree related to whether or not you should cheat on your SO.
Until next time, GO POKES – BEAT A&M
