How will the MBA program fit with my career plans? My career at IBM has taken a seemingly planned path to bring me where I am today with the corporation. In reality, my career has been a mix of exact choices, hard work, and a bit of surprise. I began my career at IBM in May of 2004 after receiving my Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Michigan State University. I was hired into a technical role as a circuit design engineer working on microprocessor design for IBM’s
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so many different fields is not easy to make a decision. Meanwhile, I am considering among accounting, finance and marketing, which are three different careers in business. Taking into consideration that I enjoy planning and also a demanding job, pursuing a career as a financial analyst would be a good fit for
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professional goals will be enhanced by enrolling in elective courses that are aligned with my interests such as: Business Development, Corporate Branding, Design Management, International Negotiations, and Managing Innovation. In addition, I am actively pursuing the SEER certificate that Pepperdine University offers, and luckily enough, Copenhagen Business School teaches a Corporate Social Responsibility elective. Copenhagen is known for leading the sustainability efforts in transportation, energy, waste
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Question 1: Imagine you are Vivek Khuller. Should you accept the offer from MSG? From my point of view, I would not accept MSG’s offer. Instead, I would make a counter offer. The main reason is that MSG didn’t like the deal and proposed a very different deal, which basically wants to control the company and hire all the founders as its employees. And as a founder, I would be very uncomfortable with MSG trying to wrest control from me. In other words, at this stage, I prefer control over wealth.
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The biggest reason for my pursuing my MBA is so that I can set a good example for my children. I was born in the Philippines, where life is extremely difficult, especially if you do not have much of anything. Fortunately, my grandfather was a natural born US citizen. If not for his decision to relocate his whole family to Guam, we would probably still be in the Philippines wondering where our next meal would come from. My parents divorced when I was only an infant. My mother finished high school
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I learned the most about economics and financial planning, not while in college or at work, but during my time off from the working world during the years I got married and started a family. After working for three and a half years in the financial services industry I had been exposed to the business side of financial advising; I learned about stock portfolios, retirement funds and the importance of a diversified portfolio, and though I was passionate about the industry I never fully understood the
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Functional Areas of Business Paper MGT/521 A Master’s of Business Administration or (MBA) concentrates on the development in business administration. As a leader, I must become proficient in the functional areas of business and find ways to communicate information to managers for effective leadership and overall success of the business. Some organizations may consider other, if not all of the functions of business to be important.
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Management of Working Capital Case Study: “George’s Trains” This assignment consists of a profitable business ran by a man name “George.” George is aware that we are in a MBA Managerial Finance class and he needs advice on his working capital practices. George would like the answers to the following: • Describe his working capital practices, including his methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques. • Analyze the potential pitfalls in his capital budgeting practices that George should
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Career Choice Report Investment Banker or International Corporate Attorney? Prepared for xxxxxxxxx Prepared by xxxxxxxxxxx April 8, 2013 Date: April 8, 2013 To: xxxxxxxxx From: xxxxxxxx Re: Sharing Research on My Career Choice I am writing this in response for the request in information on my career choice. I am sure you believe that this assignment is important for me to consider what I want to do with myself over the next few years. Since I am in the business school
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What do I think success is…? When I think of success, I think of my brother Scott. He is currently and investment banker living in Manhattan but the path to that success was not easy. His character traits and dedication to hard work tell the story. Scott was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. Like most of the kids he grew up with, they attended the local catholic school. When it was time to move onto high school, he was determined to attend the high school of his choice. He attended Saturday
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