Week 18: Business Decision Models, Operations Management, Marketing Fundamental, Finance Fundamentals (Module 5 con't)

Week 18 saw the undergrads return to campus in droves! Frosh week is in full swing with all the first year students being put through the paces by their second year overlords. Lots of craziness on campus. Although it is amusing and their presences adds a much more human feel to campus, the downside is that we now have to compete with the undergrads for meeting rooms, space in the cafeteria, space in the library, etc. In addition they are kind of noisy. Last night they turned Goodes Hall into a dance hall and the music was loud enough I gave up on trying to do any reading whatsoever.

This week has been full of half days. Most of this additional time outside of class has been taken up by assignments or extra studying. In addition the on campus recruiting (OCR) events will kick off next week so a lot of people are busy making final preparations. They need to do this now since next week's workload looks like it could be much more demanding.

OCR for the next few weeks is mainly information sessions hosted by various companies looking to hire grads from all of Queen's. Quiet a few are coming, but not all of them are targeting MBAs. Then certain companies will be returning to interview students they are interested in during the week allocated in October.

Lots of teams have found places to go and tour for their MBA 841 Operation Management project. My team decided to approach a local taxi company, Amey's Taxi, and we did our tour today. The owner was very open and happy to answer our questions. Should make for an interesting project.

Lots of sports teams are getting organized for intramurals. Looks like the MBA class will have a volleyball, soccer, badminton, basketball, and hockey team. I haven't been on skates for over 5 years, but I'm still going to sign-up for the hockey team. Now I just need to find equipment.

This weekend will be filled with more homework, a few team working sessions and hopefully some fun. Looking to watch the first year engineers try to climb the greased pole to remove the "tam" and to attend a free concert by the Arrogant Worms.