Week 41: Electives - Block B (con't)

Week 41 has ended and I find myself in Quebec City on Valentine's Day. My wife and I decided to take a trip to this frozen wonderland to see Carnival (2nd link), the ice sculptures, the ice castle and get a picture with Bonhomme. Also, this weekend is a long weekend. With most people caught up on their assignments and reading they have decided to use the extra time to take a trip or continue job hunting.

The Strategic Leadership paper was due this past Wednesday. Finally that course has been put to bed.

Global Strategy saw us involved in several in class discussions on how subsidiaries should be run and what the roll of the home and host countries plays. The professor also came back with the results of a feedback exercise for use in the class about what was going well and what was not. This was very helpful and I think other professors should look into doing something similar. This week we submitted the final individual case analysis assignment. This just leaves the final team research paper due at the end of this next week.

The Dynamic Pricing course has been a fair bit of work. This past week has seen a lot of work put in by the students. In addition, I here the classes are bit overwhelming for some as the professor makes everything seems quite easy, but when they go to do it themselves it is actually quite complex.

Risk Management continues to be very similar to the Finance Strategy course. One individual has found the material quite similar to the level 2 CFA material he is studying. Combined with the other finance courses this will likely compliment his studying well and put him in a good position to write the exam this June.

Not too much has changed with the project courses, Consulting or New Venture projects. In addition the TriColour Venture Fund was supposed to be getting going, but it seems as though the professor, Elspeth Murray, is a little busy. The students are hoping for some sort of syllabus and timeline in the near future.

This week for fun the class had the point four at the Grad Pub so we could compete in Trivia Night. Some people are taking trips this weekend and those staying behind are looking to take in some curling. Because of the very warm weather in Kingston this past week all the outdoor skating rinks are pretty much melted. Also, we said goodbye to two more of our classmates as they are headed on exchange to the Indian School of Business.

One more week down and one more week until this block of electives is over.