Posts Tagged ‘statistics’

Integrated Curriculum in Action

Friday, October 12th, 2012

By Ujin Han, M.B.A. ’12

First year Full-time UST MBA students had an interesting joint class discussion this week.  Four professors—Professor Rothausen-Vange (Organizational Behavior), Professor Malshe (Marketing), Professor Combs (Business Economics), and Professor Sanders (Statistics and Operations)–led a cross-class discussion of a case study about Harrah’s gaming.

It was an intense and lively 3 ½ hr discussion about Harrah’s strategy to differentiate themselves from the market from 1998-2005—from four different perspectives.  Starting with situation analysis of the external economic factors and the data-driven consumer insights that prompted the change in strategy to tactical marketing and HR programs implemented, the students explored all the aspects that had to be managed for Harrah’s to be successful. (more…)

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Follow the Sun

Friday, October 28th, 2011

This post is by Lindsey Buhrmann, student in the Evening UST MBA program and comes from her blog, Lead Changes.

Smooth Sailing in MinneapolisThree weeks ago I didn’t realize that Sydney, Australia, is a 16-hour time difference from Minneapolis, or that Minnesota/London office hours take place during “my morning” and “their afternoon.” In short, while I was aware of life and commerce outside of “The Land of 10,000 Lakes,” I didn’t need to operate in a global environment on a daily basis.

I recently started a new job at a large multinational organization, which means my days are now spent working in a global environment. It’s exciting and a bit humbling to see how business is done on an international scale and I get so energized communicating with, assisting and learning from my colleagues around the world.

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Decision-making: more than analytical skills

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

This post, cross-posted from Frame+ology, is written by Evening UST MBA student Larissa Rodriguez, a full-time marketing and communications executive.

Advanced_Decision_Making[1]When I started my MBA program back in the fall of 2008, my first class was statistics (panic! dread! fear!). If you know me, you know how traumatic math can sometimes be in my world. But then an amazing thing happened. Sure, there were formulas, graphs and oodles of computations, but nearly half of the class consisted of a rigorous discussion about effective decision-making, ethics, values and results. The undergrad English literature major in me greatly appreciated that multidisciplinary approach to learning.

My professor, Thomas Ressler, Ph.D., spent a significant amount of each class reminding us that decision-making was a complex process which requires far more than pure analytical skills. He taught us how to be critical and multi-valent thinkers, he reminded us of our place in the world and our obligation to act in alignment with our values and virtues. He took us far beyond the mathematical concepts and into a deep and thorough analysis of what it takes to be a better decision-maker. (more…)

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