2 courses down, so many more to go....

Just had the Managing People exam on Thursday. It was open book which was nice, however that made it hard to study for. We have now moved onto Micro Economics and Accounting. Having a degree in Economics, I find the Economics in b school more practical, than the abstract method in my undergrad. I think Rotman does it in this way, as there isn’t too much time to teach us a full course in Economics. We finish studying Micro Economics in 6 weeks!

There isn’t much to write as its summer and there isn’t all that much going on in the school except for classes and a few speaker events(which I haven’t attended). So, it’s time for some random blogging:

Everyone at Rotman is in love with the dean, Roger Martin. He has superstar status, and there’s good reason for the adulation. In his reign, he has managed to get Rotman from 72nd to 27th in the FT ranking. He was able to do this partly as his appointment to dean followed the generous $15 million donation from Mr. Joseph Rotman. This donation enabled him to hire and pay better professors. That might be true, however I think Roger Martin brought something more to the table. He was able to take a business school and define it in his thinking, namely the ‘Integrative Thinking’ philosophy behind Rotman’s curriculum. He is PR savvy, and he has managed to promote the Rotman brand around the world. He also seems genuinely nice, and is approachable, and not highfalutin or self-aggrandizing at all. So, on that note, let’s print ‘I love Roger’ t-shirts – maybe we will make a killing out of it.