Two weeks ago was internship fest which has been covered in some of the other LGO blogs, so I won’t rehash it here. Suffice it to say I did 19 interviews in 3 days. It was definitely an interesting process. We ranked our preferences for what jobs we liked last Friday and now we’re all waiting to see what the results of the algorithm will be and who we’ll be working for. We should know by sometime next week if everything goes smoothly. I recommended that we reveal the internship matches in a big group with a game show (press your luck) theme, but I’m not sure we’ll get to have that much fun.
Classes started last week and I’m taking just shy of a full load this semester. I also front loaded my classes so after spring break I will only be in a classroom nine hours per week. I should have lots of time to enjoy the weather.
15.025 – Game Theory – This is primarily a theory based class taught by a professor from UC Berkley. He covers a variety of types of “games” typically encountered in real life and we discuss how players should and do react.
15.615 – Business Law – Taught by a former lawyer, this has been interesting so far. Topics cover the basics of things like product liability, fiduciary responsibility, and real life legal cases that have affected businesses and managers.
15.665 – Power and Negotiation – This course is simulation based meaning every week we work in groups to learn from simulated negotiating scenarios. We are able to try different styles with no risk. It’s nice to practice negotiating a job offer before it’s the real deal.
15.834 – Strategic Marketing – An all case based class covering topics like quantifying customer service scores to make investment decisions.
15.871 – System Dynamics – One of the most well known topics taught at Sloan because it was invented here. This is an interesting class about how to model complex systems. Our first homework assignment was to build a model that replicated data from the SARS outbreak in Taiwan in 2003.
ESD.267 – Supply Chain Planning – This is an engineering class that many LGOs take (there are 25 of us in the class this semester). It is a good foundational course for topics like inventory policy, postponement, and supplier management.
ESD.941 – Tiger Teams – Project based class where teams of 3 to 5 of us work with area businesses on real industry problems. My team is working with EnerNoc, a company that among other things works to coordinate demand responses during peak energy events. We will be working to improve the supply chain they use to get monitoring equipment delivered and installed for new clients.
