MBA Progress

I haven't posted anything about my progress on my MBA in awhile. Last semester I took Statistics for Managers, an undergraduate pre-requisite class, and one of my MBA core courses, Organization Theory and Design. My organization theory and design class met for the first seven weeks of the fall semester, from the end of August until the middle of October. To be perfectly honest, I was worried about both classes. As it turned out, there was nothing to worry about at all. I got an A in both classes. I was very happy at the end of the semester. Getting an A in Organization Theory and Design was particularly fulfilling, as it was my first graduate level class. It was nice to get an A in statistics as well.

This semester, I'm taking financial and managerial accounting for managers. It is an undergraduate pre-requisite for Financial Decision Making for Managers. The first part of the semester we are covering financial accounting, and then starting the second weekend of March we'll be covering managerial accounting. This class is going to require a lot of work from me. Here are the course requirements:

Applied Financial and Managerial Accounting Assignments (150 points): A minimum of an additional 24 hours of instruction is Web-based. Accordingly, there are three (3) Internet lectures and assignments of about 8 hours each.

Homework (200 points) Homework is assigned in class. The homework consists primarily of problems from the covered material in the text. The homework is due the following week and will be collected in class. All handed in work, including the homework, should be done using word and/or excel. (If you are unable to attend class, you must email the homework before class.)

Team Project (100 points): Students will be paired up to do an financial analysis on a company of their choice. The teams will make a brief 10-15 minute presentation to the class on the results of their analysis and hand in a 7-10 page write up of the analysis.

Writing Projects (150 points): Each student shall complete three (3) writing assignment, as follows.
A three to five page paper on the FASB Concept statement 2.
A three to five page write up of the Harvard Case: Bausch & Lomb
A four to six page response to "The Goal" Novel.

All written assignments must be in proper APA format, typed, double-spaced, using 12 font. Hardcopies are to be handed in on dates due.

First Exam (200 points): There will be a midterm exam to be completed no later than the scheduled midterm exam day. It will be made available on-line.

Final Exam (200 points): There will be a final exam to be compoleted no later than the scheduled final exam day. It will be made available on-line.

I have already turned in the paper responding to FASB Concept #2. I received the grade this past Tuesday in class. I got 50 out of 50 points on the paper. So far so good.