Self Learning

One of the things very important during in the MBA is ones eagerness to learn. Professors more than just lecturers are facilitators that bring out the insights of everyone in class. The students with their knowledge and experience shared this in class for others to learn. So maximizing all the subjects in the MBA is all about the student. The more you bring to the table the better. The depth of a students insights and analysis of things is critical. Aside from experience, the student should read the assigned materials and more. It is not enough to read the assigned course material because it limits the view of the student. It is encouraged that the student should read more publication on the topic assigned. Good thing right now there is the internet that adds to the materials seen in the school library. Being in a part-time program one is not in the school most of the time. To prepare for class an MBA student should be a self-driven learner. 

 

With this, I have found 2 web sites that can help the MBA student for more reading. Good thing about the web site is that it is for free.

 

 First is the Website knowledge at Wharton. This is an online bi-weekly publication of the Wharton School of Business at Upenn. It includes articles, interviews and publication from Wharton’s faculty and affiliate experts on current business news and trends. It also contains Podcast of interviews if you want to listen to them in your Ipod. The good thing about this site is that it is free and the subjects are diverse. Only fitting because Wharton has more than 200 elective subjects for MBA students. The largest in the world. The comment section at the end of each article also gives the students insights from other people. 

The other web site is the MIT Course ware. It is an open ware web site that places course materials of the 1800 subjects offered in MIT ranging from history, engineering etc. The MIT Sloan MBA subjects are also here. One will see the course syllabus, readings downloadable in PDF, power point presentation of the professor. One just needs WINZIP to be able to download the materials and view them online. Recommended readings are also in the course outline. One should take advantage of the MIT Open Courseware because it is a very ambitious project of MIT costing them $10,000/subject to compile. If you are satisfied with its services you can make a donation via your credit card. 

 

There are a lot of sites that can help self-learners more about business. Hoping someone can recommend other sites that give out information for free.