Melbourne Business School Blogs

UPDATE: I now maintain this list on its own page.

A few days ago I mentioned to a colleague that very few Melbourne Business School (MBS) students, faculty, and staff members are also bloggers (to my knowledge: two faculty members, three students, and four staff members).

Later it occurred to me that I might have spoken too soon. Yes, I had done quite a bit of research on this in the past -- which is why I was confident enough to have made that statement in the first place -- but was my statement completely accurate?

To check, I did a much more comprehensive round of research on the 'net and, whaddya know?, I found some more MBS blogs. Here's an updated, more comprehensive, listing:

Current Students

Alumni

Staff

I know of three other staff members who blog but, since they haven't declared themselves as MBS staff on their blogs, I'm not going to mention them here.

Also, one of my part-time MBA class mates, who is also the CIO at MBS, wrote an blog post (don't know if he's going to contribute there regularly) so he also gets a mention:

Faculty

I haven't found any new faculty member blogs so I thought I'd list faculty member websites instead. Also, since a lot of our faculty members have their publications listed at the Berkeley Electronic Press website, I've included a link to that as well:

Have I missed anyone? If so, please let me know. Thanks.

Recapping Older MBA Posts

This is my new, "professional" blog. Before this, I used to blog exclusively on my "personal" blog. On that blog, I wrote three MBA-related posts that are, naturally, relevant to this one as well. Instead of re-posting them here, I figured I'd simply link to them instead.

The first post ('Talking About My Internship') is about a panel discussion that I was a part of during the latest MBA intake's Orientation Week. In it, I list the points that I tried, and hopefully managed, to get across in that discussion.

The second post ('AFR Ranks Australian B-Schools...Hmmm') is about the latest business school (b-school) rankings published by the Australian Financial Review's (AFR) BOSS Magazine. Their method of ranking determination was a bit contentions and this post talks about that.

The third post ('MBA Blog Spin-Off?') was the proposal that led to this blog. It contains links to other b-school blogs that you might find interesting.

The Business Plan

Like any MBA will tell you, almost everything in business starts with (or boils down to) a business plan. This blog isn't exactly a business, but here's its business plan anyway.

The Offering

A web log (more commonly known as a "blog") about:

  • My MBA journey through the University of Melbourne's Melbourne Business School (MBS) -- which will end in May, 2008

  • My career search, exploration, and progress -- which will continue (hopefully uninterrupted) till I stop working (retire, die, win the lottery, etc.)

  • And anything else related to these two things


This will feature a few posts a week that are well written, concise, insightful, and useful to the target audience.

Target audience:

  • MBA students (potential, hopeful, current)

  • MBA alumni

  • Business school (b-school) faculty, staff, and administration

  • Potential recruiters


Topics:

  • Life as an MBS MBA student

  • MBA courses: ones offered at MBS and, maybe, those offered at other business schools as well; focusing, of course, on the ones that I'm taking

  • The MBA program: MBS' program and, maybe, that of other schools

  • Stuff about business schools and about businesses in general

  • Career opportunities in Australia and elsewhere; with a technology and new media focus

  • Industry analyses of industries that I am interested in (specifically technology, media, and new media) or that I have studied in class

  • Living, studying, applying for jobs, and working in Australia; specifically in Melbourne


The Value Proposition

  • This blog will be from my unique perspective; though YMMV so the importance of this as a value-add to readers' lives is relative

  • It will be as deep and insightful as possible (discussing in depth, analyzing, making connections, etc.)

  • Though at times it will not be deep or insightful at all (life isn't always like that)

  • It will always be written well (barring occasional slip-up)

  • It will help people get an idea of life as a foreign, full-time MBA student at MBS in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

  • It will try to pull together resources, ideas, discussions, analyses, etc. from various other resources that include news articles, opinion pieces (op-eds), other blogs, reports, white papers, and so on


The Resource System

  • My time, writing ability, and analytical ability

  • The blogs the I subscribe to, Google Reader, and my computing resources

  • My social and professional networks (online and offline)

  • Others who read this blog


The Financial Model

Costs:

  • My time, money, and effort

  • Readers' time and effort (both of which, really, boil down to money anyway)


Revenues:

  • Intangibles like a "good, lively, in-depth analysis and/or discussion"

  • One potential tangible: a good job and career path for me (through self-analysis, trend and industry analysis, social networking benefits, etc.)

Introduction: Let the Blogging Begin

Hello and welcome to ACME, my career and MBA blog. Originally conceived as just my "MBA journey" blog, I have since expanded its scope to include my career search and career progression as well. Basically, I didn't want to create a new blog once I graduated or every time I changed jobs!

If you want to know the basics about me, check the About Me page of this blog. For more, keep reading this blog. Otherwise, let the blogging begin.