George Cave, MAP, 2016
The MAP programme shaped my thinking and provided me with a platform to challenge myself.
The programme also enhanced my business acumen and leadership competencies including how to be a well-balanced individual.
The programme also enhanced my business acumen and leadership competencies including how to be a well-balanced individual.
“All the world’s a stage, and all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts” Shakespeare.
The MBA was truly a defining moment in my career!
The most prominent memory is of studying and debating statistics in the courtyard with my ‘syndicate’ group.
Most people will think back on their days at WBS and will reminisce about the stimulating academic challenges and the inspiring interesting social interactions. Many alumni will enthusiastically tell tales of subsequent business and personal success. But I would like to recall a life lesson, instilled in us during a 1996 PDM class. Margie Sutherland…
I recall the second day of my MBA when my first child was born and then while in China completing my final elective, I received the news of the birth of my second child and had to fly back immediately…. An amazing two years of learning and personal growth.
How fabulous to be treated like my opinions mattered and to be exposed to fascinating classroom discussion with a whole bunch of really sharp people. That is how I remember my year studying the HDPM (as it was called then) in 1987. Loet Douwes-Dekker was an absolute maestro in challenging the views of the class…