In John Paul MacDuffie’s Management of People class we discussed the NUMMI plant in Fremont. It’s a fascinating plant run by Toyota and GM and they produced some great cars. In fact, I wrote a blog post about it last year here.
Well, it looks like they are finally shutting it down. Toyota, […]
Entries from August 2009
Good Bye NUMMI
August 25th, 2009 by RVD · 1 Comment
Tags: Term 5
Another purchase…Flip Mino HD
August 24th, 2009 by RVD · No Comments
Term 5 is well under way. We have already had our first session and this week is a 3 day session. However, since we have our international trip in September, we don’t have class for an entire month. I believe this will be the longest period of down time away from 101 […]
(posted by RVD)Tags: Term 5
Between terms…
August 10th, 2009 by RVD · No Comments
I like these weeks between terms. We finished term 4 and term 5 starts this weekend. However, at Wharton, just because you haven’t actually had class yet in term 5 doesn’t mean that you don’t already have assignments due, readings to do, etc. But at least I got to take last week […]
(posted by RVD)Tags: Term 5
There’s a Reason It’s 1.5 Credits!
August 4th, 2009 by RVD · 3 Comments
(Guest Post by TheFink)
I’m typing in for RVD I know that I have a big hat to fill but am excited for my opportunity to express myself on the internet….something only a select few have the privilege of doing.
Quick overview of GCP. The program was started by Len Lodish in 1978 and […]
Tags: Misc
MB…
August 3rd, 2009 by RVD · 1 Comment
Ah, another term in the history books. 4 out of 6 terms completed. MB out of MBA completed.
Term 4 was tough. I think this was our toughest term to date. We had legal studies which was a lot of reading and a lot of work for a 0.5 unit class. […]
Tags: Term 5