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FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Considering Business School? Meet Berkeley-Haas. |
Perhaps your business school journey began with a nagging sense that there must be something more to the 9-to-5. Something with more passion, more ownership. So, you decide to get an MBA — to open doors to leadership and opportunity. And now, you begin the process of weighing what seems like a staggering number of options for business school. How will you choose? These could be the best two years of your life. You probably realize that a number of programs are well positioned to help you to advance your career, start a business, or pursue a dream. We would like to tell what differentiates the Berkeley MBA from other top-tier programs: A Location with a Long History of Innovation Our Bay Area location gives you direct access to leaders across many industries, including global technology, venture capital, cleantech, biotech—even the U.S. wine market. Lyft's CEO was among those to address the >play Digital Media Conference, 600+ student and industry attendees strong. In addition to the access the Bay Area affords you, you can tap into UC Berkeley, a world-class research university, for cross-disciplinary classes and colleagues. Team an MBA student with a mechanical engineer and you bring new clean technology to market. A Class Size that Yields a Student-Driven Experience Yes, it’s who you know. But it’s also how well you know them. At Haas, you will benefit from one of the smallest class sizes among top business schools, helping you quickly get to know each of your accomplished (yet attitude-free) classmates. Bonding starts with orientation (“Week Zero”). Being smaller also means our students make things happen. They create industry events for hundreds of attendees that explore topics from digital media to healthcare to women in leadership. Women in Leadership Conference Co-Chairs Stephanie Curran and Lauren Fernandez. Students plan global treks for their classmates that include sipping tea with the vice president of Taiwan, touring a Toyota plant in Japan, meeting the mayor of Jerusalem, and much more. Students on a semester break trek in Israel. A Culture that forges Innovative Leaders and Lifelong Friendships Here at Berkeley-Haas, we focus on developing innovative leaders, honing their skills both in the classroom and through a set of defining principles and values shared by the entire Berkeley-Haas community. Question the Status Quo, one of four Berkeley-Haas Defining Principles. In the Berkeley MBA Program, students, faculty, and alumni contribute to a collaborative environment. Professors request feedback on their teaching. Students ask questions that further the dialogue and share their expertise with classmates. Alumni eager engage with the community as speakers, mentors, interviewers and career resources. TubeMogul co-founders, Brett Wilson and John Hughes, both MBA 07, took first place in Haas’ business plan competition while students. So, that’s a little about us (OK, more than a little). We would love hear about you. What’s your background? Where are you headed? What are your interests? We hope you’ll take the time to tell us and let us know how we can help. |
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Career Advancement: Part-time MBA Student Takes Off at Lockheed Martin |
Noting that Lockheed Martin is “good about letting people try new things,” Katherine Pease, MBA 15, is on her third “new thing” at work since enrolling in the Berkeley-Haas Evening & Weekend MBA Program. She moved from Southern California to Northern California, and from a quality department position to one in facilities when she started the program. Recently, she accepted a promotion into a technical assistant position—that’s Lockheed-speak for chief of staff—in THAAD, an engineering department that designs and sells sophisticated defensive missile systems. “This is a much more technical department that I’ve worked in before, and I’m not a technical person, which is actually an asset. My role is really to help align the business and technical aspects, to connect with and engage our employees,” she says. “That means using a lot of the skills I learned in Leadership Communication, for example. “I also find myself applying what I’ve learned in various strategy classes to make sure we’re looking out across all of the stages of development, from initial design to upgrades and even planning for obsolescence and the systems that come next.” Pease also traces her success in her interview for the promotion back to what she practiced in class. “Just like discussing a case study, my answers had to be comprehensive and concise. I had to think on my feet, to articulate quickly and precisely,” she says of the five-minute, three-question interview—which “fit perfectly with my new manager’s super-efficient style.” Strategic. Articulate. Polished. And now, promoted—a good set of career takeaways. What could you take from a part-time MBA program? |
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: Infographic: Meet the Full-Time Berkeley MBA Class of 2017 |
They converged from 46 countries in Berkeley this week, diving into the MBA experience by tackling their first case study (followed by a surprise appearance from the subject of the case, Virgin America CEO David Cush); getting inspiration from Revolution Foods Co-founders Kristin Richmond and Kirsten Tobey, MBA 06; learning the fundamentals of teamwork and then bonding over wacky games; and helping to spruce up a playground for a nonprofit that serves homeless families. They bring an incredibly diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, from patenting a portable ventilation device that improves circulation in trauma patients, to flying helicopter search-and-rescue missions, to winning five gold medals for the U.S. National Bowling Team. They are the Full-time Berkeley MBA Class of 2017, and we can't wait to get to know them even better! |
FROM Haas Admissions Blog: MBA Internships: Finding the right fit at Clorox |
Student: Ryann Kopacka, Full-time MBA 16 MBA Internship: Associate Marketing Manager at Clorox Role: I split my time between two teams, working with the Home Care Innovation group and the Pine Sol brand. Why Clorox: I have a master's in industrial engineering, and I started my career in management consulting. Soon after arriving at Haas, I got excited about marketing and brand management and realized that I wanted to learn more. Clorox was a great fit for that. Clorox is not just about bleach—in fact, the company has a diverse portfolio of brands, like Glad, Kingsford Charcoal, Hidden Valley Ranch, Brita, and Burt's Bees. Thrilled about: I'm drawn to consumer packaged goods, or CPG—tangible products I can see on the shelves. As a consultant, my end product was a PowerPoint deck and a recommendation, but with CPG, I can see a product through from start to finish. In fact, I will see the result of one of my internship projects on the shelves in stores this January. Also in CPG, the brand is the hub of the wheel and the driver of the business. I really thrive in that kind of environment. Marketing is changing. It still involves creativity and communications and advertising, but the best marketers today are incorporating big data and leveraging technology, like social media platforms. Brands that are successful today are those that can harness that data, analyze it, and then make informed, data-driven decisions. Haas skills applied: I set up my class schedule this past spring to prepare me for a marketing internship. The Marketing Research class taught me how to effectively gather qualitative and quantitative data, which came into play this summer when I chose to do consumer testing on my products through focus groups and surveys. I have also learned at Haas how to work on diverse teams and the value of different perspectives. I leaned on these Haas experiences to tap into the expertise of my cross-functional teams at Clorox to hear from each party, synthesize our ideas, and make decisions with the alignment of the team. A highlight: One of the high points of the internship was leading a redesign of one of Clorox's product's packaging to modernize the brand. Working with designers through a number of feedback rounds was a huge learning experience, and helped me better understand the importance—and the difficulty—of giving feedback to the design team that would direct the project toward our objectives while still leaving space for creativity. Big takeaway: I came to Haas with the goal of exploring new career paths, and finding something that would be a good fit for me. It's been a personal adventure, discovering what kind of leader I am, and the difference between leading from the mind and leading from the heart. When I lead with my heart, like I was able to do this summer at Clorox, I feel much more refreshed and present in my work and in my life. —By Kate Madden Yee More MBA internship stories: Design Thinking in Practice at Ideo Consulting on Main Street Thinking Big at Amazon |
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