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Hiring through internal recruitment sources is less expensive and also faster method to recruit for an organization. Nevertheless there are also negative associated with internal recruitment. Internal sources of recruitment both have positive and negative side as well. So, let us evaluate and discuss advantage and disadvantage of internal recruiting ... Read More

I’ve been meaning to write this post for ages. When I was in the middle of my MBA last year in Smurfit, there were some fellow students who viewed networking as a dirty word, something that makes you uncomfortable, an activity that is all about using other people to get what you want or to [...] Read More

Read part 1 here It was John Joshua who at the beginning of 19th century sold off the lower portion of the Stillorgan estate for building development and at this time Carysfort Avenue was laid out.  Part of the estate, including the grounds of our campus, Lord Carysfort then sold to Attorney General Mark Anthony [...] Read More

Thursday, May 2nd, marked the first inaugural full-time MBA video ad competition.  The idea was for teams of three to make a 3 min video concept with the theme of “the MBA experience”.  There were no other rules and it was a real unknown as to what to expect. We assembled at the Hibernian Club [...] Read More

How apt that my 100th post is possibly my last. Nah.Anyhoos, for the cool news: I got nominated for Clear Admit's Best of Blogging awards. If you think that I've been helpful or interesting in any way, please mosey on over and vote for me.I've been off the radar for the last two weeks for two major reasons. 1 - Final exams. These occurred over last ... Read More

While writing projects often students are confronted with issue of how to write an acknowledgement letter for the project. Are you looking for a format of acknowledgement letter complete your project? Here are some tips and few samples of acknowledgement letter formats for project report. A project acknowledgement letter is the page which is which ... Read More

I write this blog staring down the barrel of 6 exams in 10 days and a welcome week break at the end of it. It occurs to me that this is probably the most relaxed I have ever been (hence the possibility of writing this blog) with a test series starting in a day or [...] Read More

I would like to dedicate this post to all the women who believe in themselves and enrich themselves, including my dear classmates in UCD Smurfit Business School. We need more women to step up to the forefront because despite the hullaballoo, men are still dominating the leadership spheres of both for profit and not-for profit [...] Read More

End of term and the exams are just around the corner! Hard to believe that we are two thirds of our way through the programme.  It is now time to crystallise all the learning since January and demonstrate our understanding of the academic concepts in the final exams. Perhaps more important however is the impending [...] Read More

Last week I went to the GW MBA Follies. This was my first ever Follies and I was really curious to see what it was all about. During my MBA years I either did not even know about specific dates when the Follies was performed or would not go under the feeling of guilt of wasting a night for entertainment when it could be better used to work on my MBA ... Read More

“A fresh seed sown on the ground becomes a giant tree with proper nourishment.” A seed sown six years ago by few motivated academicians at IIM Calcutta has grown to become a young tree now. The PGPEx program, started in 2007, is entering into its 7th year in 2013. This one year full time program gives […] Read More

Imagine it is the year 2022 and you have just received your invitation to the “Duke CCMBA Class of 2012 Reunion”.  Shooters has been converted into an oxygen bar named “High Flyers”.  The invitation reads:

Dear CCMBA 2012 Alum,

As the MBA class that has the highest net worth and social capital in the world, we humbly invite you to return ... Read More

Recently, UCD Smurfit’s own Bruce Martin and Dean Ciaran O’hogartaigh participated on the Bizworld workshops set up by the MBA Office in conjunction with BizWorld.  The workshops were held next door in Carysfort National School.  Many thanks to Bruce and Ciaran for giving so generously of their valuable time by participating as VCs. BizWorld brought ... Read More

In service marketing elements such as ownership of physical goods and intangibility undoubtedly perform a critical role in maintaining successful and a happy customer. Services also have four key components: 

Physical product - This service component refers to anything which is transferred to the customer that can be touched. It is physical ... Read More

I'm writing this on a Tuesday evening, having just realised that I took my last class in my graduate program today. But now is not the time to reminisce - that's in a few weeks.Instead, I'm going to talk about the heart attack I had earlier this week.Since I'm close to graduation, the school sent me a reminder that I had to undergo Federal Student Loan ... Read More

Last Friday was one of those days: the sun was shining, people were smiling and wearing shades for the first time in a long time.  Several of us met up at the Dublin Convention Centre to attend a US Embassy event on the topic of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership – a proposal to [...] Read More

I’ve spoken previously on this blog about the slight air of panic amongst various members of the MBA cohourt as the deadlines, interviews and offers for the big banks and consulting firms came and went. I also mentioned that the anxiety was misplaced as most firms don’t start advertising their MBA internships until April/May. I’m happy ... Read More

Quite often, our lecturers bring in guest speakers from industry, trade unions, organisations etc. to bring to life some of the topics and cases covered in class. Earlier this week, Ashley Hughes (lecturing in Organisational Behaviour and Decision-making) had invited Minister for Education and Skils and longterm member of Dáil Éireann Ruairi Quinn ... Read More

Your Net worth is directly proportional to your Network. Kingsley Aikins from Networking Matters, who we met during the course of the first semester, stressed on the importance of networking driving home the point that in a real world scenario, your ‘social capital’ could be your catalyst of change.  Is that true? Let’s see. Everybody [...] Read More

Consumer behaviour is the study of behaviour used in decision making while buying or not buying a product. This project report of consumer behaviour for private and public sector banks aims at examining the Consumer behaviour towards public & private sector banks. In this project an attempt is extended to compare the services of private and ... Read More

In order to achieve, one must have support. These achievements vary greatly by individual, asdoes the form of support that they need to achieve. The effort required not only to attend the UCD Smurfit School Executive MBA, but also to actively participate and take full advantage of the learning opportunity is tremendous. This effort is [...] Read More

One of the benefits that I find from the Executive MBA is that I go back to my day-job on a Monday morning and “noodle” on what we have discussed in class that previous weekend. I can bounce stuff off my workmates and get a different perspective on things to take back with me to [...] Read More

As the captain of the ladies team, I was delighted with our ladies performance given it was our first true test together, we unfortunately did not bring the cup home but the men’s team did that for us. Yet again they are the MBA Rugby World Champions! We had quite an eventful trip with delayed [...] Read More

(Day 1) After many months of fundraising, training, organising and a day of flight delays we have finallyarrived at the annual MBA Rugby World Cup tournament in Danville, North Carolina, USA to defendour title as Rugby World Cup Champions for a record 11th time! This year we have brought 48 people consisting of 47 players [...] Read More

As I was writing the last post, I discovered a topic I probably should talk about.So I'm well into my job recruitment phase, much much later than the rest of my class. Last set of statistics said that about 80% had job offers. I'm in that lowly 20% :).I had my first interview in a while last week, and so I dredged up my old interviewing notes and revised ... Read More

I just finished an assignment where I was working with a teammember from another school at CMU (ETC). We had to design a game together, playtest it, then write up the analysis of the game. It was due yesterday, and we got it in all well.I recounted the experience to my boyfriend Chris - I wrote up the game rules and ensured the prototype was ready for ... Read More

MBA students often discover networking with job consultancies and current employees of potential employer as probably one of essential, so far the best beneficial reference for their employment prospect. However job portals have been proved as effective source for landing a job to graduates. MBA students should know how the job seeking profile should ... Read More

After a (too-short) one week break to catch our breath, the students of the class of 2014 are back for the third term of the Manchester MBA. This time we are without our colleagues from the second year (class of 2013) who are now all done with their MBA and have to tip-toe back out into the big wide world and earn their keep for the first time in 18 ... Read More

A fifty strong gang from across all three EMBA YR1 classes elected to drop the books and let the hair down for a social night in the Defence Forces military Barracks on the 23rd of March. The evening kicked off with a lively drinks reception in the visitors centre were everyone was enlightened on the [...] Read More

It’s easy to forget that your class mates are actually people with lives outside of the this world with husbands, wives, boyfriends, girlfriends and children – and not merely fellow captives trying to help you get through the many, various assignments! So with the goal of getting to know our class mates a little better [...] Read More

It is that time of the year again where the Smurfit Rugby Club is off to defend its title in the MBA Rugby World Cup.  The teams -one men’s and one women’s- left Dublin for North Carolina this morning after a few hectic months of training, organisation and fundraising.  In anticipation of an update from [...] Read More

I’ve been posting a lot about business, marketing and entrepreneurship lately, so I thought I’d change it up and go back to happiness for a bit. Here are links to a few great videos and books about the subject of happiness that I’ve watched, read and listened to (audiobooks are the greatest gift to commuters in the world – and ... Read More

One of the most special things about this year is the privilege of completing our studies in a location associated with an esteemed history of education, evidence of which lies in the magnificent building that houses our college and the surrounding areas. The building itself is a well-preserved example of the architecture of its time, [...] Read More

I write this blog contemplating the previous 6 weeks of the MBA program which have flown by at break neck speed. I did not think my schedule could get much fuller but the MBA is starting to prove that there is always room for more. The undoubted highlight of the recent past has been our [...] Read More

One of the first things you notice when you land in Shanghai is how clean, tidy and well run the airport is. I compare this to Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi, India, where, on my last visit two years ago, due to a power failure at the airport, my bags were stuck on [...] Read More

Reflecting on our recent international study trip to Brazil, I am enthused by the prospects for the country. Our opening visit to FIA provided us with an excellent macroeconomic overview of the country and its forecasts.  The young population (38% below the age of 20) bodes well for the country in providing a large labour [...] Read More

Out of the ashes of multiple defeats comes the phoenix of victory – 2013 Sustainable Venture Capital Competition World Champions!

The MBS team headed to North Carolina for the global final in hope but not necessarily in expectation. But we did it – beating off competition from Oxford, Stern, Ross, Duke and UNC to take the top prize.

It’s ... Read More

I had the opportunity to work with Aalap Shah on the board of the 2012 NetIP Conference hosted in Chicago last year. Both us were Social Media Co-chairs and Aalap also spoke on a digital marketing panel with other marketing experts there. It was great working with him and I’m glad he took some time out to share some lessons he’s learned ... Read More

I've just spent the last week in sunny, warm San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference. While this post is not going to be exactly Tepper-experience-related, it is related to my own ambitions post-MBA.GDC, as it's known, is a week-long conference for people in the video game industry. They had a Free-To-Play summit at the beginning of the week, ... Read More

// Our friends at Beat the GMAT (BTG) are doing this again. And I want you to be able to take advantage of this great opportunity if you are an inspiring MBA students who is yet to embark on the quest of beating the GMAT. I have had good partnership relation with the team of the site for a few years now. One of my memorable moments a few years ago ... Read More

In my earlier post you are advised to cultivate certain skill set, as they will serve you as you grow in your career. I believe as business student you should be well-organized and must have knowledge to rule the world. It sounds like a lot to manage but a little help from your smartphone can make it all possible effortlessly.

Mobile apps enables ... Read More

Most of us are constantly doing things. Or at least thinking about doing things."How was your weekend?""Good""What did you do?""Nothing much - went to the city to meet friends on Friday - had dinner at this hole in the wall Ethiopian place. You should try it out sometime! On Saturday - did a short hike near Fremont. Took it easy on Sunday. You?"In this ... Read More

I ran into Arpan Shah a few times when we were both at U of I in Champaign, but hadn’t seen him since. I came across PrintEco while browsing start-up companies in the Chicago area. Arpan started his business around a great tool that helps companies save paper and ink (and money). Read on to learn more about it.

What gave you the idea for PrintEco?

I ... Read More

Give me some sunshine Give me some rain Give me another chance I wanna grow up once again. Humming this beautiful song from a popular bollywood movie, I geared up for my journey to Brazil. Having spent my last 7 months in Ireland I had already seen enough rains and now was the chance to [...] Read More

Three weeks ago, in the OB class, we had a discussion about team dynamic. Listening to my classmates discussing challenges in a multi-national team reminded me of interesting team-work experiences I have since the beginning of the semester. As I imagined, one big part of the MBA journey is for us to learn how to [...] Read More

Well, folks, it's nearly it. This is the very last mini I need to take and then I've completed my degree. What a crazy, wild, exhilarating two years it's been.A number of my classmates are in Germany for the study-abroad mini. I've been inundated with pictures of Europe on my Facebook account, making me extremely jealous. Spring Break is traditionally ... Read More

After a busy week in Brazil and China on the International Study Trip, respectively, my colleague Roisin and I are  now back in the “real world” in Dublin. With the MBA students still on Spring Break (and indeed some still in Brazil and China) this is a time for us to start focusing in more [...] Read More

Shaan and I have known each other for several years now, and he has even helped me with RAAHI while we were in college together several years ago. After spending some time behind the desk post-graduation, Shaan decided to learn programming and take his talents to Austin so he can help others do what he did. He is now teaching the first batch of students ... Read More

// It was exactly a year ago that I went to Audencia Nantes School of Management, France for a week-long study abroad program offered by GWSB MBA. It was a very eventful week for me, and probably one of the brightest highlights of my whole MBA experience. The course that I took there was on Corporate Social Responsibility -CSR, in France, and more ... Read More

(This is a back-dated post of one of the PGPEX-6ers reminiscing his birthday bash.) Morning shows the day!! But before that, a dark night shows a bright new dawn around the corner. Taking a step back and having a profound thought about how to set a journey forward are probably two key learning I brought […] Read More