WGU MBA-HM first impressions and ongoing comments

[dmjacobsen]

I turned in my Social Responsibility task about 4 hours after my post on 9/23. When I woke up the next morning, the task had been passed. Fastest turnaround for any task so far. I needed a quick win after the best of Financial Analysis.

Social Responsibility was pretty easy. If you've taken any ethics classes, especially a business ethics class, this one is fairly straightforward. You're just addressing a number of specific ways that a company of your choice can improve its impact on the three P's -- planet, people, profits -- in an ethical way. You also have to talk about three specific laws that the company has to consider in making these impacts. Definitely one of the easier courses, especially if you work for a company who requires you to complete an inordinate amount of ethics-related CE's. Every. Single. Year.

Next up is the beast that is Decision Analysis. I've read mixed reviews -- some that say it's far worse than Financial Analysis, and some that say it's far easier. Considering my lack of business background, I'm guessing it's going to be the former. I only have one month left in this term, so I likely won't finish DA by the end of term, but I'm working "behind the scenes" on it (hasn't been added to my class list yet, but I can see the task requirements). So, I'm just going to try to bang out as much of the coursework as possible and hope to turn it in early next term.

Still, I've been able to knock out 15 CU's (credit equivalents) in 5 months, all while working concurrently on another Master's, so I won't be too upset at not finishing DA this term.