WGU MBA-HM first impressions and ongoing comments

[dmjacobsen]

A little update on the Client Verification Form...

Here we are, 2 weeks later (and over a month since I turned the form in to my manager), and my organization has decided that they need to draft a formal Affiliation Agreement with WGU. This has gone up to the Institutional Review Board -- the division that handles clinical research, which has absolutely nothing to do with my project. I am now waiting on WGU to review all of the very lengthy legalese in the Affiliation Agreement and to decide if they want to sign it. :toetap:

Again, even though 1) I work for the organization, and 2) my manager approved my working on the project, 3) I have already gotten a huge amount of confidential data from a number of people, 4) I have already completed the project, and 5) my employer has the option to refuse to allow WGU to publish the capstone, I am still waiting on official approval.

This is Corporate America at its finest.

To be clear, this is not a WGU issue. This is an issue with my employer. Again, just a warning to those of you who work in a bureaucratic organization (government, large healthcare systems, et cetera).