Day 40 in MIT Sloan Fellows Class 2023, Fall term Day 1 : learning plan
Today is the first day of my fall term and I will take 66 units( max of available units for me) of lectures this fall term.
My learning pillars
I developed my data science skills and communication skills in multicultural circumstances, but I want to jump out of my comfort zone in this program and want to equip myself with different skill sets.
- International leadership
- Finance ( M&A, modeling, project valuation)
- Entrepreneurship
Firstly, international leadership is what I am really eager to develop. This is not a single answer. In my definition, true international leadership is trying to unleash my management skill with my personality by adapting communication styles in different cultures.
Secondly, for agency groups, finance is a key skill for management because our growth has been driven by M&A and financial valuations and incentives are one of the most important schemes I need to learn.
Thirdly, due to the decline of agency business(all the industries try to skip "middle person"), I need to find a new potential revenue source. Entrepreneurship from ideation to finance is the essential business activity for us to survive in the industry.
The lectures in Fall semester
- 15.284 Strategic Leadership Communication
- 15.325 Seminar in Leadership I
- 15.387 Entrepreneurial Sales
- 15.390 New Enterprises
- 15.401 Managerial Finance
- 15.414 Financial Management
- 15.S08 Advanced Data Analytics and Machine Learning in Finance
- 11.159. Entrepreneurial Negotiation: the MIT Way
Expectations for each course
15.387, 11.159, and 15.390 are about entrepreneurship and how to commercialize crazy inventions from an unbelievable idea.
15.401 and 15.414 are basics of finance and I will equip myself with fundamentals before diving into deeper M&A topics in the spring term.
15.S08 is a combination of my original skillset, data science, and finance. I think this course can navigate me understand finance concepts in practice.
15.325 and 15.284 are leadership hard skills and would help me to lead organizations and empower my presence in global organizations.
