We MITIM-students needed to choose an introduction course to one of the following subjects: finance, accounting, marketing or organizational behavior. Like many of my coursemates, I decided to go for the OB. Previously I've taken three or four courses about marketing so I didn't feel like listening to stuff about 4 P's again and even though finance & accounting are important subjects they are not my cup of tea (or чаи, like they say here in Russia). The OB course was pretty intensive, we had classes every weekday from 1 o'clock to 4 o'clock and then some minicases to be prepared for next days lesson.
I actually quite liked the classes overall, except maybe the classes on Friday when the discussion was really boring for some reason. The professor in this class was good in my opinion and managed to keep students awake and active. Which is obviously good news for us, since the same professor is also teaching us about cross-cultural management and also at least some parts of knowledge management starting from October. After the classes there is still a couple of minor things to do, such as writing a self-reflection report and a mini-case analysis on some experience regarding OB that you've had in your life. Doesn't sound too bad and it shouldn't be too hard.
In the course it was quite interesting to follow the discussion. Or actually notice what kind of opinions and views other people had and what was the content of their comments. To me quite a lot of those comments were a bit generic and repeated the same issues which was a bit frustrating on few occasions. It seemed that some of the people just wanted to be active in the class and maybe impress the professor. Of course, there was also good and interesting comments and views to the subjects at hand.
