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Infosys InStep Week Five
2008-06-09 18:29:00
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends- Billy Shears, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club BandI picked out a line from "With A Little Help from My Friends" to start the racap of my fifth week here in India because I feel it captures what happened the past week.My recent problems with my visa ushered in a wave of support from a number of people, ranging from classmates, alumni and even readers of this blog. I'd like to thank the support people extended during the past couple of weeks. I've briefly mentioned in my last post that the resolution to my issues is almost here and hopefully I'll be able to hurdle my visa issues this week. Heck, I've been told that I've set the Infosys InStep record for most visit to the Foreigner Registration Office (FRO) in Bangalore.But apart from the issues, the week also gave a chance to connect to more people as over 40 new interns mostly from US schools came in. The new group is diverse and I'm practically re-adjusting to the new size of ...
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New Guys
2008-06-06 05:02:00
New interns arrived the start of the week and they're a very big bunch. Lat month, we were only 12 InStep interns here in Infosys, but the new batch is around 40 people, quarupling the number of people from all over the world in the Bangalore campus.If I'm not mistaken, almost all of the new interns are from schools from the United States, with a good mix of undergrads and graduate students. There's also a few MBA's, like from Columbia, Darden, Fuqua, Rotman and Bocconi and we have some nice chats about MBA life. I also get to know how they have their classes there and how some business schools, like Darden, apply the Case Method. (AIM uses the Case Method as well).A couple of days ago, the new groups and the ones who came last month had little get together in one of Bangalore's pubs and we virtually were enough to fill up a good portion of the place. The dinner was good and it was a great time to meet and connect with the new people.--Last month, a new batch of MBA students ca...
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Infosys InStep Week Four
2008-06-02 14:29:00
If my Action Consultancy (AC) in Infosys were a movie, I'm at the part when the hero faces a lot of tough challenges. My fourth week in the InStep Internship program was full of challenges both at work and outside of work.For the first time, I've faced some serious roadblocks to my project's completion. I'm currently building a prototype of a software application that's related to Infosys' Innovation Management and it is based on a collaborative marketing framework and Web 2.0 components. The work I've done for the past week has led me to a solution that needs customization of Open Source software. So I'm relatively stuck in some parts of my required functionalities and I've consulted several resources within the company and over the web, but to no avail. Darn.But my biggest concern last week was my visa situation. It really took my mind off of work and stressed me out a lot. Worst case, I may seek the help of the Philippine Embassy in India to sort this matter out if the I...
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Indian Visa Woes Continue
2008-05-30 02:42:00
I'm already here in India yet my visa woes persist.My entry to India had been marked by a very "interesting" experience with the Embassy of India in Manila. Now, the Bureau of Immigration in India is making me jump through hoops.Is it me or India just doesn't like me?My new problem cropped up when I was registering in the Foreigners Registration Office (FRO) in Bangalore. Foreigners who enter India with certain types of visas are mandated to register at the local FRO. I'm carrying an Employment Visa (EV) and when I arrived at the FRO to register, I was told that my registration cannot be accepted because my documents from Infosys do not have the word "employment" in them. Instead, it contains "internship." For the Indian FRO official at that time, that was unquestionably unacceptable and I must do 2 things: (1) Get a student visa; or (2) get Infosys to rework all my papers so that it would fit the FRO's criteria to the letter (or the FRO official's interpretation of it), but t...

Trip to Mysore and Shravanabelagola
2008-05-27 14:16:00
One of the perks of doing my AC here in India is the travel to the different interesting sites. And in this country, there are a lot of places with rich history. I've blogged about some of the places I was able to visit along with the other interns in Infosys' InStep program and the most interesting trip we've had so far is the 2-day trip to Mysore and Shravanabelagola.Mysore (pronounced "my-sore") is a city that takes about three hours of travel from Bangalore and it used to be the capital of the state that's why it has very interesting buildings like the Mysore Palace. There's also a cathedral there that's inspired my Neo-Gothic architecture (according to one of the interns) and a nearby hilltop town called Chamundi. Mysore is also home to Infosys' biggest campus and it's really like a modern town within the city. That campus is thee times the size of the one in Bangalore and the buildings are more diverse in design-- there's a building that looks like the Roman Colosseum...
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Infosys InStep Week Three
2008-05-26 04:33:00
It's been three weeks already? Wow, time flies pretty fast.The workload and progress in my Action Consultancy (AC) has steadily increased as the requirements of what I need to do is becoming clearer by the day. There has been some little missteps in my work because sometimes I want to do a lot of things. It's like that situation when you're doing something and a good idea comes up and leave what you're doing and jump on to working that new idea. And if that new idea doesn't work, you step back and return to the original path you had. That has happened to a few times in the past week and good thing my project mentor has been very supportive.Speaking of my project mentor, he's not the micro-managing type and I'm quite thankful I was assigned to him. He trusts my judgment and gives me enough room operate. My co-interns here different situations (like one guy who sits next to his mentor). I've always been independent at work and I would say my project mentor fits my work habits ...
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InStep Interns Play Cricket!
2008-05-21 14:42:00
Infosys' InStep Coordinators recently held a workshop for us interns to know more about India's "national" sport: Cricket .I say "national" because, officially, hockey is India's national sport but because of the number of people who play cricket and the amount of coverage it gets in the news (I'd say one-third of newspapers' contents is cricket), the sports has become the nation's de facto national sport.The InStep coordinators were kind enough to have Infosys' very own cricket team to give us the basics of the game: from batting, to bowling and catching the ball. We used the leather ball used in official games to play with and used the proper bat as well. Good thing Infosys has its own cricket field in the sprawling campus so we were able to run around freely, bat the ball and bowl anywhere (although we obviously looked like beginners).I've never played cricket in my life prior to playing here and most of the interns are in the same boat, but thanks to the team's tutoring...
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Infosys InStep Week Two
2008-05-19 15:19:00
This post is a bit late unlike the one I had for my first week in the Infosys InStep program, but what the heck, nobody's checking. :PSo what happened in Week Two of in my eight week stay here in Infosys Bangalore? The week could be summarized by two things: meetings at work and intern activities.Back home, I'm used to one hour meetings with team mates or group mates but I had a few meetings that lasted at least two and a half hours and one that virtually lasted the entire day. The meetings were requirements analysis and brainstorming activities that why it was like meeting marathon that saps your brain dry. From what I experience, teams here are pretty flexible with time are concerned the momentum of the discussions. If the discussion is very good and productive, schedules are thrown out the window to get the results.I remember those first few months in the MBA program when CAN Group meetings lasted a couple of hours and people were already complaining. Sheesh.Work-wise, I've st...

AIM Get Together in Bangalore
2008-05-18 07:58:00
There was a small small gathering of AIM folks yesterday here in Bangalore . Newly-minted grads from the last 2-year MBA batch were there to give us interning here in the city some "words of wisdom."Bangaloreans Bharath Jain, Vaibhav Kapur, Fahim Salim and Sameer Tupaki (all from MBA '08) gave me and Pia Sanedrin some things things they're learning now that they don't have to deal with cases and CP. Job-hunting is on top of their priorities right now and they said more than half of their batch has already been placed. Most of them just arrived from Manila as the ceremonies for the Asian Institute of Management graduating batches were held last May 4, 2008 at the Meralco Theater. (A story and pictures of the commencement exercises can be found at the AIM Alumni Portal).I really had a great lunch with the folks as they were very accommodating and acting like "big brothers"-- I'm glad because I never really had a chance to interact with seniors during the first eight months and ther...

Making the Grade
2008-05-17 04:17:00
Grades are out!Grades for all but one subject have been released and if you look at my potential GPA so far, it falls in the "Satisfactory" band. (I've made a post regarding the grading system in the Asian Institute of Management, you might want to take a look.) By AIM standards, that means I'm average.But does that tell the whole story? Does that mean I'm your "average" MBA student? I've done some analysisThe school segments the MBA core subjects in two major areas-- Quantitative and Qualitative subjects. Quantitative subjects include:Language of Business (LOB)Economics (ECO)Quantitative Analysis (QA)Financial Management 1 (FM1)Financial Management 2 (FM2)Management of Cost and Profit (MCP)Management Control Systems (MCS)The Qualitative subjects include:Human Behavior in Organization (HBO)Management Communication (MC)Marketing Management (MM)Operations Management (OM)General Management & Ethics (GME)Asian Business Systems (ABS)Development of the Enterprise (DE)Written Analy...

Playing Games
2008-05-13 04:35:00
I'm quite happy my stay here in Bangalore is not all work. Yes, I'm doing my Action Consultancy (AC) in Infosys, but there are other activities I've been doing to keep the work-life balance in a nice non-tipping state.Bangalore is a city with nice sites to visit and I've shared in my previous post about my first week that us interns went to visit a few of them like the Lalbagh Botanical Gardens, the Bull Temple and the ISKCON Temple. But I also have been able to play some games leisurely inside the Infosys campus.There's a basketball court inside the campus and the moment I saw it, I've been looking forward to shoot some hoops. It took me one week to play there and it's good to know that there are a few guys (and ladies) playing basketball here in India. India is primarily a Cricket-crazy nation and that works in my favor-- with few people playing basketball here, the skill level of casual players is so-so at best. (The same way, Filipinos playing cricket would be like four-...
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Infosys InStep Week One
2008-05-11 13:39:00
It's already been one week since I landed here in Bangalore, India and it has been pretty eventful.My first days in Infosys have not been without hiccups, but thanks to the very good hand-holding by the Infosys InStep coordinators and mentors, the whole transition process has been smoothened. I've described in a previous post about my initial impression of the company and things have been pretty consistent. Interns here are really taken care of but at the same time, but are given challenging project to work on. That last statement really applies to me because my project involves trying to put new technology platforms like Web 2.0 where it best fits in a given business and marketing framework.I really have to be exhaustive and know my stuff that's why I'm very happy with the flexibility my project mentor has given me. I've already been in a couple of meetings to brainstorm and solve immediate problems the project. An in those meetings, my inputs are given the same weight as my p...
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Indian Flavors
2008-05-09 04:08:00
I've found cup noodles in Bangalore!But to get my cup noodles, I had to travel for at around 45 minutes to a place called the Star Bazaar in the city, brave the rains and deal with the horrendous city traffic. But it was worth it, at least partially.I say partially because the brand that I was looking for (Nissin Cup Noodles) was not available in Star Bazaar, despite the big number of products it sells. It seems cup instant noodles are not a big thing in India as there were only two brands that I saw in the hypermart and one of them was a newly launched product! Perhaps the market in Bangalore for instant noodles in a cup is not big or just emerging. (This may be an opportunity for distributors :P)I also was able to eat a McDonald's here in India. For obvious reasons, the McDonald's here do not carry their traditional beef burgers. Instead, they have a wider range of chicken burgers; as a matter of fact, in lieu of the normal Big Mac, stores here have a Chicken Maharaja Mac. The ...
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You can find everything on the Infosys Bangalore Campus except...
2008-05-07 14:11:00
Cup Noodles!The headquarters of Infosys in Bangalore is a pretty big place (43 acres or 17 hectares) and pretty self-sufficient. BBC described this campus as:The most spectacular commercial development is the 43 acre Infosys Campus at Electronic City. It is a self-contained city for its 20,000 workers, and contains shops, restaurants, a health club, a basketball court and even a golf course. Golf carts take the many visitors around on tours, while video conference facilities link it to Infosys offices around the world.But for all its facilities and self-sufficiency, I have yet to find a place inside the Infosys campus where I could get cup noodles. :P Most likely, I will find some in the city, which I haven't ventured into.If you know of a nice place to buy cup noodles here in Bangalore, I'd appreciate the assist. :D
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A Filipino in Bangalore
2008-05-05 19:08:00
After the saga of dealing with the Embassy of India for my visa, I am now here in India, particularly in Bangalore , for my Action Consultancy or AC.The AC is what the Asian Institute of Management calls its internship for the MBA students. The AC is an official school requirement that counts as a subject that an MBA student needs to pass. Its main objective, at least from how I see it, is to validate what the student has learned from the core subjects by letting him/her deal with a live project that has an impact to the enterprise. In my case, I'm doing my AC in a company called Infosys as part of its InStep Internship ProgramMy first couple of days here have been pretty eventful. I arrived here Sunday and rode a taxi to the Infosys campus. Let's just say the cab ride was a "multi-sensory" introduction to the city-- I briefly experienced the both the good and the bad in the transit from the airport to a place called Electronics City.I arrived and checked in the company housing pro...
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Helping Others, Part 2
2008-05-02 02:26:00
Blogger's note: Please read "Helping Others" before reading this post so that everything will make sense. :)I'm really the panicky type, but when the voice on the other end of the phone was an automated message saying "Your number cannot be completed at this time. Please try again later" over and over again, I felt like hitting the panic button, no make that slamming the panic button. I immediately went back to my scheming mode to cook up a plot to dupe the guards into letting me in the village. Here were some of my plans: Ask one of my female Indian classmates who is here in Manila to accompany me to the village and pretend we're husband and wife; A modification of Plan #1: Ask a few of my Indian classmates to accompany me to the village and pretend I'm their driver and they are the ones who need to go to the Indian embassy Let my friend Ninoy do the talking. If you notice, my plans are toeing the ethical line, test of whether the end really justifies the means. Befo...
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Helping Others
2008-05-01 04:07:00
I was really tempted to entitle this post "My Experience with the Embassy of India in Manila" Part 2, but realized there was something good that came out from my frustrating attempt to get my visa at the Indian embassy in Manila.In the last post, frustration was high as I learned that there were key procedures in the visa application that was not published and made known to the public until you reach the area where the Indian embassy is located. But I played their game and followed the necessary procedures to get my application through. To make the long story short, on April 29 (Monday) I learned my expedited visa was approved and the embassy will send me my passport with the visa during their batch sending April 30 (Tuesday), 7:00pm.However, I'll be leaving Manila for a short trip in Singapore on May 1 (Wednesday). According to the embassy, the courier will be able to deliver the passport on May 2 since May 1 is Labor Day, which is a public holiday. I told the embassy staff of my ...

My Experience with the Embassy of India in Manila
2008-04-28 11:50:00
Are you a Filipino going to India ?Be warned. You may be in for a great deal of frustration.I've been spending the past week arranging my visa for my Action Consultancy (AC) in India. (The AC is equivalent to AIM's industry internship for its MBA students; I'll blog more about this in future posts). The frustration has really been mounting because of the very confusing and Byzantine system of the Indian embassy here in the Philippines.First point of frustration: the customer service. I initially called the embassy to clarify the requirements and procedures. The embassy has an automated answering system that has a selection where a caller can get an itemized list of requirements. That's all. No information of procedures, steps or guidelines. I selected the option to talk to a staff member and when I asked my query, she told me I'll find everything I need at the Indian Embassy website. If you look at the site, there are some information, but not the ones I'm looking for.The secon...
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My Learning Team (aka Can Group)
2008-04-24 19:56:00
"You live and die with your Can Group ."I heard this advice during my first days in AIM and I really didn't give that much attention because I didn't know what the heck a Can Group was. But after eight months in the MBA program, I pretty much have an idea what a Can Group is and how important it is-- you basically live and die with it.A Learning Team , what the Can Group is officially called, is composed of 6-8 students and is the "official" grouping of students for the first eight months of core MBA subjects. The MBA program administrators scientifically configure each team to have a balanced composition, whether it is by gender, professional background, or personality type. (I don't know if they consider IQ and EQ, but that's a different story :P) Being your designation for a good portion of your MBA life, you will work exclusively with your Learning Team on group assignments and projects 95% of the time. This means your grade and performance will hinge so much on how well you ...

A Dozen Links
2008-04-23 12:28:00
Apart from myself, people from everywhere write stuff and talk about the school. Some interesting stuff I found on Google's news and blog searches:Bok is doing a lot of contemplating, especially on his Action Consultancy (AC)Another classmate, Pia shares there is more to life than being Number OneRavi, one our finance gurus in class, started his investment portfolioInquirer.Net has an article about AIM's recent issuesA bit old, but I didn't know media giant GMA had a story on AIMGMA's rival, ABS-CBN has a more "feel good" story related to AIMAnother old article (when I say old, it's more than two weeks old): A nasty rumor about AIM's moveIsland Rose.net's blog has a post on the recent Corporate Blogging & Online Reputation Management Seminar I organizedMM 2008 Precy Lim celebrates her wedding anniversaryVery interesting post on an AIM student's learningsMBM 93 Alumna Ruby Bernardo is happy AIM got her to share her testimonial for the AIM Preview in DavaoAn Indian MBA app...
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Term Papers
2008-04-20 14:40:00
There should be an X-File case on the "Breaks in AIM" because this "break" season is really a mythical phenomenon.Classes for our core subjects officially ended last week and usually, that would signal the start of the break right? Wrong. We still have three major papers due this coming week: Management Communication (MC) term paper on Monday, Asian Business Systems (ABS) term paper on Tuesday and Development of the Enterprise (DE) business plan on Friday.Ideally, we should be using the next two weeks resting and finalizing our Action Consultancy (AC), or MBA internship, arrangements. Since we are grounded far from the ideal, I'm spending a good amount of the week writing term papers. As I write, I'm finalizing my MC paper on strategic storytelling with my dyad partner Sandeep Sharma. The tight schedule forced us to innovate our collaboration process by using Google Docs. So far, we've made the term paper writing and collaboration more efficient and equitable.I'm ending this pos...
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Do you want to work at Yahoo? Read on.
2008-04-18 02:19:00
I received a "tip" from a very reliable source that Yahoo ! South East Asia is looking for people for a couple of their openings here in the Philippines. This makes perfect sense as Yahoo! is beefing up its search presence in the country and gearing up for aggressive partnerships in the local scene. I believe Yahoo! is the last of the Top 3 search engines (with Google and Microsoft being the other two) to establish a presence here in the Philippines. What are the two openings? The first one is for a Search Editor who will be in charge of primarily building taxonomies, classifying online content and analyzing search behavior. The other opening is for a Partner Account Manager, who will be working closely with Yahoo's advertisers and resellers and tasked to implement plans to expand Yahoo's client base.If any of the two positions appeal to you or if you have any questions on the full job descriptions, shoot an email to job_oppportunities (at) yahoo.com.ph, with the position as the su...
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Last Class Day
2008-04-17 09:25:00
Officially, the first eight months of the MBA program is tomorrow April 18. But by virtue of my exemption (Thanks to my CAN group!) in the Management Control Systems (MCS) finals tomorrow, today is my last day of classes. Our classes for today were the last session for General Management & Ethics (GME) under Prof. Jess Gallegos and the Operations Management (OM) final exam.Since it was the last class session for GME, Prof. Gallegos shared his "Tips To Go," life lessons on making a difference, leadership and your definition of success. It was really a feel-good topic since he was sharing more on his experiences, anecdotes about how some events in his life altered his career and his family life.Speaking of family life, I find that a touchy topic. When Prof. Gallegos said that at some point in our careers we will have to make tough choices when it comes to family and career (I'm not married by the way), I reflected on it. It's probably because I think I have the tendency to focu...
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Google Day in AIM
2008-04-16 01:02:00
Today is Google Day in AIM!Thanks to Prof. Titos Ortigas' initiative, Google is coming here to give a series of talks to the students, faculty and staff on Google's services that will soon be rolled out in AIM. Google Consultant for the Philippines Aileen Apolo will be speaking on various topics the whole day, from using Internet Marketing to job opportunities in Google.Here is the Google Day in AIM agenda:8:00am-9:30am - Google University (MBA students) 9:30am-11:00am - Google Apps for Education (AIM Staff) 11:00am-12:30pm - Break 12:30pm-2:00pm - Putting your business online (All students) 2:00pm-3:30pm - Google Apps for Education (AIM Faculty)Here are the topics covered for each talk for the students:Google University:Google 101Google for StudentsGoogle SearchBloggerJob Opportunities at GooglePutting Your Business Online: Internet Marketing 101 How to Put Your Business Online through Google (Google Apps for Your Domain)Google Adwords Search Engine Optimization Blogging for Y...

MBA 2008 (December) Commendation List
2008-04-15 07:59:00
Now for some good news. :DThe MBA Program released the list of top students who obtained the highest grade point averages for the first set of completed subjects (Language of Business, Quantitative Analysis, Economics, Financial Management 1 and Management of Cost & Profit).The Commendation List (in alphabetical order):Ena Liza AngNitin BhagnariRiteesh BhargavaPankaj DhawanWendy LimRuss LoAnton NgKumar RaySandeep SharmaVijay SuryaBingo TongcoAmit Kumar VijayThere was a very simple recognition rite headed by MBA Program Director Mau Bolante and Ms. Tess Magdaleno, our program's secretary. Here are the pics: Congratulations to everyone who made the Commendation List! :D
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Prof. Ricky Lim's reply to the "Concerned Alumnus"
2008-04-15 06:20:00
The whole saga our MBA batch is going through seems to be almost drawing to a close as Prof . Ricky Lim tackles point by point the issues raised by a "Concerned Alumus." He emailed me his reply, along with the points he is answering:Concerned Alumnus: Prestigious accreditations carry a hefty price. Given the various accreditations that AIM has, it is obvious that a slight tuition increase would have been imposed. Since AIM has lost EQUIS (I hear their logo will not be on the new diplomas and transcripts), will the current students be given a refund? Will the incoming students be given a discount from their fees as well?RAL: The EQUIS and AACSB logos were never in the transcripts or diplomas--just the AIM seal. This goes for all diplomas since 1968, degree or certificate. And as for tution increases since accreditation--and in some years there were none--these were for other cost increases and revaluations of the peso, and not due to paying for accreditations. CA: You said ...

Live Blogging at the WSGSB Dean's Forum
2008-04-14 12:15:00
I'm blogging at the forum hosted by the MBA Program Administrators with W. SyCip Graduate School of Business Dean Victoria Licuanan and Associate Dean Ricky Lim. The forum is meant to address the current students' concerns on current burning issues.Prof. Licuanan started the event and Prof. Lim then proceeded to shed some light on the EQUIS accreditation issue. Prof. Lim outlined the points in which AIM faced with the EMFD. The points were primarily grounded on the faculty, diversity and governance. The final issue was centered on the AIM Faculty Association tiff and Prof. Lim said the school is not entirely agreeable with the findings on that point.Prof. Licuanan just shared the number of schools with the EQUIS, AMBA and AACSB. She pointed out that the accrediting bodies do give recommendations for constant improvement. She also said that the EQUIS accreditation leans towards academic research, something AIM is not doing much of. She relates that AIM's thrust have always been pr...
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A "Concerned Alumnus" Speaks
2008-04-13 10:52:00
A few days back, Prof. Ricky Lim, Associate Dean of AIM's W. SyCip Graduate School of Business, answered burning questions from this blog readers in an open Q & A session. His replies were able allay some of the concerns of a good number of people, which delved on placement and education quality. Judging from the people's comments on that post, people were satisfied with the reply.Except one person.I received a comment on the post about Prof. Lim's replies from a person who posted under the handle "Concerned Alumnus." His comment was very provocative that I have decide to devote a post on his comment alone. I shall present his thoughts in verbatim:I believe in AIM. I have faculty friends, past and existing. I have student friends, past and existing. I keep in touch with them. Because I believe in AIM.I have a lot of questions. I am looking in from the outside. There is lack of official information. I will just make do with what I have and make my questions as factual as possi...

The Night Before the Financial Management 2 Finals
2008-04-11 16:01:00
On the night before the dreaded Financial Management 2 (FM2) Finals , I posed a simple question to the MBA class over various instant messengers: "How's your FM2 preparation?""drifting through a morass of molass-consistency of quicksand"- Bingo Tongco"messed up" - Dilip Mansukhani"i have resolved that to exert effort in aim is useless... the degree of effort you exert is not proportional to the grades that you get... it's just not worth it anymore... just kiss your professors' ass" - Anonymous (1)"No problem, just another sleepless night and I'll be okay tomorrow as long as I don't fall asleep during the exam." - Liberto Siahaan"not prepared at all; there's no indication where to start or what really to study" - Anonymous (2)"what's there to prepare?"- Phuong Lan Yu"too much to do, dont know vot to refer to. no standard book provided. had too many profs, which made learning all the more complex" - Anonymous (3)"Good. I am all set to crack it." - Ashoo Advani"I want to believe ...
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Home Stretch
2008-04-10 14:14:00
You know that feeling when you know you're about to finish something? That feeling where you just want things to speed up so that you're done already? Or that feeling something is within your grasp and it's a matter of time before you get it?That has been the atmosphere in AIM. It's the homestretch for a good portion of the students here-- The Master in Management (MM) and the MBA seniors are graduating in a few weeks and us MBA juniors are nearing the midway of the program. While the the MM and MBA seniors will be taking their permanent break from AIM, for us it's a two week break that would lead to our Action Consultancy or AC (AC is more or less equivalent to our internship).It's really nice to think that our classes for the first half of the program would be done in a week.BUTWe still have to face the finals from Financial Management 2 (FM2), Operations Management (OM), and Management Control Systems (MCS) before we call this a term. The FM2 exam is killer from the looks o...
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