Shopping Around

I'm not about to burn a hole in my credit card (although I do need a few things for the new apartment). This "shopping around" has to do with what classes I should take this spring. Due to MIT's liberal add/drop policy, the first week of classes is a constant running around trying to figure out what classes fit best. Fortunately, I only have room for a few electives and I quickly settled on the following classes:
- Designing and Leading the Entrepreneurial Organization (taught by Diane Burton), a soft-skills kinda' of class that uses real-life case studies to analyze organizational behavior and structure in the context of a new, small firm.
- Organizing for Innovative New Product Development, taught by Tom Allen, an experienced professor of management (in fact, a legend in the SDM department as he is the co-founder of the department).
- Corporations at Crossroads - the CEO Perspectives - this is an easy class often called "applauses for credit". I'm only taking it as a listener (meaning no credit), but it should be interesting. Every week there's a new CEO that will come and speak to the class and a few people (of those who are registered for full credit) will get a chance to go out to dinner with the CEO.

The electives and the required courses add up to 51 credits which is a decent load, with plenty of room to pursue other activities like the $50K entrepreneurship competition, the toasmasters club or other networking events.