I have noticed that among my many successful, high flyers MBA graduates, they have one outstanding trait or character. The attitude of 'push on achieving', a principle which ANU advocates for all their students to adopt. In the face of recession, boom or crisis, the attitude is to 'push on achieving' big or small achievements doesn't matter but the consistency of accomplishing achieving targets, goals and objectives are more important than the quantity.
If you find your life is a bit on the down hill, due to the work place environment or due to the economic situations, take heart, just push on achieving. Masters students never 'give up' and they are trained and taught to see things from a different angle or view.
In times of recession, which is about to come, judging from the symptoms of the US economy, we at ANU look at it as a blessing and a time for us to compete with the ivy league big campus universities. Our free scholarship schemes will propel us ahead for executives and for financially strapped students to adopt our programs in order to get ahead. Indeed, we look forward to the recession and welcome it as it will be very good for us.

I used to say that ' examinations for MBA' is a waste of time. Why is this so? Firstly, the examination of two hours for a paper is really a test of two things only, not on the competence level of the candidate and yet we are telling students to do competency testing in corporates. First, it is a test of how much can you remember and recall accurately all that you have learned. Secondly, it is a test of how fast can you write them down on the paper. So far, candidates have not been allow to use the laptop or computers to type in their answers just yet. And the truth is that, most of us, as managers are more conversant with PDAs and laptops than with the old fashion of writing.
And the worst thing is that, in that two hours of testing, you are not allowed to consult your texts, or to discuss the issues with others, an unreal situation in today business environment. How is that, if I have a problem to solve, that I cannot refer to my texts or references, or to call my consultants or my subordinates for input to the solving of the issues on hand?
Yet, sad to say, this is still the testing that is being adopted by most universities to 'test the competency level' of the candidates for MBA. Ironic isn't it?