The End is Near

We are coming close to the end of the semester. The official count is 7 class days left. In those seven class days, we have the following to complete: a system optimization project, paper, and presentation; a statistical design of experiments project and competition; an operations management business case deep dive presentation; a high velocity organization project; a statistics homework assignment; and a statistics exam. Not too bad for 7 days!!!

What I find most interesting about the end of the semester is the mixing of the classes. First a little background information. Our classes this summer have been:

System Optimization - a mathematical class focusing on the optimization of business processes

Operations Management - case studies, inventory, utilization, queuing theory, etc

Probability and Statistic - enough said

High Velocity Organizations - lean/six sigma approaches to get ahead and stay ahead

Leadership - focuses on the theories, applications, and practices of leadership

Now that we are finishing up, I find myself looking at Probability and Statistics notes to complete System Optimization homework. I find High Velocity Organizations lessons and Leadership theory needed to complete the Operations Management deep dive. It almost seems like all of the classes have melded into one big blob of school.

Work days are getting longer, nights are getting shorter, and weekends have less time for fun... but I see the light at the end of the tunnel. Heads are held high and we're marching forward as a class. August break... here we come!