My EMBA Journey

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I had an excellent opportunity to visit Washington as part of a seminar series. The core objective of the seminar is to inculcate an understanding of how political system functions and its impact on business. Our cohort comprises of executives, small business owners and entrepreneurs, for whom this seminar served as an foundation to understand the role of politics and how to make an impact to benefit their businesses.

This seminar was conducted by the Washington Campus - A consortium of 16 major university business schools who are committed to graduate business students and corporate executives. Following where some of the key topics covered by various political members. They included former treasury secretary, staff of white house, political speaker, lobbyist, OMB staff, campaign managers and others.

Decision Making in Washington
Congressional Committees
Political Appointees
Structure of the Federal Courts
The Role of Lobbyists and Interest Groups
The Business/Government Interface
The Political Landscape
The Organization of the White House
Congress: A Representative's Perspective
The Federal Regulatory Process
The Future of the US Economy
The Role of the Media
US Foreign Policy

Some of the important moment from this seminar is meeting Congressmen Christopher Shays. He was an amazing speaker who was very genuine and down to earth.

Following are the key topics discussed in some of our sessions.

1. Immigration
2. Presidential Election 08
3. Macro Economics
4. Foreign Policy

To cap of the session we had a computer simulation in to the life of a congressmen after he/she gets elected. This was a great learning exercise, believe me its not easy to be a politician. There is no way you can satisfy everyone and still win.
But our politician still accomplish the unthinkable.

Overall A+ Seminar