Well, the time has come to say goodbye. I'm not tempted in the least to continue this blog past when I have to. I'm also not tempted in the least to continue my studies into IT Management past this semester. I've simply had enough. I've been on information overload in this class for quite awhile, and even though I've managed it as well as I have any other class, my pure interest in the subject has been completely beaten down by the workload.
That brings me to an idea that is definitely under-appreciated in education. It's the idea that a class is meant to spur interest in a subject, not to try and cover everything on a subject in a few short months. That may not be so popular in a degree program that is meant to cover everything as if the life of a student depends on it. However, in an MBA program, like any other professional program, what the student needs is to be taught where to look to find answers rather than try and remember all the answers.
How much of IT Management am I going to remember six months from now, when I'm six courses and a baseball draft removed from the class? I'm guessing all I will remember is the IS triangle. While that's helpful in a way, it doesn't teach me anything. I would have paid money just to remember that simple thing. I haven't come away feeling stronger in making decisions involving IT, but rather I feel that I spent the majority of my time cramming in assignments and information that isn't helpful to me in the long run.
I understand why this class is required. I really do. I understand that the concepts behind the class are important, too, especially if you have to manage assets in a company with a larger IT infrastructure. However, since the subject is so broad, it becomes tempting to try and cover it all. The quick answer to that is that everything can't be covered. In addition, everything that is covered will be obsolete in many ways 10 years from now. I'll be the ripe old age of 33 then, and I'll have to know how to re-learn all of this information with 30+ years of working to go.
In essence, I've been disappointed that my time has been spent just powering everything into my brain in a way that I did in high school. I'm tired, and I don't want to hear anything about IT management again for quite some time. That's not how I want to feel coming away from a class. I came away from Accounting more interested in the subject of accounting than I'll feel about IT coming out of this class. And I don't really like accounting. I liked IT. I make a small living off of blogging. This class should have really interested me, but it definitely hasn't.
After my presentation today and the final, I'm going to forget everything I learned. That's too bad.
