Joseph Fahrendorf - The Fisher 5K

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My activity with the Fisher 5K Association has really increased the past two weeks. The Fisher 5K Association is a student organization that is responsible for organizing the annual Fisher 5K charity race. The Fisher 5K is an annual Run/Walk (5 kilometers or 3.1 miles) which began in 2004 and is held on The Ohio State University campus. It is the largest service event hosted by the Fisher graduate programs. All the proceeds of the race go to support the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus. In 2009, we had 608 race registrants and raised $21,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Columbus. We are already close to 300 registrations and are looking to get another 500 more.

This year the race will be held on April 25, 2010. The official start time for the Fisher 5K is 9:00 AM. If you haven’t signed up, I encourage you to do so. If you have signed up, convince friends and family to sign-up and run/walk with you.

To register: https://www.premierraces.com/smartReg/newRegister.asp?ID=328


Joseph Fahrendorf

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Joseph Fahrendorf - Winter 2010

There is no doubt about it: the Columbus winter is harsh. For the past seven years I have taken great pride in my ability to survive the winters of New Haven, CT and New York City. When I decided to move back to Ohio, I never thought twice about the Ohio winter. I clearly underestimated its potential.

Since the beginning of the month it has snowed pretty much every day. Although the accumulation has not been too heavy, it has been an obnoxious amount capable of covering my car, which inevitably delays my departure for class by 15 minutes every morning. Not only is it constantly snowing, it is absolutely freezing outside. It is so cold, that I succumbed to driving to the gym a few days ago. Although this might not sound bad, you should know that the gym is about 300 meters from my place and is clearly visible from my apartment. Where is global warming when I need it?

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Joseph Fahrendorf - Midterm week... Again

It’s that time of year again… midterm season. Although I had a rough midterm week last quarter, I am handling the pressure and the work-load in a much healthier fashion this time around. I guess I can attribute this to finally getting into the swing of school.

I have already taken my Operations midterm and did really well on it. Tonight I’m studying for my Marketing midterm. It is pretty straight forward so I’m not too worried about it… hence I am able to write a blog entry. After tomorrow I will only have my Finance midterm left and who knows how that’ll go. I’m just looking forward to having these midterms behind me so that I can refocus on my internship search. I have two second round interviews coming up, so hopefully I can close on one of the opportunities.

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Joe Fahrendorf - Fisher Grad Life Blog -- Professor's Hilarious email

Long weekends are great. I was able to practice Finance and catch up on some of the reading I was unable to do last weekend because I was in Cincinnati for the Bengals game. Well as it turns out, long weekends are also helpful when you are trying to nurse a black eye. Although my eye is looking better, it is not going to be normal looking for at least another five days. As a result, I decided to email my professors to tell them that I have a black eye and that I hope it won’t be a distraction in class. What resulted is one of the funniest emails I have ever received from a professor…

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Dear Professor,

I just wanted to let you know that I have a pretty nasty black eye that doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. I was accidentally elbowed while playing basketball in the gym on Friday afternoon with several classmates. I don’t want this to be a distraction in class tomorrow, so here is a heads up.

Best regards,

Joseph Fahrendorf

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2 minutes later…

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Joseph,

Yikes. If you wanted to cover this up, you could always pull off the eye patch. If you go down this route, I’d recommend a turtleneck and a blazer to compliment the look. That said, looking like a villain from a James Bond movie may be more distracting than just having a black eye.

See you tomorrow.

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This was not the response I expected. I would actually try the “villain from a James Bond movie” look, but I think the black eye alone will be funny enough for my classmates.

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Managerial Negotiations - Fisher College of Business MBA blog - Joseph Fahrendorf

As I mentioned in an earlier blog entry, I am taking an elective called Managerial Negotiations. First year MBA students who have a GPA above 3.25 are allowed to take one elective during their second quarter. I figured Managerial Negotiations was a great choice because it is not only applicable to business, but also to everyday life.

The class is designed to allow us to practice different negotiation tactics each class in small groups. This safe environment allows us to get out of our comfort zone and really test different theories and strategies. Today’s class involved a negotiation between two individuals: one interested in selling a manufacturing plant and the other interested in buying a manufacturing plant. The buyer and seller each knew several common facts such as the appraisal value of the plant and the selling price of a slightly newer manufacturing plant in the same area. Although this common knowledge allowed us to get the conversation started, there were other areas that we had to consider such as: the building’s depreciation, falling land value, synergies between the companies manufacturing set-up, and the time it would take to build a new plant if an agreement couldn’t be reached. Somewhere in the middle we needed to come to an agreement.

I left my negotiation very happy with the deal we struck. I bought the plant in the lower part of my target range which I developed before entering the discussion. As it turned out, my deal was right in the middle of the class’ purchasing prices: five groups bought the plant for less, six groups sold the plant for more, and two groups were unable to reach a deal.

Joe





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