Emily Griggs

Greetings from London!

Well, we made it through our first week of Business Administration 207, with Dr. Morris. We have sped through eight chapters in four days and according to Dr. Morris we are four ninths of the way done with our course. We meet six hours a day for BA 207, which is rather daunting, so Dr. Morris has come up with a solution. We meet in the morning for three hours where we cover two chapters from the text book and in the afternoon we apply what we have learned.

Thus far we have visited Camden Market and Harrods to apply our knowledge; both outings were exciting experiences. Our class divided into groups according to our major and created questions to ask the vendors, sales people, and proprietors of Camden Market and Harrods based on the material we had learned that day.

 For Camden Market we compiled questions such as, where do your products come from? How do you set yourself apart from your competitors? How often to you order products? Do you have any employees? 

Our questions for Harrods were slightly different, common questions included: how do you motivate your employees? Are you satisfied as an employee? Do you have autonomy over your area of the store? How do you set your products apart from competitors?

We have greatly enjoyed our first two outings and look forward to the upcoming week. We do not have much more time until spring break and our internships begin and I know that we are all excited about both. Living in London truly is an incredible experience which we all will treasure.