Blog Archive Professor Profiles Nicolaj Siggelkow, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Blog Archive Professor Profiles Nicolaj Siggelkow, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand when they choose a business school to attend, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we profile Nicolaj Siggelkow from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Known for being a protégé of the strategy guru Michael Porter, Nicolaj Siggelkow  (“Strategy and Competitive Advantage”) is just as well known at Wharton for pushing students to clarify their answers in his classâ€"using buzzwords such as “added value” and “frameworks” can earn a cold-called student 30 minutes or so of additional questioning. One second-year student called Siggelkow simply “the best professor at Wharton for leading a case,” and another remarked, “He will whip your ass into shape, so you must prepare for classâ€"or don’t bother coming!” Siggelkow expects his students to come prepared to class, and students in the Wagat guide (Whartons ode to the Zagat guide, but for courses rather than restaurants) say the workload for each session of his course is far heavier than the norm, to say the least. (According to course evaluations from a prior academic year, the workload required for his classes is rated 3.78, whereas the average is 3.13.) Still, students appear to respect him for this toughness, and he has earned five teaching awards (seven, if we include undergrad business awards) in his 13 years at Wharton. Chair of the management department, Siggelkow received the Class of 1984 Award for being the faculty member with the highest teaching rating in 2006, was the student-selected Faculty Marshal in 2010, and even made a guest appearance in the Wharton Follies in 2006. For more information on other defining characteristics of the MBA program at Wharton or one of 14 other top business schools, please check out the mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Professor Profiles University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) Blog Archive Professor Profiles Nicolaj Siggelkow, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania Many MBA applicants feel that they are purchasing a brand, but the educational experience itself is crucial to your future, and no one will affect your education more than your professors. Each Wednesday, we profile a standout professor as identified by students. Today, we focus on Nicolaj Siggelkow from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Known for being a protégé of the strategy guru Michael Porter, Nicolaj Siggelkow (“Strategy and Competitive Advantage”) is just as well-known at Wharton for pushing students to clarify their answers in his classâ€"using buzzwords such as “added value” and “frameworks” can earn a cold-called student 30 minutes or so of additional questioning. One second-year student called Siggelkow simply “the best professor at Wharton for leading a case,” and another remarked, “He will whip your ass into shape, so you must prepare for class or don’t bother coming!” Siggelkow expects his students to come prepared to class, and students in the Wagat guide (Wharton’s nod to the Zagat guideâ€"but for courses rather than restaurants) say the workload for each session of his course is far heavier than the norm, to say the least. (According to course evaluations from a prior academic year, the workload required for his classes is rated 3.78, whereas the average is 3.13.) Still, students respect him for this toughness, and he has earned five teaching awards (seven, if we include undergrad business awards) in his 12 years at Wharton. For more information about Wharton and 13 other top-ranked business schools, check out the mbaMission Insider’s Guides. Share ThisTweet Professor Profiles University of Pennsylvania (Wharton)