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NOTES FROM THE DEAN
The global marketplace is driving fundamental changes in the way the world does business. New producers, new markets, enhanced technologies, and integrated supply chains have changed the face of capitalism. These changes and the market volatility that accompanied them in 2008 have pressured accepted business education models. It is clear to me that business education must change if it is to succeed in preparing men and women for the challenges of global markets. And as I look critically at the business curriculum, program offerings, and opportunities we are making available to students at the University of Pittsburgh, I am confident that we are equipping our students with the skills and experiences to navigate the turbulence of today's global markets.
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STUDENT SPOTLIGHT
Building a Learning Community with Art and Creativity |
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How do you build a learning community? With glue, ink, foam, and an openness to creative thinking. That is just what the incoming two-year MBA students discovered as they dove into team building activities during their transition module at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and Oglebay Resort and Conference Center. Multicultural Learning Teams are the perfect setting for solving complex problems, but first team members must build camaraderie and learn other valuable lessons in working together. Read more about the new two-year MBA students' visit to the Children's Museum and Oglebay. >
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The Threads of Technology |
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Second year MBA/MS-MIS student Alexandra Kelley had an opportunity this past summer to immerse herself in her field of study by attending three co-organized conferences in Myrtle Beach, S.C. She and nearly 1,500 other guests participated in the 2008 Techno Security Conference, Hacker Halted USA 2008 Conference, and AccessData Corp.'s first annual user's conference. Read more about Kelley's experience and the connections she made in Myrtle Beach that will benefit her fellow Katz Information Systems students. >
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Katz PhD Candidate Presents Wikipedia Policy Research in Florence, Italy |
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In April, Jacqueline Pike, a Katz doctoral candidate in Information Systems, traveled to Florence, Italy to present a research paper on policies in Wikipedia that she coauthored with Katz associate professor Brian Butler and Elisabeth Joyce of Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Pike presented the paper at CHI 2008, a premier conference in the field of human-computer interaction. Read more about the research and Pike's travels to Florence. >
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FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Murrell Makes Mentoring Work |
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Mentoring is one of the most powerful tools for preparing tomorrow's leaders, but few enterprises know how to build and sustain an effective mentoring program. In the book Intelligent Mentoring: How IBM Creates Value through People, Knowledge, and Relationships that she coauthored with Sheila Forte-Trammell and Diana A. Bing, Audrey Murrell—associate professor of business administration, psychology, and public and international affairs and director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership—presents a state-of-the-art framework for making corporate mentoring programs work. Drawing on IBM's experience in fully integrating a diverse portfolio of mentoring initiatives, the authors offer specific guidelines and best practices for how to build a diverse portfolio of effective mentoring programs, use mentoring to strengthen organizational intelligence, build sustainable communities of mentors and mentees, promote collaboration across differences, and, above all, link mentoring to strategy and use it to sustain competitive advantage. Intelligent Mentoring is expected to be released for sale in mid-October, however Amazon.com, Inc. is currently taking pre-orders for the book. >
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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT
Not a Typical Day at the Office |
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The trading floors can be pandemonium with traders and stock brokers waving their arms wildly and shouting at the tops of their lungs to make a transaction at precisely the right time, but rarely do financial professionals come to blows. That is, unless those financial professionals, like CBA alumnus Andrew Myerson (BSBA '05), are competing in the Wall Street Boxing Summer Showdown. Read more about the showdown and Myerson's love of sparing. >
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New EMBA Alumna Finds Business Knowledge Has Opened the Laboratory Door |
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Laura Rosato (EMBA '08)—who holds three science-related degrees, including a PhD, from the University of Pittsburgh and has extensive chemical industry experience—graduated from the Katz School's Executive MBA program in August and is already realizing the benefits of having advanced science degrees coupled with a graduate degree in business. Among the benefits, she says are her ability to collaborate more effectively, participate in decision making, and contribute to her organization in new ways. Read more about Rosato, her career, and community involvement. >
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Katz Alumna Receives Award for Career Contribution from AMA's Marketing Strategy Special Interest Group |
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Christine Moorman (PhD '88), the T. Austin Finch, Sr. Professor of Marketing at Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, is the winner of the 2008 Vijay Mahajan Award for Career Contributions to Marketing Strategy Research, presented by the Marketing Strategy Special Interest Group (SIG) of the American Marketing Association (AMA). The award was presented at the Marketing Strategy SIG Awards Luncheon during the AMA Summer Educators' Conference, held August 8-11 in San Diego, CA.
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A Few Good Alumni |
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The Career and Leadership Development Center (CLDC) in the College of Business Administration is always looking for a few good alumni. Through their involvement, alumni enhance the undergraduate experience and better prepare CBA students to succeed in the competitive global marketplace. For more information on how you can become involved with your alma mater, contact CLDC Director J.P. Matychak at 412-624-7863 or jpmatychak@katz.pitt.edu.
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Katz Forges Partnerships in India |
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In a June 25 speech to the Steel Authority of India's Management Training Institute, Anne Nemer, assistant dean for executive degree programs in the Joseph M. Katz Graduate School of Business, discussed the globalization of business education and how the Katz School, with its history as an innovator in international management programs, is preparing business students to compete and succeed in the shifting, highly competitive global marketplace. Read more about Nemer's speech to the Steel Authority of India >
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