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Graduate Business Program News

• Winter 2009 Capstone Petitions Now Available

  Monday, Aug. 25, 2008

  All Graduate Business students interested in enrolling in Capstone (MGMT 619) during the Winter 2009 quarter must submit an online Winter 2009 Capstone Petition by Monday, September 15th.

  Students will be contacted regarding their eligibility to enroll in MGMT 619 in October prior to Winter 2009 registration. 

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• Open Enrollment Begins September 2nd

  Monday, Aug. 25, 2008

  The Fall 2008 Open Enrollment period for Graduate Business students will begin Tuesday, September 2nd.

  Registration will be closed to all Graduate Business students the week of August 25th.

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• eCampus Outage - August 23rd

  Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

  eCampus will be unavailable Saturday, August 23rd from 7:00 a.m. through early afternoon for system upgrades.

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• GBP Office Hours

  Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008

  From August 25th - September 19th, the GBP Office will be open Monday - Friday from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.  Evening and Saturday hours will resume the week of September 22nd.

  *The GBP Office is now located in Lucas Hall 116.*

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• Winter 2009 Tentative Schedule Now Available

  Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2008

  A tentative schedule for Winter Quarter 2009 is now available on the GBP website at: http://www.scu.edu/business/graduates/archives/upload/Winter-Schedule-2009-tentative-8-19-08.pdf

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• Campus Wireless Network Outage - August 14th

  Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

  On Thursday, August 14th from 7:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., all SCU campus-wide wireless networks will be down and unavailable so that maintenance can be performed.  If you require network access on August 14th while on campus, please make arrangements to utilize a wired network connection.

  Additionally, if you are still utilizing the SCU-WiFi wireless network, please note that this network is no longer supported and will shortly be discontinued. To ensure that you have uninterrupted access to the wireless network at SCU, please reconfigure your wireless client to use the SCUWireless wireless network. Documentation describing the steps necessary to configure your wireless device is available at:

  http://it.scu.edu/information/Network/wireless/

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• Global Social Benefit Incubator - August 28th

  Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

  Please join Santa Clara University's Center for Science, Technology, and Society for business plan presentations by the 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator entrepreneurs from around the world. 

  Thursday, August 28, 2008

  California Mission Room, Benson Memorial Center, Santa Clara University

   

  Continental Breakfast

  7:15-8:00 a.m.

   

  Business Plan Presentations

  8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.

   

  Reception

  6:00 p.m.-7:30 p.m.

   

  About GSBI:

  The Global Social Benefit Incubator (GSBI) is an intensive two-week residential program at Santa Clara University that enables successful technology innovators to become sustainable in fulfilling their social missions and to scale their endeavors. It combines classroom instruction in finance, marketing, organizational development, and business planning with case studies, best practices, and most importantly, carefully matched mentoring support. The invited entrepreneurs have demonstrated proof of concept in applying technology to address urgent human needs in the most adverse of circumstances around the world.

   

  Living and learning together, GSBI participants develop common conceptual skills and a true sense of community. Together these outcomes foster peer-to-peer collaboration and receptivity to expert mentoring from seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneurs. At the August 28 business plan presentations, you will see how the innovative adaptation of technology and models of social change, in combination with grounded business plans, can bring positive benefits to all of humanity.

   

  We know you will be inspired by the work of the 2008 Global Social Benefit Incubator class and the promise of their innovative business plans.

   

  To RSVP: visit www.scu.edu/sts or contact Sherrill Dale at sdale@scu.edu.
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• Faculty Bio for MGMT 619 Instructor K. Thomas Chandy

  Monday, Aug. 11, 2008

  Dr. K. Thomas Chandy brings to the table a unique combination of industrial and scholarly experience.  Trained as a chemical engineer at the Indian Institute of Technology (Kharagpur) and the Polytechnic University (Brooklyn, NY), and with an MBA from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), his thirty years in industry span manufacturing, R&D, the design and construction of large chemical plants, and the development and marketing of miniaturized sensors and electronic process control systems.  He has held management positions at large multinationals such as Hindustan Lever Ltd. (a subsidiary of Unilever), Monsanto, and Allied-Signal (now known as Honeywell), as well as at a couple of small start-ups.

  Returning to UCLA, he earned his Ph.D. in Management and has been on the faculty at several universities in the United States, most recently at Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) where he was an Adjunct Professor for Strategic Management at the School of Hotel Administration, the world leader in the field of hospitality and service managment studies.  Dr. Chandy's research explores issues in technology and innovation management, entrepreneurship, business strategy, management cognition, and business history.  He has presented his research at leading academic conferences in the United States, the United Kingdom, India, and Costa Rica.  He teaches courses in strategic management, international business, technology management, organizational theory, and entrepreneurship.  He has also served as a consultant to firms in the chemical, pharmaceutical, electronics, and banking industries.

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• Faculty Bio for New MGMT Professor Michael Fern

  Monday, Aug. 4, 2008

  Michael J. Fern (Ph.D., UNC-Chapel Hill) is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at Santa Clara University.  His research focuses on the development, use, and transfer of knowledge in the contexts of innovation and entrepreneurship.  Specifically, his research explores: (1) how organizations transfer knowledge across divisions to support their innovation efforts; (2) the mechanisms through which universities transfer social science knowledge to organizations: (3) how entrepreneurs rely on knowledge in their decision-making during new venture formation; and (4) how new product development teams exploit knowledge during product development activities.

  Dr. Fern's research has received several awards, including the Michael H. Mescon/Coles College of Business Best Empirical Paper Award (Academy of Management), a Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, a Booz Allen Hamilton/SMS Ph.D. Fellowship (Strategic Management Society), and a Wilhemina M. and Richard W. Herbin Scholarship.  He serves as a reviewer for the Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, the Strategic Management Journal, and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Cananda (SSHRC).

  Dr. Fern received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Summa Cum Laude, from the Lundquist College of Business, University of Oregon.  Prior to his graduate studies, he worked at Arthur Andersen as an information technology consultant.  As a consultant, he assessed information technology risk and developed business continuity plans for clients operating in the high technology, energy, and financial services sectors.  Before joining the faculty of SCU, Dr. Fern was an Assistant Professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at the University of Victoria in British Columbia.

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• 696 Course Descriptions for Fall 2008

  Friday, Aug. 1, 2008

  FNCE 696: Behavioral Corporate Finance
  Behavioral traps represent one of the most important obstacles to the successful implementation of the skills taught in traditional corporate finance courses.  When it comes to improving the financial decision process, understanding these traps is absolutely essential.  This course identifies the key psychological obstacles to value maximizing behavior, along with steps that managers can take to mitigate the effects of these obstacles.  The objective of the course is to help students learn how to put the traditional tools of corporate finance to their best use, and mitigate the effects of psychological obstacles that reduce value.
  Prerequisites: FNCE 451 and FNCE 455

  IDIS 696: Social Benefit Entrepreneurship
  Social benefit entrepreneurship is the creation of innovative ventures that produce a social benefit.  These ventures typically innovate to produce products and/or services that help alleviate important social problems, such as economic development (poverty), health, equality, education, and environment.  This course will introduce students to social benefit entrepreneurship through readings, analysis of case studies, and participation in the assessment of business plans for existing social benefit ventures.  The emphasis of the course will be on understanding management techniques for maximizing the financial sustainability and scalability of an SBE.
  Prerequisites: MKTG 551 and ACTG 300 OR ACTG 301 OR FNCE 451.  Prerequisites may be waived by permission of the instructor.

  MKTG 696: Business to Business Marketing
  Business-to-Business (B2B) Marketing encompasses those management activities that enable a supplier firm to understand, create, and deliver value to other businesses, governments, or institutional customers.  In the context of these business markets, value refers to the economic, technical, service, and social benefits a customer firm may receive for buying the market offering.  Using core readings and in-depth case analysis, the course will introduce and apply the guiding principles of B2B Marketing, which include using value as the cornerstone for decision-making, focusing on business processes and the business as a "buying center" with the various roles of participants, stressing business across borders, and accentuating working relationships and business networks.  Through this course, students will also develop critical analytical and problem solving skills for a variety of business marketing situations.
  Prerequisites: MKTG 551 and MTKG 553

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• December 2008 Graduation Petitions Due August 15th

  Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2008

  All Graduate Business students planning to complete their MBA or MSIS degree in December 2008 must submit an online Petition to Graduate by Friday, August 15th.

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• Fall 2008 Registration Reminders

  Wednesday, Jul. 30, 2008

  Fall 2008 registration appointments for returning Graduate Business students will begin Monday, August 18th.  Appointments will be viewable in eCampus starting Friday, August 8th.

  Registration for new Graduate Business students will begin Tuesday, September 2nd, the first day of the Open Enrollment period.  There will be no registration activity during the week of August 25th.

  Questions? Please contact the Graduate Business Programs Office at 408-554-5485 or GBPSupportandRecords@scu.edu.

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• Fall 2008 Capstone Petitions Due July 15th

  Monday, Jul. 7, 2008

  All MBA students interested in taking MGMT 619 during the Fall 2008 quarter must submit an online Capstone Petition no later than Tuesday, July 15th.

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• Updated Fall 2008 Schedule Now Available

  Monday, Jul. 7, 2008

  An updated Fall 2008 schedule with tentative course times and instructor information is now posted on the GBP website at http://www.scu.edu/business/graduates/archives/upload/Fall-Schedule-2008-tentative-7-07-08.pdf.
  
  We apologize for the delay and appreciate your patience and understanding during this time of change.

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• Independence Day Holiday Closures

  Wednesday, Jul. 2, 2008

  In observance of Independence Day, the GBP Office and other offices on SCU's campus will be closed Friday, July 4th.  With very few exceptions, no Graduate Business classes will be held Thursday, July 3rd.

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• The GBP Office Has Moved!

  Monday, Jun. 30, 2008

  As of Monday, June 30th, the Graduate Business Programs Office is located in Lucas Hall 116.  We look forward to seeing you in our new space.

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• eCampus Outage - June 27 & 28

  Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008

  eCampus will be unavailable Friday, June 27th at 9:00 p.m. through Saturday, June 28th around 12:00 p.m. for upgrades.
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• GBP Staff Locations for Summer 2008

  Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2008

  Starting Monday, June 30th, the official home of the GBP Office will be Lucas Hall 116.  Since Graduate Business courses for the Summer 2008 quarter are being held in Kenna Hall, a GBP staff member will be available to answer questions on the first floor of Kenna from 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday - Thursday and during regular office hours on Saturdays.  Staff will also be available in Lucas Hall 116 Monday - Thursday from 8:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., and on Fridays from 8:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. 

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• Summer 2008 Waitlist Reminders

  Tuesday, Jun. 17, 2008

  Waitlists for the Summer 2008 quarter will be deleted Friday morning, June 20th.  Summer 2008 courses will begin Saturday, June 21st.  As always, Graduate Business students will be able to add courses on a space-available basis via eCampus through Sunday, June 29th. 

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• eCampus Outage on June 14th

  Friday, Jun. 13, 2008

  eCampus will be unavailable all day on Saturday, June 14th for system upgrades.

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