MBA E-Newsletter
News for and about the NC State College of Management MBA community. Submit MBA ENEWS items to Adrienne Jablonski by Friday of each week.
Please remember that the e-newsletter is the MBA Program's primary method of communication with students. Therefore, it is very important for you to read and absorb the weekly e-newsletter.
Part-time Tuition Rates at RTP and Main Campus
For the first time this coming spring semester, returning part-time students may take courses on both the main and RTP campuses. Although our understanding had been that students would pay tuition based on the program (either main campus or RTP) to which they were originally admitted, we have now learned that tuition will be charged by the location of each course. So, for example, if you are registered for one course on main and on course at RTP, you will have two separate charges on your bill: the main campus course charge is billed in groupings of credit hours, the RTP campus course is billed by the credit hour.
Please refer to the attached chart for tuition/fees details. We understand that this change may cause confusion for you and for your employer. The college has raised the issue of two different tuition/fee structures and the problems it causes with university officials in hopes that these differences will be resolved in the near future.
Announcement for Part-time Students
Beginning in Spring 2008, returning Main Campus students will have the opportunity to take classes at the MBA@RTP classroom facility. One credit hour weekend classes are being offered at this facility, as well as some concentration classes. The RTP classroom facility is located at:
Park Research Center
Bldg. #18
104 T.W. Alexander Drive
RTP, NC 27709
Driving Directions to RTP facility If you have additional questions please contact Judee Lonnee at 513-1440.
New One-Hour Courses for Returning Part-time Students
Beginning in spring 2008, the MBA program will offer four courses for one-credit-hour on Saturdays. Here is some important information about these courses:
- They will be open to all part-time MBA students
- They do not have any prerequisites
- They will count as electives only, not toward concentration requirements
- They will be offered at the Research Triangle Park facility (Building 18 at the Park Research Center, near the intersection of Durham Freeway and Alexander Drive)
- They will be at the RTP tuition/fee rate of $551 each
- They will be graded on a pass-fail basis.
BUS 610B -- Roles Responsibilities and Practices of Chief Officers and Board Members This course would cover the job descriptions and qualifications of chief officers (CEO, CFO, Executive VP) of large and small sized companies. Similarly it will cover the duties and responsibilities of Board members. Career paths and preparation for chief officers will be covered. Chief Officers from various companies will visit. Students will prepare a Chief Officer career plan.
Instructor: Steve Markham
Schedule: Feb 2 (all day) and Feb 16 (morning)
BUS 610C -- Business Valuation Business valuation is a critical analytic skill in many situations, e.g., IPOs, equity investment analysis, business acquisitions, corporate spin-offs, sale of private firms, estate and tax settlements. Although most managers are not responsible for formal business valuation analyses, managers often are in the position of evaluating analyses provided by valuation experts. This course is designed to provide you with foundational understanding of the primary approaches to valuation including cash flow and residual earnings modeling, and comparative analyses including value/sales, value/assets, value/earnings that provide shortcuts to estimating value. For students considering careers as financial analysts or valuation consultants, the course will provide an overview of the types of analytical skills that you will need to develop.
Instructor: Jon Bartley
Schedule: March 29; April 12; April 26 (morning)
BUS 610D -- The Leadership Challenge In this experiential course, students will explore five practices of exemplary leadership from Kouzes’ and Posners’, The Leadership Challenge. Participants will outline specific actions that can be taken to move current projects forward by using the five practices:
1. Modeling the Way
2. Inspiring a Shared Vision
3. Challenging the Process
4. Enabling Others to Act
5. Encouraging the Heart
Kouzes’ and Posners’ research revealed two key ideas we will explore further:
- Leadership does not rest with a title or position, despite this widely-held belief. They found instead that leadership is a process or attitude; that examples of extraordinary leadership were consistently found in those with ordinary job titles.
- Their research also showed that successful leaders occur in all shapes, sizes, genders, nationalities and roles within organizations—the only requirements for success was the use of certain exemplary leadership practices
Instructors: Shelly Hoover-Plonk and Linda Taylor
Schedule: January 26 (all day) and February 9 (morning)
BUS 610E -- Managing the Service Lifecycle Services exchange often involves many complex combinations of data and information as providers and customers attempt to collectively coordinate and integrate their knowledge in service delivery. The key objectives of this course are to (a) develop skills and knowledge necessary to manage the services lifecycle, (b) expose students to learning and collaborating via multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) and Web 2.0 technologies (e.g., wikis, blogs), and (c) promote innovative thinking regarding how to leverage MUVEs (such as Second Life - 2L) as vehicles for new service testing and development. This course will be taught jointly by faculty from Indiana University (IU - Anne Massey) and North Carolina State University (NCSU - Mitzi Montoya and Tony O'Driscoll) and will be delivered via a MUVE (ProtoSphere) with cross-university collaborative project work in 2L. This course will culminate in an industry-sponsored case competition (with prizes) for mini-projects provided by Target Corporation, Wachovia, and IBM.
Lead Instructor: Mitzi Montoya-Weiss
Schedule: Orientation session Jan. 12 (morning); the course will be taught online
Career Resources
Are you signed up for this week's on-campus recruiting events?
Be sure to check out our updated list of recruiting events for the Fall 2007 semester. To RSVP for any of the events, please send an email to Stephanie Borrego.
Koch Associate Program Job Opportunity
Interested in working for a Non-Profit Organization? The Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2008-09 Koch Associate Program. As you may know, the Koch Associate Program is a year-long, paid program designed to develop promising leaders and entrepreneurs interested in liberty and a career in the non-profit arena. Associates range in experience level from zero to a decade of work experience, and come from many diverse fields and academic majors.
Below is information on the Koch Associate Program. You can also learn more about the program and the Foundation at Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation.
BTEC Career Fair
Looking for a Biopharma job? Last year over 1/3 of attendants obtained a job or internship from connections at this event!
They are expecting that over 90 full time positions and 60+ internships will be hired in the next 10 month by the companies participating in the BTEC Career fair, so your chances of making the critical connection are better than ever.
Biogen-Idec, Biolex, Diosynth, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Novozymes, Talecris and Wyeth will be attending the BTEC career fair. Having dinner with and getting to know the hiring managers and HR professionals is the best way to find a job and learn about the biotech industry.
We invite you to submit your resume to the BTEC Career Fair. Submitting your resume is the only way you may earn an invitation. Attached you will find a flyer with more information. THE DEADLINE for resumes is 12/10/07.
Your resumes will be collected and sent to these companies. The companies will then choose which students to invite. Even if you aren't selected, this is an easy way to guarantee that your resume is reviewed by the hiring managers and gets into their resume database.
If you have any interest in the biotechnology industry, you are strongly encouraged to submit your resume. There is no cost to students and dinner will be provided. If interested, please forward your one page resume via the directions on the flyer to btecstudents@ncsu.edu. You will also find a resume suggestion sheet attached.
If you have any questions, please contact Winnell Newman.
Management Consulting Club
The Management Consulting Club will be holding the next meeting at East Village on Friday December 7th @ 5:00 pm. Dr. Donovan Favre will be joining us to give an open ended 30 min - 1 hour talk about consulting careers. Dr. Favre worked for Accenture before joining the College of Management. This event will be an excellent learning experience, but will also be laid back and fun!
Tutors Needed
An MBA student at Meredith College is looking for a tutor in Corporate Finance. Interested students should contact Shawna Goins directly at 919.306.1660.
The Academic Support Program for Student Athletes (ASPSA) is looking for individuals to tutor business courses (especially introductory level ACC, BUS, and EC courses) for the upcoming semester. ASPSA is open from 8am-9pm, so we are able to work with most student's availability when scheduling appointments: Additional information
Basic requirements are that students be a Junior or higher in school (for the semester they want to tutor), have a total GPA of 3.0 or higher, and have earned a B or higher in the course(s) they want to tutor. Interested students can apply online or email Wendy LeBlanc.
Other COM Events
Wachovia Lecture Series
Created to support the leadership development of our students and business community, the Wachovia Executive Lecture Series provides attendees tremendous insight into the personal and professional careers of the leaders from some of our nation’s top companies. The presentations are held 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., 3400 Nelson Hall
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ERM Roundtables and Events
The Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Roundtables are a series of presentations by company leaders involved in enterprise risk management. The ERM Roundtable series provides risk management professionals a forum where they can discuss and exchange ideas about effective ERM practices and techniques. Presentations are made by practitioners who share their best practices in working through the challenges of managing risk across the enterprise, as well as by faculty who present their related research.
- Friday, December 7, 2007
For more details and to register, please see ERM Initiative.