News Archive for April 2005 at Weatherhead School of Management

Calvert Group CEO to speak at 2005 Weatherhead Graduation

Posted 04/28/2005

In keeping with its goal to become the world's leading center for socially responsible business management practices and teaching strategies, Weatherhead will host Barbara J.Krumsiek, president, CEO, and co-chairperson of the Calvert Group, Ltd., as its graduation ceremony speaker for 2005. The Calvert Group is the nation's largest family of socially responsible mutual funds and tax-free investment products.

Case Weatherhead Graduate Named First Woman to Lead Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

Posted 04/26/2005

Barbara K. Mistick, a 2003 graduate of the Executive Doctorate in Management program at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, is the first woman to be named director of the 110-year old Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh.

Case TiME Program Names New Co-Director

Posted 04/19/2005

Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management and the Case School of Engineering today announced that George Vairaktarakis, a faculty member from the department of operations at the Weatherhead School, has been appointed co-director of The Institute for Management and Engineering (TiME) effective June 30, 2005.

Case Weatherhead Undergrads Assess Mayor Cambell's Lakefront Project As Part of Shatten Public Policy Competition

Posted 04/14/2005

Can teams of undergraduate students take on Mayor Jane Campbell’s “Connecting Cleveland: The Lakefront Plan”, a project aimed at reclaiming the city’s lakefront for the public, and answer the question of whether the benefits of the West Shoreway redevelopment outweigh the construction and other costs?

Case Research Indicates American Catholic Church Using Antiquated Leadership and Training Model for Priests

Posted 04/08/2005

The leadership training model for priests in use when the Roman Catholic Church first arrived in American has never been changed and is still employed today. A love of his faith and a desire to see Catholic parishes become vibrant entities again motivated Terry Brizz, an Executive Doctoral Management student at Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, to focus his EDM research project on developing a better business model for training Catholic priests to create an organized, vibrant parish.

Fortune 500 European Executives To Train at Case's Weatherhead School of Management

Posted 04/08/2005

On April 19th, ten executives from Norsk-Hydro will arrive in Cleveland to spend four days learning about Appreciative Inquiry as part of an executive education program at Weatherhead and getting to know the City of Cleveland at the same.

Dr. David Cooperrider Dedicates Israeli Business School

Posted 04/05/2005

World renowned professor, Dr. David Cooperrider, of Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, spoke on March 21, 2005, in Herzliya, Israel, as the keynote speaker at the dedication of the IDC Herzliya Arison School of Business.

Prominent Economist and Author to give 2005 McMyler lecture