Successful B·A·W·B Summit Energizes Participants
Posted 11/22/2005
"The Future of Management Education at the Intersection of Business and Society:Designing the School Within the School for Business as an Agent of World Benefit", a three day summit hosted by B·A·W·B, was held October 19-21 using the Appreciative Inquiry technique to rethink and recreate management education to include corporate social responsibility and sustainability issues.
A Call for Papers: Interactive Working Paper Series for Research on (B·A·W·B)
Posted 11/22/2005
The Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit (B·A·W·B) announces the launch of an Interactive Working Paper Series for research on, or regarding issues in the area of, business as an agent of world benefit. The inaugural edition will be published during mid-February 2006. Potential papers for this edition will be accepted until January 15, 2006.
B·A·W·B Innovation Bank Sees Rapid Increase in Stories
Posted 11/22/2005
The Innovation Bank launched this summer with an impressive array of 60 diverse stories. Covering 17 areas of the globe, the Bank profiles innovative ways to address such global issues as human health, ecological sustainability, community development, human rights protection and peace making.
Weatherhead Press and Recognition
Posted 11/21/2005
Weatherhead students, alumni, and faculty are often interviewed for print, radio and online publications or receive recognition and awards. Weatherheadlines will use this newly created section to report on such coverage.
Dean's Monthly Message
Posted 11/18/2005
Read the Dean's message for November.
EDM Graduate Releases New Book
Posted 11/18/2005
One of Weatherhead's first Executive Doctor of Management graduates, Dr. Jacqueline Stavros, has recently released "Dynamic Relationships: Unleashing the Power of Appreciative Inquiry in Daily Living."
International Events Happening in Cleveland
Posted 11/18/2005
Find out about several upcoming international events that are taking place in Cleveland.
Three Raffle Baskets Donated
Posted 11/18/2005
Weatherhead staff and faculty raised more than $350 to create 3 beautiful gift baskets for a Case-wide fundraising campaign for hurricane relief.
Marketing Club December 6 Networking Event
Posted 11/18/2005
Come spend the evening networking with current students, alumni, faculty and local marketing professionals while you enjoy a class of wine or a fresh coffee.
Upcoming Alumni Events
Posted 11/18/2005
Mark your calendar to attend an upcoming alumni event. From networking to social activities to annual events, we have an event for you.
Students Participate in Case Competitions
Posted 11/18/2005
Weatherhead Students competed in three nationwide case competitions recently.
Executive Education for Weatherhead Staff
Posted 11/18/2005
Participate in one- and two-day Executive Education Seminars either for free or a reduced charge.
Staff/Faculty Kudos
Posted 11/18/2005
Find out some good news about your colleagues.
Staff Spotlight: Carleen Henderson, ITG
Posted 11/18/2005
Get to know Carleen Henderson, manager of user services in Weatherhead’s Information Technology Group and recent recipient of Staff Service Award.
Faculty Spotlight: Julia Grant, Accounting
Posted 11/18/2005
Get to know Julia Grant, Associate Professor of Accountancy.
Alumni Spotlight: Nikki DiFilippo, MBA '94
Posted 11/18/2005
Nikki DiFilippo is the marketing director of the newly formed Red Room Revolution, a local initiative formed to support and facilitate the start-up of new emerging technology companies and increase the optimization of existing companies with the use of technology.
EDM Community Presents at Nonprofit Conference
Posted 11/17/2005
The 2005 ARNOVA Conference was held in Washington D.C., November 17-19 with the them "Nonprofits, Philanthropy and the Public Agenda: Linking Research, Practice and Policy." Presentations were made by EDM students, alumni, and faculty.
Career Trek to New York City
Posted 11/17/2005
Each year the Weatherhead School of Management facilitates a New York City Career Trek for our students.
Available Classroom Technology
Posted 11/17/2005
A look at what Technology is available to you at the Weatherhead School.
Weatherhead Students Soar Into 3rd Place in Global Innovation Challenge
Posted 11/16/2005
Weatherhead students earned third place out of 321 teams from 83 business schools around the world in the Thunderbird Global Innovation Challenge.
Positive Design Conference at Weatherhead
Posted 11/12/2005
Over 60 people from places as far flung as Australia and Denmark converged on Weatherhead on November 11 and 12 for a two-day Positive Design workshop on “Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens”.
Annual Net Impact Conference Inspires Weatherhead Students
Posted 11/11/2005
Net Impact hosted their 13th Annual National Conference at the Stanford Graduate School of Business November 11-13th. Jennifer Taylor, president of Weatherhead's Net Impact chapter, and other chapter members attended, joining 1,200 Net Impact members from across the globe to learn how different industries and companies are combining business skills to make a positive social impact. This year’s theme, “Bridging the Gap: Leading Social Innovation Across Sectors”, emphasized the need for collaboration with government, business and non-profits in order to achieve the greatest impact.
Coaches Corner
Posted 11/11/2005
This month's career development topic is about Richard Boyatzis' new book "Resonant Leadership."
Food Drive a Great Success!
Posted 11/11/2005
Weatherhead students gather 820 pounds of food for the Cleveland Foodbank.
Design Workshop To Bring Together Important Idea Exchange
Posted 11/11/2005
"Designing Information and Organizations with a Positive Lens”, a workshop to be held November 11-12 in Case’s Weatherhead School of Management and co-sponsored by The Center for Business as an Agent of World Benefit and Weatherhead’s Information Design Studio, will bring together some of the world’s leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of industrial, graphic, organizational and information systems to exchange ideas and explore positive approaches for improving the way they work.
Executive Seminars: An Investment in Continuous Learning
Posted 11/10/2005
Come to Weatherhead and immerse yourself in best thinking, put ideas to work through case studies and hands-on interaction, learn best practices, and walk away with knowledge and strategies you can put into immediate action. To meet your needs and your organization’s needs, seminars may be taken individually or combined to earn a certificate – it’s that simple.
G. Michael Crooch Receives 2005 Braden Award
Posted 11/10/2005
G. Michael Crooch, recipient of the 2005 Braden Award, has been a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board since July of 2000. The Braden Award is given annually by the Weatherhead Accountancy Department to recognize an outstanding member of the accounting profession.
MBA 01 Graduate's Homemade Scone Recipe and Tearoom Featured in O, The Oprah Magazine
Posted 11/09/2005
ITG Update
Posted 11/09/2005
The November update from ITG includes information on Spam Control, the Syllabus Server and CD & DVD duplication. Spotlight projects are the Emotional Competence Inventory and the course description module being used on the MBA site.
Stuart Hart, Professor and Author, Kicks Off B·A·W·B Colloquium Series
Posted 11/08/2005
Capitalism at the crossroads and fortune at the bottom of the pyramid will be the topics of the first 2005-2006 B·A·W·B Colloquium Series as Stuart Hart, the S.C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management and author of "Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World’s Most Difficult Problems," speaks on November 8th at 4:30 p.m. at Case Weatherhead’s George S. Dively Building.
Executive MBA Update
Posted 11/08/2005
Find out why the Weatherhead Executive MBA is ranked #9 in the U.S. by the Financial Times by attending an Open House.
For Stuart Hart the Answer is Business - At The Bottom of the Pyramid
Posted 11/08/2005
Stuart Hart, the S.C. Johnson Chair of Sustainable Global Enterprise and Professor of Management at Cornell University's Johnson School of Management, and author of "Capitalism at the Crossroads: The Unlimited Business Opportunities in Solving the World’s Most Difficult Problems", stressed the importance of juxtaposing the two elements in the book's title when speaking to attendees of the first 2005-2006 B·A·W·B Colloquium Series event. Hart told an audience of about 60 people "It is not about more philanthropy and shaming people into doing things because it is the right thing to do - it is about creating a new level of commerce".
Physician Executive Institute - Leadership Core Begins in January
Posted 11/07/2005
Physicians' leadership and management skills are enhanced in this outstanding program. Developed specifically for practicing physicians, the program is held on eight alternate Wednesday afternoons so that physicians can participate while maintaining their practices and other responsibilities.
Health Care Executive Education New Special Topics
Posted 11/07/2005
Each year, four new topics of importance to the health care industry are added to the Health Care Executive Education series. You can interact with your colleagues, learn, and earn a Certificate all at the same time. The first session, on November 18, 2005 is "Change Leadership in Healthcare Organizations."
Free Docent-led Tours of the Peter B. Lewis Building Offered
Posted 11/07/2005
Docent-led tours of the Peter B. Lewis Building, designed by renowned architect Frank O. Gehry, are scheduled Saturdays and Sundays between 1:00 p.m. & 3:30 p.m. The tours are approximately 1/2 hour in length and are free.
Resonant Leadership: Creating Sustainable Leaders through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion
Posted 11/05/2005
"Reasonant Leadership: Developing Sustainable Leaders through Mindfulness, Hope and Compassion" is the second event in a series of breakfasts that will focus on key areas within the Weatherhead School of Management. Other events include: "Weatherhead Faculty Publications: Conversations with the Authors;" "Surviving and Thriving in the New Global Economy;" and "Managing Healthcare Costs through Incentives." Cultivate Your Knowledge. Attend the Weatherhead Breakfast Series sponsored by Crowe Chizek.
Dively Building Perfect for Conferences or Holiday Parties
Posted 11/03/2005
Consider Weathrhead's George S. Dively Building, one of the best executive education facilities in the nation, when planning your next conference or even hosting a holiday party. Dively offers a distinctive adult learning environment, state-of-the-art educational resources, and the highest quality amenities and hospitality services.
Sustainable Development Initiatives in Executive Education
Posted 11/03/2005
Weatherhead Executive Education, recognizing the need to enhance sustainable development initiatives, held a meeting to discuss the various ways that the Dively Conference Center could improve everyday activities in order to sustain resources for future generations.
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Posted 11/02/2005
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Posted 11/02/2005
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Recording audio in Power Point
Posted 11/02/2005
Recording audio directly into Power Point is easy to do!
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Many BSR Breakout Sessions Focus on Role of Corporation
Posted 11/02/2005
The number of interesting breakout sessions available to participants in the 2005 annual BSR conference in Washington, D.C., this month were too numerous to choose from easily. With two breakout sessions a day during the first two days of the conference and one on the last day, each packed with six to seven fascinating topic areas, people struggled to decide which session to attend. Three sessions regarding the corporation are covered here: “When the Multinational Corporation is Chinese,” “What is the Purpose of the Corporation?”and “Strategies for Identifying True Stakeholders”.
El Salvador Uses CSR to Rebuild After Years of Civil War
Posted 11/02/2005
Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) has been involved in a year-long project to develop a coherent national CSR framework regarding the development of the private sector in El Salvador. At its annual conference in Washington, D.C. this month, BSR featured a case study on CSR development in El Salvador, inviting Armando Arias, president of the Sugar Association of El Salvador; Amy Luinstra, operations officer for social protection with the World Bank; and Ernesto Samayoa, advisor to the Minister of Economy for the Republic of El Salvador to discuss this issue.
McDonald's CEO Challenges "McJobs" Stereotype
Posted 11/02/2005
Jim Skinner, Vice Chairman and CEO of McDonald’s Corporation, likes to challenge what he sees as commonly held perceptions and stereotypes about his company. Number one on that list is the stereotype of "McJobs" - listed in Webster's Dictionary as a low paying job that requires little skill and provides little opportunity for advancement - which Skinner sees as a slap in the face for 12 million men and women working at McDonald's in the U.S.
NatureWorks CEO Says Leaders Must Aspire, Inspire and Perspire
Posted 11/02/2005
Quoting T.S. Elliot “only those who risk going too far will ever know how far they can go”, Katherine Bader, chairman, president and CEO of NatureWorks, LLC, told participants at the 2005 BSR Conference she believes the act of questioning core assumptions and paradigms to be the agents of change. Bader’s motto “Think Big or Don’t Bother” fits well for a woman running the company that invented the corn-based resin technology used in packaging by companies seeking the benefits of plastics from an annually renewable resource.
Pfizer Exec: U.S. Focused on “Sick Care” not “Health Care”
Posted 11/02/2005
Senior Fortune Magazine writer, Marc Gunther interviewed Jeffrey B. Kindler, executive vice president, general counsel and corporate compliance officer at Pfizer, Inc., regarding ethics, trust and competitiveness in the pharmaceutical industry during the recent BSR conference. Pfizer, the largest pharmaceutical company in the country, earned $52 billion in revenues last year and generated 10 new products.
Weatherhead Faculty Member Finds BSR Conference Enriching
Posted 11/02/2005
For the fourth year in a row Jean E. Kilgore, a senior lecturer of Marketing and Policy Studies at Case’s Weatherhead School of Management, attended the Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) annual conference, an event she eagerly anticipates each year. Kilgore see the conference, designed largely for practitioners from publicly-held corporations and attracting well over 1,000 participants, as an enormously rich source of information on emerging issues in business. This offers her a unique perspective on challenging areas with great research potential.
Wolfowitz Speech Opens 2005 Annual BSR Conference
Posted 11/02/2005
Paul Wolfowitz, the 10th President of the World Bank Group, whose appointment to that position from Deputy Secretary of Defense was as controversial as many of the bank’s activities themselves, spoke to 1,100 attendees from 42 countries as the opening keynote speaker at the 2005 annual Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) conference. In his new position, Wolfowitz is at the top of the list of those who could be most influential in eradicating poverty and dealing with other important BSR issues.
BRAC Makes Difference for Millions Living in Poverty
Posted 11/02/2005
A former corporate executive at Shell Oil, Fazle Abed is now the founder and chairperson of BRAC, formerly the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee, an organization he started when he returned to his country at the end of the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh. One of world’s leading social entrepreneurs and change makers, Abed told BSR conference attendees he believes he is making the difference between hope and despair for millions of people living in dehumanizing conditions.
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