Monthly Archives: September 2012

Finance Clas notes have been posted on Connect > IF Section > Finance Folder. 

These can also be accessed by going to Professor Adlai Fisher’s Website: http://finance.sauder.ubc.ca/~fisher/courses/MBA2012/

The stats assignment #1 due date has been postponed until Thursday October 4th. Additionally, the stats assignment #2 has been pushed back to Thursday October 11th. 

Like last Creativity session, your cohort will be divided into 2 groups (group #1 & #2) for the upcoming Creativity session on Tuesday, Sept 25th and all groups are scheduled at different times throughout the day. To find out which group you belong to, please login to Connect > MyThemes (one of the tabs on the top) > Creativity > Class Admin.

Tuesday, Sept 25th
Blue Cohort
Group 1 – 1:30-3:30pm
Group 2 – 4:00-6:00pm

Gold Cohort
Group 1 – 8:00am-10:00am
Group 2 – 10:30am – 12:30pm

Please be reminded that the Zara Case will be held at the First Nations Longhouse at 8:00am next Monday, September 24th.

Lunch will be provided.

The dress code will be business casual as a guest speaker will be joining us on this day – meaning no jeans or runners.

Grades and individual comments have now been released on Turnitin.com.

Exemplars and General comments have been posted on Connect > IF section > Cases> Olam

Please note that when using shared appendices – students must indicate the IF codes of all the students who had collaborated together.

Message on behalf of your MBA Society:

About:

The Canadian MBA Games began at Queen’s University in 1988, and has now become a tradition in the Canadian MBA community. Last year the UBC MBA team placed third! – And this year, we know we can do better.

The MBA Games competition provides students an unparalleled opportunity to meet their fellow MBA’s from across Canada, creating a unique platform for companies to interact with students through networking events, academic cases and event sponsorship.
(From the MBA Games 2013 Website)

Event Dates/location: Jan 4 – 6 2013, in Hamilton/Burlington, Ontario

Competition and Events:
Athletics:

• BASKETBALL
• VOLLEYBALL
• FLOOR HOCKEY
• 4TH SPORT – TBA

Cases:

• FINANCE
• MARKETING
• STRATEGY
• CRISIS MANAGEMENT

More event details can be found at: http://www.mbagames.ca/#!home/mainPage

Time Commitment:

MBA Games Team Captains should expect to devote 5-15 hours per week depending on the stage of preparation.  All other participants should also expect to devote 3 hours per week on practicing for the events they are participating in.  In addition, each participant will need to devote an average of 5 hours per week on the video submission and opening ceremony performance.

Financing:

The following expenses are eligible for reimbursement under the Dean’s fund once the team returns from the competition:

*Students are expected to pay up front for all competition related expenses.

• 50% of the flight cost (economy class). Only flights from Vancouver and to the competition destinations (and back) will be considered for reimbursemeht. Students are not permitted to miss any unnecessary classes and must get permission from their instructors to attend the case competition on the specified dates only.
• 100% Registration (not including meals)

Students are responsible for paying for food, transportation within the host city, and any other personal expenses.

As such students can expect their out of pocket expenses to be roughly around $700, not including the reimbursements noted above.

Please keep in mind that the expense re-imbursements will be submitted in one lump –sum (for all MBA Games participants) by your MBA Games Representatives directly to the VP Finance for approval. The VP Finance will then submit the expenses to the MBA & ECM Programs office. Students can expect reimbursement approximately 30 days from the day the expenses are submitted to the MBA & ECM Programs office.

More information on the re-imbursement process will be shared as we get closer to the dates of travel.

Event Sign-up:

Please add your name to the sign-up sheet mba games interest by 11.59 pm on Friday, Sept 21, if you would like to be considered as a participant on this years’ team.

The MBA Games Representatives will be working with Staff, & Faculty and MBAS Executives on final team selection.  Students who are chosen to participate will be contacted by the MBA Games Representative by the second week of October.

Election Details:

The deadline to email your nominations for the MBA Games representatives to Hart Massie at hart.massie@gmail.com  is 11.59 pm on Sunday, Sept 23.

From the list of nominees, the class will vote (electronically) to select the top two MBA Games Representatives on Monday Sept 24.  The top two vote getters will be named as MBA Games Team Captains. More information on the election details will be posted on the programs office blog next Monday.

Lastly, the above information will be posted on the Student Development page on your Connect site. We are in the process of publishing this page and will let you know once it is ready for you.

This is a friendly reminder that tomorrow night is Karaoke night! This will be a great opportunity to mingle with the part-time MBA students from cohort 10, staff and Integrated Foundation team!

Date: Thursday September 20^th, 2012
Time: 7pm – late
Location: Fantacity (downtown) – 1133 Robson Street (2nd floor – stairs/elevator by Below The Belt)
Directions: Please click here

RSVP is not required. If you plan on purchasing drinks and additional snacks, please note that this venue takes CASH ONLY. There will be an ATM available in Fantacity.  

Click here to view the poster.

Dear Students,

 We have been made aware that some student are experiencing difficulty with printing the University Reader Binder readings. In case you would like to print the Integrated Foundation course readings in their entirety, a new version has been uploaded to the University Readers website for download.

 Please follow these steps from the device you want to print from:

 1.            If you have not done so already, authorize your device with an Adobe ID. If you skipped this step previously, or if you choose to skip this step now, you will not be able to access the readings on multiple devices. More information is available at https://students.universityreaders.com/store/digital_adobe.

 2.            Visit http://students.universityreaders.com and log in to your account. Do not purchase materials (or use a prepaid code); simply click on the “My Digital Materials” link on the upper right.

 3.            Re-download your materials by clicking the blue “download” link and opening with Adobe Digital Editions.

 Once you re-download, you will see two books in Adobe Digital Editions. You can choose whether or not to remove the older version.

 If you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to contact us atorders@universityreaders.com or call 800-200-3908 x503. We are happy to help!

 Best regards,

 Customer Service Team

University Readers, an imprint of Cognella, Inc.

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Grades and individual comments for this assignment have now been released on Turnitin.com. A general comments sheet has been added to the Strategy Folder.