2014 Integrated Foundation Announcements

This is a reminder that the Integrated Foundation final exam will take place tomorrow from 8:00am – 12:00pm – Tuesday, October 23rd.

In order to provide a more comfortable space for everyone during the 4-hour exam, we have booked the following 4 rooms and have randomly allocated students to each room.

HA 132
HA 133
HA 966 – Penthouse on 9th floor (please take the elevator by the Undergraduate office at the opposite side of the Graduate Centre)
HA 969 – Penthouse on 9th floor (please take the elevator by the Undergraduate office at the opposite side of the Graduate Centre)

Please click here to find out which room you will be writing the exam in. This document is also saved on Connect > Final Exam > Final Exam Room Allocation.

*Important:
1. You must bring your own laptop and power adaptors.
2. Relevant class notes/textbooks/resources.
3. As the exam begins at 8:00am, we ask that students arrive no later than 7:45am in order to have sufficient time to set-up.
4. If needed, students can bring in a second laptop/tablet into the final exam so that they can keep their notes open on a separate computer.

Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to let Alex/Jenny know.

The slides that were presented at our first workshop yesterday are now posted on Connect > Project 2 – Business Plan > Workshop 1 – October 17th.

Question: Can I bring in a second laptop/tablet into the final exam so that i can keep my notes on a separate computer?

Answer: Yes

This is a reminder that Project 2 Workshop 1 will take place tomorrow – Wednesday, October 17th from 8am – 12pm at the Marine Drive Residence – Building #3: Simon K.Y. Lee HKU Room (where the Fundamental Reflection session was held last time). Attendance is mandatory.

Directions: http://www.maps.ubc.ca/PROD/index_detail.php?locat1=377-3.

Please note that the is a REVISED – “MBA Integrated Foundation – Project 2 – Student Briefing – REVISED.pdf” Now posted on Connect > IF Section > Project 2 Folder  >Class Notes

To clarify the student tasks:

1. Come with a lead idea for a venture that can be used in the workshop.
2. Prepare a 3 min presentation on the assigned topic from the Business Model Canvas. (this does not mean applying it to your venture idea – just explain the concept.)

These have now been posted on Connect in the IF Section > Operations Folder > Assignment Solutions

Please note that your grade for Accounting assignment #3 is now released via Turnitin. The solutions for this assignment are also posted on Connect > Accounting > Assignment Solutions > 2012 FT MBA IF Accounting A3 Solutions.

The formula which was used to calculate your Capsim Balance Score Card Grade:

Capsim grade = 0.1145038*(Capsim Total) + 20.6011450

Hi all:
I am looking for an MBA student who might be interested in doing a Directed Study with me next term (starting January) on the topic of co-creating sustainable cities.  I am fairly open as to the direction this DS might take so we can “co-create” the learning outcomes and deliverables together.  Murali assures me that some of you have the flexibility to do Directed Study.

As part of my role as Chair of the Campus-City Collaborative, (the six post secondary institutions in Vancouver + City of Vancouver with a goal of helping the City achieve its greenest city targets) I am involved with an organization called the World Class Cities Partnership (WCCP).  http://nuweb9.neu.edu/wccp/

The WCCP brings together civic, business and academic leaders from cities spanning the globe – Barcelona, Boston, Dublin, Guadalajara, Haifa, Hamburg, Lisbon, Lyon, and Vancouver – for the purpose of creating sustainable social change through policy research, and development and implementation of best practice solutions to common challenges.

This year’s policy research topic is Co-Creating Sustainable Cities– analyzing methods of engagement and data sources to address such urban processes as crowd sourcing, alternative financing, development proposals, and municipal budgeting in the effort to make cities more sustainable and economically successful. City officials around the world increasingly recognize the power and potential of opening processes traditionally thought of as the responsibility of city governments to the public.

The WCCP hub is at North Eastern University in Boston.  This term a practicum experience has been running that provides an opportunity for students to work on a client project, gain real-world experience, engage in primary data collection, apply research methods to policy issues, and develop relationships with local and global WCCP participants.

Next term a number of the WCCP member cities’ post secondary institutions are looking to mount directed studies as well — so we will network the students working on various WCCP projects.  I can send more info if you are interested.

Please email me at moura.quayle@sauder.ubc.ca.

All the best,

Moura

Prior to the first Project 2 Workshop on October 17th, everyone needs to register for the Forrester Database.

Please follow the Instructions below:

1. Please visit the David Lam Management Research Library at http://lam.library.ubc.ca/.
2. In the “Browse Business Databases” section, please select “By title A-Z”.
3. Select “F” and click on Forrester Research.

Please note that there is a one-time additional registration step for this database and it will only take a few minutes.

It is crucial that everyone completes this process ahead of the October 17th workshop so you will be ready to move quickly into applied exercises.

Thank you!