2014 Integrated Foundation Announcements

Grades have been released on turnitin.com and Exemplars/Comments are now avaialble on Connect > IF Section  > Cases >Wriston Tab. 

2 new proposals (#11 and #12) have been added to the Project 2 folder.

Please note that the grades for Marketing Assignment #1 are now available. Please login to Connect > Grade Book to view your grade. An exemplar is also uploaded in the Marketing folder.

Please note that the deadline to submit the final iPeer evaluations for project 1 is tomorrow – Friday midnight, October 5th.

Completion of the iPeer evaluation is mandatory and we must receive your responses by the deadline.

Please login to iPeer at https://ipeer.elearning.ubc.ca/loginout/login and complete “2014 FT MBA IF: Final Project 1 (CAPSIM) iPeer Evaluation”. As you will see, there are 2 parts (part 1 & 2) and you must submit both parts in order to be considered as complete.

Hi Everyone, 

We have scheduled a maintenance window for Connect on Saturday October

6th from 07:00-08:00 PT to apply a patch to resolve issues with

metadata in the Content System.  If you have any concerns or questions,

please let me know.

Announcements will be posted on Connect shortly.

FYI,

Jeff

>>Jeff Longland

>>Manager, Learning Applications

>>Information Technology | Engage. Envision. Enable The University of

>>British Columbia

>>Tel: 604.827.4967

Please note that the class notes for Finance are now posted in Connect in the Finance folder.

All the projects that have been chosen by a team have now been marked (TAKEN) on Connect  > Project 2 Folder > Project Business Plan Proposals.

We have posted the research on the economic value of layoffs/effective restructuring. The following are available alongside the Wriston slides in the case folder in Connect.

– Cascio 2002: Strategies for Responsible Restructuring
– Casio & Wynn 2004 – Managing a Downsizing Process
– Pfeffer 2010 – Lay off the lay offs

A soft copy of the Site Masher Case is now available on Connect  > IF Section > ITM Folder > Class Notes Section

The hard copies of the submitted Marketing Fashion Channel Segmentation Analysis will be available for pickup outside Tim Silk’s office – HA569 after 6:00pm today.

Grades will also be released at 6:00pm and can be found on Connect > My Grades Tab