Monthly Archives: September 2013

ISL Symposium and Sauder Africa Initiative

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Dear Sauder MBA Students:

Please find attached a poster for a free symposium on selected student projects undertaken in Africa this past year.   ISL Symposium Poster

Also note that we will be recruiting students for the Sauder Africa Initiative or SAI (for the summer of 2014) at this event. If you want to get involved in social entrepreneurship or international development then you will want to attend this free symposium and SAI information day.  Please see our web site for additional information: http://www.sauder.ubc.ca/Global_Reach/Sauder_Africa_Initiative

Flyer and information on SAI

Participants can register for this symposium at pursuingimpact.eventbrite.com  It is FREE

Any questions, please contact Frances Chandler, Director Research Support Services at frances.chandler@sauder.ubc.ca .

 

Career Tracks Information Workshop – Fri Sept 27th – all students required to attend

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The Career Tracks Information Workshop will take place this Friday, Sept 27th, from 9am-12:30pm in HA 098.

You will hear a description of each track from the Track Champions, as well as information about career possibilities, the skills needed and the highlights of the track programming.

The Business Career Centre staff will be in attendance to add their perspective, and there will be lots of time for you to ask questions.

In preparation for Friday please watch the following 5 minute Track Overview video that gives you an overview of how the career tracks work (timing for choosing your track, registration for track-specific mini-modules, how the Track Requirements sheets work, track overlap for modules). No one will be presenting the information found in the video on Friday, so please do watch it in advance.

I have updated your Connect site with all the Track information, including the Track Requirements sheets (originals found on your Current Students website, under the FT MBA Track Requirements tab), a link to the video, and the Track Overview powerpoint presentation.

Also included is the Pre-req Module List document, which lists all the modules taught in the program, which track they belong to and are cross-listed with, what pre-reqs they have etc.

Please review the information and documents provided above prior to the workshop on Friday, and if you have any questions in the meantime please send them through to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

Mock Interviews: Follow-Up & Important Message re. Participation

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This past Thursday, 51 of you experienced Mock Interview “B”. As a reminder, Mock Interview “A” is part of your Intake Meeting with Mary/Rodrigo. By all accounts, mock interviewing thus far has been a great use of your time.

These learning events were designed to give you a mechanism to try-out your skills, get feedback in a no-risk environment and move forward. We experienced everything from 6 minute answers on the “tell me about yourself” question to people sharing far too much about their family problems, etc. And at the same time, great examples were given, strengths articulated, and most importantly, you had an opportunity to be in the “hot seat” and practice live. This was the purpose of this exercise – to get a baseline experience. So, great job to all of you who have participated. For those scheduled for this Thursday, you should look forward to a valuable 30 minutes.

The Mock Interview journey continues during IPD week begining Tuesday, October 15. More information to follow next week.

No-Shows & IPD Programming

I do have an important message to communicate. These activities are required elements of the program, and involve a significant amount of planning and organization. Twenty-two students ignored the sign-up deadlines. Rodrigo was able to fit in 5 at the last minute. (One of those people did not show up for their interview.) Which leaves 18 who have not scheduled their mock interview, nor communicated with us.

Going forward, it is very important that you sign-up, where required, in a timely fashion. Please respect that it is not a good use of our time to be chasing people after the deadline.

For this one time only, we are going to try and create some slots for the 18 who have not scheduled their interview. As one interview experience leads to the next, and because you will be representing Sauder during interview season, this training is important.

Thank you for your attention on this. Onwards and upwards.

Savage Beast Case Memo Grades Now Available!

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Please note that your grade for the 2nd Integrated Case Memo – Savage Beast is now released on Connect > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration &Professional Development: Foundation > My Grades (left menu under IPD: Foundation).

*It is important to note that underneath your grade, you may click on “Comments” to view the individual feedback our graders have provided for you.*

Within the Grading folder in Sept 20 – Integrated Case #2: Savage Beast, we have also posted the Overall Graders’ Comments that were presented last Friday and 2 exemplars for you to refer to.

Should you experience any problems with viewing this information, please do not hesitate to contact askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Business Plan Project Updates

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Further to the previous blog post – Business Plan Project – Workshop #1 – Thurs, Sept 26, it is crucial that students review Appendix 6 of the IPD Handbook so get yourself well prepared. The handbook is located on Connect > myUBC MBA 2015 > myIPD > IPD Handbook

Please keep in mind that:

  1. Teams need to draft an idea to the first workshop
  2. It needs to fit the assignment criteria, as found in Appendix 6 of the IPD      Handbook.

Should you have any questions, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

Global Immersion Teams

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Global Immersion Location Teams!

The location destination teams are now finalized and the next leg of your UBC MBA journey is ready to begin! We are very pleased to be able to give everyone their first or second choice for location. Location selection took into consideration: student preference, student non-familiarity with the locations and logistical constraints/location capacity.

Click image below to see GIE teams:

Follow up communications regarding Global Immersion will be sent to you in the next couple of weeks by blog post or emails. Some of these will be specific to all Global Immersion participants, and others will be location-specific.

IMPORTANT — Please note that there are two mandatory workshops which all Global Immersion 2014 participants must attend:

9 AM – 4 PM Saturday, October 26th

9 AM  – 1 PM Saturday, February 1st  (*Followed by location specific break-out sessions as required)

Best of luck to all of the teams on this exciting journey!

Net Impact Conference

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It has been brought to our attention that there was a Facebook post encouraging the 1st year MBA students to sign up for the Net Impact Conference in Silicon Valley, California from Oct 24-26.

Please note that the 3rd integrated case discussion is scheduled on Friday, Oct 25 and attendance is mandatory. As such, 1st year MBA students will not be able to attend the Net Impact Conference this year.

Your class will however be able to take advantage of this opportunity in the 2nd year of the program.

Thank you for your understanding.

Business Plan Project – Workshop #1 – Thurs, Sept 26

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Please refer to Business Plan Project Workshop 1 (Sept 26) – Briefing Notes before the 1st Business Plan Project Workshop which is scheduled next week.

Mandatory Business Plan Workshop #1
Date: Thurs, Sept 26
Time: 5-9pm
Location: Swing Space Building – Room 221 (5 minutes from the Henry Angus Building)

The first workshop will be to your great advantage if your team has pre-discussed potential new venture ideas and selected a draft idea already as there will be no time in the workshop to do idea generation.

It is crucial that you review this document very carefully as there are readings and preparation tasks that you and your team need to complete before the workshop. This document also saved in Connect > myUBC MBA 2014 > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation > Business Plan Project > Business Plan Project Workshop 1 (Sept 26) – Briefing Notes.

To find out which team you are in, you may click here and this is also located on Connect within the Business Plan Project folder.

IPD Handbook

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The much awaited IPD Handbook is finally made available to you on Connect > myUBC MBA 2014 > myIPD > IPD Handbook!

This handbook is designed to answer questions commonly asked by students, as well as to serve as a guidebook mainly for the nature and content of IPD – Academics. We recommend that you browse through this handbook where you can get a brief overview of each component in IPD.

Sept 20 – Savage Beast Case Discussion & IE Track Introduction

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A friendly reminder that the Savage Beast case discussion and introduction to the IE track is scheduled on Friday, Sept 20 at HA 098.

General agenda for the day is:
8:00 – 11:30am                Case Discussion 
11:30 – 12:30pm              Lunch (students on their own)
12:30 – 3:15pm                IE Track Introduction
3:15 – 3:30pm                  Break
3:30 – 4:00pm                  Strategy Workshop

To come prepared for the IE Track Introduction, we kindly ask that you click here before Friday. Please preview the links so that you know the alumni and 2nd year students who will be in attendance and the companies represented. It is expected that you come knowing a little about the people you will hear from so you can start by asking questions in what will be an interactive session. This is also posted on Connect > myUBC MBA 2015 > myIPD > BA 504 (3.0) Integration & Professional Development: Foundation > Integrated Cases > Sept 20 – Integrated Case #2: Savage Beast > IE Workshop.

Attendance on Friday is mandatory. Dress code is business casual as we have speakers in the afternoon. (business casual = no jeans, t-shirts and sweatshirts but simple blouses/shirts, khakis, pants/knee length skirts are acceptable)