With Period 7 exams just around the corner, we wanted to provide some important exam reminders:

1. Check your exam schedule carefully for dates, times and rooms. It is posted on Connect and on the bulletin board outside the Graduate Programs Office.
2. You are allowed to enter an exam up to 30 minutes late. Beyond that, you will not be permitted to enter. If you are late for any reason, please email the respective instructor and askmba@sauder.ubc.ca immediately.
3. Cold & flu season has begun. If you are too ill to write an exam, please email the respective instructor and askmba@sauder.ubc.ca immediately. You MUST get a doctor’s note to have the exam rescheduled. Please assess whether you are too ill to write before the exam begins; once you have begun an exam, the result will stand.

The below is in regard to academic integrity. While we hope and expect that no students would participate in any exam misconduct, it does happen unfortunately. Please be mindful of the below:

1. In most cases, your instructor and additional exam invigilators will be in the room during your exam.
2. Manage yourself and your test responses – ensure you are looking only at your own paper and ensure you are not exposing your paper to anyone. Viewing others’ work and allowing others to view your work is considered academic misconduct.
3. Only bring permitted items into your exam. Your instructor/invigilator will advise what is permitted. Accessing any non-permitted materials/resources during an exam is considered academic misconduct.
4. Review the following UBC policies regarding exams: http://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/exams/exam-guidelines.

Over the weekend and during exam week, be sure to pace yourself, get enough (some) sleep, eat well, get fresh air breaks, and use your classmates for study support.

Good luck to each and every one of you!

Please let Kelsey (kelsey.pease@sauder.ubc.ca) or Jenny (jenny.chan@sauder.ubc.ca) know if you have any questions or concerns. You can send us an email or drop by the Graduate Programs Office.

Dear Students,

On Monday, December 8th 2014, we will have 4 prominent CEOs joining us shortly after the morning case session. These CEOs come from the following industries:

– Asset Management
– Services Industry
– Retail Management
– Healthcare Testing Centre Management

In preparation for the scheduled discussion panel, we would like to come with a short list of questions for our guests. These will be shared with our guests prior the session in order to facilitate and enrich the in class discussion.

Please submit questions you would like to pose to the CEOs that will be joining us on the google doc found here.
Please submit your questions by November 30th 2014 – 8am

Many thanks,
Capstone Team

TELUS is the 2nd largest telecommunications company (telco) in Canada, the largest employer in BC, and also has a significant presence in health technology, retail, call centre outsourcing, and managed IT services. Matt is the manager of enterprise architects at TELUS. Matt’s team provides IT strategy consultation services to the entire organization, enabling TELUS to provide products and services to its customers more quickly, cheaply, and reliably. In his presentation, Matt will talk about 3 things –

1. Enterprise Architecture (EA) at TELUS
2. IT decision making and governance from an EA perspective
3. Technology vision for tomorrow in the era of disruptive technologies.

Capstone Day 3 – Wed, Dec 10 – Change in start & end time

Day 1: Monday, December 8 (8am-5pm)

Day 2: Tuesday, December 9 (8am-5pm)

Day 3: Wednesday, December 10 (8am-4pm)*

Capstone Celebration

Wednesday, December 10, 4:00-6:00pm (CPA Hall)*

*Please note the change in start and end time from previous blog announcement.

To view the Capstone course outline with detailed schedule, please click here. This is also available to you at the BA 508 Connect course site and Current Student website.

A message from Steve –

“Hi MBA Capstone students,

I am very much looking forward to getting together with all of you in the MBA Capstone Program which will take place on December 8^th, 9^th and 10^th. I am in the midst of finalizing details for the Program. One of the feature events is to have you do, in assigned teams, a business challenge and analyse and prepare recommendations which you will present to the CEO of the organization on the afternoon of Wednesday, December 10^th. There are 6 organizations and CEOs who will be involved in this part of the program and each CEO will have either 3 or 4 student teams assigned to him/her. I will give you the challenge on the afternoon of Tuesday, December 9^th.  On the morning of December 10^th, we would like you to present your analysis first to the faculty from around 8:00am to 10:30am. (There will be 6 faculty, one for each firm) and the presentations will take place simultaneously in 6 separate rooms.  Each presentation will be 10 minutes. The faculty will provide feedback to each team. In this way the teams will have the opportunity to modify their presentations before presenting to the CEOs starting around 1:00pm.

While I will provide you with a more detailed schedule over the next few weeks I wanted to give you a general idea of the ‘business challenge’ part of the Capstone Program. At this time there is nothing for you to prepare. On the Friday before Capstone starts I will post a case for you to read before the start of the program on the following Monday.

The MBA Capstone Program is going to be exciting, stimulating, educational and a lot of fun. Please be prepared to devote all day on each of December 8^th, 9^th and 10^th to the Capstone Program.

Cheers,

Steve”

Please note that the deadline to complete the survey has now been extended to Monday, November 17 at 5pm.

Sauder School of Business is currently working towards a model which would allow us to provide guaranteed access to childcare for all faculty, staff and students. Providing guaranteed childcare for the Sauder community is critical in attracting and retaining top talent. Your input is required to get a better understanding of the current demand for childcare.

Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey: Sauder Childcare Survey

The Period 7 exam schedule is now posted here.

Please note, if your module’s final evaluation is not listed please consult with your instructor. Also, the due dates and times for some final evaluations are subject to change depending on the instructor.

As per the Examination Policy:

• All exams, whether FT or PT, must be sat at the time stated in the exam schedule.
• Exams may not be re-arranged to accommodate students’ travel plans, irrespective of the reason for traveling.
• Extensions may only be granted by the Graduate Programs Office for medical reasons.
• Students must notify the Graduate Programs Office (askmba@sauder.ubc.ca) prior to the start of the exam if they are too ill to write.  A doctor’s note must be provided prior to the scheduling of a new exam date.

Any student with Examination Hardship defined as THREE or more exams within a 24-hour period should report this to the Graduate Programs Office (askmba@sauder.ubc.ca) by no later than Monday, November 24th 2014.

Failure to notify the Graduate Programs Office of 3 exams within 24 hours by the deadline given may result in students not being able to have an alternate exam sitting.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email askmba@sauder.ubc.ca

Bruce Duthie from Coast Capital Savings will be coming to give a presentation to the BAIT 506 class – Business Modelling for Information Technology Applications. Grace Shi, the instructor has kindly offered 20 seats for anyone who is interested in participating.

Date: Monday, November 17
Time: 8:00 – 9:50am
Location: HA 335

*Please RSVP by emailing grace.shi@sauder.ubc.ca with your name by 3pm today, Nov 13. It is first-come-first-serve basis and seats are limited.

Bruce Duthie
Chartered Professional Accountant
Sr. Programme Director, Coast Capital Savings

Discussion points

• Establishing positive relationships and building your brand
• How to Develop business cases for complex situations
• IT Project Governance – What the PMP / Business School don’t teach you about IT Projects
• Creating a high-performing team and sustaining
• How a GREEN project goes to RED in one minute

Sauder School of Business is currently working towards a model which would allow us to provide guaranteed access to childcare for all faculty, staff and students. Providing guaranteed childcare for the Sauder community is critical in attracting and retaining top talent. Your input is required to get a better understanding of the current demand for childcare.

Please take a few minutes to respond to the survey below by Friday, November 14 by 5:00pm.

Sauder Childcare Survey