Congratulations Class of 2015 on your completion of your Capstone project!

We would like to remind you to please send your Powerpoint slides to askMBA@sauder.ubc.ca so these can be shared with the executives of the companies which you presented to.

Thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm in putting together these presentations, they were very much appreciated by all our participants.

Best,

The Capstone Team

I invite you to participate in a survey which seeks to gather information on your experiences thus far at Sauder. During your MBA journey, you have completed 2 surveys. As the program is closing in a couple of days, we have set aside 30 minutes for you to complete the final survey tomorrow (Wed, Dec 10).

After you present your final presentation to the Executives, please go to HA 098 where you will complete the online Final Student Experience Survey. An email will be sent to you tomorrow with a direct link to the survey.

We appreciate your honest feedback and are dedicated to making continuous improvements to the program.

The online application for graduation will open in December – the graduation office has not given us an exact date yet but we will notify you via email when the application is open and what your next steps should be. The application stays open until the end of February.

The 2015 Spring congregation dates are May 20-22 & May 25-27. We are in regular contact with the graduation office and they have not released the specific date and time for the MBA graduation in May yet. They have let us know this information will be released in January, at which time we will communicate it to you via email as well.

More information about the graduation process can be found here: http://www.students.ubc.ca/coursesreg/graduation/

If you have any questions you can direct them, as always, to askmba@sauder.ubc.ca.

On Monday, December 8th 2014, we will be covering the WestJet Case. In preparation for participating in the case discussion, over this coming weekend, please read the attached case, examine the data, and come prepared to discuss the issue.

Preparation for Monday December 8th-Capstone

Would You Bet Your Company on Your People

You can also refer to BA 508 001 IPD: Capstone and Business in Society blog 

Capstone Dress Code:
Monday, December 8th: Business Casual
Tuesday, December 9th: Outdoor/Cold Weather Gear
Wednesday, December 10th: Business Formal

Sauder Exchange Café: 

• Monday, December 1^st to Friday, December 16^th, 2014
  • Monday to Friday – 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (closed on weekends)
• CLOSED, December 17^th noon to January 4^th, 2015 inclusive
• Sauder Exchange Café will return to regular hours effective January 5^th, 2015 which are:
  • Mondays to Thursdays – 7:45 am to 8:00 pm
  • Fridays – 7:45 am to 4:00 pm
  • Saturdays – 9:00 am to 3:00 pm
  • Sundays – 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

UBC Bookstore @ Sauder: 

• December 18^th to January 4^th, 2015 inclusive – CLOSED; and
• Monday, January 5^th, 2015 – reopen, regular hours – Monday to Friday – 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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”