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School News
Schools MBAs and Undergrads to Mentor Senior Citi Executives on Digital Strategies
A select group of the School's MBA and undergraduate students will serve as mentors to senior Citi executives as a way to incorporate their perspective on social media and digital technologies for long-term strategies.
School Brings Together Female Business Leaders for Candid Discussion
The School of Business in September brought together nearly 125 women to talk about pursuing leadership positions in business, overcoming sexism in the workplace, balancing work and home life and more.
School of Business Senior Among Panelists at 2013 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting
A senior finance major from the School of Business was among more than 1,000 global leaders, including 60 current and former heads of state, as well as top business, NGO, and philanthropy leaders who spoke at the ninth annual Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting Sept. 23-26 in New York City.
School Hosts Top Latin American Executives for Program in Marketing

The School of Business in September hosted more than 40 Latin American executives for a one-week Executive Program in Marketing. The participants, who came from 12 countries, included high-level directors, general managers, vice presidents and CEOs.
In the News

 

San Francisco Chronicle - September 28, 2013 - The newspaper published an article, first published in a Bloomberg BusinessWeek column, about the School's reverse mentoring program with Citi in which 15 students are paired with senior Citi executives for six months to help Citi enhance its digital media strategies. Article


America Economia - September 27, 2013 - The leading Latin American business magazine published an article about the School's new reverse mentoring program with Citi. Article

 

Summa - September 26, 2013 - The leading Central American business magazine published an article about the School's reverse mentoring program with Citi in which 15 students are paired with senior Citi executives for six months to help Citi enhance its digital media strategies. The article included quotes from Dean Gene Anderson. Article

 

Bloomberg BusinessWeek - September 25 - The publication's "Getting In" business school section featured an article about the School's reverse mentoring program with Citi in which 15 students are paired with senior Citi executives for six months to help Citi enhance its digital media strategies. The article included quotes from MBA student Eileen Wende who noted "If anyone knows how to use social media and mobile apps, it's the Millennial Generation." Article

CBS 4/WFOR TV - September 25, 2013 - A segment on the Affordable Care Act featured Steve Ullmann, director of the School's programs in health sector management and policy, as an expert explaining what implementation of the health care reform legislation will mean for individuals. Ullmann advised people "to look at this from their own vantage point and utilize the services to do what is best for them as we go through this transition period." Video

Miami Today - September 19, 2013 - The newspaper published a lengthy article about the School's Center for Health Sector Management and Policy, which included information about its conferences focusing on the business of health care and research projects. The article quoted Steve Ullmann, the director of the center, who noted that "you can't talk about business without talking about health care, and vice versa."

 

NBC6/WTVJ-TV  - September 18, 2013 - A segment about the Affordable Care Act's impact on current and future physicians featured comments from an interview with Steve Ullmann, the director of the School's programs in health sector management and policy, who noted that "the doctor coming out [of medical school] today is facing a system that is much more business focused. The realization is that it is business." Video/Transcript

Big Data Republic - September 18, 2013 - In a blog post, Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, wrote that "for many organizations, the gap between a conceptual understanding of big data to the possession of a capability for execution is limited by their desire to embrace the challenge of managing the process." Article

Business Insider - September 17, 2013 - An article noted that Karen Turner, a business law lecturer, was named among the top 25 university professors by RateMyProfessors.com on its annual list. The article included comments from students who noted that Turner "genuinely cares about students and makes sure students are immersed in the subjects." Article

The Wall Street Journal - September 16, 2013 - Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, offered insight on whether companies spend too much time searching for groundbreaking innovations at the expense of incremental advances as part of "The Experts" in a special Journal Report. Article

América Economía - September 8, 2013 - The leading Latin American business magazine published a lengthy question and answer piece about the School's new Miami Executive MBA for the Americas program, based on an interview with Dean Gene Anderson. Article 

 

Harvard Business Review - August 15, 2013 - In a regular blog post, Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, wrote that IT-related problems at firms are rooted in leadership failings - that the "people in the C-suite don't understand IT problems, don't provide adequate resources to solve them, and don't approach the issues as members of unified technology-literate teams." Article

 

Harvard Business Review Germany - August 7, 2013 - In a blog post, Robert Plant, an associate professor of computer information systems, offered advice to the many companies that he said "annoy their customers with poor service," which is often "due to the asymmetry of power between companies and consumers." Article

 

 

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