AACSB International and Beta Gamma Sigma Welcome Reception
Participants are invited to join AACSB International and Beta Gamma Sigma as they recognize and congratulate AACSB’s newly accredited and reaffirmed schools during the welcome reception.
 

Plenary I: China, India, and the Future of Everything
The world has witnessed an increasing economic, social, technological and cultural interdependence among nations during the last few decades. China has emerged as a major global creditor and manufacturing center for the world. India is fast becoming a world center for software development. If present trends continue, China will be the largest economy in the world and India will have displaced the U.S. as the center for high-tech development. Should we care? If so, what should we do about it? Robert Reich, former secretary of labor, is one of the nation’s most influential public leaders and thinkers on business and the economy. During this session, Dr.  Reich will address these vital questions, as well as discuss the future of the emerging global economy.

• Robert Reich, former U.S. labor secretary, and professor, Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
   

Sponsored by:

                  W.P. Carey School of Business
                        Arizona State University
 

Accreditation
(A1) AACSB Standards and Process Update
This session will focus on the changes in the interpretive materials supporting AACSB accreditation standards and modifications to accreditation processes, forms, etc. as adopted by the AACSB Accreditation Quality Committee and AACSB Accreditation Coordinating Committee, respectively. The session also will provide an opportunity for questions and discussion on accreditation issues, current challenges, and provide a forum for feedback in support of continuous improvement.

• Kai Peters, chief executive, Ashridge
• Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International
   

Global Collaboration and Leadership
(A2) Developing Responsible Business Leaders: From Mission Statement to Measuring Success
Around the globe, schools use very different approaches to achieve their objective of developing responsible business leaders. Sharing experiences internationally on opportunities and challenges in different business programs, enables schools to broaden their perspective on this important issue and to develop new, innovative approaches. In this session examples are provided from three different schools on two different continents that each address this issue in a different manner. Session participants are invited to actively participate in the development of an integrative framework which reflects shared experiences on the trajectory starting at the mission statement of the school and ending at measuring success.

• Marielle Heijltjes, professor of managerial behavior, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universiteit Maastricht
• Stephen Murdoch, dean, International Relations, Groupe ESC Rouen
• Norman A. Solomon, dean, Charles F. Dolan School of Business, Fairfield University
   

Faculty Development and Resource Management
(A3) Addressing Standard # 10 (Faculty Qualifications):  Processes, faculty development, and balancing strategies
Maintaining a complement of academically qualified (AQ) and professionally qualified (PQ) faculty (Standard #10) can be one of the more difficult standards to satisfy. This session will offer suggestions for meeting this standard by examining: (i) processes to document compliance, (ii) a sample of AQ/PQ definitions at other schools, (iii) examples of non-publishing activities for faculty to maintain qualifications, (iv) strategies for balancing faculty resources across multiple delivery sites, and (v) strategies for investing to maintain a complement of AQ faculty.

• Ronald E. Shiffler, dean, College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University
• O. Ray Whittington, dean, College of Commerce and The Charles H. Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, DePaul University
   

Future of B-Schools
(A4) The Impact of Research
Why is faculty research important for colleges of business and AACSB? Attend this session to preview and discuss the work of AACSB International’s Task Force on the Impact of Research, which will issue its final report in the fall of 2007. The chair of the task force will describe AACSB’s analysis of business school scholarship in its various forms, including the value propositions for various constituents, recent criticisms, and the role it can play in individual college development. He also will introduce a series of recommendations, including several with implications for accreditation, intended to shift the focus of assessments to “impact” rather than activity. These recommendations also address ways in which AACSB International and other organizations can increase the overall visibility of business school faculty scholarship within the academy and in practice.

• Joseph A. Alutto, dean and John W. Berry, Sr. Chair in Business, Max M. Fisher College of Business, The Ohio State University
   

Ethics and Governance
(A5) Corporate Integrity: A Look at the State of Business
Business schools around the country have developed programs to prepare their students for the ethical dilemmas they will face in business. But what exactly are those dilemmas and challenges? This session brings together three nationally recognized speakers to present the state of business integrity today as reflected in KPMG’s extensive surveys of businesses on the topics of Integrity and Fraud. In this presentation you will hear from KPMG partner Timothy Hedley, PhD, who works on the frontline of detecting and prosecuting fraud at major corporations around the world. Nationally recognized speaker, Walt Pavlo, will discuss white-collar crime through his own experiences as a convicted felon in a high profile case at MCI Telecommunications. Finally, a Forbes Senior Editor, Neil Weinberg will present stories he has covered involving ethical breaches in business over the past few years. Together, these three lecturers will provide a candid look at the challenges facing tomorrow’s business leaders and why ethics training is so important at business schools today.

• Tim Hedley, partner, KPMG
• Walter A. Pavlo, Jr., president, Etika, LLC
• Neil Weinberg, senior editor, Forbes Magazine
   

Technology
(A6) Leveraging Technology in Pedagogy, Brand Extension and Community
This session examines how business schools utilize technology in teaching, brand extension, and community building. The first half of the session reports on an in-depth study of U.S. schools. It reveals that many schools leverage technology primarily to improve teaching and student learning. The second half demonstrates similar technology uses in an Asian learning environment. A case example, the PDA Project at the City University of Hong Kong proves that technology can create a high level of interaction between students and instructors and increase student learning and performance. Participants in this session will gain an understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of various technologies used to improve teaching and learning, along with an understanding of the broader implications for brand extension and community building initiatives.

• John B. Chalykoff, associate dean, School of Management, Boston University
• Christian Wagner, associate dean and director of First Year Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Business, City University of Hong Kong
   

Exhibitor Session
(A7) The Graduate Management Admission Council®
This session will highlight useful services and products that GMAC® makes available to graduate program administrators and prospective students. Examples include market research trend information, professional development opportunities, the Graduate Management Admission Search Service (GMASS®), the Validity Study Service (VSS®), GMAT® test preparation and more.

• Daphne Atkinson, vice president, Industry Relations, Graduate Management Admission Council®
• Peg Fagan Jöbst, senior vice president, GMAT® Program
• Sandra Kelzenberg, director of client services, Graduate Management Admission Council®
   

Exhibitor Session
(A8) Business Performance Management (BPM): Global Trends in BPM Adoption by Schools of Business
Business or corporate performance management is more than a new technology; it entails a set of management practices that are being adopted by companies worldwide to align planning, people, and metrics with actionable insights. This session will introduce attendees to BPM and some of the exciting initiatives underway to integrate BPM into business schools' curricula.

• Mark Conway, director, Academic Alliance Program, Hyperion
• Gauthier Vasseur, director Solutions and Industry Marketing, Hyperion
   

Exhibitor Session
(A9) Global Trends in Business Education
Discussion of global trends in business education and the use of web-based tools for student assessment, automated tutoring, homework management, and creation of branded custom products.

• Brent Gordon, vice president, editor-in-chief, McGraw-Hill Business and Economics Publishing
• Rob Zwettler, vice president, marketing, McGraw-Hill Business and Economics Publishing
   

• Kevin Kennedy, president and chief executive officer, JDS Uniphase

Accreditation
(B1) Interfacing and Collaborating with Regional Accreditation Groups: A Case Study with SACS
This session will focus on a comparison of AACSB standards with those for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. Differences and common areas will be explored.  Participants will have an opportunity to explore the potential interface of AACSB reviews and SACS reviews as well as discuss issues of conflict with the two review processes and standards.

• Tom Benberg, vice president and chief of staff, Commission on Colleges of SACS
• Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International
   

Global Collaboration and Leadership
(B2) Regional Perspectives on Globalization and Graduate Business Education
This session will provide a multi-regional examination of globalization and its impact on graduate business education. Specifically, Chinese, Western European, and North American perspectives on globalization will be presented, including how leading MBA programs in each region are facilitating student learning. Collectively, these perspectives will broaden the audiences' understanding of globalization, regional manifestations of world change, and best practices in MBA program design and content delivery.

• Pascal Morand, dean, ESCP-EAP European School of Management Paris-London-Madrid-Berlin-Torino
• Xiaojun (June) Qian, assistant dean, planning and quality assurance director, School of Economics and Management, Tsinghua University
• Martin Roth, executive director, Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina
   

Faculty Development and Resource Management
(B3) Recruiting and Retaining AQ Faculty and Implications for the B-School
Faced with diminished supply and expanding demand for academically qualified faculty, business schools must employ creative and effective strategies for recruiting, generating, mentoring, and retaining AQ faculty. This session will explore the extent of the doctoral faculty shortage and AACSB International’s efforts to address this issue, as well as ways to successfully recruit and retain AQ faculty.

• Richard E. Sorensen, dean, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Barry Spicer, dean, The University of Auckland Business School, The University of Auckland
   

Future of B-Schools
(B4) Reshaping B-School Curricula
Dean Podolny discusses the process and content of the curricular changes the Yale School of Management has implemented this year, replacing traditional courses such as finance and marketing with interdisciplinary courses designed around the key constituencies a manager needs to engage to be effective (investor, customer, employee, etc). While still learning the fundamental tools of management, Yale MBA students learn how to use these tools in the context of the managerial challenges that they will face. Podolny will pay particular attention to how the SOM faculty met the challenge of implementing this new curricular model less than six months after its approval.

• Joel M. Podolny, dean, School of Management, Yale University
   

Ethics and Governance
(B5) Experiences from Litigation with a Focus on Professional Ethics: What’s Missing from Accountancy Education
In this session, Dan M. Guy, former vice president, Auditing Standards, at the AICPA, will describe how ethical obligations of CPAs are handled in accounting malpractice cases. Since taking early retirement from the AICPA in January, 1998, Dan has practiced as a litigation consultant or as an accounting expert. He has handled more than 30 litigation matters, many of which are described as complex. Many of those matters have involved significant questions related to ethical obligations. Dan has a number of observations, based on cases both for and against CPAs and about ethics and deficiencies in both practice and education related to ethics.

• Dan M. Guy, litigation consultant and former vice president of Auditing Standards, AICPA
   

Technology
(B6) Fostering B-School Innovation and the Role of Leading Technology in the 21st Century
Information technology leaders face three major challenges in the 21st century: managing the increasing scale of customer demands and technology infrastructure, meaningfully engaging with both internal and external constituents, and fostering innovation to remain relevant in the future. This session will discuss why these challenges are fundamental to the success of information technology in business education and explore how IT services can move beyond providing commodity services to become a strategic asset. The talk will present several examples of how the Wharton School has addressed these challenges of scale, engagement, and innovation in its IT environment.

• Deirdre Woods, associate dean and chief information officer, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
   

Exhibitor Session
(B7) Creating a Culture of Evidence with Student Learning Outcomes Measures: Integrating Best Practices for Accreditation and Continuous Quality Improvement
A short discussion will introduce the value of assessing student learning by covering measurement and identifying assessment options and the value of national comparative data. Real examples of best practices will then demonstrate the value of organizational issues in using data to inform resource allocation decisions, curricular reform, and communications, including creating a culture of evidence at an institution through the proactive, ongoing response to the need to demonstrate student learning.

• William Wynne, director, Higher Education Assessment Group, Educational Testing Service
   

Exhibitor Session
(B8) Outcome Based Assessments, Alumni Surveys, and Course Evaluations: An Integrated Approach to Accreditation Management
As business programs struggle with gathering evidence of student learning, measuring outcomes, demonstrating faculty professional and academic development, and meeting their missions/goals, LiveText can help. In LiveText, students have the ability to create capstone assignments, e-portfolios, and any other directed assignments, which can be assessed by faculty using customized online outcome assessment scoring guides. Custom reports can then be generated for accreditation purposes and to demonstrate how students are meeting your learning outcomes. In addition to direct student assessments, LiveText also offers a full suite of accreditation management tools to track faculty accomplishments, evaluate course instructors, and survey alumni/employers. LiveText offers your program a fully integrated solution for your accreditation requirements. Join us as we demonstrate and discuss how our solution can assist you in achieving your accreditation goals.

• Robert Budnik, co-founder, LiveText
   

Exhibitor Session
(B9) A Web-Based Assurance of Learning Platform
TaskStream is the leader in providing web-based tools for demonstrating learning achievement through artifact retention and outcomes assessment. The session will present how TaskStream's turnkey solution can be adapted within academic units as well as across the campus to provide a robust collaborative toolset for planning, implementing and documenting assurance of learning.

• Webster Thompson, executive vice president, TaskStream
   

Sponsored by:
 
                 Charles F. Dolan School of Business
                               Fairfield University
 

Sponsored by:
 
              The Fox School of Business and Management
                                     Temple University
 

• Ronald S. Burt, Hobart W. Williams Professor of Sociology and Strategy, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business

Sponsored by:

                    The Entrepreneurship Programs
                           University of Louisville
 

Refreshment Break

Sponsored by:
                          Shidler College of Business
                        University of Hawaii at Manoa
 

Accreditation
(C1) Assessment and Assurance of Learning
This presentation will explore examples of best practices in assessment and assurance of learning from three different schools.  Participants in this session will gain an understanding of AACSB assurance of learning standards and expectations and their context within the overall landscape of higher education.

Panelists:

• Diane Hamilton, professor of Management Information Systems, Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University
• Jos G.A.M. Lemmink, dean, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Universiteit Maastricht Business School
• Edward J. Schoen, dean, Rohrer College of Business, Rowan University
• Jerry R. Strawser, dean, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

Moderator:

• Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president and chief accreditation officer, AACSB International
   

Global Collaboration and Leadership
(C2) Innovative International Alliances in Undergraduate Business Education
Innovative international projects, when properly designed and implemented, deepen the potential for students to understand this global multicultural world, and perform in a superior manner for both business and the community they live in. It also puts a human face on globalization. Panelists from three schools will provide theoretical and experience-based information on how internationally sited community-based projects, partnered with host city universities and companies, can ensure undergraduate international business programs continue to excel in meeting AACSB goals, and prepare students for careers in a global context. A set of successful global service projects will be featured.

• Allan Bird, director, International Business Institute, College of Business Administration, University of Missouri-St. Louis
• Robert Hogner, associate professor, College of Business Administration, Florida International University
• Arvind V. Phatak, Laura H. Carnell Professor of Management and International Business, The Fox School of Business, Temple University
• Jerman Rose, director, College of Business and Economics, Washington State University
   

Future of B-Schools
(C3) The Next 90 Years: Perspectives from AACSB's Founding Schools
A panel of leading deans from AACSB’s founding schools will present their views on the future of management education.

• Thomas Cooley, dean, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University
• Angelo DeNisi, dean, A. B. Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
• Avijit Ghosh, dean, College of Business, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Joel M. Podolny, dean, School of Management, Yale University
• Edward A. Snyder, dean, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business
   

(C4) New Deans on Deaning: Lessons Learned in the First Five Years
Over 250 new deans have attended the AACSB New Deans Seminar since it was revived in 2001-02. Many others have become new deans during this period. This lively and highly-interactive session will discuss the lessons learned by New Deans Seminar attendees and others. What have been the major challenges and how have they been addressed? What are the secrets of survival and success in a position that often does not last five years? How has the job of business dean changed over the past five years? How many new deans are no longer dean, and why? How can new and veteran deans be better prepared for the future?

Panelists:

• Linda R. Garceau, dean, College of Business and Technology, East Tennessee State University
• David G. Martin, dean, College of Business, Bloomsburg University
• Craig M. McAllaster, dean, Roy E. Crummer Graduate School of Business, Rollins College

Moderator:

• Allan D. Spritzer, Allen and Ruth Harris Chair of Excellence in Business and former dean of business, East Tennessee State University
   

(C5) In Business for a Better World: A New Graduate Program in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise at Colorado State University
Dr. John Olienyk will discuss a new graduate degree program at Colorado State University in which entrepreneurial approaches will be utilized to build businesses that address global problems such as poverty, environmental degradation, and disease. Dr. Olienyk is senior associate dean and professor of international finance at Colorado State University. He has participated in faculty exchange programs with universities in the former Soviet Union under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Agency for International Development.

• John P. Olienyk, senior associate dean and professor of international finance, College of Business, Colorado State University
   

Exhibitor Session
(C6) Ethics Across the Curriculum: Infusing Moral Courage
Business Schools are attempting to answer this question: how can Ethics Across the Curriculum be accomplished, in a pedagogically sound manner, while also engaging students and faculty? Dr Catharyn Baird discusses her experience teaching business law and ethics for more than 20 years and how she created resources that work.

• Catharyn Baird, professor of business, Regis University, Denver and founder of EthicsGame.com
   

Exhibitor Session
(C7) Implementing Course-Embedded Assessment Efficiently Using STEPS Software
Many schools are exploring the use of rubric-based program assessments embedded in courses. Using STEPS software, this session will demonstrate how to implement an assurance of learning process consistent with AACSB standards. A case study and a demonstration of STEPS' capabilities are included.

• Steve Adams, professor of accounting and interim dean, College of Business, California State University, Chico
• Gail Corbitt, professor of MIS, department chair for accounting and MIS, California State University, Chico
   

Exhibitor Session
(C8) International Alliances in Business Education: Lessons from Latin American Experiences
This session aims to drive the strategies and experience of a number of US and Latin American schools that have developed joint programs and other collaborative educational and research programs.

• Arturo Condo, professor and dean, Faculty and MBA Programs, INCAE and a director of CLACDS (Latin American Center for Competitiveness and Sustainable Development)
• José de la Torre, dean of the Alvah H. Chapman Graduate School of Business and J.K. Batten Eminent Scholar Chair in Strategy, Florida International University
• Jorge Talavera, president, Universidad ESAN and executive director, CLADEA - Consejo Latinoamericano de Escuelas de Administración
• Robert E. Widing II, senior vice president of academic programs, professor of Marketing, Thunderbird School of Global Management
   

• John J. Glier, president and chief executive officer, Grenzebach Glier & Associates, Inc.
   

• Tim Brailsford, Initial Accreditation Committee Chair, and head,
  University of Queensland Business School, The University of Queensland
• Richard A. Cosier, Maintenance of Accreditation Committee Chair, and dean,  School of Management and Krannert Graduate School of Management, Purdue University
• Mark P. Rice, PreAccreditation Committee Chair, and Murata Dean, F. W. Olin Graduate School of Business, Babson College
• Jerry R. Strawser, Accounting Accreditation Committee Chair, and dean, Mays Business School, Texas A&M University

Moderator:

• Jerry Trapnell, executive vice president, AACSB International