Agenda


Monday, April 22, 2013


7:00 a.m.–8:00 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

  
8:00 a.m.–9:00am

Introduction: Challenges and opportunities for undergraduate business education
Facilitators:

  • Stefanie Lenway, Eli and Edythe L. Broad Dean and Professor of Management, Eli Broad College of Business, Michigan State University
  • Chris Earley, Dean and James Brooke Henderson Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University

  
9:00 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Program design and implementation
Facilitators:

  • Karen Golden-Biddle, Senior Associate Dean, Boston University School of Management
  • Steven Davidson, Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiatives & Student Learning, Boston University School of Management

  
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Break

  
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Integration of the business disciplines

  • Effective structuring of courses and programs
  • Experiential learning opportunities
Facilitators:
  • Debra Arvanites, Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Operations, Villanova Business School, Villanova University

  
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

  
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Developing thinking and reasoning skills
Critical and reflective thinking
Facilitators:

  • Deborah MacInnis, Vice Dean for Undergraduate Programs, Charles L. and Ramona I. Hilliard Professor of Business Administration, and professor of Marketing, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business
    Jody Tolan, Lecturer, Management and Organization, University of Southern California Marshall School of Business

Creative and innovative thinking
Facilitator:
  • Robert McNamee, Academic Director of the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Institute, assistant professor, Fox School of Business, Temple University

  
3:00 p.m.–3:30 p.m.

Break

  
3:30 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Curricula collaborations and innovative partnership
Facilitator:

  • Stefanie Lenway, Dean of the Eli Broad College of Business and Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University
  • Mary Maus Kosir, Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Program, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota

  
5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.

Reception


Tuesday, April 23, 2013


7:30 a.m.–8:30 a.m.

Breakfast and Registration

  
8:30 a.m.–10:00 a.m.

Developing Interpersonal skills

  • Intercultural communication and collaboration
    Facilitator:
    Chris Earley, Dean and James Brooke Henderson Professor of Management, Krannert School of Management, Purdue University
  • Leadership development and teamwork
    Facilitator:
    Audrey J. Murrell, Associate Professor of Business Administration, Psychology, Public and International Affairs Director of the David Berg Center for Ethics and Leadership, University of Pittsburgh
  
10:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Break

  
10:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Pedagogy and student learning styles
Facilitator:

  • Andrea Hershatter, Senior Associate Dean, Emory University's Goizueta Business School
  • Tawnya Means, Director, Center for Teaching, Learning and Assessment, Warrington College of Business Administration, University of Florida

  
12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.

Lunch

  
1:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.

Bonus session on undergraduate education and the proposed new Accreditation Standards