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November/December
2006
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November 28 |
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Kerplunk-ing for a Good Cause |
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Ivey's HBA students enjoyed spirited
competition with
David Simpson and
Professor
Eric Morse in the Atrium on
Wednesday during a Kerplunk(TM)
tournament for charity.
The game
of KerPlunk(TM) is a class
metaphor used in Entrepreneurial Finance
to discuss ranking of creditors. The
students were also fortunate to have as
a class guest Mr. Scott Forbes of "Kids
Alive International." Scott gave a
presentation on financing a
not-for-profit organization, which
requires some incredible entrepreneurial
skills. Kids Alive provides orphanages
for kids hit by the ravages of AIDS
primarily in Africa.
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class metaphor was combined with the
students' desire to make a difference in
the world, and the KerPlunk(TM)
tournament was created. Each participant
paid an entry fee for the tournament and
in those fees combined with some
fundraising during a party after the
last day of class resulted in about $500
raised for Kids Alive.
Despite
accusations of 'home ice advantage' when
the final game was played using his
daughter's game, David Simpson was the
clear winner of the tournament.
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This
game requires nerves of steel.
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Turning the column can have nasty
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We
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November 28 |
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A New
Twist on the Annual Egg-Drop Challenge |
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On November 28, the virtual team project
in Professor Dietz's cross-cultural
management course ended with the egg
drop challenge. Students in the course
had partnered up with students at the
Johannes Kepler University in Linz,
Austria, in virtual teams.
Communicating via videoconferences and
internet media, the virtual teams had to
design and build egg-drop protectors.
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Members of one team prepare to
drop their egg. While theirs made it
safely to earth...
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Not every team had a flawless
landing.
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November
23
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The
Entrepreneurship club and E@Ivey Welcome
Angela Mondou to Ivey
Angela Mondou is a former Air Force
Captain whose career has been an
adventure, taking her from worldwide
military operations to some of the most
leading-edge companies in the world-
most recently Research In Motion, the
creator of BlackBerry. Angela is a
recognized inspirational speaker and
leadership and marketing consultant with
blue-chip companies and start-up
ventures. Most recently Angela has
published a book titled, "Hit the Ground
Leading! Seize your leadership potential
and do incredible things."
Angela
spoke about her new book, with a focus
on "Accessing your Exponential
Potential." For more information on
Angela please refer to her website,
www.iceleadership.com
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Angela Mondou (right) paused for
a moment with event organizers
Winnie Cheung (left) and Nicole
Verkindt
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November
20-23
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BCG Case
Competition
November 20 - 23 Ivey's HBA1s were
involved in the Boston Consulting Group
Case Competition. The competition gives
students a chance to test their
analytical, presentation and team skills
under demanding time and resource
constraints. Forty-four teams of HBA
students prepared for three rounds of
case presentations in the areas of
Marketing, Finance and Strategy.
The winning team is pictured below.
Congratulations everyone and thanks
again to BCG for sponsoring the event.
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The winners of the competition
proudly display their award |
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November
20 |
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Ivey Real
Estate Club (IREC) Guest Speaker
Ivey welcomed Robert Brown from Taurus
Investments, a world wide real estate
private equity shop. Prior to joining
Taurus Investments in 2002 as Managing
Partner, he was the founding owner of
the Toronto based commercial land
development firm, GenerX, Inc. (est.
1988).
Mr. Brown is an Ivey HBA alumni of 1986
and completed his Masters in Real Estate
at MIT.
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November
16
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Engaging
Emerging Markets Centre Conference
Over 300 students, faculty and staff at
Ivey and Western as well as the general
public heard about the importance of
engaging emerging markets and that
Canadian companies aren’t doing enough
to engage emerging economies.
more...
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Heather Hiscox moderated the
discussion |
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November
15
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Ralph
Goodale Makes Surprise Stop at Ivey
Ralph Goodale, former Canadian Minister
of Finance and current Liberal Member of
Parliament, visited Ivey to speak to
students on "Politics and Leadership."
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Ralph Goodale answers questions
from the Ivey community |
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November
14
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Canadian
Tire VP Michael Eubanks Talks Business
Intelligence at Ivey
Michael Eubanks, Division VP of
Enterprise IT at
Canadian Tire, joined the MBA class
to talk about Business Intelligence
initiatives at his company and the ways
in which Canadian Tire leverages
Information Technology in Canada’s
highly competitive retail marketplace.
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November
14
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Bill
Johnson speaks to Ivey Students
Bill Johnson, retired CEO of McDonald's
Canada spoke to Ivey students in
Professor
Joerg Dietz's cross-cultural
management class.
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Professor Joerg Dietz (left)
welcomes Bill Johnson to his
class |
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As well as talking about
McDonald's, Mr. Johnson shared his
experiences as an expatriate working in
Mexico and answered questions.
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November
9-10
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Leaders
Forum Conference at Ivey
On Nov 9th
and 10th, our HBA students coordinated a
very successful annual Leaders Forum
Conference. The Leaders Forum, a
tradition for over 25 years, is designed
for the incoming HBA students to stress
the importance of independent thinking
in the corporate world. It is an
opportunity to celebrate the
accomplishments of our distinguished
Alumni and to instill spirit of the Ivey
network in our students.
This year's keynote speakers were Thomas D'Aquino, President and CEO of the
Canadian Council of Chief Executives and
Michael McCain, President and CEO of
Maple Leaf Foods Inc.
The session speakers included Paul
Robertson, President,
Corus Television;
Eleanor Meyers, Deputy CIO,
World Vision
International; Teresa Cascioli, CEO and
Chairman,
Lakeport Brewing;
Scott
Simmons, VP Sales,
Lakeport Brewing;
Larry Rosen, President and CEO,
Harry
Rosen Inc; Tim Aubrey, Senior VP Finance
and Technology,
Fairmont Hotels and
Resorts; and Jay Bertram, President,
TBWA Canada.
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The HBA Office would like to thank the co-chairs Rebecca Ho
and Salimah Velji for their dedication
to the conference. Thanks also to the
executive team of Eero Traagel, Joyce
Chan, Ksenia Krikunovski, Paige
Paterson, Sarah Cheng, Rishma Allibhai
with assistance from the HBA1 section
representatives Adam Shantz, Nooreen
Bhanji, Katie Cotten, Jenny Fung, Hana
Irfan, and Sara Lear.
Thank you also to the Deans' Office,
Advancement Department, Ivey
Communications and Public Affairs, and
the IT Department for making
the HBA1 Leaders Forum Conference a
success.
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November
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The
Inaugural Annual Thomas d’Aquino Lecture
on Leadership
On Thursday, Nov. 9, leaders from
business, the government and academics
gathered in Toronto for the Inaugural
Thomas d'Aquino Leadership Lecture. Mr.
d'Aquino, CEO and President, Canadian
Council of Chief Executives gave the
first lecture in what will be an annual
series. A lively Q&A followed his speech
on the qualities of leadership.
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Dean
Carol Stephenson with Thomas
d'Aquino and Dominic
D'Alessandro, President & CEO of
Manulife Financial |
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Dean Carol Stephenson and
Professor Michael Pearce (second
from right) with participants.
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November
6
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Ivey
Connects' HBA Community Action Days
The first
debrief for HBA's 2006 Community Action
Days (CAD) took place on November 8th,
led by Ivey Connects' HBA CAD Director
Sarah Drake and Professor Tima Bansal.
The
students were treated to guest speakers
from the community who have felt the
impact of Ivey's annual tradition of
mobilizing students in the spirit of our
mission to "contribute to the
societies in which we operate."
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Glen Pearson fields questions
from students on how they can
impact their community. |
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For more information on the 2006 CAD, please see the
Ivey Connects web site.
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November
6-8
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Last of an
Era: Professor Jim Erskine hosts the
final Operating Manager's Days
These MBA
alumni were told on Monday, November 6th
that they were the “last of an era” by
Jim Erskine. |
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(l. to r.) MBA alumni Sarah
Kirzinger('04), Jared Betridge
('05), Shauna Dagnone ('05),
Rory Capern('05), Candice
Chow('99), Steve Dumanski('97),
Samantha Roman('06), and Mark
Healy('05) |
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HBA students enjoyed their final
Operating Manager's Day on Wednesday,
November 8.
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(l. to r.) HBA alumni Nurin Thawer('05), Craig Polososky('04), and
Mike Ritchie('00) |
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Being invited back to class
to discuss achievements and failures in
Professor Erskine's Operating Manager’s
Day class session has been an honour
many alumni have enjoyed over the past
26 years.
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November
7
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Learning
the Case Method First-hand
Akihiro
Inoue, a professor of Marketing at Keio
Business School, the first-ranked
business school in Japan, spent the day at Ivey visiting
with faculty and gaining insight into
teaching with cases.
He was very
impressed with what he learned, and intends
to return for case writing and teaching
workshops in the spring and summer.
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November
6
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Mark
Langlois of Accenture Canada Addresses
Ivey HBA Students
Accenture Canada's senior executive Mark
Langlois spoke to Ivey HBA students on
November 6th to speak to two HBA classes
about the challenges of managing Information Systems(IS)
outsourcing and offshoring.
Mr.
Langlois is an Ivey MBA grad and a
member of the Ivey IS Advisory Council
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Mr. Langlois took the time to
answer some individual questions
after his presentation.
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November 2
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Ivey
Connects Hosts Millennium Development
Goals Tour
At the
event kick-off Dr. Kirsty Duncan spoke
passionately about the
Millennium Development Goals,
outlining each goal and explaining to
Ivey students how important they were.
The theme of her presentation was
"Leading the Change" and she appealed to
students to show leadership in making
positive change for the future.
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Dr. Kirsty Duncan |
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Wendy Boothman from Talented Women also
spoke to the group, sharing her
international experiences that led her
to create an online mentoring community
for women in business.
The pair
are currently touring seven other
business schools including University of
Michigan, University of Chicago, and
Queen's, rallying interest and building
knowledge about MDG's.
Each
participating school has been delegated
one of the MDG’s with the goal of
building awareness throughout the
school. Ivey's MDG is "to ensure
environmental sustainability" and
Ivey Connects has a series of
activities and events planned this
coming school year that build around
this theme.
The tour
will close at Ivey on Monday, November
20th (12:45-2PM in 1R40) – Ivey Builds
is planning to build on the momentum of
these closing ceremonies by announcing
the details of their plans for the year.
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(l. to r.) Brent Hutzal
(Executive Director of Ivey
Connects), Wendy Boothman, Dr.
Kirsty Duncan, Professors
Charlene Zietsma and
Rob Klassen. |
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Listen to
Mary Weil's
Q&A session with Wendy Boothman and Dr.
Duncan
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(mp3 - 5MB) |
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