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David Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, will lead a group of representatives from the Concord Coalition in an open forum on America's fiscal crisis, particularly as it relates to Social Security and health care. Walker has been featured recently on several news and entertainment programs including “60 Minutes,” CNN’s “Situation Room,” and the “Colbert Report.” Known as the "Fiscal Wake-up Tour,” the forum also consists of representatives from the Brookings Institution, the Heritage Foundation and the Concord Coalition itself, the organizing body for the effort. This group has been touring the United States, primarily at leading colleges and universities, carrying the message that if reform of Social Security and health care does not take place soon, younger Americans (that’s many of you!) will suffer the consequences much more so than their parents or those nearing retirement age.
The Fiscal Wake-up Tour forum will be held at the University Center on Monday, October 1 beginning at 5pm and
will continue through 7pm. Dr. Patton and Dean Huss will make remarks prior to the event. A free dessert reception will be held before the event, and dessert and further networking opportunities
will be available afterward.
For more information and to register for the event, click here.
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Robinson’s Career Management Center (CMC) continues to improve to better serve you. Over the past few months,
the Center has added several new staff and programming, and launched several new initiatives to help you proactively manage your career!
Meet the Staff—located on the 6th floor, 35 Broad Street
- Ruth Cochran, Associate Director, rcochran@gsu.edu, 404.413.7159
Supporting students in the Professional MBA, Global Partners MBA, and Masters of International Business
- Dirk Smith, Associate Director, dduran@gsu.edu, 404.413.7158
Supporting students in the Flex MBA programs
- Tiara Gantt, Career Advisor, tgantt@gsu.edu, 404.413.7161
Supporting Specialty Masters students in Accounting, Finance, Real Estate, and Risk Management & Insurance
- Pamela Herbik, Career Advisor, pherbik@gsu.edu, 404.413.7160
Supporting Specialty Masters students in Computer Information Systems, Hospitality, Managerial Sciences, and Marketing
RobinsonCareerNETWORK on LinkedIn
One of the best things about attending Robinson is the network. Are YOU in the Network? RobinsonCareerNETWORK is a private group for Robinson students and alumni in the LinkedIn database. This is your opportunity to get connected with fellow students and alumni for networking purposes. JOIN NOW!
New Online Job Database
With our dedication, there has been a dramatic increase in employment opportunities in Robinson Career Connection (RCC). RCC is our NEW online database of job postings received from employers specifically seeking to hire Robinson students. Please contact
cfreeman@gsu.edu to have your RCC account activated. In the subject line, place "Activate RCC Account."
SAVE the DATE…Fall Business Career EXPO 2007 September 17–19
The CMC encourages you to participate in the annual Fall Business Career EXPO week. Currently, there are over 160 total companies that have registered to participate in this 3-day event. Pre-EXPO events include: Resume Review Drop-in, an Employer Panel: Making the Most of a Career Fair, and a Dress for Success event.
Fall Business Career EXPO—All events will be held in the Georgia State Student Center Ballroom
Monday, September 17—Fall Business Career EXPO,
12-5pm
Tuesday, September 18—Cecil B. Day School of Hospitality Career
Fair, 9am-1pm
Tuesday, September 18—Risk Management & Insurance and Actuarial
Science Career Fair, 3-7pm
Wednesday, September 19—Accounting Employer’s Showcase, 3-7pm
For more details and a complete calendar of events for Fall, visit the CMC website.
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It’s one thing to learn about the global business marketplace, but it’s another thing to EXPERIENCE it!
How would you like to experience leading hospitality businesses in France, Germany, and Switzerland? Maybe you’d like to learn first-hand about consumer advertising, distribution channels, industrial relations, and cultural awareness in Toulouse. Whether it’s China, Russia, Italy, or South America, Robinson’s study abroad programs have what you’re looking for.
Apply now for a study abroad scholarship through the College’s Institute of International Business. Qualified students are encouraged to apply for the Nita Robinson Scholars Program or the Business International Education Stipend.
For more information and an application, click here.
For an overview of study abroad opportunities for 2008, click here.
The deadline for applications is October 26.
Having trouble deciding between South Africa, South Korea, or South America? Come and meet with representatives from over 60 international programs at the
12th Annual Study Abroad Fair.
When: Monday, October 1, 2007
10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Where: Georgia State University Student Center Ballroom
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Have you recently returned from a study abroad experience? Are you an international student at Georgia State? Do you have engaging photos from your study abroad or U.S. experience? This is your chance to share them with others and win great prizes!
Crossing Paths/Crossing Cultures is an annual photo competition and exhibit sponsored by the Institute of International Business. Each year, students submit photos from their experiences overseas. The photos are submitted in three categories—People, Places, and Details of Life—and are judged based on their ability to communicate a cross-cultural experience.
The deadline to submit a photo(s) is Friday, October 5.
To apply for the 2007 competition,
click here.
To view the 2006 exhibit, click here.
The 2007 international photo exhibit, including
all competition finalists, will be unveiled at the Crossing Paths,
Crossing Cultures Ceremony on Thursday, November 15, from 4-6pm in the Student Center Ballroom. Winners of the competition will not be announced until the ceremony, so come enjoy food
and live entertainment— and good luck!!
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How would you like to become a more effective and confident speaker? Do you listen to good speakers and wish you could speak with ease like they do? Do you want to get rid of the noodle knees, dry mouth, and sweaty palms? If you've answered "yes" to any of those questions, then Campus Talkers can be your partner in accomplishing these important goals.
Campus Talkers, an officially chartered club of Toastmasters International, is dedicated to developing more effective and confident speakers and leaders—one speaker at a time.
Campus Talkers meets most Wednesdays in the Savannah Room (4th Floor) of the Robinson College of Business building (35 Broad Street) from 12:30-1:15pm. The next meeting is set for September 12.
For more information, click here.
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In our newest feature, Robinson Business Beat
asks faculty members to share their top book recommendations for graduate business students. Our first contributor is Professor and Marketing Chair Ed Rigdon. Dr. Rigdon’s research on interactive marketing and on the statistical methodology of structural equation modeling (SEM) has been published in leading marketing and research journals. He is a co-founder and frequent contributor to SEMNET, an email discussion list devoted to SEM, which now has 1,900+ subscribers located in 50+ countries.
What I’m Reading Now:
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable
by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Taleb’s observations and warnings about confirmation bias, wildly nonnormal distributions, the seductive power of narrative, and other factors that can lead to substantial errors in judgment are immediately relevant to my research and teaching, and also in my role of key decision-maker for my department. Taleb’s life has been very different from mine—his stories and essays open my eyes to a different world.
Books I Recommend:
The Case Study Handbook: How to Read, Discuss, and Write Persuasively about Cases
by William Ellet
Students often feel lost when they encounter a case method course for the first time—or even for the second time. Ellet’s book is readable and incisive, giving students a view from the inside out and a cohesive set of strategies for dealing with cases that many instructors would probably have trouble evoking.
Marketing Metrics: 50+ Metrics Every Executive Should Master
by Paul W. Farris, Neil T. Bendle, Phillip E. Pfeifer, and David J. Reibstein
This is a wonderful guidebook to help students and managers focus on key metrics when trying to understand how a business is succeeding or failing. This book belongs on every executive’s bookshelf. For students, it is a useful companion to Ellet’s case study book.
Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk
Capital Ideas Evolving
both by Peter L. Bernstein
Bernstein’s books are lively treatments of fundamental concepts of risk and risk management.
Against the Gods traces concepts of probability and risk through Western intellectual history, while
Capital Ideas Evolving tracks recent developments related to tools like the Capital Asset Pricing Model and the concept of market efficiency. Both books are full of interesting characters, and the latter book includes Bernstein’s personal anecdotes and intimate sketches of Nobel Prize-winning economists.
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
The story of the Pequod is exciting in itself and holds lessons for managers in organizations. Melville experimented with outside-the-box literary formats while reporting a fictional case study of an organization with a serious agency problem.
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Can’t get enough of studying? Then check out
Robinson’s Executive Education courses. Whether you or someone you
know is interested in:
- Becoming certified in Six Sigma
- Preparing for the real estate license test
- Learning what it takes to be a great leader
Robinson’s non-degree course offerings may have
what you’re looking for.
Check out the latest offerings by
clicking here.
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The fastest growing segment in the workplace is women executives. Unfortunately, recent studies have shown that the attrition rate for women who are exiting corporate America is equally high, but women who have a mentor are more likely to continue their work progress, both in the workplace and in the community.
Robinson’s Women’s Mentor Program prepares women business students to become future business leaders by linking them with senior mentors who are interested in sharing their knowledge and experience with the next generation.
Who can be a mentee?
Only female graduate students in the Robinson College of Business who do not graduate before May of the following year are eligible to participate in next year's
program. All mentees must make the commitment to communicate with their mentors by phone or email and to be flexible when scheduling meetings.
What are a mentee's responsibilities?
A mentee's role will be to
- Take responsibility for bringing job and career issues to her mentor for discussion;
- Give the mentor as complete a picture as possible of her situation and concerns;
- Prepare for each meeting by planning what she would like to discuss; and
- Listen to and act upon feedback about herself and her career options.
How does the selection process work?
Interested mentors and mentees will submit applications to the program. Mentors and mentees will be matched based on backgrounds, interests, and interviews.
To apply online, click here.
For more information, contact:
Gillian Royes (404) 413-7675
Email: groyes@gsu.edu
Maryann Wysor (404) 413-7683
Email: mwysor@gsu.edu
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The GBA is the student body organization for Robinson College of Business graduate programs, representing all MBA concentrations and business majors. The GBA produces and promotes events for professional development, social interaction, and academic interests related to the RCB graduate experience.
Directed by an executive management team that is selected from the graduate business student community, the GBA provides the framework for student involvement and the forum for incorporating student ideas into the MBA program. All Robinson students are welcome to participate in GBA leadership, and are encouraged to contribute in their individual areas of interest.
For more information,
visit the GBA's website.
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Congratulations to Nicholas Mehelic! Nicholas has received a 2007 Part-time MBA scholarship from the Spencer Educational Foundation Inc. The scholarship is awarded to outstanding students pursuing a career in risk management and insurance. This is the second time Nicholas has received the award. The Spencer Education Foundation is the premier organization for awarding scholarships in risk management and insurance. Since 1980, more than $2.7 million in merit-based scholarships and grants have been awarded to close to 400 students worldwide. The foundation is an affiliate of the Risk and Insurance Management Society. Congratulations, Nicholas!
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CIS Department Second in the World in Published Research Citations --
In a study just published in Communications of the AIS, the Computer Information Systems Department in the Robinson College of Business was ranked second (only to M.I.T.) in the world in the “number of citations . . . published in . . . premier journals [in the period] 1990-2004” by faculty researchers in the
department. Published citations by other authors are often considered the best indicator of the impact and significance of academic papers. Three members of the CIS faculty, Eph McLean, Detmar Straub, and Daniel Robey, were among the top 12 authors cited in the study. On the same list, the University of Georgia was ranked ninth and Emory University, 40th.
Robinson Profs Receive National Science Foundation Grant -- The National Science Foundation announced that it is funding a collaborative research project between Georgia State and Penn State. The project is to revise and enhance the methods being used to teach information technology classes at the undergraduate level. The $705,000 grant will be divided between the two universities in an effort to transfer and adopt Penn State’s AESOP Program—Augmenting Education of Systems-of-Systems Professionals—to Georgia State. The success of this project will address two major business and industry concerns. First, it responds to the demand for more highly trained IT professionals to meet growing industry job opportunities. Second, the program addresses today’s critical need for IT employees with the ability to solve problems creatively, to think independently, and to be productive members of interdisciplinary teams. Vijay Vaishnavi, Richard Welke, and Faye Borthick will be leading the team at Robinson. For more information, click here.
College Receives Grant to Help Improve Business Education in Egypt -- Higher Education for Development (HED), in cooperation with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID/Egypt),
has awarded $400,000 to Robinson for a university partnership designed to help improve the quality of market-oriented business education in Egypt. Led by Bijan Fazlollahi, faculty from Robinson’s School of Accounting, the Department of Risk Management and Insurance, and the Department of Finance will assist in updating the curriculum at Cairo University to meet the needs of the business community.
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ESPN
Ken Bernhardt on Michael Vick
CNN International
Rajeev Dhawan on the economy
CNBC
Rajeev Dhawan on the economy
USA Today
“Dow Jones board discusses sale deal” – James Owers
Dow Jones
“Fed Papers Look At Taylor Rule with New Eye” – Rajeev Dhawan
Los Angeles Times
“Can new CEO repair a sputtering Chrysler?” – James Owers
Associated Press
“Georgia Republicans oppose children's insurance bills” – Patricia Ketsche
TheDeal.com
“Lawmakers query SEC” – Vikas Agarwal
Baltimore Sun
“We've looked at news' future, and it's...Rupert Murdoch?” – James Owers
The National Post
“Murdoch's media might wins prize; Bancrofts Concede to Sale in Battle Over Dow Jones” – James Owers
Bloomberg News
“Coca-Cola Takes on New Marketing Chief Shakers Marketplace” – Ken Bernhardt
“U.S. Economy Probably Quickened Last Quarter on Factory Pickup” – Rajeev Dhawan
The Washington Times
“Panel to guard Journal's editorial independence; Some still fear backdoor pressure by new owner Murdoch” – James Owers
Reuters
“U.S. economy to see solid growth in second quarter” – Rajeev Dhawan
“US GDP revisions may explain labor market strength” – Rajeev Dhawan
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“Home Depot issues gift ban: Kickback firings prompt change” – Dan Bello
“Fed leaves interest rate unchanged: Inflation viewed as top threat” – Rajeev Dhawan
“Atlanta's lumps in housing milder than in boomtowns” – Rajeev Dhawan
Atlanta Business Chronicle
“Makeover mania” – Naveen Donthu and Rajeev Dhawan
“Robinson College Introduces MBA Specialization in Hotel Real Estate”
“Former auto dealer manager turns inventor” – Naveen Donthu
"Who’s Who in Hospitality 2007” – Ken Bernhardt
“BB&T moves into spotlight” – Naveen Donthu
“Trip to UAE provides a lesson in luxury” – Ken Bernhardt column
The Globe Mail
“Murdoch finally seals deal for Dow” – James Owers
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