Teaching at the Beedie School of Business

Contributions to Teaching

Innovations in Teaching

Jan Kietzmann on Designing SFU Mobile

April 30th, 2012

“SFU Mobile will emphasize the skills students have learned in their respective disciplines, demanding that they coordinate their talents with other specialists in service of a larger goal”

Organizational Theory and Teamwork in the Classroom

June 2nd, 2009

In 1938, John Dewey, the influential philosopher, psychologist, and educational reformer wrote that “All genuine education comes through experience.” Along with many other business educators I take his words very seriously, so much so that I designed a course on Organization Theory that simulates the experience of real organizations for undergraduate business students. The basic [...]

The Elevator Exercise

A common problem among beginning research students is the inability to state their research question succinctly. The answer to the question of, “What is your research about?” often takes a torturous route through ontological assumptions, alternative epistemologies, tangential literature reviews and arcane research methods rarely actually getting to the point. A strategy to help students [...]

Iverson awarded 2008 SFU Award for Excellence in Teaching

April 24th, 2009

Good teaching is an art. SFU’s 2008 Excellence in Teaching award winners exemplify that art, sharing their enthusiasm, knowledge and time in a way that encourages their students to learn and grow.

Mentors in Case Competitions

Student Participation in Case Competitions

June 2nd, 2009

How can you improve critical thinking and presentation skills? Experience emotion, from heart-pounding tension to exhilaration? And do this all in as little as three hours? The answer of course, is to participate in a student case competition.
It has been my pleasure over the last six years, to assist many accounting student teams in their [...]

Mentoring Case Competitions – Royal Roads 2008

April 24th, 2009

I believe mentoring in case competitions is one of the best ways for faculty to engage students and make memorable experiences during their academic careers. I have made many lasting friendships which continue years after the competitions are over and the students have left SFU. Time and time again, I hear from students that case [...]