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Students create a recipe for success
Jul 6, 2012
The following article was published by Burnaby Now on July 6, 2012. Two Simon Fraser University students have created a business where immigrant women host cooking classes; gaining work experience while sharing their cultures. Surrey resident Chantelle Buffie and New Westminster’s Sonam Swarup – both in their early 20s – came up with Fusion Kitchen in a social entrepreneurship class at SFU. “It was just natural for us to gravitate towards working with immigrant women. more »More...
SFU Beedie PhD alumnus on the appetite for business education in China
Jul 6, 2012
The following article was published by The Globe and Mail on July 5, 2012. Unlike in North America where students typically look like they want to leave 10 minutes before the scheduled end of a class, in Beijing Majid Ghorbani’s lectures often run 10 minutes overtime, or longer. “Students in China can’t seem to get enough. They make me feel like they really want to learn,” says the recently transplanted Vancouverite, now an assistant professor more »More...
The Province: Andrey Pavlov on Vancouver’s housing market
Jul 6, 2012
The following article was published by The Province on July 4, 2012. It may be a buyers’ market but that doesn’t mean cheaper homes. Potential homeowners can, however, breathe a little easier. While Vancouver home sales have hit their lowest level in more than a decade this June — falling 17.2 per cent from May and tilting the market in favour of buyers — prices have remained firm in what was once the country’s hottest more »More...
Rethinking Teaching: Making Connections
Jul 6, 2012
by Shauna Jones A strategic focus for the Beedie School of Business is to educate, engage and inspire the responsible leaders of tomorrow. To do this we design and deliver distinctive, relevant, and responsive programs. As a teacher, I want to create significant learning experiences for my students so that they can apply their learning in the workplace in a way that has meaning for them. Yet, for many teachers, it is often difficult to more »More...
How Beedie Faculty are leading learning outcomes
Jul 6, 2012
On June 28, Dr. Kathi A. Ketcheson, Director of Institutional Research and Planning at Portland State University, presented PSU’s approach to learning outcomes and assessment. PSU is an NWCCU (Northwest Commission on Colleges & Universities) accredited university and SFU is currently in candidacy status for NWCCU accreditation. The process for establishing learning outcomes is under the purview of the Vice-President Academic and the Learning Outcomes and Assessment Working Group. Dr. Ketcheson’s presentation provided some insight more »More...
Highlights from the Symposium on Teaching and Learning
Jul 5, 2012
by David Rubeli, Educational Consultant On behalf of the Teaching and Learning Centre, I would like to thank the Beedie students and faculty who contributed to the success of this year’s Symposium on Teaching and Learning: • Sanistha Bhujun and Doris Zhang, who shared their experiences as “Generation 1.5” and English language learners at SFU; • Stephanie Bertels , who participated in a fascinating panel discussion on engaged scholarship and education for sustainable development; and more »More...
David Dunne delivers business design to SFU’s MBA programs
Jul 5, 2012
Whether it’s in the delivery of state-of-the-art smart phones or innovative health care, design thinking is an increasingly critical element for businesses and organizations in 2012. For David Dunne, Beedie School of Business Adjunct Senior Fellow, the intersection of design and business translates into major challenges and opportunities for managers, entrepreneurs and other leaders. Design thinking is defined as approaching management problems as designers approach design problems. Though it has been traditionally associated with product and service design, it also has important implications for management, something recognized increasingly by both academic research and the business press. Dunne, an award-winning management educator, author and consultant who is jointly appointed with the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, joined Simon Fraser University earlier this year. He combines international experience as a senior executive with an outstanding record as an academic.More...
Start-Up Acquisition is Music to Ears of BBA-EMBA Duo
Jul 2, 2012
MetroLyrics, with strong Beedie roots, brings the words of Beatles, Bublé and Bieber songs to web browsers everywhere. The recent acquisition of a wildly successful Burnaby based start-up by one of the world’s largest entertainment companies is music to the ears of Simon Fraser University’s entrepreneurship community. MetroLyrics.com, the most comprehensive database of music lyrics in the world with longstanding roots at SFU, along with its company assets, have been integrated into CBS Interactive Music more »More...
Peter Tingling on the four common pitfalls in cutting back: Jakarta Post
Jun 28, 2012
The following article was authored by Associate Professor Peter Tingling, and published by The Jakarta Post on June 23, 2012. You work for an organization that has grown steadily by getting the fundamentals right — hiring and developing good people, instilling a strong work ethic, conducting solid analysis, and making smart choices. Yet, despite these efforts, your company is struggling to make ends meet. The economy has faltered, your reserves are dwindling, and your biggest more »More...
BBAs gear up for JDC West
Jun 27, 2012
The 2013 JDC West business schools showdown is six months away, but the SFU Beedie team is already hard at work to prepare for the prestigious competition. Over the past few weeks, candidates for SFU Beedie’s JDC West academic team partook in the new case competition cohort, taught by instructor Tara Immell. The students did practice cases and presentations to develop their understanding of how to analyse cases and work as a team. The team more »More...