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Brad Pitt film has lessons for HR managers
Sep 27, 2011
Business leaders and human resources consultants can learn how to hire the right people by seeing the movie Moneyball, which stars Brad Pitt and opened at cinemas September 23. Simon Fraser University Beedie School of Business professor Peter Tingling told Business in Vancouver last week that the movie is based on a true story of how Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane has used computer generated analysis to field a competitive major league baseball team since he was appointed to more »More...
Beedie students chosen to attend global summit for sustainability and responsible leadership
Sep 27, 2011
Two students from SFU's Beedie School of Business have been selected to be among only 125 globally to attend the Daimler World Dialogue in Germany. Undergraduate student Chris Velasco and MBA student Lee O’Donnell are off to Stuttgart to attend the highly selective event, taking place on October 4 and 5 at the Mercedes-Benz Museum and the Carl Benz Arena. Daimler, one of the world's leading automobile companies, is hosting the event alongside the UN Global Compact GRLI (Globally Responsible Leadership Initiative’s) 11th General Assembly in the German city.More...
Beedie team takes home hardware at business ethics competition
Sep 26, 2011
A team of students from the Beedie School of Business is enjoying the afterglow of a successful journey to Bellevue, Washington to participate in one of North America's highest-profile business ethics competitions. The students — Fahad Yasin, Christine Prasad, Sasha Vukovic, Moira van den Akker, and Andrew McKinlay — competed in the LMU/ECOA Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC), held in Bellevue, Washington from September 21-22. The team competed against a prestigious international field that included the likes of Oxford, USC, INSEAD, Holy Cross and Boston College.More...
Send women on international assignments: Prof. Rosalie Tung
Sep 21, 2011
Send women on international assignments: Expert Published in Human Capital Magazine September 21, 2011 An international expert has revealed that fewer than 20% of women are given international assignments in business, despite being better equipped to handle the pressures of working abroad. At a seminar held yesterday at Macquarie University and attended by management leaders from across Australia, Dr Rosalie L. Tung (pictured) presented her findings on the complexity of doing business in Asia and more »More...
Beedie School of Business hosts Dragons Den’s Jim Treliving and Bruce Croxon at SFU Surrey
Sep 20, 2011
Dragons' Den, Canada's highest-rated entertainment program, is sending two of their fire-breathing venture capitalists to SFU’s Beedie School of Business. Held at SFU’s Surrey campus on September 29, the event will include presentations from Jim Treliving, Chairman and Owner of Boston Pizza International and Bruce Croxon, Founder of Lavalife and Vida Spas.More...
Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot the focus of SFU ethics business case at international student competition
Sep 20, 2011
SEATTLE– Five undergraduate students from the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University are using Vancouver’s 2011 Stanley Cup Riot as a case study to examine the growing role that social media plays in society and business. The students — Fahad Yasin, Christine Prasad, Sasha Vukovic, Moira van den Akker, and Andrew McKinlay — are competing in the LMU/ECOA Intercollegiate Business Ethics Case Competition (IBECC), held in Bellevue, Washington from September 21-22. The SFU more »More...
Sam Thiara honoured by Vancouver Board of Trade’s Leaders of Tomorrow
Sep 16, 2011
Sam Thiara, Manager of Student Engagement and Recruitment at the Beedie School of Business at Simon Fraser University, has been recognized for his longstanding engagement and leadership by the Leaders of Tomorrow program (LOT) of the Vancouver Board of Trade.More...
Beedie Celebration – Thursday, September 15, 2011
Sep 14, 2011
Andrew Petter, President and Vice-Chancellor, Simon Fraser University is pleased to invite you to celebrate the Beedie family’s extraordinary gift to Simon Fraser University to create the Beedie School of Business. Thursday, September 15, 2011 Beedie Celebration Concert 1 pm – live band: The Dudes Convocation Mall, SFU Burnaby Campus Beedie School of Business Gathering 2:30 pm – Meet and greet, light refreshments West Mall Complex, Third Floor, SFU Burnaby Campus Enquiries: events@sfu.ca or 778-782-5913 For more »More...
SFU MBAs arrive in Singapore for sustainability study
Sep 13, 2011
A team of four MBA students from Simon Fraser University’s Beedie School of Business are in Singapore to meet with stakeholder groups from government and industry, and to conduct field interviews and research. To get to the Asian city-state, they developed a project plan that garnered top billing in a prestigious international competition – and it could now leave a lasting environmental impact for Singapore’s economy. SFU graduate business students Kathleen Williams, Peter Konefal, Eva more »More...
Upwardly Mobile: Career magazine profiles Beedie graduate Diana Martins
Sep 12, 2011
Diana Martins, CA – Senior Tax Accountant, Ernst & Young, and a Beedie School of Business BBA 2007 graduate, was recently profiled in Career Insider: Accounting Magazine. Martins’ interest in accounting, according to the profile, was sparked during her first year of studies at Beedie. Earlier this year, she was promoted to the position of senior tax accountant after an annual review. “I like the variety that comes with my job,” she says. “One day more »More...