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.: In negotiations, sometimes it's best to keep quiet. Mary Ann Von Glinow and her co-authors, Debra Shapiro (University of Maryland) and Jeanne Brett (Northwestern University), pose an unexpected strategy for quelling workplace conflict in multicultural environments. Von Glinow, who is Professor of Management and International Business and Director of the Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), argues that sometimes "you can't throw facts at emotional issues." The research analyzes the western bias of “talking it out" as a management negotiation strategy by investigating "polycontextualities," a phrase the researchers use to acknowledge the presence of multiple cultures and multiple contexts within cultures. A western bias, she says, can be quite dangerous in a global or virtual workplace. "Can we Talk, and Should We?: Managing Emotional Conflict in Multicultural Teams,” will be published in a forthcoming issue of the Academy of Management Review. .: Issuing 'going concern' opinions may benefit firms considering Chapter 11. Associate Professor of Accounting Clark Wheatley offers a somewhat unorthodox opinion about the effect of an auditor’s “going-concern” opinion. He believes that firms will emerge from bankruptcy in better condition if they receive the cautionary “going-concern” opinion from the auditor, as this move forestalls the whittling-down of resources that might occur if an auditor fails to issue one. Though findings differ across large and small firms, the research predicts that firms which exhibit low solvency and high liquidity risks are most likely to emerge from bankruptcy while firms which exhibit high solvency and high liquidity risks are least likely to do so. Co-authored with Daniel M. Bryan (SUNY-Buffalo) and Samuel L. Tiras (University of New York-Buffalo), “The Interaction of Solvency with Liquidity and its Association with Bankruptcy Emergence” appears in the Sept/Oct 2002 issue of the Journal of Business Finance & Accounting.
.: Chapman School is set to offer dual-degree (MBA/MIB) program with schools in Uruguay, Brazil. Following a visit from officials of COPPEAD, the Graduate School of Business Administration of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/UFRJ, in December, 2002, and negotiations with officials from Uruguay's Universidad ORT this spring, Chapman Dean José de la Torre and Director of International Business Development Miguel Rey sealed deals to co-deliver a dual-degree program with each of these Latin American institutions. The offering will allow students in Latin America to earn an MBA from their 'home' institution—COPPEAD or ORT—and a Master of International Business (MIB) from the Chapman School. The first class is set to begin in January, 2004. Students will complete the dual degree program in two years; since they attend Chapman for their MIB in their second year, they have the opportunity of working in the U.S. for an additional twelve months after they graduate through the Optional Training Program. The Chapman School is working to secure similar alliances with other Latin American business schools to increase its service to the Latin American market. .: Executive education seminars focus on marketing, HR. This summer, the Chapman School unveiled the first of its executive education offerings—a five-day course on Strategic Marketing Orientation. From June 9-13, senior executives from Oracle, Caterpillar Inc., Ryder, Hewlett Packard, Ingersoll Rand, and Proeza took part in the seminar, modeled on INSEAD’s highly-successful INDUSTRAT simulation. David Weinstein, Visiting Ryder Eminent Scholar in Marketing and co-creator of INSEAD's trademark, computer-based simulation, and Walfried Lassar, Associate Professor of Marketing, facilitated the program. The second offering—Strategic Human Resources for the Americas—also is a five-day seminar and will be held from October 13-17. The program will enhance human resource and line managers’ abilities to create and implement human resource strategies and practices that align with their firm’s strategic plans and advance their competitiveness in The Americas. Faculty include a cadre of senior-level professors of management and international business who are experts in the field of human resource management.
.: Enterprise Rent-A-Car lends a van.
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.: CBA chums exchange fish stories.
.: Alumnus Mike Rodriguez invigorates undergraduates with classroom visit. Do
you remember what your nerves were like the first time you met
the president of a company? Many of us wish we knew then what
we know now. An upper-level School of Journalism and Mass Communica-tion
class hoping to gain an insider’s edge welcomed Vice President
of Telemundo and CBA alumnus Michael Rodriguez (BS ’90)
as guest speaker in July. Rodriguez fielded many questions from
students concerned about finding jobs. He assured them that
they could find more job opportunities if they hustled, cared
about the quality of their work, and went out of their way to
do the things that made them “shine.” “If
you shine, we’ll hire you,” Rodriguez told the group
after giving every student one of his business cards. He added,
“You don’t have to attend Cornell or Brown to get
hired. There’s lots of talent here; show it to us.” .: Pharmed President/CBA Alum supports other entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurship runs deep at The Pharmed Group, founded by brothers Carlos and Jorge de Cespedes, who spoke at the CBA Alumni Chapter's Quarterly Breakfast in June. He told his “story” and described his passions in life, both personal and professional, which helped him to become the successful businessman he is today. President and COO of one of the fastest-growing Hispanic businesses in Florida, De Cespedes recently formed The ASTRI Group, which invests in new entrepreneurial businesses in South Florida, particularly those in the health and medical industries. Among these businesses are Bioheart, Inc., whose Chairman and CEO, Howard J. Leonhardt, we honored as 2003 South Florida Entrepreneur of the Year, and two founded and run by FIU alumni: Guarded Networks, Inc. (Richard Dobrow, BACC’ 95) and Avisena (Albert Santalo, MBA ’97, and Ben Sardinas, BS ’01). The ASTRI Group itself is led by FIU alumnus Mike Tomas (BA ’90). .: Business alumni reconnect at Chapter’s “happy hour” mixers.
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