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Farmer School of Business THE JOURNEYWINTER 2018 Jou rne y OF OLYMPIC PROPORTIONS. HIGHLIGHTS: P P P HOME ADVANTAGE FACULTY AS STUDENTS ALUMNUS A NATURAL AT Aces on Ice San Francisco Trek a BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE Journey to the Future Stuart Frankel Scores an A+ with AI MiamiOh.edu/fsb Courtesy of Miami University FSB THE JOURNEY 2 IN THIS ISSUE Editor/Writer/Designer Letter from the Dean ..................................................................4 Addie Rosenthal ’80 MBA ’85 MBA Paves the Way .....................................................................6 Photographer Michael John DeGrazier Preparing Students at the “Core” of Our Curriculum ..............7 (unless otherwise noted) Historic photos supplied by their owners Gentelligence: A New Lens for Leadership ...............................9 Issue Design What is the Difference Between a Duck? ..............................12 Kelly Volz OneTouchPoint-East FSB Cares ...................................................................................16 Production “Home” Advantage ...................................................................17 OneTouchPoint-East Faculty Trek to San Francisco .................................................26 External Relations 513-529-4221 Brand Research Deems FSB “Beyond Ready” .........................30 Kirk Bogard Assistant Dean for An Opportunity of Olympic Proportions ................................ External Relations 32 Farmer School of Business [email protected] S.E.A. What We Can Do When We Work Together ................36 Stakeholder Accountability Report Lends Insight ................39 Have a story to share? [email protected] Alumnus a Natural at Business Intelligence ........................42 Named Professors and Endowed Chairs ................................47 The Journey is published twice a year by the External Relations department of the Farmer Board of Visitors ....................................................................... School of Business at Miami University, 48 Oxford, Ohio 45056. Copyright ©2018, the Farmer School of Business. All rights Business Advisory Council ......................................................48 are reserved. Reproduction in whole or part without written permission is prohibited. Young Professionals Advisory Council ...................................50 Special thanks to proofreaders Corrine Kidd, Donna Boen and Claire Wagner Beyond the Expected. 800 EAST HIGH STREET | OXFORD, OH 45056 | 513.529.3631 @ FarmerSchoolMU farmerschoolofbusiness Farmer School of Business 3 WINTER 2018 – welcome – 2018 is shaping up to be an exciting year, flled with opportunities for growth, connection and advancement for our students, faculty and alumni. I am delighted to be a part of it and invite you to partner with us. There are so many things going on, that it’s diffcult to decide where to start, but if I had to summarize trek, planned by Brett Smith, Glenn Platt and Kirk Bogard, it in one word, it would be connected our faculty with executives at cutting edge “beyond.” companies in blockchain, AI, machine learning, robotics, cryptocurrency and eSports. We plan to make similar Winter “break,” hundreds of Farmer School students, “treks” on an on-going basis. faculty and staff took their learning beyond Oxford, taking advantage of FSB winter term offerings to study around That’s also why our curriculum the world, with 18 different program choices in locations Read about from Wall Street to South Africa. With so many choices, is constantly evolving. how our First Year Integrated Core curriculum is giving there was something relevant to every student, no matter entering FSB business students an edge, while our new what their major. 20 students embarked on a semester-long collaboration with the Scripps Gerontology Center, “Social educational journey to South Korea, including a once-in- Entrepreneurship and Aging” online certifcate program a-lifetime experience as volunteers at the Winter Olympic will foster innovative solutions for an aging population. Games in PyeongChang. You can follow their adventure starting on page 32. This issue also includes examples of the incredible work our students and alumni are creating, like serial entrepreneur, As you know, the business environment is rapidly changing, Stuart Frankel ’87 whose Narrative Science is helping to as are the skills needed to be successful. Ensuring that make mountains of data into usable business intelligence, our students graduate with experience and expertise that and current Isaac and Oxley Center for Business Leadership goes far beyond that of a typical college graduate requires Fellows who researched and then crafted a stakeholder that our curriculum and those who craft and deliver it, accountability report for FSB. RedHawk hockey fans will are constantly innovating and asking themselves, “what’s enjoy “reconnecting” with fve stellar FSB alumni now next?” Answering that question took 15 faculty members playing in the NHL. on their own journey of discovery to San Francisco. The FSB THE JOURNEY 4 Finally, on the topic of reconnecting, our “Duck” story is a great example of a unique connection that unites several hundred of our alumni. I hope it motivates you to consider how you might best like to connect with the faculty, students and alumni of the Farmer School. With kindest regards and For Love and Honor Marc Rubin Dean & Mitchell P. Rales Chair in Business Leadership 5 WINTER 2018 MBA PAVES THE WAY Kate Ward had always considered furthering her education. Another eye-opener was how much the classes helped with She believed that it was important to invest in herself. strategic thinking. Kate always thought strategic thinking was an innate quality someone had, that it was not a trainable As Kate explained it, “In this day and age, when people move skill. She found that the classes helped provide a framework around jobs, with changes in technology and disruption for thinking through complex topics. in all industries, it is more important Miami’s MBA Program is a 36 credit-hour program that than ever to be the most students complete in two years. Students take courses twice a qualifed person.” week in the evening at Miami’s conveniently-located Voice of America Learning Center, off I-75 in West Chester. The Ward was working in the Kroger Capital Management program provides a highly-engaged team-based learning department as a manager when she decided to go back to environment that builds off of the creativity of a diverse school for her MBA. In her years recruiting for Kroger, group of students from various industry and work functions. she was always very impressed with job candidates who had earned their MBAs at Miami. Soon after receiving her MBA, Kate accepted the position of Director of Investor Relations for Kroger. She says the She investigated Miami’s MBA program and found it MBA provided her with a heightened industry perspective was almost everything she expected. But there were that is important in her new job. some surprises. “Now I have a lot of work related to studying the industry “I was pleasantly surprised with the great real- that we are in and understanding the competitive landscape world experience the professors had,” Kate noted. and I think that it was helpful from that standpoint,” “There was a nice balance she noted. of academic versus industry- “If you have an inclination to specifc experience. You want someone that has been out in the trenches. go back for your MBA, I would advise you to go with it. You have “I think Miami also does a really great job with selecting to want to, because it is not easy. It helps with time the students. You have a lot of people with varying degrees management and prioritization, and that skill set remains and a variety of experience, which makes it all much when you fnish,” added Kate. more interesting.” FSB THE JOURNEY 6 PREPARING STUDENTS AT THE “CORE” In fall 2016, the Farmer School of Business (FSB) launched Gina Dutro, who teaches Foundations of Business the First-Year Integrated Core (FYIC) curriculum. The Communication in the FYIC, noted, “100% of the students FYIC prepares every graduate with core skills for the improve their business skills and confdence through the workplace of the future, including essential leadership FYIC program—that’s exciting work! The results of the and teamwork and engages students in a skills-based fnal client challenge project are refective of the students’ curriculum that culminates in a client-based experiential tremendous progress and learning throughout the semester. learning project. Both Kroger and Fifth Third Becky Morrison, director of the (FYIC), explains, Bank client partners were very “From day one, students learn impressed with the level of key skills like critical thinking, professionalism demonstrated ethical thinking, collaboration in fnal client challenge team presentations. In some cases, and creativity, and apply those skills as they travel in a cohort around all four classes in the FYIC. Then, student solutions were imple- they build on these skills directly as they take classes in the mented by these organizations.” business core, and eventually in their major courses. Because students work on these crucial Did the FYIC deliver on its goals? Based on student skills that employers look for feedback, the answer is a resounding “yes.” from graduates at the start of Cole, Jeff, Jenna, Michael and several other FYIC their college career and build on them “graduates” are now volunteering as undergraduate