Everyday Heroes Jacques Ménard Is One of Several Ivey Alumni Who Have Received the Order of Canada
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Everyday Heroes Jacques Ménard is one of several Ivey alumni who have received the Order of Canada. Page 26 Ivey in Asia: Five years later Page 16 Publication Sales Agreement 40015801 INSIDE FALL 2003INTOUCH FEATURES 32 Expanding the Boundaries curriculum, a new continental sec- 16 Ivey in Asia: Five years later of Knowledge Thanks to tion of the Executive MBA and more. In September 1998, the Cheng Yu Corus Entertainment and Shaw Tung Management Institute, Ivey’s Communications, Ivey has been 9 Alumni News and Events permanent Hong Kong campus, able to enhance two areas of Wine tasting in California, a high- opened with great fanfare. Today, research – women in management, powered conference in London, the School’s Asian initiative is well and family businesses. young alumni in Toronto – are you established and we’re getting ready missing something? to launch an innovative MBA pro- 34 Close to the Heart Does gram. Join us for a look back and Rick Robertson’s blood run green? 37 Notes from Near and Far forward, and meet four Ivey alumni It seems possible. The three-time Where are they now? Doing who are thriving in Asia. Ivey grad is Director and a passion- amazing things in locations across ate supporter of the unique Ivey North America and around the 26 Honoring Canada’s Best HBA program. world. Catch up on all the latest The Order of Canada medallion is from your classmates. shaped like a snowflake to reflect DEPARTMENTS the uniqueness of 4 Doing Business Catch up on 48 Alumni Speak From Dubai, each recipient of what’s happening around Ivey, a refreshing perspective on war, Canada’s highest including an overhaul of the MBA tolerance and hope. award. Jacques Ménard, Gordon Osbaldeston and Jon Grant are among the unique Ivey people who have received their badge of honor. Editor in Chief Glenn Yonemitsu, MBA ’89 Editorial Board Bob Beauregard, MBA ’62, alumnus, Stephanie Brooks, HBA ’93, Executive Development, Angela Chapman, Exec ’00, Advancement, Michael Needham, MBA ’68, Advisory Board, Ed Pearce, Marketing and Communications, Rob Way, Marketing and Communications, David Weiner, MBA ’85, IAA Board, Glenn Yonemitsu, MBA ’89, Advancement. Managing Editor Pat Morden Design/Production Karin Culliton Production Co-ordinator Eva Takacs Contributing Writers Pat Morden, Max Morden, Alykhan Alidina, Asheefa Sarangi, and Terri Garton Research Peter McKinley intouch is published by the Department of Advancement at the Richard Ivey School of Business,The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 3K7. @intouch is a regular e-newsletter that provides updates on the School between issues of the magazine. See www.ivey.uwo.ca/intouch intouch welcomes input from all alumni for letters to the editor, articles or ideas on themes. 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Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited. 34 Cover Photo Spyros Bourboulis RICK ROBERTSON, Advertising Sales Eva Takacs, Ivey Advancement (519) 661-4145 HBA ’75, MBA ’84, PHD ’87 learning methodology.“This is an op- class will stay in touch with one an- portunity for executives outside On- other and with faculty members us- tario to participate in the Ivey experi- ing state-of-the-art software. ence,” says Professor Paul Bishop, The four-day modules will help Doing MBA ’64, Director of Ivey’s EMBA pro- students fit the program into busy Business gram. “In a compressed period, it of- executive and family schedules, fers the same content, the same in- while allowing them to immerse tensity and the same number of themselves in learning during their The School in the World contact hours as the other sections.” time at Spencer. Another plus is that It’s expected that many members students will be geographically di- of the class will fly in from western verse, bringing a truly continental Canada and else- perspective to where in North classroom dis- America, travel- cussions. ing Wednesday For Ivey, the Ivey launches afternoon and new section Executive MBA returning home means access to Continental section Sunday night, in a pool of high PUT 40 SEASONED SENIOR MANAGERS IN time for work quality students a room together with a top professor the next day. that would oth- for four days and what do you get? Bishop has al- erwise be out of Lively discussion, shared experiences, ready received reach. For the new ideas, and lots of learning. enthusiastic sup- students, it IVEY SPENCER CONFERENCE CENTRE That’s the concept behind Ivey’s port from Ivey means access to new Continental Executive MBA. In alumni in Alber- the Executive March 2004, students from across ta. “Based on their own experiences MBA ranked tops in Canada and 11th North America will begin meeting at Ivey, they are very positive about in the world by the Financial Times of once a month for four consecutive the School, and they’ve given us some London. Says Bishop: “Ivey has of- days from Thursday to Sunday at the very good ideas.” fered MBA and executive learning Ivey Spencer Conference Centre in The modular residential program programs for more than 50 years. It’s London. They will graduate 16 offers unique benefits, Bishop be- what we do best.” months later, at the same time as lieves. “The major learning for peo- students in the Mississauga and ple with this level of experience is downtown Toronto sections of the from one another,” he says, “and Don Johnson receives Ivey Executive MBA. they have to be in a classroom to- Purple and White award The Continental section will be gether to do that.” Ivey Spencer Con- DONALD K. JOHNSON MBA ’63 WAS comparable to the other sections in ference Centre is the ideal facility – named a recipient of the 2003 UWO every way. Like them, courses will be comfortable, efficient and purpose- Purple and White Award this spring, delivered by full-time faculty, using built for executive learning. Be- in recognition of his philanthropic the same face-to-face, case-based tween sessions, members of the interest in the University and vol- 4 unteer contributions to the commu- nity. Johnson, Vice Chairman of BMO Nesbitt Burns, has been a NEW JOINT HBA AND KINESIOLOGY PROGRAM leading advocate of personal and corporate philanthropy. Thanks to a new concurrent program in kinesiology, Ivey students can now Among his many contributions to obtain an HBA degree with a focus on sport management. the Ivey Business School, Johnson re- The new program joins a number of existing concurrent degree pro- cently made a $1.3 million gift to reno- grams in which an Ivey HBA can be combined with a degree in Engineer- vate the Ivey Spencer Conference Cen- ing, Law, Medical Sciences and Media, Information and Technoculture. tre, home to Ivey’s innovative Executive HBA Director Rick Robertson is looking to develop more concurrent programs Development Programs. In recognition down the road. “These offerings will draw students who are committed to a par- of the gift, the north wing of the build- ticular area of study but also have a strong interest in business,” he says. “It’s an ing has been named the “Donald K. approach that’s both attractive to students and attractive to employers.” Johnson Executive Wing.” Johnson has also taken his mes- sage of philanthropy to the federal Ivey InTouch Magazine | Fall 2003 NEW MBA CURRICULUM INTRODUCED “Curriculum review occurs of eight 7-week terms, not only learn the subject mat- on a continuous basis at grouped into themes that ter, but also know why they are Ivey, but once every decade mirror the business deci- learning it, how it integrates or so, we ask ourselves a sion-making process. The with other aspects of the pro- fundamental question: first two terms focus on gram, and how to apply it to ‘Would this be the MBA pro- honing people and quantita- business decision-making,” says gram we would design if we tive skills. Then it’s on to Deutscher, a member of the Cur- were starting from scratch?’” formulating strategy and under- riculum Review Committee. That’s how Professor Terry standing basic business process- Although much has changed, Deutscher describes the motiva- es. In terms five and six, the per- Deutscher says the heart of the tion behind a major curriculum spective is international and the program remains constant. overhaul that is currently being focus is on implementation. Learning continues to revolve implemented. With input from Terms seven and eight add depth around real-world business cases alumni, recruiters, students and and focus by offering a wide ar- and takes place in small learning faculty members, the program ray of electives. At key points teams and lively classroom ses- has been updated and restruc- throughout the program, there sions. “We have remained true to tured to reflect the new reali- are integrative events and activi- our strengths,” Deutscher says, ties and needs of today’s busi- ties designed to make all the “developing collaborative leaders ness world. pieces fit together. “At every and sharp decision-makers who The revised program consists stage of the program, students understand the real world.” government, convincing it that a Students partner with Steven Zhou and Weiyuan Xu, all MBA change in the tax laws would help Salvation Army in Ivey ’03 grads, found it a very valuable experi- charities raise more money. Thanks Client Field Project ence to take the skills they learned at Ivey to his vigorous lobbying efforts, the WHEN EMA ZHAO, MBA ’03, CAME TO from the classroom to the community.