Crummer Graduate School

University of Central Florida STARS Text Materials of Central Florida Central Florida Memory 1-1-1989 Crummer Graduate School Rollins College Find similar works at: https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-texts University of Central Florida Libraries http://library.ucf.edu This Catalog is brought to you for free and open access by the Central Florida Memory at STARS. It has been accepted for inclusion in Text Materials of Central Florida by an authorized administrator of STARS. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Recommended Citation Rollins College, "Crummer Graduate School" (1989). Text Materials of Central Florida. 659. https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cfm-texts/659 Message From The Dean here are more than 600 colleges and We at the Crummer School believe that an T universities in the United States that MBA is more than a collection of business grant the MBA degree. Although each courses. The setting in which the learning school teaches approximately the same occurs is important, as is the interaction material with the same, or similar text that takes place during the learning pro books, the education that students cess. In addition, we think that knowledge receive at each of these schools is differ of information is relatively useless for man ent. The differences depend upon the agers unless they also know how to apply educational philosophy of the schools, the that knowledge and communicate it to facilities of the schools, the method in others. For that reason, the Crum mer which the course material is taught, the School stresses both oral and written com quality of the students that are enrolled, munication in the curriculum and elects to and the supplemental programs that are use the case method of instruction to rein offered. Therefore, the purpose of this cat force these skills. We also believe that a alog is not only to tel I the story of what we manager has a professional responsibility do at the Crummer School, but also to tell to the company, the customers, and the the story of how we do it. community. These values are also rein forced within the curriculum. This catalog presents the qualities that The Crummer School has a policy of hiring make the Crummer School different and only those faculty who have taught else the best choice for many outstanding stu where and who have demonstrated out dents. We are small and personal, but we standing teaching skills. We encourage offer the diversity of student background our faculty to pursue scholarly endeavors that is lacking in many schools that are and to publish. The result is a talented much larger. We are located in an ideal faculty that rivals that of any school. southern economic and geographical cli All faculty members hold a doctorate in mate, but many people think that we the field in which they teach, all are reflect the quality of an MBA program that judged on their performance in the class is most often found in the Northeast. Per room, and more than sixty percent of them haps the most important difference is an have published at least two textbooks with attitude that pervades the administration, major publishers. the faculty, and the students. We refuse to settle for anything that is less than our best effort. In the words of Philip Crosby, per To some prospective students who read haps the world's foremost spokesman on this catalog, these Crummer differences quality management, who is a member of may mean nothing. However, to those the Crummer School Board of Overseers, whom we would welcome eagerly, these our goal is to "Do things right the first time." differences mean everything. Martin Schatz The Crummer School he MBA program at the Roy E. T Crummer Graduate School of Busi ness at Rollins College is designed to pre pare qualified men and women to pursue careers in the management of dynamic organizations. The school is accredited by the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), and was iden tified by the Gourman Report as being in the top ten percent of all MBA programs in the nation. The Crummer School specializes in gradu ate education and emphasizes a personal approach to teaching and learning. In order to facilitate extensive faculty student interaction, classes are limited in size. The curriculum prepares graduates for cha I lenges at the highest manage ment levels in their companies. The objective of the MBA program at the Crummer School is to develop managers who can solve both present and future management problems. The design of the program makes it possible for those with out undergraduate training in business or computers to quickly master these skills. The mission of the Crummer MBA program is to teach students to apply the knowl edge they are learning in their course "When I applied to business schools, I work to the problems of management. The was accepted to other nationally recog emphasis on the applications of theor nized programs. But I chose to attend the Crummer School. Why? First, the excel etical concepts differs from many MBA lent faculty is easily accessible. Second, programs in which theory itself is the the curriculum is integrated and based essential component. The learning of tex on the case method. And third, the stu tual material is not the goal of individual dents come from diverse backgrounds courses, but only an intermediate step. The and bring a wealth of knowledge to class goal is the application of the material that discussions." -Rick Stuebing, MBA '88 is appropriate for the particular problem President, MBA Association being solved. Rollins College ol Ii ns College is situated on the Rollins has an enrollment of 1,400 under their peers, including fellowships from the R shores of Lake Virginia in Winter Park, graduate students. It is private and inde Fulbright Foundation, the American Coun Florida. The quaint but sophisticated city pendent of both state and church. The ci I on Education, the National· Science is adjacent to Orlando, one of the fastest Rollins College student-faculty ratio Foundation, and the National Endowment growing metropolitan areas in the United of 12 to 1 provides an excellent learning for the Humanities. Alumni include the States. Founded in 1885, Rollins is the oldest environment. Ninety-two percent of the winners of the Rhodes Scholarship and college in Florida and has developed a faculty hold the Ph.D. or highest degree Nobel Prize. tradition of excellence in liberal arts in their fields. Rollins faculty members education. have earned national recognition from Central Florida he Central Florida area contains The College is a short drive from well T the corporate headquarters and known tourist attractions such as Walt "The greater Orlando area boasts a regional offices of many major corpora Disney World, The Kennedy Space Center, diverse economy and a population of nearly one million. This area is successful tions including: Westinghouse, Martin Sea World, Cypress Gardens, and the as a result of its central location, natural Marietta, NCR, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Atlantic and Gulf beaches. The College's and cultural amenities, a stable employ AT&T, General Electric, Tupperware, Gen location in Central Florida provides stu ment rate, no state income tax and costs eral Mills Restaurants, Stromberg-Carlson, dents with a special environment that of living below national averages. Our Walt Disney World, and the Harris Corpora includes a growing professional commu corporate attractions are as impressive as our world-reknowned tourist attrac tion. These companies actively support nity, pleasing climate and access to many tions, with a business climate as favorable the Crummer School. cultural events. as the weather. The quality of life makes Orlando an ideal environment." -Roy Harris, President, Industrial Development Commission of Mid-Florida, Inc. "As an international company dealing with consumer goods, Tupperware needs leaders who are sensitive to cu.1- tura I differences and understand the practical aspects of marketing both domestically and abroad. Thats why we have sent some of our promising man agement people to the MBA Program of the Crummer School, and why it is one of my own high priorities in helping the School to develop the reputation that it deserves." -Bi 11 Jackson, Chairman and CEO, Tupperware International Placement Recent Employers & Recruiters: AT&T Corporation International Business he Crummer School provides career The Crummer School emphasizes per The Acacia Group Machines Corp. T guidance and placement services sonal placement assistance for its stu Aerotek J.C. Penney Co., Inc. to meet the special needs of MBA degree Aetna Life & Casualty John Hancock Life Ins. Co. dents. Each graduating student meets with American Pioneer Bank Jordan Marsh candidates and graduates. The purpose the Assistant Dean of Corporate Affairs to American Standard K-Mart of the Crummer Placement Program is to formulate a personalized job search plan. Barnett Banks of Fla ., Inc. Lanier Business Products BellSouth, Inc. Lever Brothe rs Co. assist Crummer students with career plan Students are also counseled before Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Lipton Tea Company ning and career search preparation, and scheduling interviews with on-campus Florida Maas Brothers Florida to assist with the placement of Crummer corporate recruiters to help them clarify Boeing Marion Laboratories C&S Bank Martin Marietta Aerospace MBA students. their skills and acquire knowledge of the Campbell Soup Co. Metropolitan Life Ins. career progressions with

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