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2002-2003 School of Management Dean’s Report www.management.uottawa.ca School of Management Table of Contents School of Management Highlights . 4 EMBA Highlights . 5 MBA Highlights. 7 MHA Highlights . 9 Undergraduate Highlights . 10 International Exchange Programs. 11 Dean’s Advisory Board . 12 New Appointments and Retirements . 13 Research Excellence . 16 Student News. 19 2002-03 Honours and Awards . 21 Alumni Breakfast Speaker Series . 23 2002-03 Alumni Events . 24 School of Management Alumni Association . 24 Business Partners . 26 Fundraising . 29 2002-03 Educator’s Honour Roll . 30 Full-Time Faculty Members . 31 School of Management Dean’s Report This has been a pivotal year for the School of Management. Over the course of the last 12 months, the School has achieved a major international accreditation, launched a new state-of-the-art career centre and initiated planning for a new building. During this time, our faculty, students and alumni have continued to garner major recognition and awards, further enhancing our reputation as one of Canada’s leading management schools. The most significant achievement this year was our The School of Management is the only institution in the accreditation by AACSB International. This is truly a Ottawa region and only one of eleven business schools in landmark event for the School of Management.AACSB Canada to have received AACSB accreditation. On an International accreditation represents the highest standard international level, we are one of only six AACSB accredited of achievement for business schools worldwide. To obtain schools offering management programs in French. this accreditation, the School and its programs had to AACSB International accreditation is a key element in the satisfy the expectations of a wide range of quality standards School’s strategy to enhance its brand image and to break relating to curriculum, faculty resources, admissions, degree into the ranks of the world’s top 100 management schools. requirements, library and computer facilities, financial Coincident with AACSB accreditation, the School of resources and intellectual climate.A faculty team led by Management is making major investments in curriculum renewal, research and student services. Regarding the latter, “The School of Management is the only institution in the the School is dramatically expanding the career and Ottawa region and only one of eleven business schools in placement services that it provides to students.As a result Canada to have received AACSB accreditation.” of a referendum initiative, led by our undergraduate and MBA students, the School will receive several hundred thousand dollars annually through a dedicated student fee to Professor Michel Nedzela worked on this initiative for two support the establishment of a state-of-the-art career centre. years. We are extremely proud to have been admitted to this This initiative was endorsed overwhelmingly by our students. elite and prestigious group of management schools.AACSB The new career centre will be led by newly named Assistant accreditation will further enhance our visibility and Dean Student Services Peter Koppel. reputation among management schools nationally and internationally, as well as our attractiveness to prospective On top of all of this, the School has started to plan for a new students and the perceptions of recruiters of the quality building, to be financed by contributions from the Province of our graduates. of Ontario, the University and the School’s fundraising campaign. Construction of the new facility should begin in early 2004. Internationally renowned architects Muriyama and Teshima have been retained to design the new building. 2002-2003 University of Ottawa 1 Dean’s Report School of Management Recognition came to the School in many forms this year. The student, won the prestigious Ontario Global Traders’ Student magazine Corporate Knights magazine’s “Guide to business Achievement Award from Ontario Exports Inc., a prize that schools for students who want to change the world”ranked honours students “who make a difference in exporting.”He us ninth overall among Canadian graduate institutions in also had the distinction of being the first international terms of the introduction of social responsibility and student to win this award. community engagement in our management programs. It School of Management alumni received awards and also ranked us in the top ten of all Canadian institutions, recognition from all of the major business organizations in graduate and undergraduate, in terms of student led social the Ottawa Region including the Chamber of Commerce, the responsibility and community initiatives, our institutional Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation (OCRI) and Le commitment to the area and faculty research and teaching Regroupement des gens d’affaires (RGA).We are particularly related to corporate and social responsibility. proud of recognition that our Executive MBA (EMBA) alumni Our faculty members continue to achieve national received this year. Pierrette Ringuette-Maltais was appointed recognition for their contributions. Professor Emeritus, to the Senate of Canada.Angus Watt has been promoted to Gilles Paquet was named as the new president of the Royal Major-General with the Canadian Forces. Maxine Hill and Society of Canada, Canada’s most distinguished organization Jean D’Aoust were both nominated at the RGA Award of scholars. Professor David Zussman, President of the Public ceremonies. Chris Ellsay won the Entrepreneur of the Year Policy Forum, was recently awarded the Public Service award from the Chamber of Commerce and Jim Orban won Citation for his outstanding contribution to Canada’s the Civic Entrepreneur Award from OCRI.Also, again this Public Service. year, six of our graduates, including 3 EMBA alumni, were named among Ottawa’s top 40 under 40. The number of “The School has started to plan for a new building, to be financed major business and community awards won by our students and alumni further confirms the School’s growing reputation by contributions from the Province of Ontario, the University and as “the first choice of winners.” the School’s fundraising campaign.” Thanks to the efforts of Associate Dean (Academic) Joanne Leck, we continue to attract new faculty from the top The excellence and social commitment of our students and Ph.D. programs despite an increasingly challenging labour alumni was again recognized this year through numerous market. This year’s incoming faculty come from the awards and accolades. The School’s Commerce and University of Michigan, the University of Pittsburgh, and the Administration Students’ Charity Association (CASCO) University of Montreal. They all bring strong teaching and received the Order of the Good Bear award from the research credentials. foundation of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario On the research front, the School’s Research Office, (CHEO) for its fundraising activities for the hospital. In the established last year under the Directorship of last 4 years, this incredible student organization has raised Dr. Linda Manning, has already had a visible impact on both $60,000 to support CHEO through its annual musical fashion the research climate in the School and the number of show, which has become one of the hottest tickets in town. research grant applications submitted. This year, we had the Two of our undergraduate students, Candice Bedard and largest number of granting council applications in our Jean-Francois Carrey, received awards from the University’s history.Young faculty were particularly active in this area. Student Federation for their leadership and outstanding Faculty members have received major research grants from contribution to campus life.Wang (Linus) Xianglin, an MBA the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council 2 University of Ottawa 2002-2003 School of Management Dean’s Report (SSHRC), The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research of Development Linda Eagen, in support of our ambition of Council (NSERC) and The Canadian Institute for Health becoming a global leader in management education Research (CIHR) as well as the Ontario Research Network for and research. Electronic Commerce (ORNEC). Our successes this year would not have been possible without Looking forward to the coming year, our focus will turn to the exceptional support that we continue to receive from the building our research and teaching capacity in areas related University Rector Gilles Patry and Vice-Rectors Howard Alper, to the management of science and technology-based Robert Major, David Mitchell and Carole Workman. Their enterprises, developing a stronger brand image for the support for our various initiatives and for our overall strategic School and building our endowment. goals has been unwavering. ~Micheál J. Kelly “The number of major business and community awards won by Dean our students and alumni further confirms the School’s growing reputation as “the first choice of winners.” In late spring, we began a series of roundtables with CEOs and executives from the local technology industry exploring how the School of Management can further contribute to building the management capacity needed by Ottawa’s technology- based firms to grow and succeed in the international market place. In response, the School is expanding its capacity in the area of technology entrepreneurship under the leadership of Professor Jérôme Doutriaux,Vice-Dean, and Associate Dean (Programs) and is planning the creation of a Centre for the Management of
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