Syllabus
Management
Seminar – MBA 593R
Every Friday of Fall Semester from 11
a.m. – Noon
151 Tanner Building
Faculty
Dr. Kevin
D. Stocks
Director,
Masters of Accounting Program
540 TNRB
(801)
422-4613
Dr. Craig
B. Merrill
Director,
MBA Program
W437 TNRB
(801)
422-4782
Cheryl
McBeth
Assistant
to the Dean
Lecture
Series Coordinator
710A TNRB
(801)
422-4611
Course Objectives
Brigham Young University is owned by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. As such, we
have the opportunity and the obligation to explore the relationships between
faith and professional education, the sacred and the secular. We are to be ÒbilingualÓ in a way
described by former Prophet and Church President, Spencer W. Kimball in his
ÒSecond Century Address.Ó (Full
text here)
Your double heritage and dual concerns with the secular and
the spiritual require you to be "bilingual." As LDS scholars, you must
speak with authority and excellence to your professional colleagues in the
language of scholarship, and you must also be literate in the language of
spiritual things. We must be more bilingual, in that sense, to fulfill our
promise in the second century of BYU.
MBA 593R
is a seminar series designed to not only provide you with the opportunity to
learn from the experience and perspective of high-level, prominent business
leaders, but to explore applications of the unique goals of business education
at BYU as well.
Each
month this fall, three executives will be featured. Each executive will be invited to speak to you from their
experience and with application to current business issues, based upon an
underlying theme for each monthÕs lectures.
At the
end of each month, students will gather in their respective programs to discuss
how the theme and the messages they have heard help them better approach their
own professional development. Students
will have readings from talks and addresses given by LDS Church General
Authorities and BYU administrators to help focus the discussion in each of the
three months.
Course
Materials
The readings for this course are as follows:
Month
|
Question
|
Readings
|
|
September |
What do I need to know
about how my faith applies to my professional development? |
ÒA House of
Dreams,Ó by John S. Tanner, Academic Vice President, BYU, 2007 |
|
October |
What should I do in my professional life because of
what I am learning? |
ÒWho
We Are and What God Expects Us to Do,Ó by Jeffrey R. Holland, President, BYU,
1987 ÒO Be
Wise,Ó by M. Russell Ballard, Apostle, The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, 2006 |
|
November |
What kind of person should I become as
a result of my business education at BYU? |
|
Grading
This course has been designed as an enriching exercise that
will allow you to explore the unique blend of the secular and the sacred at
BYU. As such, we expect your
attendance because of your interest in the subject and its inherent worth to
you. We will ask you to write a one page response to each of the three questions in
preparation for each gathering with your classmates (Oct. 2, Oct. 30, Dec.
4). We will collect your essays at
that time. We will also ask you to
report which sessions you attended at the end of the semester.
Expectations
We
hope that all lecturers gain a favorable impression of the students, faculty,
and programs of the Marriott School.
As a lecture participant, you are helping us host these lecturers. The lecturersÕ
perceptions of Marriott School students as potential employees will be framed
in great part by you. While
many of these guidelines will be obvious to you, please:
1.
Wear business professional dress to each
lecture.
2. Sit
toward the front of the auditorium
3. Refrain
from bringing food and beverages into the auditorium
4. Arrive
on time and do not leave early
5. Sit
in auditorium chairs rather than on the steps or on the floor in the back of
the auditorium (do not bring in additional chairs)
6. PLEASE DO NOT USE LAPTOPS, CELL
PHONES, OR OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES DURING MANAGEMENT SEMINAR
Schedule
Topic
|
Month
|
Date
|
Lecturer
|
|
Kickoff and Overview |
September |
4 |
Jim Stice Associate Dean, Marriott School of Management Distinguished Teaching Professor of Accounting Former Director, MBA Program |
|
What do I need to know about how my faith applies to my
professional development? |
September |
11 |
Andrea Thomas Senior Vice President, Wal-Mart Named as one of BusinessWeekÕs
25 Champions of Innovation |
|
18 |
Joel Peterson Founding Partner, Peterson Partners Chairman of the Board, JetBlue Director, Center for Leadership Development and Research;
Stanford |
||
|
25 |
Mark Willes Pres. and CEO, Deseret Mgmt. Corp. |
||
|
October |
2 |
Bring your written reflection on this
section. MAcc Discussions: 151 TNRB MBA Discussions: W408/W410
TNRB |
|
|
What should I do in my professional life because of what I
am learning? |
October |
9 |
E.
Bradley Wilson Partner,
Grant Thornton (MAccs only) |
|
16 |
Michael
Glauser, Ph.D. Entrepreneur,
Business Consultant, and University
Professor Director of
Institute for New Enterprise (Westminster
College) |
||
|
23 |
Alfred
Gantner Executive
Chairman, Partners Group |
||
|
30 |
Bring your written reflection on this
section. MBA and MAcc
Discussions: 151 TNRB |
||
|
What kind of person should I become as a result of my business
education at BYU? |
November |
6 |
Merrill
J. Bateman Former
President, BYU |
|
13 |
Carine S.
Clark Sr. Vice
President of Marketing Semantec |
||
|
20 |
PLEASE NOTE: LECTURE WILL BE HELD AT 4:30 P.M. IN
151 TANNER BUILDING Steve
Reinemund 2009
International Executive of the Year (awarded annually by the Marriott School) Dean of
the business school at Wake Forest Former
Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo Members of
the Marriott SchoolÕs National Advisory Council will be in attendance. You will be invited
to participate in additional activities during the National Advisory Council
meetings held November 19 and 20.
More information to follow. |
||
|
December |
4 |
Bring your written reflection on this
section. MAcc Discussions: 151 TNRB MBA Discussions: W408/W410
TNRB |