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Business Schools In the Economic And Social Value Chain

Daniel F. Muzyka, Dean RBC Financial Group Professor of Entrepreneurship

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Introduction Challenges Analysis Requirements Examples Summary

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Introduction

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity . . .

Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities

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Introduction Challenges Analysis Requirements Examples Summary

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Challenges

Performance Models Completeness Relevance Adaptability Substitutes Responsibility Value Added Areas of Criticism

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Challenges

Are our learning and training models actually tied to professional needs? Are our models methodologically robust

• r in practice in a complex world?

Do we sufficiently recognize human vs. rational behaviour? Is our ability to adapt our ideas to changing reality impeded by our decision models? Do we really take responsibility for our ideas? Questions

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Challenges

Limited resources Increased marketing challenges Growing rankings (conformity) pressure Strong faculty orthodoxy Strengthening intellectual rigidity Constraints on methodology: physics envy With Multiple Constraints….

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Challenges

You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the

• individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own

improvement, and at the same time share a general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful. Marie Curie

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Analysis

Enhance our dialogue with “practice” Find ways to add more value Participate in more domains Broaden our learning models Tackle larger and more complex issues Be part of “the solution”: A part not apart from the business and social value chains We need to …..

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Analysis

Earth

Government

Business

Society

Business Schools

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Analysis

Centricity Domain Modalities

Theory People Participation Campus World Disciplinary Interdisciplinary Stakeholders

Activity Challenge

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Analysis

Centricity Domain Modalities

Theory People Participation Campus World Disciplinary Interdisciplinary Stakeholders

Traditional Business School

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Requirements

Strategy: Definition of value Opportunity search models Goals and missions Resource definition and allocation Partnerships and alliances: Intensity Breadth and diversity

Is it Business or Management (?)

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Interfaces: Diversity of knowledge interfaces Communication intensity, content and style Faculty and staff: Diversity of people and contracts Diverse relationship and management models Appropriate evaluation and incentive schemes

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Research and learning models: Diversity Perspective Realization of complexity Behavioural Orientation Technological support

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Programs and participants: Nature Models Resources: Seed capital Organizational slack Diverse sources

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Positioning Reasons to Believe Culture Brand Essence

Leading edge research & profs Innovative teaching programs Small class sizes International location (Asia meets N. America) Diverse, multicultural community Exceptionally high calibre of students and faculty Inspirational Creative Rigorous Collegial Action-oriented Always challenging assumptions Fresh Perspectives Blending a diverse and collegial culture with foundational learning, the Sauder School of Business cultivates future business leaders who are creative, action-oriented problem solvers

Examples: About Sauder

• State
• Research oriented
• Full service

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Faculty Advisory Board: Active and directed Task forces Research Centres: Practitioner advisory boards Professional staff Service Units: Executives in residence Move to advisory boards

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Function: Education Knowledge development Opportunity development Community development Social change Process: Interdisciplinary Learning programs Alliances Partnerships Advisory

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Integrative learning model Action learning and research Project oriented Resource generating (and reinvesting) Program linkage (MM in OR)

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BITSAFS was established in the Spring of 2005 to conduct and disseminate research in the area of intelligent transportation systems and freight

• security. The Bureau’s goal is to develop a base of

expertise, a collaborative network, and a research agenda in partnership with both government and industry that will lead to a sustainable long-run program.

Bureau of Intelligent Transportation Systems And Freight Security

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Learning Core curriculum Entrepreneurship 101 Entrepreneurship Africa Participation Carbon offsets Greenapple Transportation Index Provincial Government activities etc. Centre for Sustainability And Social Innovation

• Multi-

disciplinary

• Alliances
• Resource

diversity

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Vision Healthy families and successful businesses for multiple generations. Mission Facilitate the success of business families through research, education and service. Business Families Centre

• Board
• Network
• CAFE
• Programs
• Staff

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Hosted by the Sauder School of Business, the UBC Centre for Health Care Management is an interdisciplinary response to the urgent need for management skill development and innovation in order to redesign and enhance service delivery and productivity within the health care sector. By drawing from the strengths of nine collaborating faculties and schools at the University of British Columbia, and from our health authority partners, the Centre strives not only to bridge the gap between health care management practice, research, and training, but also to foster improvements in health care for years to come.

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MBA and engineering start-up/commercialization program Undergraduate joint business and engineering entrepreneurship course Interdisciplinary commercialization training Joint seed capital program Regional entrepreneurial competition(s) Commercialization Activities

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You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. Richard Feynman Educator and Physicist