EXECUTIVE BRIEFINGS
BA 531, Fall Term 2006 SBA 190 Friday, October 13 Session One – 1:00-2:30pm – Organizational Development Elizabeth King, Organizational Development, ESCO John Ericksen, President, Precision Castparts Rick Howell, Senior Director of Organizational Development Gary Rebello, Vice President for Human Resources, LaCrosse Footwear Session Two – 3:00-4:30pm – Clean Energy Nancy Floyd, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Nth Power Ron Pernick, Co-Founder and Principal, Clean Edge Nik Blosser, President, celilo group Justin Klure, Oregon Department of Energy Friday, November 3 Session One – 1:00-2:30pm – Entrepreneurs Raj Anand, President and CEO, Southern States Inc. Mark Jensen, Founder and Chairman, Gleukos, Inc. Session Two - 3:00 – 4:30pm – Commercial Real Estate Deborah Saweuyer-Parks, President and CEO, Homestead Capital Steven Klein, Senior Vice President, GVA Kidder Mathews Fred Gast, Senior Vice President, Polygon Northwest Stacie Hill, Senior Vice President – Asset Management, Scanlan Kemper Bard INSTRUCTOR: Scott Dawson, Dean School of Business Administration SBA 650, 725-3757, scottd@sba.pdx.edu
COURSE OBJECTIVES: 1. To provide an understanding of the major competitiveness issues facing companies in a cross section of industries. To give students the opportunity to discuss management issues with top corporate executives.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS: 1. Students are required to attend all of the Executive Briefing sessions. Each session will begin promptly at the scheduled time. Treat these as you would a business meeting, and be there on time. It is disrespectful of the speaker to arrive late. Attendance will be taken during each session. Students will sign in during each session. This is an honor system. Students are not permitted to sign in for other students. If a student has a conflict, please email or call the instructor to make alternative arrangements. The course is graded Pass/Fail. Passing requires attendance at all sessions, except in case of an excused absence.
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