Economics and Management

Author: Kathy

  • 10,000 management professors can’t be wrong..

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    Kathy

    For the past 17 years, the signal that summer is waning and the fall semester is right around the corner is the Academy of Management meeting, held the first or second week of every August. This year it was Philadelphia upon whose unsuspecting citizens we all converged last week. Although it’s not as easy as…

  • Connecting with new alumni

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    Had a great time catching up with a recent Management grad over lunch on a beautiful day in the Cities! Caroline Nelson ’13 is in procurement at United Health Group, a job she scored by shining during her internship as well as impressing UHG folks during a practice design thinking workshop there in 2013. Terrific…

  • Summer in full tilt—21 hours of Scandinavian light

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    Kathy

    Just back from a fantastic trip to Denmark and Sweden—where the sunlight just doesn’t quit nowadays. The Copenhagen Business School hosted a research in management education Unconference, which is a structure that is, well, unstructured! People get together organically—there are no formal presenters and no set agenda. Group discussions move toward topics of mutual interest…

  • Management majors continue to shine with final presentations

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                          Ellen Krueger worked with me all semester on an independent study in ethics as part of a student ethics fellowship that my position supports. LOTS of reading and writing and reflecting on where she personally draws ethical lines as she anticipates joining an organization.…

  • Management students’ projects add lasting value for clients

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    Kathy

    More projects from Kathi Tunheim’s HR and Organizational Behavior students. High impact learning at its best. Orono Give & Go Team [Sam Flynn, Jennifer Marquette, client Joellen Gonder-Spacek, Austin Housh, Alissa Tinklenberg and Amy Medearis] The purpose of our project can be broken down into two main components: improving the current marketing plan and researching…

  • Tis the season… final project presentations in Management

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    Kathy

    What is the universal sign of the end of the semester for Management students? Final project presentations, created for clients, peers, and faculty to enjoy! In Kathi Tunheim’s Organizational Behavior and Human Resources courses, students trotted out their best to share project deliverables. Here are some of the projects:  Baby Boomers & Beyond [Torin Dougherty,…

  • Bidding farewell to Economics & Management faculty

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    Kathy

    On Tuesday evening May 13th, the Economics & Management department gathered at Whiskey River to bid adieu to several faculty members. Glenn Barnette, David Reese, Kristina Terkun Castro, and Tim Peterson. We will miss their energy and presence as will students.                     We decided we needed…

  • Community partners come to campus for project presentations

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    Kathy

    Representing a significant time, talent and development investment, three community partners came to Beck Hall to hear Organizational Behavior students’ final project presentations. Members of Lifeworks, the Gustavus G-Club, and the American Swedish Institute all cheerfully came to Beck 301 to learn not only of their own project outcomes, but to hear and participate in…

  • Gustavus and TED? That’s right!

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    Kathy

    What a coup. What an amazing collection of speakers! Dave Newell and his student team scored a TEDx event and it was so good, it made 4 hours in Wallenberg fly by. That alone is worth considering…. Every speaker was coming from such a different space, and yet what I got from them was very…

  • Ethics independent study fellowship– learning from Gusties about leading with integrity

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    Kathy

    What a fantastic day with Ellen Krueger ’14 and Gustie alumni (and friends– thanks Becky!) last Friday. Ellen is my ethics fellow this semester, trying out an intensive one-on-one model of learning about ethics, and more importantly, how she can navigate any organizational setting with confidence that she will do her best to do what’s…