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BUSINESS WEEK at Texas A&M _ 4 m Battalion/Page 12 February 24,1982 Paid advertising, prepared by the College of Business Administration ilillllllllllllllH 4 4: a a\A i MiiiimiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiniiiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiiimiiHiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, Supplement to The Battalion February 24, 1982 — Vol. 5, No. 2 p» iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiii Supplement to of Business Administr; From the Dean's Office arch 2 US Executives, students and faculty meet in business classes BUSINESS WE! 82 StU Scheduled for February 27 - March 5, the 1982 observance of "BUSINESS WEEK" on the Texas A&M University campus this spring will bring a parade of executives to the College. Kicking off the week will be the Third Annual Accounting Trends Seminar, set for Saturday February 27.Representa tives from major accounting firms will be speaking on the events changing the business environment and affecting the accounting profession. Monday, March 1 brings guest speak ers from various business and profes sional roles to start a series of presenta tions, and continue with appearances in a large number of classes throughout the week. The week's schedule of events shows no decline in pace, as the annual Busi ness Career Fair brings almost a hun dred company representatives to visit personally with students at mid-week. A first-class steak dinner banquet cli maxes the Fair on Wednesday, and pro vides public recognition for the College's outstanding students through award presentations. Capping off the busy week will be the College's announcement of its "Texas Business Executive of the Year" award, annually presented to an exemplary ex ecutive of a Texas-based firm. The visiting executive speakers will make their presentations to specific sec tions of business courses, but other stu dents and visitors are welcomed to attend each presentation. Saturday February 27 Tuesday March 2 Thursday March 4 8:30am - 12noon — Third Annual Accounting Trends Seminar Aggieland Inn, College Station Monday March 1 ef "Managing Business in the '80s" Mr. C. B. Ingram, President, Baker Pack ers, Inc., Houston 11 - 12:15am — Management 363, A&A room 102 12:30 - 1:45pm — Management 363, A&A room 102 o- "Japanese Business Behavior" Dr. Yasuo Hoshino, University of Tokyo (Visiting Fulbright Scholor at Rutgers University) 12noon — Marketing 321 class, A&A room 102 1:00pm — Marketing 321 class, A&A room 102 O' Company registration for Career Fair 2 - 5:00pm, A&A room 101 Wednesday March 3 tar "Business Communications" Dr. Frances W. Weeks, Director of Busi ness and Tecnical Writing, University of Illinois 8 - 10am — Management 630, A&A room 156 rr Career Fair '82 booths open 8:30am - 4:30pm, A&A first floor hall ways & second floor lobby o* "The Role of Marketing Research in Real Estate Investment Decisions” Mr. Scott O. Shaffer, Marketing Analyst, Ben Bergeron and Associates, Commer cial Real Estate Investment and Broker age, Houston 9 - 10am — Finance 675, A&A room 155 11 - 12am — Finance 675, A&A room 155 o' "Entrepreneurship" Mr. Greig Placette, President, Chemco, Inc., Houston Mr. Robert Hicks, President, Hicks En terprises, Bryan 12 - 1:00pm — Management 470, A&A room 164 1 - 2:00pm — Management 470, A&A room 164 cr Career Fair Seminars (see topics and schedule elsewhere in this special edition) crCareer Fair Banquet and Awards Presentations "How to be Successful in Business," Speak er, Mr. Tom B. Fatjo, Jr., Founder and President, The Houstonian 7 - 9:00pm — MSC, rooms 212 - 229 Business students to study in Scotland and England by Julie Farrar Students will have the opportunity to develop an international perspective on management through a new program sponsored by the Department of Man agement, the College of Business Admi nistration and the International Prog rams Office. The program not only provides a chance to visit Scotland and England, but also a way to earn course credit dur ing the second summer term, July 8 — Aug. 13, 1982. "Since business is increasingly inter nationally—oriented, we think students will greatly benefit from looking at this side," Dr. William H. Mobley, associate dean of the College of Business Admi nistration, said. Mobley and Dr. Jack Reynolds, pro fessor of management, will teach the four management courses offered by the program. The courses are Management 422, Personnel Management; Manage ment 466, Management Policy; and two problems courses. Management 485 and 685. Students may register for up to six hours credit. Although regular textbooks will be used, more than the standard material will be covered. Guest speakers and field trips will give a first—hand view of busi ness and industry abroad, Mobley said. In addition, students will have free time to explore the countryside and ex perience the culture of Scotland and En gland. "We've tried to schedule the field trips and the classes in the mornings, so that students will have the afternoons to study," Mobley said. Students are also free to plan their own weekend excursions. Estimated cost for the trip is $1869, which includes airfare, room and board. However, tui tion and fees will be paid during regular registration for summer school, he said. To get a guaranteed rate on airline re servations, Mobley said a $300 deposit will be required in March. If the airline tickets are purchased from British Cale donian Airways as planned, he said, they should cost around $780 More information will be provided at a meeting on Feb. 25 in room 307 of the Academic and Agency Building. This will be the first of several pre—departure orientations, he said. The meetings will give students infor mation on passports, customs regula tions, what to take, exchange rates, and cultural issues. Slides of London and Scotland will also be shown by the Inter national Programs Office. The first week of study will be in Lon don, Mobley said, where an initial visit to the U.S. Embassy will help students understand trade between the United States and England. Additional plans include visits to Get ty Oil and Energy Bank Ltd., as well as a reception with the Texas A&M Associa tion of Former Students in London. Stu dents will also travel to Oxford and attend the Shakespeare Festival while in England, he said. From London the group will travel by train to Stirling, Scotland where much of the six—week period will be spent. While in Scotland, students will attend classes and live in dormitories at the Uni versity of Stirling. "The program's price includes stu- Executives-in-Residence Real world" perspective comes to business classrooms // by Betty Ann Reid A program that combines executives' business world experience with clas sroom teaching is being used by the De partment of Management this semester. The executives-in-residence program is bringing students and faculty into con tact with persons with business experi ence while those executives learn about the research-oriented atmosphere of a university. The two men involved with this prog ram are referred to as executives-in- residence and will be teaching here at Texas A&M University for only one semester. Chuck Buening, manager of inflight services training for United Airlines, flies down to College Station every Sun day night from Chicago. On Monday nights Buening teaches Management 625, "Management Train ing in Industry," then flies back to Chi cago to work at United Airlines for the remainder of the week. Working for an airline enables me to fly down and teach each Monday, Buening said. Michael Holmstrom, however, is un able to continue working somewhere else while teaching here at Texas A&M. Holmstrom, former vice president of financial and business planning for the Telecommunications Group of Pacific Power and Light in Portland, Oregon, is a full-time teacher this semester, teaching Management 466, "Manage ment Policy." Holmstrom decided to teach at Texas A&M because he had been evaluating job opportunities when the offer came, so the time was right. The purpose behind Buening's accept ance of the job was that he was looking for a way to share his ideas. "My purpose was to share experi- cr "Managing Business in the '80s" Mr. J. William Streidl, Director of Man agement Education, Tenneco Inc., Houston, Texas 8 - 9:15am — Management 363, A&A 102 9:30 - 10:45am — Management 363, A&A 102 to be Bigger, Better by Betty An Students i ity to discus by Kellie Kurtin Business Week representati third annua Business by the unde Council anc Friday March 5 ences with young people coming into the business world," Buening said. The philosophy that Buening brings into the classroom with him is that every manager is a trainer. "I want to teach them what training is all about and how it is applied to busi ness," Buening said. Holmstrom also tries to relate the clas sroom to the business world. "The important thing I bring to class is my experience," Holmstrom said. Since the students don't have that ex perience, I can share my experiences with them, Holmstrom said. Both men consider teaching to be fun. "It's a joint learning experience and Fm having fun," Buening said. "It's fun to see the light turn on in someone's eyes when they get an insight into what you've been teaching," Holm strom said. O’ "Personal and Career Decisions" Ms. Beverly Brooks, Beverly Brooks & Associates, Dallas, Texas 11 - 12am — Marketing 321, A&A 102 12 - 1:00pm — Marketing 321, A&A 102 o- "Effective Business is Successful Busi ness" Address by The Texas Business Executive of the Year 2-3:00pm — Management 211, A&A 102 o "Investing" Mr. Royce H. Hickman, Jr., VP - Fi nance, and Secretary, Associated Credit Services, Inc., Houston 2 - 3:00pm — Finance 201, A&A 158 3 - 4:00pm — Finance 201, A&A 158 o "Human Resource Development" Mr. A. D. Scott, Director of Personnel, General Business Group-International, IBM, White Plains, New York 2 - 3:00pm — Management 422, A&A 164 3 - 4:00pm — Management 422, A&A 164 dent union use at the university, so tney will have access to cultural programs and can share in the campus environ ment," Mobley said. Mobley said a number of energy—re lated industries will be studied, in addi tion to several banks and manufacturers. "We've tried to balance the industrial visits, but more students are interested in energy," he said. For example, students will take an overnight field trip to Aberdeen, where they will study off—shore exploration work in the North Sea. Companies such as Mobil Oil Corp., Continental Oil, and British Petroleum Co. Ltd. will be ex amined, Mobley said. Students will also study the shipbuild ing industry in Glasgow, Scotland, to gain insight into import and export oper ations, he said. "If we can logistically do it, we would also like to visit the Scotish highlands," Mobley said. "It is such beautiful country." Final exams will cover reading assign ments and topics encountered during the tours, Mobley said. Students should be able to compare the United States and Scottish industries and note differences in customs, legal matters and labor un ion operations, he said. This year's have more participants and be more;! j, ess Week cessful than ever before, said theDe!.j president, s the School of Business William Vi!i| r Represen For the past three years Business*! p an i e s will has achieved its objective to pion h ave a i more interaction between the busiii 0 ftheAcadi and industrial community and H rc h 3. school of business at Texas A&Mlj p rom g ; 3i versity, Muse said. ma y g 0 to 1 "Each year the number of guestee CO mpany r tives has increased and so has then. one basis, ber of participating students/'he® «Th ereC] Executives from 46 companies^! they are pj available to students during Career: pgopie/' j c held during Business Week, to s| them what jobs are available and at companies. Primarily aimed at classmen. Muse said Career Fair helped give students more direction! he believes more of them willpartid| this year. The executives will be at boothsirj Academic and Agency Building] March 3 from 8:30 a.m. tlll4:30p,m.i Muse welcomed all students to par) pate. A series of visiting executive spei is also a significant feature of the! schedule for Business Week, Annij of business faculty members t arranged for corporate officers to to their classes during this weekanr students about their personal andcj pany experiences. While the school of businessl grown in the number of students,kf said it has also grown in recognition! to the effectiveness of Business! "The level of visibility of the schof * business has increased," Muse saii AnilII Again this year, as in each 0 ^ e i|j|if fcjq vious two years, the College recopcj a selected corporate officer as thell Business Executive of the Year,'i by Alan f presentation of this awardisaclim| Business Week activities. Beta A1 The Business Career Fair, a higl Society, i of Business Week, has helped grai. Trends S< ing students with job placements 27,1982 a their exposure to representatives It Station, the working community. The ser "Firms have been very favorably- end after pressed with students from Ail ers and a Muse said. J. Wayne Compared with a similar prograt Ham Shi the University of Texas, Muse saiit speakers, Texas A&M's Business Career Fair,p Mr. Kr ned entirely by the Business Stiis director c Council, is more organized and er poration, able, according to guests of pres Foreign < years. ourproxi "It's really been fun in the past,"lb Mexico a said, "but this year should be thete tries, inb portant i: the cente ness as relative e area a sig future. The Bus 5, No. 2 "The Bus this secti watch cial ED. ISSUES l iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiifiiiiiiiHiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiifiiitiiiiiiiiiiiuiHimuiHiiininiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiHiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiH mmiiHiiii llllllllllllllll lllllll III