thiNC GLOBAL Event Features Panel from World Trade Association

The School of Business at Meredith College and the World Trade Association of the Triangle recently held thiNC GLOBAL, a panel discussion with experts in international trade.

Members of the panel included Shirreef Loza, International Trade Specialist with the US Department of Commerce, Dr. Kuldip Wasson, International Business Development Manager with the NC Department of Commerce, International Trade Division, and Valerie Agnew Gover of International Logistics for Talecris Biotherapeutics.

“International business opportunities for North Carolina firms have never been bigger,” said Dr. Denise Rotondo, Dean. “This event provides expert perspectives on how to expand business into international markets.”

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MBA Program a Sponsor of Internet Summit 2009

The Meredith MBA program recently sponsored the Internet Summit 2009. The summit brings together hundreds of entrepreneurs and executives to hear from leaders and innovators in the internet economy. The extensive list of speakers include executives from IBM, Lenovo, DIGG, Google, ESPN, Expedia, and dozens of other web-oriented companies.

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MBA Students Rank in Top 10% of World in Strategy Competition

An MBA student team participating in a competitive strategy simulation, ranked in the top ten percent of almost one thousand teams that participated this year. The Capstone simulation creates a challenge for students to go through the steps of running a virtual company in a competitive setting. College, university, and corporate teams from across the globe compete to see which team is most effective at running a company. This course and simulation pulls together all that the students have learned and gives them an opportunity to implement what they have learned. Read more about the experience from one of the participants.

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Meredith MBAs Outperform Their Peers on National Test

Meredith MBAs recently scored better than 85% of other MBA students from colleges and universities across the nation who took the ETS Field Test of Business, MBA. The nationally-normed test is used to assess mastery of business concepts, critical thinking, and reasoning ability for MBA students. Meredith gives the test to its graduating MBA students. These positive results provide confirmation that the curriculum has the breadth and depth to assure a strong MBA preparation. Learn more.

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Eye on China for Summer 2010

Students will again have the opportunity to experience Business in China in the summer of 2010. In a previous trip, students and faculty went with Dean Denise Rotondo on a two-week excursion that included stops in Shanghai, Dalian, and Beijing. Corporate visits with companies such as China Citic Bank, GE, and Lenovo exposed students to the way business is done in China. Next year's elective, now in the planning stages, is sure to provide an equally remarkable experience.

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Meredith MBA Delivers Skills Valued by Employers

Meredith’s emphasis on building skills such as leadership, communication, and critical thinking falls right in line with what employers find most valuable in managers. 

According to a recent study, many MBA programs fall short when it comes to “soft skills”, the emphasis on human capital and decision-making, and put more focus on managing administration and control, say Robert S. Rubin and Erich C. Dierdorff of DePauls’s Charles H. Kellstad Graduate School of Business. Jane Porter of BusinessWeek weighed in on the study. “So, while decision-making, for instance, was at the top of the manager’s list, it ranked five out of six in terms of how well represented it was in the core curricula” of many business schools, according to Porter. 

Meredith’s MBA curriculum and classroom experience enhance the leadership skills and decision-making ability required of managers. Teamwork, case studies, group presentations, and simulations are all part of a rigorous academic program delivered in a framework of ethics and integrity. Co-curricular opportunities—such as a comprehensive orientation, workshops, distinguished speakers, and coaching by local business leaders—provide additional support to build these valued skills.

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