2000 - Haskayne School of Business - University of Calgary

pride
the faculty of management
ISSUE I • VOLUME 1 SPRING 2000
DEAN
PROFILE
DEAN’S MESSAGE
Dr. Terrence H. White, president and
vice-chancellor of the University of Calgary,
chaired a committee that undertook a
rigorous international search for a
dynamic new dean of the Faculty of
Management in the winter of 1998/1999.
The University and the Faculty of
Management welcomed Dr. David Saunders
as the incoming dean on July 1, 1999.
Prior to joining the Faculty of Management,
David was director of the McGill MBA
Japan program, and associate professor of
Organizational Behaviour and Human
Resource Management at McGill
University in Montreal.
He received his BA in Psychology from
York University, and his MA and PhD
in Psychology from the University of
Western Ontario.
His areas of interest include all aspects of
negotiation, conflict resolution, human
rights legislation and the employment
relationship, and related areas of human
resource management. He has co-authored
three books on negotiation, has published in
many professional journals, and is a frequent
presenter at professional and academic
associations. David has also consulted to
many private and public corporations in
Canada and the United States.
Dean Saunders is currently leading an
ambitious plan to establish the University
of Calgary's Faculty of Management as a
top-50 business school in the world. For
more information on this plan, please visit
our web site at www.ucalgary.ca/mg.
Dear Alumni,
This new alumni magazine insert is one of several ways we will be
establishing and maintaining a stronger communications link with our
nearly 12,000 Faculty of Management alumni. You can look forward to
hearing about developments in the Faculty and learning about activities and
achievements that we can all feel proud about.
Calgary is home to the second largest concentration of corporate head
offices in Canada and consistently leads all major Canadian cities in job
growth. The local business community, which includes many Faculty
alumni, works in partnership with us to provide our students with
practical business experience and to launch or expand their careers.
Together, we have some terrific stories to tell.
I look forward to hearing your ideas and suggestions.
Please contact us at 1-877-220-5856 or by e-mail
at management_alumni@mgmt.ucalgary.ca.
David M. Saunders, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Management

NEW TO THE FACULTY
Diane Bischak, PhD, is associate professor of Operations
Management. She has held faculty positions at the University of
Auckland in New Zealand, the University of Alaska in Fairbanks,
and North Carolina State University. Diane is coordinator for the
core BComm course in research and analysis for decision-making.
Among her research interests are the modeling, simulation and
analysis of stochastic systems, statistical quality control, and
applications of management science in health care.
Mike W. Chiasson, PhD, joined the faculty as an assistant
professor in Management Information Systems, after completing
an NSERC postdoctoral fellowship at the Institute of Health
Promotion Research at UBC. Mike has recently been involved in
developing and teaching an undergraduate course on e-commerce.
His research examines the effect of organizational environment
and conflict on the initiation, design, development and diffusion
of information systems – particularly within the health care sector.
Simon Hudson, DipM, BA, MBA, PhD, is an associate
professor specializing in the Marketing of Services. Simon has
several years of industry experience and ran his own successful
business for eight years. His research is primarily in the area of
sports tourism with a focus on ski resorts. His first book, Snow
Business, has just been published by Cassell. Simon sits on the
Editorial Review Board for two journals, and reviews texts for
several academic publishers.
Sherry Oh, BEd, BASc, MBA ‘99, is an instructor in the
Operations Management area. Before joining the Faculty, Sherry
worked at Andersen Consulting and Canadian Pacific Railway.
Sherry is blending her business experience and educational
background into a single career.
Jeremy Hall, DPhil, BSc, MBA, is an assistant professor of
Strategic Management and he teaches Environmental
Management. Jeremy's previous academic experience includes a
lectureship at Science and Technology Policy Research, where he
taught Innovation Management; a research fellowship at the
Research Centre for Advanced Science and Technology (RCAST),
University of Tokyo; a research fellowship at the School for
Resource and Environmental Studies, Dalhousie University, and a
lectureship at Saint Mary’s University.
Norm Althouse, BAdmin, MBA ‘93, joined the Strategy and
General Management Area in July of 1999 coming from the
Human Resources and Organizational Dynamics Area where he
has taught both at the undergraduate and graduate level since
1994. Norm is the course coordinator for the new MSGT 291
and is encouraged by the fall semester students' feedback about
the new course. The strong "teaching team concept" of the course
has been vital to offering a dynamic and interesting integration of
the core areas of management.
Ryan Lee, BS in Finance, recently joined the Faculty and is
completing his PhD in Risk Management and Insurance from the
University of Georgia. He is a member of the American Risk and
Insurance Association and has made multiple presentations at
their annual meetings. Ryan has been published in the Risk
Management and Insurance Review, has an article accepted for
publication at the CPCU Journal, and has received many
academic honours. His current research interests are related to life
insurance merger activity and health care reform.
Janice Bodnarchuk, PEng, BComm, BASc, MASc, has a strong
science and engineering background. She has worked in consumer
goods manufacturing and the oil and gas industry. Janice also
taught full time at the DeVry Institute of Technology before
joining the Faculty in our Operations Management Area.
Mitchell Williams, BComm, PhD, joined the Accounting Area at
the Faculty of Management in the fall of 1999 following a period
working at a university institute in Hong Kong. Prior to that he
taught at Murdoch University in Western Australia. Apart from
his present career in academia, Mitchell has spent time in the
Australian military service and private sector positions.
CREATING A WORLDWIDE ALUMNI NETWORK
Alumni continue to be strong supporters
and advocates for the Faculty of
Management. In response to their
enthusiasm for more active involvement,
the Faculty will work with the University
Alumni Association to create an Alumni
Relations office and an alumni chapter for
the Faculty of Management. Angus Reid
Group Inc. helped us get a better idea of
the needs of our alumni through a recent
market research survey.
Highlights include:
• 82% of alumni would attend a
Faculty reunion;
• 69% would like to be kept informed about
Faculty news, research and initiatives;
• most alumni are interested in our soon to
be launched Alumni Intranet which will
provide business research services, job
postings and networking opportunities.
Worldwide
Alumni Network
100%
80
60
40
20
0%
94% 90%
Canada
USA
BComm
MBA
2% 4% 4%
6%
Other
International
The majority of our alumni still call Calgary home. Others
are dispersed in 50 countries throughout the world.
The information obtained in the survey
will be helpful as the Faculty continues to
work with various alumni members and the
MBA and EMBA alumni associations to create
a worldwide alumni network. Homecoming
Conference 2000 will be the first major event.
More information on the conference will be
included in the next ARCH insert.
If you would like to be more actively
involved in alumni activities, please phone
1-877-220-5856 or e-mail us at
management_alumni@mgmt.ucalgary.ca
EMBA Alumni! Watch for Education Day
coming this spring. For details contact
Debra Deane, MBA ‘97 at 234-8960.

ALUMNI PROFILE
LARRY SPACKMAN, MBA ‘86
FORMER PRESIDENT
TRANSCANADA ENERGY LTD.
Management education has
played an important role in
Larry Spackman's career.
After a number of years
as an engineer with a
Calgary natural gas
company, Spackman
made the decision to
pursue an MBA at the
University of Calgary while working full time. He was interested
in the U of C’s very respected program that offered the flexibility
of night classes.
Spackman says, "The sacrifice of personal time was challenging,
but the things I learned had a tremendous positive impact on my
career. What I learned in the program was even more beneficial to
me than the MBA designation itself." It was while sitting in an
MBA class that Spackman decided to take the risk of leaving a
comfortable job to strike out on his own.
Shortly after that he worked with partners to found the very
successful Northridge Gas Marketing, which he ran. Northridge
was purchased by TransCanada in 1994. "The University of
Calgary MBA gave me the training and critical thinking skills to
work with partners to build and run a company. It continued to
give me the background needed for my position with
TransCanada," notes Spackman.
He has now decided to accept a far different role in life. He and
his family will be leaving Calgary for three years so he can serve as
a Mission President for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day
Saints. "This is a higher calling than anything I have done before
in my life and I will need to draw on all my past training and
experience to help me."
10 REASONS TO HAVE PRIDE
• U of C students topped the province and
beat the national average in the 1999
CA Uniform Final Exams. Fifty-six
graduates passed this challenging exam
and four made the Alberta Honour Roll.
• Our students achieved an 82% pass rate
in the 1999 Certified Management
Accountants Entrance Exams. The
national pass rate was 61%. One of our
Management grads ranked first in Alberta
and fifth in Canada.
• At the launch for the University's new
Institute for Gender Research in mid-
January 2000, management professors
Allan Cahoon and Julie Rowney,
MSc ‘72, PhD ‘75, released the results
of Women in the Workplace, a four-year
survey of Calgary organizations. Allan
and Julie have surveyed firms with 30 or
more employees every four years since
1978. Among other things, the results
show that the number of women in
management positions has increased
four-fold since 1978.
• Barb Marcolin, area chair, Management
Information Systems, was recently
appointed as an associate editor of MIS
Quarterly, one of the top journals in the
MIS field.
• Faculty of Management MBA students
tied for fourth place in the recent
Concordia International MBA Case
Competition. Thirty universities
from Canada, the US and five other
countries participated.
• Daphne Taras, PhD ‘94, associate
professor of Industrial Relations, is the
only Canadian member of the Executive
Board of the Industrial Relations
Research Association in the US. She has
also been appointed to the editorial
board for the British Journal of
Industrial Relations, one of the pinnacle
journals in her field.
• Six U of C teams participated in the
Undergraduate Inter Collegiate
Business Competition that was
held at Queen's University. Our students
won two events, Business Strategy and
Labour Arbitration, and were runners up
in the Debate competition. This was the
22nd consecutive year that Calgary has
ranked #1 or #2 in the qualifying rounds.
• Ana Maria Peredo, MA ‘95, a Faculty
of Management PhD candidate, has
developed a hot new course in community
development and entrepreneurship that
is overflowing with students from all
over the U of C campus.
• Brian MacNeill, president and CEO of
Enbridge Inc., was named the 2000
recipient of the Distinguished Business
Leader Award, a joint initiative of the
Faculty and the Calgary Chamber of
Commerce. Since 1993 the award has
been given to senior executives who
show leadership and vision in their work
and in their community.
• 90% of our 1999 BComm graduates
were employed by January 2000.
Employment services are available to all
Faculty graduates and alumni through the
Management Career Centre. For more
information, phone (403) 220-6743.

DELIVERING
RESULTS
CAMPAIGN
NEARS$13
MILLION
GOAL
Contributions to the Faculty of
Management's Delivering Results
fundraising campaign totalled $12
million near the end of January.
This represents 92% of the
campaign goal. The campaign
supports plans to establish the
Faculty of Management as a top-50
business school in the world.
Funds will be used to establish
chairs, professorships, and
scholarships in core management
areas and in selected areas of
specialization. Highlights of recent
gifts include:
• The David E. Mitchell/Alberta
Energy Company Professorship
in Management, funded by a $1
million endowment fund
established by David Mitchell
and AEC.
• The David B. Robson
Professorship in Management,
funded by a $1 million personal
donation from Mr. Robson who
is founder, Chairman and CEO
of Veritas DGC.
These professorships will be
used to attract leading
management professors to the
University of Calgary in core
management disciplines.
CONCENTRATING ON
INTERNATIONAL
BUSINESS
The Faculty is proud to be extending
its international offerings with a new
undergraduate concentration in
International Business. The
concentration is providing students
with the cultural, political, economic
and linguistic background needed to
work effectively in diverse
international business environments.
The program includes an
introductory international business
course and specialized courses in
areas such as international marketing
and finance. Courses focusing on
doing business in specific regions are
also offered, and will often be taught
by visiting faculty from those regions.
The new concentration fits well with
other international initiatives in the
Faculty, including:
• an MBA degree offered at the
Warsaw School of Economics since
1996. This CIDA-sponsored
project is administered through the
Canadian Consortium of
Management Schools;
• the OLADE Project (Latin
American Energy Organization)
involving several U of C Faculties
in a five-year interdisciplinary
CIDA-sponsored project on
Energy and the Environment in
Latin America;
• international exchange programs
for students and faculty;
• executive programs offered on a
full cost-recovery basis in South
America, Cuba, China, and
through the World Tourism
Education and Research Centre;
The International Business Advisory
Group (a subcommittee of the
Faculty's Management Advisory
Council) helps the Faculty to
establish mutually beneficial links
with Calgary-based companies that
have an international presence.
Sometime during the 2000/2001 school
year, Dean Saunders plans to visit
Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong to
meet alumni and to explore new
international opportunities.
On December 13, a recognition ceremony was held for the fourth Cohort of University of Calgary
MBA graduates in Warsaw, Poland. Vernon Jones, associate dean (External/International), and
Enid Danielewicz, director of special projects, were present to congratulate the students.
This insertion was produced by the Faculty of Management
Communications and Marketing Group.
Questions and suggestions are welcomed at 1-877-220-5856.
www.ucalgary.ca/mg