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WSJ: San Diego State is working closely withcompanies in developing some of its degrees,including your sports management M.B.A. withthe San Diego Padres baseball team and the globalentrepreneurshipM.B.A. with Qualcomm,Invitrogen, Microsoft, Intel and KPMG. Why haveyou chosen to work hand in hand with companies?Dr. Naughton: I believe that business schoolsneed to partner more with industry to become ascompetitive as possible. It only makes sense thatthe executives and HR directors, who are sendingus their managers and recruiting our graduates,should help develop courses and share best practicesas mentors and lecturers.For the new entrepreneurship M.B.A., we decidedto focus on global industries that are key to theeconomic growth of San Diego – technology,biotech and telecommunications – and we wantedcorporate partners who would play a continuingrole in this degree program. Executives from thecompanies will lecture about their experiences incross-cultural business ventures, and students willvisit their operations here and abroad to see howthe strategies they are learning about in class arebeing implemented in the workplace.WSJ: Your next degree will be an executive M.B.A.on the life- sciences industry. Did your backgroundas a scientist and biotechnology entrepreneurinfluence your decision to develop this specializedprogram?Dr. Naughton: It definitely did have an impact.With my biotech company, I learned what it's likenot to be able to find the talent you need to dealwith regulatory agencies and to understand suchthings as clinical design and statistics, qualityassurancemanagement, patent protection, and theconstraints on sales and marketing with government-approvedproducts. Our new M.B.A. will trainmanagers in those areas and, in doing so, will drawon the most relevant parts of San Diego State’sexisting online master’s programs in regulatoryaffairs and biomedical quality control.Dr. Naughton: The executive M.B.A. will be a twoyearpart-time program with six weeks taught inperson in San Diego and the remainder online. Sowe wanted someone with more online experiencethan we have had and someone we could learnbest online practices from to apply to our otherprograms, including our general M.B.A. This will beour first program that is primarily online, but weare certainly moving toward more because we feelit is a far more convenient modality for students.In addition, Gallup is committed to providing lifescienceexecutives to mentor the students oneon one.WSJ: In the annual Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactivebusiness school survey, corporate recruiterstend to be critical of online M.B.A. education. Areyou concerned about delivering the same qualityof instruction as you add online content?Dr. Naughton: Originally, yes, I did have somereservations. But we looked at some assessmenttests that show students can do as well or betteronline as in a classroom. We also felt comfortablebecause we believe Gallup is well establishedwith a quality online educational approach.WSJ: You are one of a small minority of femalebusiness-school deans. Do you believe that yourpresence at the helm has helped attract morewomen to enroll in your graduate programs?Dr. Naughton: Having a woman as dean cancertainly help in attracting both women studentsand faculty members. They like having a rolemodel who looks like them. We are pleased thatabout 40% of the students in our graduate businessprograms are women and hope to see thenumber rise even higher.Reprinted by permission of The Wall Street Journal,Copyright© 2007 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All RightsReserved Worldwide. License number 1654971076430. DowJones & Company’s permission to reproduce this articledoes not constitute or imply that Dow Jones sponsor orendorses any product, service, company, organization,security or specific investment.WSJ: With this degree, you are joining forces withGallup University. Why did you decide to make thatconnection?22 sdsu college of business administration: leadership for the global marketplace
SDSU Provides Leadership for the Global Marketplace.Renowned University CentersEntrepreneurial Management Center (EMC)The EMC works with the Beyster Institute’s MiddleEast Entrepreneur Training program to teach businessexecutives not only how to be entrepreneurs, but howto globalize their companies.Center for International Business Educationand Research (CIBER)SDSU’s CIBER is among the first in the country andis one of only 31 nationwide. SDSU CIBER has beennamed a national center of excellence every year since1989 by the U.S. Department of Education.Corporate Governance InstituteThe Corporate Governance Institute is a researchand education center dedicated to the study andapplication of responsible corporate governanceprinciples worldwide. Most recently, the Institutesponsored a bonus session to the national CorporateDirectors Forum conference featuring internationallyrecognized experts.EMC Family Business ForumThe Family Business Forum has expanded its reachto conduct workshops internationally. The forum'sdirector, Carmen Bianchi, was named president-electof the Family Firm Institute, the international organizationfor family businesses.Commitment to Academic ExcellenceNew! Global Entrepreneurship MBAStudents study over a 12-month period in San Diego,China, India and the Middle East and learn fromexecutives from our corporate partners: QUALCOMM,Invitrogen, Microsoft, Intel and KPMG. Visitgemba.sdsu.eduTop RankingsSDSU ranks in the top 10 of U.S. News & World Reportfor International Business (IB) and in the top 25 forentrepreneurship. The IB program is the largestundergraduate program of its kind in the country.World Class FacultyOur faculty are known around the globe for teachingand research. For example, Accounting ProfessorChee Chow was named the International AccountingEducator for 2006 by the American AccountingAssociation. Twelve new faculty, renowned for theirinternational research, have recently been hired.First Dual- and Triple-Degree ProgramsThe MEXUS program is the first U.S.-Mexico dualundergraduate business degree program. CaMexUs isthe first undergraduate triple degree program betweenCanada, Mexico and the U.S. The college also offersgraduate programs in Taiwan and Singapore.Best Study AbroadThe IB program was named the best study abroadprogram in the country – in any area of study – bythe Institute on International Education in New York.Students in the IB program are required to study abroad,as well as become fluent in a second language.New Undergraduate CoursesThe college is implementing three new courses:International Human Resource Management,International Entrepreneurship and Advanced GlobalMarketing. A minor in Global Entrepreneurship willsoon be open to any SDSU undergraduate student.www.sdsu.edu/businessSDSU College of Business Administration5500 Campanile DriveSan Diego, CA 92182-8230Randy Carmical, Director of CommunicationsRandy.Carmical@sdsu.edu (619) 594-0206sdsu college of business administration: leadership for the global marketplace 23
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