2021 Dean's Report

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the Marshall Geller
fund,
Eagle Opportunity
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managed
to provide real-world
CBE
in investment and
experience
management. Unlike
portfolio
investment or
traditional
analysis courses, the
securities
employs real money
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than paper transactions
rather
stock simulation games. It
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as a bridge to link
serves
finance theories to a
academic
Dr. Maryam Tofighi will serve as the Editorial Assistant to the International Journal
of Research and Distribution Management (IJRDM). The journal is prestigious in the
retail marketing discipline with an A Ranking in the ABDC list and 2.321 impact
factor.
IJRDM focuses on issues of strategic significance in retailing and distribution
worldwide and provides a forum for researchers in academia, business, consultancy
and management. The competitive retail sector is under pressure to provide
efficient services to hold its share of the market. As consumers demand higher
levels of service and supply, they are simultaneously wooed by other alternatives
like mail order and out of-town-shopping. The International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management
provides a link between production and consumer, and by understanding their relationship it allows retail
personnel to study operations practice in other organizations, and to compare methodologies.
First-ever Women's
Leadership Development
Program...
Dr. Maria Akopian's
research concludes
that even though 56%
of the country’s
workforce are
women, they only
occupy 15% of C-level
executives’ positions.
According to the
same research, nine
out of 10 participants
of her study had
confidence issues.
milestone.
“This says a lot about how women perceive themselves and are viewed in
society,” she shares.
She dug even deeper during her doctoral studies at the University of
Southern California (USC) and finally decided to create a specific program
made according to the needs of women: “Women First: Leadership and
Professional Development Program.”
The program has been adopted by the California State University, Los
Angeles’ College of Professional and Global Education. Akopian also serves
as a marketing professor for the university’s College of Business and
Economics. It is the first women’s leadership program in the university’s
history; those finishing the course will qualify for a certificate.
Akopian’s research shows that organizations measure leadership according
to masculine traits: Being assertive, demanding, more aggressive.
practical fund investment.