Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. 2018 Positive Business Conference (May 10, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/50753 50753-11861931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, May 10, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Positive Business Conference

Culture is key. Businesses with positive cultures enjoy larger profits, better performance, and happier employees. And thriving employees are more committed and satisfied with their jobs. But how do you create this kind of culture?

Develop a strategy for a sustainable positive culture at the Michigan Ross Positive Business Conference, May 10-11. Our theme, “Right from the start: building and sustaining a positive culture from startup to scale,” will provide valuable insights and research you can apply immediately to change business for the better. This year’s lineup of keynote speakers includes Joey Bergstein, Seventh Generation; Bruce Broussard, Humana; Katy George, McKinsey; Thomas Grilk, Boston Marathon; Jan Mühlfeit, Microsoft ret.; and KoAnn Vikoren Skrzyniarz, Sustainable Brands.

Visit http://www.positivebusinessconference.com to learn more and register to attend.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 15 Mar 2018 16:29:56 -0400 2018-05-10T08:00:00-04:00 2018-05-10T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Positive Business Conference Conference / Symposium PBC 18
Precision Medicine World Conference (June 6, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52304 52304-12598004@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, June 6, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Precision Health

The program will feature innovative technologies, and analyze the success of already thriving initiatives and clinical case studies that enable the translation of precision medicine into direct improvements in health care. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to learn first-hand about the latest developments and advances in precision medicine and cutting-edge strategies and solutions that are fundamentally changing how patients are treated. This is reflected in the Program Theme: “Big Data in Action: Insights in the Clinic”.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 11 May 2018 09:49:58 -0400 2018-06-06T09:00:00-04:00 2018-06-06T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Precision Health Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Values at the End of Life: Toward a Sociology of Economization (September 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54827 54827-13645291@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Over the past forty years, “the end of life” has become the center of extensive economic, policy, ethical, and medical discussions. Health economists measure and evaluate its cost; ethicists debate the morality of various approaches to “end-of-life care”; policymakers ponder alternative “end of life”-related policies; and clinicians apply a specialized approach (hospice and palliative care) to treat patients whom they diagnose as being at “the end of life.” This talk analyzes the proliferation of conversations on “the end of life” as emblematic of a peculiar moment in human history. Ours is a period where modern growth stagnates and the main challenge developed societies face becomes delineating the limits of human agency and governing populations within these limits. Drawing on a combination of historical and ethnographic analysis of the work of palliative care clinicians in three California hospitals, I analyze how the limits of what can be done, medically and financially, to prolong life are communicated to severely ill patients and families. I use this empirical case to flesh out different dimensions in the concept of economization, which has recently attracted much theoretical attention in economic sociology.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:25:33 -0400 2018-09-07T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-07T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (September 13, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54141 54141-13530684@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 13, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
The Role of Passion in Facilitating Optimal Functioning in Employees and Organization
Robert J. Vallerand

Thursday, September 13, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/aGKYP

Michigan Ross Campus
Blau Hall
700 East University
Colloquium, 5th Floor
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Passion is largely recognized as one of the most important factors in successful organizations. In this presentation, Vallerand will introduce the concept of passion and present theory and research that shows when passion leads to optimal functioning and when it does not. Further, some suggestions for applications will be discussed.

About Vallerand:
Robert J. Vallerand is currently Professor of Psychology at the Université du Québec à Montréal where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Motivational Processes and Optimal Functioning and is Director of the Research Laboratory on Social Behavior. Vallerand obtained his doctorate from the Université de Montréal and pursued postdoctoral studies at the University of Waterloo.

Vallerand is recognized as a leading international expert on motivational processes where he has developed theories dealing with intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, as well as passion for activities. He has published seven books and over 300 scientific articles and book chapters. His research has been cited extensively and he has received more than eight million ($) in research grants.

Host:
Kim Cameron, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; William Russell Kelly Professor Emeritus of Business Administration; Professor Emeritus of Higher Education

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Aug 2018 15:21:17 -0400 2018-09-13T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Robert J. Vallerand
The Promise of Making: Desiring Alternatives and Hacking Entrepreneurial Living in China (September 14, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54822 54822-13645285@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Since 2014, a series of Western media outlets from Wired UK over the Economist to Forbes have begun celebrate the city of Shenzhen in the South of China as a rising hub of innovation, a so-called “Hollywood for Makers” and “Silicon Valley of Hardware.” These media stories took up an idea that open source hardware advocates had been promoting for several years: that the city of Shenzhen had become crucial for the realization of one of the key promises of the maker movement, i.e. to prototype concrete alternatives to the pitfalls of the information society and contemporary capitalism. Just a couple years earlier, Shenzhen was largely known as a place of copycats and fakes that lacked creativity where ideas created elsewhere were simply executed and mass produced. What happened within the timespan of only a few years that changed Shenzhen’s image from demonstrating China’s continuous lag in technology innovation towards a place where alternatives to neoliberal capitalism could be prototyped? In this talk, I present excerpts from my forthcoming book “The Promise of Making” to unpack the historical contingencies of this transformation of Shenzhen, and with it China, in the global tech imaginary. Drawing from more than seven years of ethnographic research, I show how the displacement of technooptimistic onto Shenzhen unfolded through and alongside the emergence of “making” as a mode of intervention in the status-quo by hacking not only machines, but also markets and work itself. Shenzhen, I show, was rendered by open source hardware advocates, venture capitalists, avant-garde designers, Chinese politicians and state actors alike as a laboratory to prototype what I call “entrepreneurial living,” i.e. a naturalization of experimentation as a mode of “living on" amidst a pervasive economization of life. While making reformulated a key neoliberal logic of self-economization as a story of empowerment by promising to include ever more people in its call for self-transformation into human capital, Shenzhen came to be seen as the place to accomplish this upgrade of the self and to regain a sense of control amidst anxieties over economic and environmental crisis. Entrepreneurial living as an analytical frame moves beyond a theorization of making or hacking as a countercultural or grassroots movement that exists separate or independent from the systems it sets out to challenge, but points instead to the parasitic relations between contemporary maker cultures, China’s shifting relations in geopolitics and the global political economy.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 14:54:46 -0400 2018-09-14T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-14T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Arbor Esports 1st LAN (September 14, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54117 54117-13530421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 14, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Join us for the first LAN party of the semester!We host League of Legends, Dota 2, Rocket League, Hearthstone, and Smash, but attendees are free to play any game they wish!

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Rally / Mass Meeting Fri, 14 Sep 2018 18:00:24 -0400 2018-09-14T17:00:00-04:00 2018-09-14T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Rally / Mass Meeting Ross School of Business
Future of Mobility Conference (September 20, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55140 55140-13689432@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 20, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Auto Club @ Ross

The Auto Club @ Ross is excited to invite you to the 3rd Annual Future of Mobility Conference, co-hosted by the Auto Club at Ross and Tech Club at Ross and sponsored by Ford Motor Company! The conference will take place on September 20th at the Ross School of Business.

This year's theme will explore how the future of mobility will impact the movement of goods, and will feature keynote speaker Brian Wolf, Head of Autonomous Vehicles Business for Ford.

The conference is free of charge, and you can RSVP at the registration page link below. Further details on the event are also provided via this link.

For further questions, please reach out to Molly Lynch at mglynch@umich.edu.

We hope to see you there!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Sep 2018 15:18:12 -0400 2018-09-20T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-20T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Auto Club @ Ross Conference / Symposium Conference Flyer
Jim Crow and the Spatial Mismatch Hypothesis (September 21, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54826 54826-13645290@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

A robust body of social science research has investigated the spatial mismatch hypothesis (SMH), considering the consequences of geographic disparities between black residential locations and potential opportunities for employment. Focusing on U.S. urban areas between the 1970s and the present, studies have produced equivocal evidence on the implications of spatial mismatch for black employment. In this paper, we argue that the mixed evidence may result from a misspecification in both the historical time period and mechanisms whereby spatial mismatch affects black employment opportunities. We show that national declines in black employment and labor force participation, particularly among black women, were especially pronounced in the Jim Crow era (1880s-mid 1960s), rather than the post-industrial era (1970s to present) in which the SMH has generally been tested. We then investigate the extent to which the SMH should be formulated as a commuting problem, involving the difficulties that blacks face in reaching non-residential sites of employment, or a problem of residential ecology, in which blacks who do not live near entrepreneurs or white neighbors are less likely to obtain jobs. Analysis of census micro-data between 1910 and 1970 suggests that residential segregation provides the most consistent account of black-white employment gaps, insofar as employment under Jim Crow suffered when black housing was separated from the homes of business owners and work opportunities in residential locales.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:23:29 -0400 2018-09-21T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-21T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (September 21, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53458 53458-13383554@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 21, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series begins September 21st with a presentation by Stephanie Shih, Assistant Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California.

ABSTRACT
Catching phonology in the Pokéverse: Cross-linguistic comparisons in sound symbolism

Sound symbolism flouts the core assumption of the arbitrariness of the sign in human language. The cross-linguistic prevalence of sound symbolism raises key questions about the universality versus language-specificity of sound symbolic correspondences. One challenge to studying cross-linguistic sound symbolic patterns is the difficulty of holding constant the real-world referents across cultures. In this talk, I present a rich, cross-linguistic dataset that addresses the challenges of cross-linguistic comparison by providing a controlled reference ‘universe’: the Pokémon game franchise. Pokémon names are compared across six languages—Japanese, English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, and Russian. The results show that while languages have a tendency to encode the same attributes with sound symbolism, they crucially also feature differences in sound symbol-ism that are rooted in language-specific grammar dependence. The Pokémon findings are significant to understanding how phonology interacts with the real world, in the cueing of socioculturally-defined categories.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:21:00 -0400 2018-09-21T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-21T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Stephanie Shih
Innovation Week Keynote (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55894 55894-13802788@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Design + Business

Many organizations have “woken up” to the idea of design being a key business differentiator. Gone are the days when simply having the best-engineered solution would guarantee the success of a product. However, many product stakeholders today find it hard to connect the dots between the realities of business and design, and shifting design from a team function to a strategic function is still a challenge in many organizations.

In his talk, Satyam will share many of his personally hard-won insights about the relationship between business and design. He will introduce key concepts such as “Design Premium”, “Risk Mitigation”, and "Empathy Quotient” that push the conversation further on how design can (and should!) help drive business more effectively.
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About Satyam:
Satyam is Co-founder and Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor. With a design career spanning almost 2 decades, he has been the primary driver in developing a design playbook connecting the dots between design, business and engineering called “PragmaticUX” that serves as the foundation of the UXReactor practice.

His present focus is to drive impact in two major areas: firstly, to create business value through the UX design practice; and second, to help close the gap between in-house design teams and design agencies through a managed design service (think UX-as-a-service, or UXaaS). Tackling these challenges requires Satyam to draw upon his unique background as a trained engineer, designer, and business leader.

Before starting his entrepreneurial journey, Satyam served as Managing Director of Product Design at Citrix, where he played a key role in growing the product design team from 4 members to over 100+ practitioners. Prior to that, Satyam was instrumental in building PayPal’s Global Design Center in India while leading a design team in Silicon Valley. He is an alumnus of Harvard Business School’s famed General Management Program, with a Masters in Human Factors from Wright State University, and a Bachelors in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University, India.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 24 Sep 2018 11:07:47 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Design + Business Lecture / Discussion Satyam Kantamneni, Chief Experience Officer at UXReactor
Sacagawea's Capture and the History of the Early West (September 25, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53657 53657-13444106@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 25, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In this illustrated slide-lecture, Organization of American Historians (OAH) Distinguished Lecturer Elizabeth Fenn uses the circumstances of Sacagawea’s capture to illuminate a deeper history of the northern plains and Rockies. Fenn discusses indigenous warfare, hunting techniques, environmental conditions, horse-borne interactions, and plains power dynamics as they pertained to a one-month period of Sacagawea’s life.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:32:52 -0400 2018-09-25T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-25T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Elizabeth Fenn
Ross Global Showcase (September 26, 2018 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/52064 52064-12407322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 26, 2018 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Come learn about the global opportunities the Ross School of Business offers to students across the university!

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Fair / Festival Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:23:51 -0400 2018-09-26T11:00:00-04:00 2018-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Ross School of Business
The Ross Effect (September 27, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55018 55018-13665226@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross One Year Graduate Programs

Employers look for the skills you’re developing in your undergraduate degree, like the ability to understand complex concepts and deliver creative solutions. But, connecting with companies and highlighting these skills is not always easy. Join us at "The Ross Effect" to learn how three outstanding Ross graduate programs, the Master of Accounting, the Master of Management and the Master of Supply Chain Management, will leverage your undergraduate training for a smooth and successful transition into the workforce.

This event is being held exclusively for non-Ross University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) students. The event is being held on the 5th floor of the Blau/Kresge side of the Ross Building, in the Blau Colloquium.

Questions? Email TheRossEffect@umich.edu

Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-ross-effect-how-a-ross-graduate-degree-amplifies-your-toolkit-registration-48421327494

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Presentation Fri, 07 Sep 2018 18:53:32 -0400 2018-09-27T16:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross One Year Graduate Programs Presentation Michigan Ross Logo
AlphaSights Info Session - Careers in Knowledge Search (September 27, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/52866 52866-13090543@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 27, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University Career Center

Banking, consulting, marketing -- is there anything else outthere? Drive business forward at AlphaSights.
We are a global team withunrivaled career progression, opportunities for global mobility, and extensive professional development in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Stop by our Michigan Information Session to learn from alumni and recruiters how you can join.. Plus, catering provided!

-6:00-7:00PM
-RossBuilding - R2240
-Save your seat here: https://alphasightsatmichigan.splashthat.com/

AlphaSights is hiring for full-time and internship roles in New York & San Francisco.

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 12 Oct 2018 12:30:19 -0400 2018-09-27T18:00:00-04:00 2018-09-27T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University Career Center Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
Cultural Entrepreneurship: A New Agenda for the Study of Entrepreneurial Processes and Possibilities (September 28, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54828 54828-13645292@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 28, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Innovation and entrepreneurship lie at the heart of our modern economy. Yet while scholars have long examined the economic drivers of innovation and entrepreneurship, we know less about the cultural forces which shape these dynamics. To the extent that the existing entrepreneurship literature has considered how culture shapes innovation and entrepreneurship, it has mainly been viewed as a constraining force which limited and hindered the creation of novelty. This is especially true for economic approaches to entrepreneurship and innovation. I will present ideas from a forthcoming book in development with Mary Ann Glynn that leverages contemporary cultural approaches to entrepreneurship that were, in part, seeded by our 2001 SMJ paper on cultural entrepreneurship. In contrast to conceptualizing culture as a normative constraint, recent scholarship draws more from Swidler's notion of culture as a toolkit, highlighting the importance of cultural skill in the context of entrepreneurial action. I will review key arguments from the book that sketches an agenda for future research on cultural entrepreneurship, highlighting the fruitfulness of a field analytic approach and a focus on projective agency. An example from the development of nanotechnology will be used to illustrate key arguments.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:27:49 -0400 2018-09-28T13:30:00-04:00 2018-09-28T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Green Wolverine Science Symposium (September 29, 2018 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54954 54954-13656393@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, September 29, 2018 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Green Wolverine

Through collaboration with the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy and School of Nursing, Green Wolverine is hosting speakers from across the country for a CANNABIS SCIENCE SYMPOSIUM This is the first student-organized science symposium of its kind at the university.

Green Wolverine was founded with the goal of promoting education and public awareness of the importance of evidence-based discourse, in terms of deciding the future of cannabis in medicine, research, and industry.

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Conference / Symposium Thu, 06 Sep 2018 20:38:22 -0400 2018-09-29T10:00:00-04:00 2018-09-29T16:20:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Green Wolverine Conference / Symposium World-class researchers, scientists, and physicians gather in Ann Arbor to illuminate the future of cannabis medicine, research, and industry.
“Data Innovation for Global Problem Solving: Promise and Peril” (October 1, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/55540 55540-13759160@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 1, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

How data shaped the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, how it is transforming local and global problem-solving, and the risks posed by a policy makers and a public increasingly skeptical of data will be the topic of a Oct. 1 talk co-sponsored by WDI and the Center for Value Chain Innovation.

Daniella Ballou-Aares, partner at the global advisory firm Dalberg, will give the talk, “Data Innovation for Global Problem Solving: Promise and Peril” beginning at 5 p.m. in Room R2230 at the Ross School of Business. It is open and free to the public.

Ballou-Aares will discuss if data innovations can transform how the world responds to the biggest social, economic and environmental challenges, and if data is able to bring nations, companies, and citizens together for a common cause. Conversely, she will examine whether the ability of data to influence decision-makers is on the decline, and if the impact of data innovations will be unable to address the world’s most significant development challenges.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 25 Sep 2018 10:23:19 -0400 2018-10-01T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-01T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Ballou-Aares
Insights about the Production, Evaluation, and Valuation of knowledge within Academia: Readying our Organizations for Intellectual Diversity and Epistemic Justice (October 5, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54833 54833-13645300@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 5, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Drawing from concepts located in sociology, critical organizational studies, critical feminist and critical race feminist theories, and philosophy, Gonzales will address the production, evaluation, and valuation of knowledge within academia. Specifically, Gonzales will reflect on interviews conducted with almost 100 professors over the last eight years and describe how scholars whose scholarship might be viewed as “non-conventional” strive to position their work as acceptable, or legitimate, in the context of their disciplines and departments, and how in turn, disciplinary and departmental colleagues (e.g., mentors, faculty, peers) receive that work. After presenting these insights, Gonzales will highlight strategies for “readying” individuals and organizations to be more supportive of scholarship that diverges from traditional norms and conventions, and the implications of failing to do so.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:52:19 -0400 2018-10-05T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-05T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Story Lab Kickoff (October 8, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54898 54898-13651925@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 8, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center and Ross Design + Business Club invite you to join us for the Story Lab Kickoff on Monday, October 8 from 5-6:30 PM in the Ross Colloquium (6th floor) at Michigan Ross.

At the Story Lab Kickoff, you will hear powerful stories from your peers and learn more about what’s beneath the surface here at Ross. You will also learn how you can get involved in this year’s Story Lab program, including our interactive retreats and Ross Diaries events.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there! RSVP on our website below.

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:46:57 -0400 2018-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab
Is There a Gender Gap in the Creative Production of Music? (October 12, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54835 54835-13645303@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 12, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 15:54:33 -0400 2018-10-12T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-12T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Michigan Sport Business Conference 2018 (October 19, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/54658 54658-13629712@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

The MSBC is an undergraduate student-run platform that creates unique experiences to empower the next generation of sport industry leaders. Since our founding in 2012, the MSBC has strived to inspire creativity and innovation in the sport industry. We do this by connecting current and future sport business professionals and organizations by creating thought-provoking educational platforms in an intimate, yet professional environment. By attending the conference, you will have the opportunity to connect with the current and future sport business leaders.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:00:34 -0400 2018-10-19T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Exposure to Opposing Views can Increase Political Polarization: Evidence from a Large-Scale Experiment on Social Media (October 19, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54841 54841-13645308@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

There is mounting concern that social media sites contribute to political polarization by creating "echo chambers" that insulate people from opposing views about current events. We surveyed a large sample of Democrats and Republicans who visit Twitter at least three times each week about a range of social policy issues. One week later, we randomly assigned respondents to a treatment condition in which they were offered financial incentives to follow a Twitter bot for one month that exposed them to messages produced by elected officials, organizations, and other opinion leaders with opposing political ideologies. Respondents were re-surveyed at the end of the month to measure the effect of this treatment, and at regular intervals throughout the study period to monitor treatment compliance. We find that Republicans who followed a liberal Twitter bot became substantially more conservative post-treatment, and Democrats who followed a conservative Twitter bot became slightly more liberal post-treatment. These findings have important implications for the interdisciplinary literature on political polarization as well as the emerging field of computational social science.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:06:58 -0400 2018-10-19T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-19T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (October 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53777 53777-13459412@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The second event in the Department of Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series features a presentation by Jon Sprouse, Associate Professor of Linguistics, University of Connecticut.

ABSTRACT
Looking for evidence of A-movement

The evidence is almost overwhelming for a dependency in A'-constructions that can be captured with a grammatical operation like movement: there is a visible disruption in the word order of the sentence, there are several sentence processing effects associated with these disruptions, and there are abstract constraints these disruptions that vary cross-linguistically. In this talk, I'd like to ask whether we can find similar evidence for movement in A-constructions. I will spend the bulk of the time reporting three sets of studies that I have run in my own search for evidence of A-movement: a set of judgment studies on ne-cliticization in Italian and ECM in English; a set of EEG studies on uaccusatives, passives, and raising in English; and a set of hierarchical Bayesian models designed to test for the presence of UTAH during language acquisition (under the assumption that UTAH and A-movement are tightly coupled). In all three sets of studies, the results so far fail to present strong evidence for A-movement. After reviewing these results, my hope is to encourage some discussion about (i) what sorts of evidence we would expect to see if A-movement is part of the grammar, (ii) whether we might need cross-linguistic variation in the presence/absence of A-movement, and how the current evidence in the (syntactic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic) literature stacks up against our expectations.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 16 Oct 2018 13:32:45 -0400 2018-10-19T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-19T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Jon Sprouse
Positive Links Speaker Series (October 22, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54145 54145-13530688@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Affirming the Self to Reduce Conflict, Stress, and Underperformance
David Sherman

Monday, October 22, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register: http://myumi.ch/aAK3W

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Self-affirmations can be powerful tools to attenuate threats to the self that emerge from the stressors of organizational life. When people are given opportunities to affirm core values and relationships, they are more responsive to otherwise difficult information. Drawing on decades of experimental and field studies, Sherman will present research on how, when, and why self-affirmations can lead to more adaptive outcomes, and the implications for organizational outcomes.

About Sherman:
David Sherman is a professor in the Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a social and health psychologist whose research centers on how people cope with threatening events and information. He is Editor at the Personality and Social Psychology Review and is the president of the International Society for Self and Identity. Sherman’s research has been supported by grants from the National Science Foundation.

Host:
Julia Lee, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ’87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:25:29 -0400 2018-10-22T16:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion David Sherman
Legacy Lab Workshop Series (October 22, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54900 54900-13651929@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 22, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading.

Legacy Lab is a program offered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross.

We are offering two sessions in the fall, each comprised of TWO workshops. You must attend both workshops to complete the Legacy Lab experience. The workshops in October and November are identical.

October:
Monday, October 22, 5-7 PM
and Monday, October 29, 5-7 PM

November:
Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
and Wednesday, November 14, 5-7 PM

Open to any University of Michigan student, free of cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).

Questions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:01 -0400 2018-10-22T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-22T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar legacy lab
From “Favorites” to “Fur Babies”: How Pets Became Part of the American Family (October 23, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53658 53658-13444107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Katherine C. (Kasey) Grier is director of the Museum Studies Program and professor in the Department of History, University of Delaware, where she also received her Ph.D. An expert on the history of everyday life in the U.S. in the long 19th century, Kasey Grier turned her attention to the history of animal-human interaction several decades ago. The results was Pets in America: A History (2006), the first book to examine how past Americans lived with animals in their homes.

Ideas about animals as family members have continued to evolve throughout history. Join Kasey as she examines the roles pets have played in the 19th and 20th century.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 13 Aug 2018 15:37:05 -0400 2018-10-23T18:00:00-04:00 2018-10-23T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Pets in America
Restoring Worker Power in an Age of Shareholder Primacy (October 25, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56725 56725-13969942@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 25, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

As part of the “Working Towards Shared Prosperity” conference at Ross sponsored by Business+Impact and the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, this is one of two free public events for students, staff and the general public.

To the degree that workers are currently viewed as costs to be managed, how do we change the narrative for boards, executives and especially shareholders? How do we utilize the desire for purpose-driven work to combat distrust in capitalism and corporations and tell a different story about how corporations create value for society?

Speaker Carl Camden, IPSE US-The Association of Independent Workers and former CEO, Kelly Services will be interviewed by Rick Wartzman, Drucker Institute KH Moon Center for a Functioning Society

Joined by John Denniston, Shared X; Joel Rogers, University of Wisconsin Law School; and Carmen Rojas, Workers Lab

This event and the conference at large are supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Accenture, Deloitte, the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan, and the C.K. Prahalad Initiative. The media partner for the conference is The Conversation.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:13:55 -0400 2018-10-25T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-25T18:15:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Working Towards Shared Prosperity
Envisioning the Future: Business as Creators (October 26, 2018 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56727 56727-13969943@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

As part of the “Working Towards Shared Prosperity” conference at Ross sponsored by Business+Impact and the Aspen Institute Business & Society Program, this is one of two free public events for students, staff and the general public.

Business is not an innocent bystander when it comes to forces such as technology and market shifts. Why then is the current narrative about how business can “cope” with the future of work instead of recognizing the deep influence business has in building that future? What could a more just version of work look like and how do we get there?

Jim Keane, CEO, Steelcase will be interviewed by Joe Nocera, Bloomberg

Joined by Rebecca Henderson, Harvard University and Tom Kochan, MIT Sloan School of Management

This event and the conference at large are supported by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Accenture, Deloitte, the Good Companies, Good Jobs Initiative at MIT Sloan, and the C.K. Prahalad Initiative. The media partner for the conference is The Conversation.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:19:06 -0400 2018-10-26T09:00:00-04:00 2018-10-26T10:15:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Detroit
Eyes on the Horizon? Fragmented Elites and the Short-Term Focus of the American Corporation (October 26, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54846 54846-13645317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 26, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In recent years, scholars and popular commentators have expressed concerns that U.S. corporations are too focused on short-term performance, thereby undermining their long-term health and competitiveness. This paper examines how this focus on short-term strategies and performance, or short-termism, results from the dissolution of the American corporate elite network. In particular, we argue that the corporate-board interlock network traditionally served as an important collective resource that helped corporate elites to preserve their autonomy and control, mitigating short-termism. In recent years, changing board-appointment practices have fractured the board network, undermining its usefulness as a platform for collective action and exposing corporate leaders to short-term pressures. We develop and apply a cohesion metric for network managerialism, derived from theory and evidence in social-network scholarship. Using three indicators that capture short-termism earnings management and shareholder returns, we identify a structural basis for managerial short-termism that links external, network-based resources to managers’ decisions. The results highlight the benefits of the corporate elite network and illustrate unforeseen consequences of the network’s dissolution.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Sep 2018 16:23:54 -0400 2018-10-26T13:30:00-04:00 2018-10-26T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Legacy Lab Workshop Series (October 29, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54900 54900-13651930@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 29, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading.

Legacy Lab is a program offered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross.

We are offering two sessions in the fall, each comprised of TWO workshops. You must attend both workshops to complete the Legacy Lab experience. The workshops in October and November are identical.

October:
Monday, October 22, 5-7 PM
and Monday, October 29, 5-7 PM

November:
Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
and Wednesday, November 14, 5-7 PM

Open to any University of Michigan student, free of cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).

Questions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:01 -0400 2018-10-29T17:00:00-04:00 2018-10-29T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar legacy lab
Patchwork Leviathan: How Pockets of Bureaucratic Governance Flourish within Institutionally Diverse Developing States (November 2, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56877 56877-14014910@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 2, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Within seemingly weak states, exceptionally effective subunits lie hidden. These high-performing niches exhibit organizational characteristics distinct from poor-performing peer organizations, but also distinct from high-functioning organizations in Western countries. This article develops the concept of interstitial bureaucracy to explain how and why unusually high-performing state organizations in developing countries invert canonical features of Weberian bureaucracy. Interstices are distinct-yet-embedded subsystems characterized by practices inconsistent with those of the dominant institution. This interstitial position poses particular challenges and requires unique solutions. Interstices cluster together scarce proto-bureaucratic resources to cultivate durable distinction from the status quo, while managing disruptions arising from interdependencies with the wider neopatrimonial field. I propose a framework for how bureaucratic interstices respond to those challenges, generalizing from organizational comparisons within the Ghanaian state and abbreviated historical comparison cases from the nineteenth-century United States, early-twentieth-century China, mid-twentieth-century Kenya, and early-twenty-first-century Nigeria.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 22 Oct 2018 15:47:02 -0400 2018-11-02T13:30:00-04:00 2018-11-02T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
WWI: What Shall We Do with Those Dead Over There? (November 5, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/53857 53857-13470115@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 5, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

Dr. Lisa Budreau will be speaking on the saga of the First World War dead and the efforts of the living to honor their heroes. It’s a staggering, often-macabre tale steeped in the pathos and human drama of a democratic nation struggling to find meaning in the aftermath of this war. Dr. Budreau will unravel the complex logistical, political and social dynamics that unfolded from 1919 until the early 1930s, and explore the development of the heritage landscapes that men created in an attempt to remember the apocalypse of their era. Dr. Budreau's illustrated talk will be based on her book, Bodies of War, World War 1 and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:34:17 -0400 2018-11-05T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-05T19:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Lisa Budreau
Legacy Lab Workshop Series (November 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54900 54900-13651931@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading.

Legacy Lab is a program offered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross.

We are offering two sessions in the fall, each comprised of TWO workshops. You must attend both workshops to complete the Legacy Lab experience. The workshops in October and November are identical.

October:
Monday, October 22, 5-7 PM
and Monday, October 29, 5-7 PM

November:
Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
and Wednesday, November 14, 5-7 PM

Open to any University of Michigan student, free of cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).

Questions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:01 -0400 2018-11-07T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-07T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar legacy lab
Global Operations Conference (November 8, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56472 56472-13906096@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 8, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is pleased to announce the annual Global Operations Conference (GOC) for 2018: Operations in a Digital Age.

REGISTER AT: www.taubergoc.com

With companies increasingly focused on leveraging new technology to evolve the way they do business, the GOC brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore topics related to how technology and data are shaping operations.

The annual conference is your opportunity to learn more about state of the art technology in operations, network with operations leaders across industries, and meet emerging operations professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:48:14 -0400 2018-11-08T18:00:00-05:00 2018-11-08T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium GOC logo
Global Operations Conference (November 9, 2018 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/56472 56472-13906097@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Tauber Institute for Global Operations is pleased to announce the annual Global Operations Conference (GOC) for 2018: Operations in a Digital Age.

REGISTER AT: www.taubergoc.com

With companies increasingly focused on leveraging new technology to evolve the way they do business, the GOC brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore topics related to how technology and data are shaping operations.

The annual conference is your opportunity to learn more about state of the art technology in operations, network with operations leaders across industries, and meet emerging operations professionals.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 11:48:14 -0400 2018-11-09T08:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium GOC logo
Challenging the aesthetic alibi: Organizational status, animal rights movements, and the use of fur in the global fashion industry (November 9, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56721 56721-13969939@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This study examines the interplay in markets between social movement activity and organizational status hierarchies in the global high-end fashion industry. The authors consider how the contested nature of fur, coupled with differences in perceptions of status of producers within the fashion industry, is associated with whether fashion houses use fur in their collections from 2001-2010. Hypotheses are tested using a unique data set based on online and print archives. Hazard models indicate patterns consistent with response to social movement activism based on the status of the targeted houses. When activists target high-status organizations more they can amplify the appeal of a contested practice to other organizations, and fur use increases. Fur use decreases when activism targets lower-status producers, as this can highlight to other producers both the socially problematic standing of the practice and its association with lesser players in the cultural hierarchy.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 12 Oct 2018 13:26:38 -0400 2018-11-09T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-09T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (November 9, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57342 57342-14157785@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 9, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Linguistics Department is pleased to welcome indigenous linguist and cultural preservationist Daryl Baldwin, as the next featured speaker in its Fall colloquium series. Baldwin, a 2016 MacArthur Fellow, is the director of the Myaamia Center at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. His talk will reflect on 30 years of Myaamia language revitalization. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

ABSTRACT
nihsomateene pipoonwe neepaanki: Reflecting on 30 Years of Myaamia Language Revitalization

2018 marked 30 years of development, reconstruction, and revitalization efforts for Myaamiaataweenki (the Myaamia language). This talk will reflect on the successes, failures, and a wide range of community capacity building activities that now support a growing base of language users.

Photo of Daryl Baldwin: © John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation- used with permission.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 02 Nov 2018 14:04:17 -0400 2018-11-09T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-09T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Daryl Baldwin
WDI M2GATE Entrepreneurship Pitch Competition (November 14, 2018 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56757 56757-13994913@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us in person or through Facebook Live for a Global Pitch Competition that caps off the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) program that has involved more than 500 students.

For the last 18 months, the William Davidson Institute at the University of Michigan has managed a virtual exchange program that paired University of Michigan, Eastern Michigan University and Wayne State University undergrads with fellow students in Egypt, Tunisia, Libya and Morocco. Working together online, via chat and through streaming video workshops, each team came up with a business concept designed to tackle a social or environmental challenge in the MENA region - from youth unemployment to water access to trash pickup to soft skills development - just to name a few examples.

On Wednesday, Nov. 14, three winning teams made of both U-M and MENA students, will gather at U-M’s Ross School of Business to present their ideas to judges as part of the Global Pitch Competition. In addition to U-M students, six students from Egypt, three from Tunisia and three from Morocco will compete in the event after meeting one another in person for the first time.

The program, known as the MENA-Michigan Initiative for Global Action Through Entrepreneurship (M²GATE) is funded the U.S. State Department and the Stevens Initiative, whose namesake is the late Christopher Stevens, the U.S. ambassador killed in 2012 attack in Benghazi, Libya.

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Presentation Fri, 09 Nov 2018 10:49:04 -0500 2018-11-14T15:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T16:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation M2GATE participants
Legacy Lab Workshop Series (November 14, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54900 54900-13651932@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 14, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

This series of two workshops is designed to help you unlock your personal capabilities and increase your influence. The workshops will be filled with reflective activities, powerful stories, and meaningful engagement with your peers. You will craft your life purpose and vision, clarify your values, and experiment with new ways of acting and leading.

Legacy Lab is a program offered by the Sanger Leadership Center at Michigan Ross.

We are offering two sessions in the fall, each comprised of TWO workshops. You must attend both workshops to complete the Legacy Lab experience. The workshops in October and November are identical.

October:
Monday, October 22, 5-7 PM
and Monday, October 29, 5-7 PM

November:
Wednesday, November 7, 5-7 PM
and Wednesday, November 14, 5-7 PM

Open to any University of Michigan student, free of cost. We ask that you register in advance on our website (link below).

Questions? Contact us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 06 Sep 2018 10:26:01 -0400 2018-11-14T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-14T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Workshop / Seminar legacy lab
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Andy Storm (November 15, 2018 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57664 57664-14252629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 15, 2018 4:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Andy Storm is the President & CEO of Eckhart, Inc a Michigan based Industry 4.0 advanced manufacturing solutions provider to the largest industrial companies in the world. Storm earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration (Industrial Management) and Mechanical Engineering Technology from Michigan Technological University. As a Leaders for Manufacturing Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Storm earned an MBA from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Systems from the MIT School of Engineering.

Andy began his professional career as a 3rd shift maintenance supervisor working in the Metal Fabricating Division of General Motors. In 2008 Andy began working at American Axle & Manufacturing (AAM) where he became Manager of Global Procurement & Supply Chain Management and was responsible for negotiating direct material contracts with AAM’s suppliers during the onset of the Great Recession. Andy then transitioned to Pratt & Whitney, a division of United Technology Corporation that specializes in jet engine propulsion and was Operations Manager of their Ground Test, Thrust-Reverser, Maintenance Repair & Overhaul, and Original Equipment Manufacturing business units in Lansing, MI. Since then, Andy has held executive positions with Oshkosh Corporation as Director of Engineering at Oshkosh Defense, General Manager of Front Discharge Concrete Mixers at Oshkosh Commercial and most recently General Manager of Global Automotive, Aerospace, & Defense at Stratasys, the largest additive manufacturing (3D Printing) company in the world.

In Andy’s current role at Eckhart he is responsible for leading the transformation of a company whose roots date back to 1958 by accelerating the development and adoption of Eckhart’s Industry 4.0 advanced manufacturing solutions that include AUTOCRAFT™ autonomous guided vehicles, FLEXCHECK™ collaborative robots, additive manufacturing, micro sensor/spatial positioning systems, and highly engineered ergonomic lift-assist & secure tools. Eckhart customers include General Electric, Boeing, Raytheon Missile Systems, CAT, Harley-Davidson, Procter & Gamble, Herman Miller, Cargill, Frito-Lay, Stryker Medical, and Tesla. The company’s solutions can be found all over the world including Brazil, South Africa, Asia, and Europe.

In addition to serving on the Board of Directors of Eckhart Holdings Company, Andy serves as Chairman of the Capital Area Manufacturing Council, the Lansing Community College Center for Manufacturing Excellence Advisory Board, the MIT Leaders for Global Operations Alumni Council, and is an active member of the Detroit Economic Club. Andy is a past board member of the MIT Leaders for Global Operations Operating Committee. Andy lives in Brighton, Michigan with his wife Amy and their eight children.

Andy Storm has been with Eckhart, Inc since 2015 and is responsible for helping the world’s largest industrial companies adopt Industry 4.0 by accelerating the integration and use of advanced manufacturing solutions that include autonomous guided vehicles, collaborative robots, additive manufacturing, micro sensor/spatial positioning systems, and highly engineered ergonomic lift-assist & secure tools. Andy earned Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration (Industrial Management) and Mechanical Engineering Technology from Michigan Technological University and as a Leaders for Manufacturing Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology earned an MBA from the MIT Sloan School of Business and a Master of Science degree in Engineering Systems from the MIT School of Engineering. He is on the Board of Directors of Eckhart Holdings Company and serves on multiple boards.

CAN'T ATTEND? If the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series event is recorded, it will be added to the Leadership Speaker Series website post-session (visit Tauber Event Archives Page)

UPCOMING MEETINGS: Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series @tauber.umich.edu for upcoming events.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact Giuliana Sanchez - MBA 2019 or visit tauber.umich.edu.

The Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is a student-organized initiative to bring in top leaders from industry to the University of Michigan. These high-level executives are invited to share insights on their own careers, the qualities needed in today's global economy for strong leadership, and tangible steps to achieve excellence in one's own career path.

For more information:

Email TLSS organizer Giuliana Sanchez - MBA 2019 or Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333

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Presentation Wed, 08 Jan 2020 14:51:23 -0500 2018-11-15T16:30:00-05:00 2018-11-15T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Andy Storm
Ross Net Impact Case Competition (November 16, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57529 57529-14209033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Exploring the impact of a large chain expanding its presence in Detroit. Is this a good business decision? What will the social impact of this decision be? Is that something we even need to consider? The second annual Net Impact Case Competition provides students a hands-on opportunity to explore impact-driven solutions for a large, for-profit corporation in the city of Detroit. The registration deadline was Thursday, November 8th and the case was released at 9:00 am on Friday, November 9th.
The Prizes
$2000 for the winning team
$750 to the runner up
This event is sponsored in part by Business+Impact at Michigan Ross.

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Presentation Thu, 08 Nov 2018 11:23:05 -0500 2018-11-16T13:00:00-05:00 2018-11-16T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Presentation Ross School of Business
Does Harassment Prevention Prevent Harassment? Evidence from the Workplace (November 16, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57484 57484-14202421@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 16, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Two decades ago the Supreme Court vetted the workplace harassment programs popular at the time; sexual harassment training and harassment grievance procedures. Yet harassment at work remains common. Do these programs reduce harassment? Program effects have been difficult to measure, but because women frequently quit their jobs after being harassed, programs that reduce harassment should help firms to retain current and aspiring women managers. Thus, effective programs should be followed by increases in women managers. We analyze data from 805 companies over 32 years to explore how new sexual harassment programs affect the representation of white, black, Hispanic, and Asian-American women in management. We find support for several propositions. First, sexual harassment grievance procedures, shown in surveys to incite retaliation without satisfying complainants, are followed by decreases in women managers. Second, training for managers, which encourages managers to look for signs of trouble and intervene, is followed by increases in women managers. Third, employee training, which proscribes specific behaviors and signals that male trainees are potential perpetrators, is followed by decreases in women managers. Two propositions specify how management composition moderates program effects. One, because women are more likely to believe harassment complaints and less likely to respond negatively to training, in firms with more women managers, programs work better. Two, in firms with more women managers, group threat may reduce the effectiveness of sexual harassment programs for white women – the group of women posing the biggest threat to male managers.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 07 Nov 2018 13:23:48 -0500 2018-11-16T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-16T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (November 19, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54147 54147-13530690@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 19, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Authoring a Good Life in America: Narrative Identity and Redemptive Life Stories
Dan P. McAdams

Monday, November 19, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register: http://myumi.ch/aXyqR

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Beginning in the adolescent and emerging adult years, many people create stories to make sense of their lives. Narrative identity is the internalized and evolving story of the self that explains how a person has come to be the unique person he or she is becoming.

In this talk, McAdams will describe recent psychological research on narrative identity, with an emphasis on stories of personal redemption (triumphing over adversity and suffering) and their strong connections to mental health, psychological well-being, and positive societal engagement.

In various forms such as narratives of upward mobility, atonement, recovery, and personal liberation, the redemptive life stories told by American men and women today, especially in their midlife years, reprise important cultural ideals that have traditionally been associated with living a good life in America.

About McAdams:
Dan P. McAdams is the Henry Wade Rogers Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education and Social Policy at Northwestern University. Author of nearly 300 scientific articles and chapters, numerous edited volumes, and seven books, McAdams works in the areas of personality and life-span developmental psychology. His theoretical and empirical writings focus on concepts of self and identity in contemporary American society and on themes of power, intimacy, redemption, and generativity across the adult life course.

McAdams is the author most recently of The Art and Science of Personality Development and The Redemptive Self: Stories Americans Live By. He also wrote a psychological biography entitled George W. Bush and the Redemptive Dream: A Psychological Portrait. In 2016, The Atlantic commissioned him to write an extended psychological essay on the life and mind of Donald J. Trump, which appeared as the cover article for the June 2016 issue of that magazine.

Host:
Julia Lee, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ’87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:40:11 -0400 2018-11-19T16:00:00-05:00 2018-11-19T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Dan P. McAdams
WDI Global Speaker Series: Liquid Assets: Investing to End the Global Water Crisis (November 27, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56754 56754-13994909@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 27, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Tom Light, managing director of WaterEquity, the first-ever impact investment management firm with an exclusive focus on ending the global water crisis, will speak at U-M on how the organization's water and sanitation investments in low- and middle-income countries drive both sustainable financial returns and social impact. WaterEquity was established by Water.org, the charity co-founded by actor Matt Damon, to mobilize capital for water and sanitation enterprises serving the needs of poor people.

Light's talk, part of the WDI Global Impact Speaker Series, “Liquid Assets: Investing to End the Global Water Crisis,” will begin at 5 p.m. on Nov. 27 in room R2240 at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. It is free and open to the public.

Before joining WaterEquity, Light led Grameen Foundation’s impact investing strategy serving first as a fund manager and then as the Head of the Capital Management & Advisory Center. Prior to that, Light held executive-level positions in investment banking at UBS AG and in the nonprofit sector at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. He received his B.A with honors from the University of Michigan in Quantitative Economics, holds an MBA in Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and is a chartered financial analyst.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 15 Nov 2018 11:29:26 -0500 2018-11-27T17:00:00-05:00 2018-11-27T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion WaterEquity
Careers with Impact Event (November 29, 2018 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57704 57704-14263414@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 29, 2018 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability

This panel will explore different ways to pursue a career with impact as an undergraduate.  The panel will showcase MBA's, BBA's, BA's and alumni who have held internships or jobs in impact, whether in corporate or nonprofit/social enterprise settings.

Following the panel will be opportunities to network with the panelists, as well as with the other upperclassmen BBA's and MBA's with experience in careers with impact.  You'll also have a chance to hear from and interact with staff from Ross's Career Development Office, the Business + Impact initiative, as well as the Erb Institute.

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 14 Nov 2018 16:41:25 -0500 2018-11-29T17:30:00-05:00 2018-11-29T19:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
The Social Origins of Valuation: Entrepreneurial Arguments and Stock Market Reactions in New Markets (November 30, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/56878 56878-14014911@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 30, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This paper investigates how a new way of valuing organizations emerges in financial markets. We theorize that organizations in the early stages of a new market can actively shape how investors over time come to value firms in that space. Using internet initial public offerings from 1997 to 2012, we show that organizations argued for and eventually altered the way the stock market now values internet firms. This emergence process unfolds over two stages. First, the earliest organizations in the market introduce and legitimate a new understanding of value, thus establishing a shared basis of intelligibility with investors. Second, once this new understanding is established, organizations that subsequently enter the market are able to use new valuation metrics that were previously deemed nonsensical. Moreover, supplementary analyses suggest that high levels of excitement surrounding the new market may help new ways of valuing get off the ground more quickly. This study offers insight into how new understandings of value and their associated valuation metrics can emerge over time and lays the groundwork for future research on the social origins of valuation in financial markets.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 17 Oct 2018 16:39:40 -0400 2018-11-30T13:30:00-05:00 2018-11-30T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (December 4, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54191 54191-13539445@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 4, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Company-Community Partnerships for Purpose and Sustainable Impact
Kathryn Heinze and Sara Soderstrom

Tuesday, December 4, 2018
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register: http://myumi.ch/aZrpq

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
In this engaging session, Kate Heinze and Sara Soderstrom will explore the definition of impact, with a specific focus on community partnerships. Purpose-driven collaborations at the community level are central to developing the win-win solutions that can contribute to the good life—doing well for business and strengthening the communities where they do business. Building off academic research, Heinze and Soderstrom share cases that highlight different approaches to building strong partnerships.

About Heinze and Soderstrom:
Kathryn Heinze is an Associate Professor of Sport Management and a Faculty Associate at the Center for Positive Organizations. Her research seeks to understand organizational and institutional change. In particular, she examines tactics, strategies, and processes by which individuals and organizations respond to and lead social and cultural change in their fields and industries. Heinze studies theses dynamics in a variety of contexts, particularly those related to sport and health/wellness. She earned her MA and PhD in Management and Organizations from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and her BA in Organizational Studies from the University of Michigan.

Sara Soderstrom is an Assistant Professor in Organizational Studies and Program in the Environment at University of Michigan. She is core faculty at the Erb Institute and a faculty associate at the Center for Positive Organizations. In her research, Soderstrom aims to contribute an organizational perspective on how society develops solutions to critical global sustainability challenges. She studies how individuals within organizations mobilize others, develop coalitions, and access key decision makers when they are trying to implement sustainability initiatives.

Soderstrom completed her PhD at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a postdoctoral fellowship at the Erb Institute at the University of Michigan. Prior to her graduate work at Kellogg, Soderstrom worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and led a business transformation team at Auto Club Group. She holds MSE degrees in Chemical & Environmental Engineering and a BSE degree in Chemical Engineering from U-M.

Host:
Mari Kira, Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ’87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 24 Aug 2018 13:45:47 -0400 2018-12-04T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-04T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Kathryn Heinze & Sara Soderstrom
Story Lab Ross Diaries (December 5, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/54899 54899-13651926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Sanger Leadership Center

The Sanger Leadership Center and Ross Design + Business Club invite you to join us for the Story Lab Fall Ross Diaries on Wednesday, December 5, from 5-6:30 PM in the Robertson Auditorium at Michigan Ross.

At Ross Diaries, you will hear powerful stories from your peers and learn more about what’s beneath the surface here at Ross.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there! Visit our website for more info.

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Thu, 06 Sep 2018 09:59:10 -0400 2018-12-05T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-05T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab
Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: One-Handed Product (December 5, 2018 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57884 57884-14366386@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 5, 2018 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

University of Michigan’s Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 23rd offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.

IPD is an experiential, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

You won’t want to miss this year’s trade show!

The Problem Statement: Design and produce a product or tool to be used with one hand, that enables people to perform routine daily tasks that otherwise would require two hands.

See the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network, have fun and meet up with friends, old and new!

Parking is street meter or there is public parking available in the Hill Street Structure Parking Garage.

Event is Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.

GREAT LOCATION: Tauber Colloquium, at the Ross School of Business, 6th floor at 701 Tappan

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS November 27TH:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2018-11-27/ipd-trade-show-dec-5-tauber-colloquium

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Exhibition Mon, 26 Nov 2018 13:44:05 -0500 2018-12-05T18:30:00-05:00 2018-12-05T20:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition 2018 IPD Trade Show
The Value of Values for Institutional Theory (December 7, 2018 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57834 57834-14323263@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Though values were once the central focus of institutional theory, they are now a latent, marginalized and dimly understood element of a much larger and more complex perspective. The present paper is a response to this curious and ironic situation. In the effort to refocalize values and foment a new wave of value-centric institutional scholarship, our review addresses three more specific questions. The first concerns the nature, origin and functions of values themselves. The second concerns values’ relationship to other institutional elements and their place within the broader institutional landscape. The third concerns “the value of values” and the particular ways in which they can inform and enrich institutional research. Our review addresses these questions both by “reaching back” into the institutional tradition and by “reaching across” into the broader and recently resurgent sociological literature on values. We close by discussing a number of promising directions for future research.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 13:10:43 -0500 2018-12-07T13:30:00-05:00 2018-12-07T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Graduate Student Colloquium (December 7, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57895 57895-14366724@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The final event in the Linguistics Fall 2018 Colloquium Series will feature graduate students Alicia Stevers and Dominique Bouavichith

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 26 Nov 2018 15:08:53 -0500 2018-12-07T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Release Day Party (December 7, 2018 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57733 57733-14276253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 7, 2018 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

On the 7th of December we'll be holding a release day party in the Ross School of Business, room 0240. Stop by to have fun with the newly released game, make friends and possibly win some Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Merch. 

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Recreational / Games Fri, 07 Dec 2018 18:00:10 -0500 2018-12-07T17:00:00-05:00 2018-12-07T22:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Recreational / Games Ross School of Business
Private Equity "Bake-Off" Competition (December 11, 2018 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58235 58235-14444074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 11, 2018 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Faculty Support/ACT

Nine University of Michigan student teams will square off against each other during the annual private equity “battle of the pitches,” held by the Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance, or CVP, at the Ross School of Business.
Only two teams will advance to the “Bake-off” semifinals, where they will have a shot at winning this year’s Alan Gelband Private Equity Award and $10,000 in prize money.
The event will be held in the Ross School’s Blau Colloquium, beginning at 4 p.m., and is open to members and friends of the U-M student, faculty and alumni community.

The 11th annual Private Equity “Bake-off” competition serves as the capstone event for MBA and U-M graduate students enrolled in Professor David J. Brophy’s Private Equity Finance course.
For this highly anticipated interclass challenge, each student team will present a detailed proposal for a private-equity takeover of an existing public company. A panel of judges composed of private equity investors and investment practitioners will rank the nine teams by the quality, comprehensiveness and attractiveness (in terms of projected return on investment) of their public-to-private buyout pitches. Then the judges will narrow the competitive field to two semi-finalists.
During the “Bake-off,” the Blau Colloquium audience of students, alumni and sponsors will cast popular votes for the semifinalist team with the best buyout pitch. The winner will receive the Alan Gelband Private Equity Award and take home $7,500 in prize money. The runner-up will receive $2,500.
“Alan Gelband, an alum and great friend of U-M Ross, joins us in facilitating student access to opportunities in the private equity and alternative investment field,” Professor Brophy says. “Graduates of this and other Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance (CVP) courses and competitions are now private equity fund leaders globally and providing continued support for our programs and conferences.”
At the beginning of the fall term, Professor Brophy assigned the nine student teams to select and evaluate a middle-market public company for a possible “model” private-equity acquisition. The students used publicly available financial records to assess the company’s management, revenue, profits and market position, and subsequently to project the estimated return on investment for private equity investors. Based on this extensive information gathering and financial analysis, each team formulated a buyout pitch for the target company it had chosen.
Alan Gelband, BBA ’65, MBA ’67, the benefactor for the annual Private Equity Award, says the public-to-private buyout competition serves both as a learning tool for students and a talent pipeline for the PE industry.
“This is an important exercise for anyone who wants to get into private equity, which is a leader of business evolution today,” says Gelband, the founder and managing director at Gelband & Co. investment banking.
Other Ross and CVP alumni and regional private equity investors who volunteer as judges also play a formative role during the annual Bake-off competition by providing constructive feedback on the teams’ buyout pitches and suggesting ways to strengthen their written and oral presentations. This year’s roster of 12 judges includes investors from regional and national private equity firms.

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Presentation Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:48:23 -0500 2018-12-11T16:00:00-05:00 2018-12-11T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Ross Faculty Support/ACT Presentation Ross School of Business
2018 Financing Research Commercialization Competition (December 12, 2018 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58240 58240-14444079@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Faculty Support/ACT

University of Michigan students are teeing up their venture capital investment proposals in anticipation of the upcoming 2018 Financing Research Commercialization Pitch Competition on Dec. 12.
This year, 14 highly competitive teams of graduate and undergraduate students in Professor David J. Brophy’s Financing Research Commercialization practicum will go before a panel of 24 judges to present their strongest, most-strategic fund-raising pitches for venture capital financing.
The event will kick off at 6 p.m. in the Ross School’s Blau Colloquium. (5th floor, Blau building) Members and friends of the U-M student, faculty and alumni community are welcome to attend.
Each student team has been working closely with the founder(s) of a Michigan-based, early-stage startup for the entire semester to help jump-start the company’s growth. A number of the participating startups are University spinouts that are commercializing new technologies and research discoveries.
Over the course of the practicum, the students have assisted these emerging companies in refining business plans and market-entry strategies, accelerating the commercialization of research discoveries and disruptive technologies, and raising venture capital to fund expansion.
To move the needle on startup development, the teams needed to conduct due diligence, calculate valuation, develop financial plans and make key strategic decisions. Seasoned mentors helped the students put their textbook theory into practice.
The high-stakes 2018 Financing Research Commercialization Pitch Competition represents the culmination of months of hard work and collaboration. Each team stands ready to take on the capstone challenge in hopes of emerging as the top-ranked contestant in the pitch competition.
The practicum’s goal, according to Professor Brophy, is to give emerging, fast-growth companies a fresh set of eyes, minds and hands that can help them progress “the next mile” to raise external equity capital. Students, in turn, benefit from their action-based learning experience, which prepares them to become successful leaders of their own entrepreneurial enterprises in the future.
“In an action-learning setting, this unique course succeeds in teaching students and entrepreneurs, as working partners, how to prepare and position high-potential, emerging growth companies to raise their first (Series A) venture capital, a critical milestone in the company’s growth,” Professor Brophy explains. “Our objective is to help local market companies directly and to prepare U-M students to be fundable founders and venture investors in their own right.”
This year, a panel of 24 judges will assess and rank the students’ investor pitches and offer helpful feedback. Judging panelists come from the wide range of Michigan venture capital investors: corporations such as Stryker and DowDuPont, investment partnerships from the Michigan Venture Capital Association, and an array of angel investment groups and high net worth individuals.
Since its inception in 2004, Professor Brophy’s course has provided student-led business-development and capital-raising assistance to 205 early-stage companies, including 50 ventures that have procured their targeted funding. More than 1,100 U-M students have gone through the practicum and become part of the Michigan Ross Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance (CVP) “Next Mile to Funding” venture capital network.

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Presentation Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:55:09 -0500 2018-12-12T18:00:00-05:00 2018-12-12T22:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Ross Faculty Support/ACT Presentation Ross School of Business
Adderley Positive Research Incubator - Healthy Minds: Addressing Mental Health and Help-Seeking Behavior in College Student Populations (December 13, 2018 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58001 58001-14390314@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 13, 2018 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Adderley Positive Research Incubator
Healthy Minds: Addressing Mental Health and Help-Seeking Behavior in College Student Populations
Dan Eisenberg

Thursday, December 13, 2018
1:00-2:30 p.m.
Free and open to the public.
Register to attend here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/dan-eisenberg/

Michigan Ross Campus
Blau Hall Building
701 Tappan
Blau Colloquium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Join us as we celebrate our 200th Adderley Positive Research Incubator presentation!

Research is the heart of Positive Organizational Scholarship (POS), and we want to make sure that we support each other in developing high quality research. To that end, we created the Adderley Positive Research Incubator for sharing and encouraging POS-related research ideas that are at various stages of development.

Since our first gathering in 2004, the Adderley Positive Research Incubator has enabled 120+ researchers in the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship to share research ideas while still in development. This safe space encourages the development of high-quality research and allows for positive, constructive feedback on projects still in progress.

About the talk
This presentation will provide an overview of survey data and intervention research by the Healthy Minds Network, a large-scale research initiative to improve understanding of mental health and help-seeking in adolescent and young adult populations, particularly college students.

About Eisenberg
Daniel Eisenberg is S. J. Axelrod Collegiate Professor of Health Management and Policy in the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan, where he is also affiliated with the Population Studies Center and the Comprehensive Depression Center.

His training is in economics and mental health services research. His broad research goal is to improve understanding of how to invest effectively in the mental health of young people, particularly college students. He directs the Healthy Minds Network (HMN) for Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health (www.healthymindsnetwork.org), which administers the Healthy Minds Study, a national survey study of student mental health and related factors.

Register to attend here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/dan-eisenberg/

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Well-being Fri, 07 Dec 2018 09:15:32 -0500 2018-12-13T13:00:00-05:00 2018-12-13T14:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Well-being 200th Adderley Positive Research Incubator
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): When News gets Negative: The Evolution of Content in the Successive Re-telling of Events (December 17, 2018 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/57860 57860-14363812@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, December 17, 2018 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract:

What happens to the fidelity of news when it is retold? This question has drawn increased attention in recent years because of the rise of social media, where news often takes the form of second-or-third-hand retellings of original source material. As such, it has been widely blamed for the proliferation of of “fake news”. In this research I report the findings of three large-scale experiments on how the substantive characteristics of news changes over multiple waves of written re-summarization by different agents. We offer evidence that when news events are successively re-summarized they are not prone to exaggeration or fabrication of facts, but rather a unique pattern of distortion that we refer to as disagreeable personalization: as details of the original event vanish, the vacuum is filled by highly subjective, personalized interpretations of news that are laced with negatively slanted expressions of opinion. This evolution toward disagreeable personalization is found to be quite robust, observed even when writers are given the goal to be as accurate as possible when retelling original events. We find that this dynamic arises from a linguistic diffusion process in which injections of opinion by one writer in a chain is mimicked by the next, with negativity having a greater evolutionary survival value than positivity.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 14 Dec 2018 16:16:45 -0500 2018-12-17T11:45:00-05:00 2018-12-17T12:45:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Identity Contingency Cues in Employee Recruitment and Selection (January 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57827 57827-14321123@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

For individuals who are members of socially stigmatized identity groups, recruitment and hiring processes can signal belonging, fairness and identity safety, or wariness and identity threat. This talk will focus on how the changing landscape of hiring processes, particularly the use of technology, can lead to subtle identity contingency cues affecting the experiences and performance of applicants. Results of studies on how demographic variability in assessment materials affects performance and assessments of organizational fit will be discussed as an illustration. Projections regarding how the use of avatars, algorithms, digital interviewing, mobile platforms, and other technological advances in hiring may affect identity safety and threat will be discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:36:06 -0500 2019-01-18T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-18T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Michigan Business Challenge Workshop: Impact Assessment for Social Entrepreneurs (January 23, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59286 59286-14728139@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

As part of the co-sponsored Seigle Impact Track of the Michigan Business Challenge, this workshop offers approaches to and tools for social impact assessment. Students competing in Round 2 of the Impact Track need to attend so they can learn how to prepare this deliverable as part of the campus-wide Michigan Business Challenge competition. The Seigle Impact Track is offered by Business Impact in partnership with the Zell Lurie Institute of Entrepreneurship and the Frederick A. and Barbara M. Erb Institute. The top prize is awarded to the most compelling business plan that delivers social impact.

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:58:22 -0500 2019-01-23T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-23T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Impact Assessment Workshop
Understanding Barriers to Women’s Advancement in the Workplace: Applied and Action-Oriented Research (January 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57828 57828-14321124@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Despite significant gains in women’s educational attainment, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist and barriers to the advancement of women in the workplace still remain. In this talk I will discuss my portfolio of research in this area as well as speak about the pleasures and pitfalls of doing action-oriented research.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 21 Nov 2018 11:37:56 -0500 2019-01-25T13:30:00-05:00 2019-01-25T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (January 29, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58845 58845-14567882@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Creating More Inclusive Workplaces in an Era of Discord – The Power of Helping Across Differences
Stephanie J. Creary

Tuesday, January 29, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/a0mnp

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
Many of us want to work in organizations that enable us to draw on our unique perspectives to contribute and become our best work selves. Yet, sometimes our differences can make us feel uncomfortable, which can challenge our ability to engage with one another in healthy and productive ways. In this presentation, Creary will share a tool that she has developed from her research on multiple identities and helping at work that is designed to help people build more effective relationships across difference at work. The audience will have the opportunity to use the tool in real-time to create their own positive paths for making one particular work relationship across difference more effective.

About Creary:
Stephanie J. Creary, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Management at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. She is also an affiliated faculty member of Wharton People Analytics and a Senior Fellow of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) at the University of Pennsylvania. Previously, she was on the faculty of Cornell University. Prior to completing her PhD degree at the Boston College School of Management, she was a research associate at Harvard Business School and The Conference Board in NYC.

Creary’s research investigates how multiple identities, perspectives, and experiences are engaged and used in organizations to cultivate positive identities, improve the quality of relationships across difference, and promote change that is positive for organizations. She studies these dynamics in a variety of situations and organizational contexts including the development and implementation of corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives, career progression across demographic groups, socialization practices, and health care delivery.

She has published her research in leading management journals, co-authored several HBS case studies on leadership and diversity, written executive action reports on human capital for management audiences, and has won several research and teaching awards.

Host:
Jane Dutton, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Register: http://myumi.ch/a0mnp

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 16:49:24 -0500 2019-01-29T16:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Stephanie J. Creary
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series (January 29, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60021 60021-14812585@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 29, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

The shift to large-scale, multi-sector, global collaborative efforts between the business, government, philanthropic and investment communities - after years of mistrust - in support of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) will be the topic of the talk by Tami Kesselman, an expert in impact investing.
Kesselman, the founder of Aligned Investing Global, will discuss the current era of multi-sector solutions and whether it is here to stay. She also will talk about the power players behind this seismic shift from silos and mistrust to the current climate of collaboration. Kesselman will recount the development of the Millennium Development Goals, how they influenced the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a universal call to action by the United Nations to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all people enjoy peace and prosperity – and how businesses should respond.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 18 Jan 2019 11:50:04 -0500 2019-01-29T17:00:00-05:00 2019-01-29T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Tami Kesselman
"Dirty work," Invisibility and Dignity: An Intersectional Exploration of Janitors in India, US and South Korea (February 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60157 60157-14840472@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

My research explores “dirty work” and dignity, based on my comparative work of Janitors in the US, South Korea and India. Using an interdisciplinary framework, my talk will focus on how intersections of caste, gender, social class, age and ethnicity shape the invisibility of janitors in the workplace in culture-specific ways. Using qualitative interviews, social media analyses and ethnography, my research documents various dignity injuries experienced by janitors in these three cultural contexts. My talk will also present how Janitors also actively restore their dignity and infantilization of their labor in these three cultural contexts. I will discuss the relevance of intersectional framework to study dignity in workplace.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 21 Jan 2019 15:49:58 -0500 2019-02-01T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-01T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (February 1, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59268 59268-14726030@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 1, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Winter 2019 Colloquium Series continues February 1 with a presentation by Linguistics Professor and Chair William Idsardi of the University of Maryland. His areas of specialization are phonology, cognitive neuroscience, and psycholinguistics. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

ABSTRACT
Exploring the Phonological Continuity Hypothesis

Fitch (2018) proposes the Phonological Continuity Hypothesis, "humans share the processing capabilities required to deal with regular-level sequential processing, and thus phonology, with other animals, and these shared capabilities are implemented in homologous neural processing algorithms and circuitry." In this talk I will offer some different ways to understand the differences between sentence patterns and sound patterns (Heinz & Idsardi 2011, 2013; Idsardi 2018), and will review some recent work testing song sequence recognition in songbirds (Lawson et al 2018).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 24 Jan 2019 09:36:23 -0500 2019-02-01T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-01T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion William Idsardi
Michigan Business Challenge - Seigle Impact Track Round Two (February 8, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59288 59288-14728212@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Watch teams advance from this round to finals. Nine competing teams give a seven-minute presentation that describes their company's solution to a pressing market need or pain, an estimation of the market size, and their financial assumptions. This is followed by ten minutes of questions from the judges. Four teams will be chosen to compete in the Seigle Impact Finals, where they will have a chance to win the $15000 prize.

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Other Tue, 08 Jan 2019 13:06:38 -0500 2019-02-08T12:00:00-05:00 2019-02-08T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other Student Social Entrepreneurs
Workplace Bullying, Mobbing, and Harassment: Demographic and Diversity Perspectives (February 8, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57984 57984-14383895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 8, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This talk will examine bullying, mobbing, and harassment at work, with an emphasis on demographics and diversity. It will briefly sketch out some basics, a sort of “Workplace bullying 101.” It will then look at the demographic and diversity dynamics of these behaviors overall, especially pertaining to aggressors and targets, especially in the context of organizational cultures. Finally, it will take a closer look at gendered aspects of bullying and related behaviors at work, including (1) linkages between bullying and sexual harassment in the midst of the #MeToo movement and (2) complicated issues of bullying-type behaviors between women at work. Plenty of time will be reserved for comments and questions.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:44:10 -0500 2019-02-08T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-08T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
“Closing Critical Gaps in Women’s Healthcare Around the World: The Story of Medicines360, A Nonprofit Pharma Company,” (February 12, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60772 60772-14963944@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

How innovative business models can make a positive social impact by improving access to quality medicines for women regardless of where they live, their insurance status, or whether they can pay will be the topic for the Feb. 12 WDI Global Impact Speaker Series. Sally Stephens, chief business officer of Medicines 360, will discuss the organization's global focus and how it is driven to meet an unmet need for women around the world, including in the U.S. That is, affordable, long-acting contraceptives. Medicines360 has the only nonprofit pharmaceutical company with a marketed product in the U.S. Its first product is a hormonal intrauterine device, or IUD, which had been out of reach for many women because of the high cost of the sole brand on the market. Medicines360 offers its FDA-approved Liletta at a discounted price to public sector clinics across the U.S. to increase access to this important family-planning product. Additionally, Medicines360 has been working with international health organizations to offer the product, branded as Avibela in low- and middle-income countries, to also increase access to these markets. Avibela was launched in Madagascar in 2018. Sales of Liletta in the U.S. help fund research and development efforts by the company to bring contraceptives to countries such as Madagascar. Stephens will discuss the history of Medicines360, its successes and its plans to expand access to its affordable medicines and products for women.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 11 Feb 2019 16:32:04 -0500 2019-02-12T17:00:00-05:00 2019-02-12T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Medicines360
Nonprofit Board Fellows Forum (February 12, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58104 58104-14424598@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Panelists will discuss the value of a younger perspective on nonprofit boards and the efforts in place to adapt to this generational shift.

Confirmed panelists include:

Diana Kern, Executive Director of Legacy Land Conservancy
Shamyle Dobbs, Chief Executive Officer of Michigan Community Resources
Jeff Henning, Partner at Ernst & Young

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Presentation Mon, 04 Feb 2019 15:57:55 -0500 2019-02-12T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Presentation Nonprofit Board Fellows Forum
Preparing the Next Generation of Nonprofit Board Leaders (February 12, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59285 59285-14728138@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 12, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

The nonprofit sector is in a time of generational change. The U.S. baby boomer population has comprised the majority of board leadership roles across the country, but as they leave these positions, there is a significant challenge (and opportunity) for nonprofits to recruit the next generation of nonprofit board leaders. Currently, individuals under the age of 40 make up less than 17% of nonprofit board positions. To reduce this gap, nonprofits will need to employ a number of strategies to recruit and retain younger members.

Panelists will discuss the value of a younger perspective on nonprofit boards and the efforts in place to adapt to this generational shift.

This event is free and open to the public. Food will be served.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/preparing-the-next-generation-of-nonprofit-board-leaders-tickets-52910883878

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 08 Jan 2019 12:49:50 -0500 2019-02-12T17:30:00-05:00 2019-02-12T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Board Fellows Forum
Disclosure Dilemmas: Hidden Benefits of Revealing Not So Hidden Stigmas at Work (February 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60661 60661-14937076@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This talk will present findings from three sets of studies demonstrating the potential benefits of disclosing hidden stigmas at work. The first examines how vocal cues can differentiate heterosexual and non-heterosexual individuals, and how these distinctions can ultimately lead to job-related discrimination. The second study examines how disclosing a non-heterosexual identity can improve interpersonal outcomes when stigmas become known through indirect cues. The third study meta-analytically examines both the intrapersonal and interpersonal benefits of disclosing/expressing a stigmatized identity, as well as the boundary conditions of these effects. These studies are representative of my general program of research in that they identify subtle forms of workplace discrimination as well as potential strategies that stigmatized targets can engage in to remediate these barriers.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 01 Feb 2019 12:47:59 -0500 2019-02-15T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-15T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (February 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59272 59272-14726033@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Winter 2019 Colloquium Series continues February 15 with a presentation by U-M's Natasha Abner, Assistant Professor of Linguistics. All are welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

ABSTRACT

Handmade Events

Events in the world unfold in different ways and the way we use language to talk about the world reflects these differences. However, a central tenet of contemporary linguistics is that language is not an “anything goes” kind of system. In this talk, I’ll present a series of studies that explore communicative (and, to a lesser extent, cognitive) biases in how we talk about events, focusing on what happens when how we talk about events is with our hands. These studies examine (a) abstract linguistic structures that underlie both sign and speech, (b) modality effects that shape how these structures are manifested in signed versus spoken languages, and (c) patterns in gesture that suggest certain phenomena may be driven by broader communicative biases and not restricted to language.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 11:51:46 -0500 2019-02-15T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-15T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Natasha Abner
Positive Links Speaker Series (February 20, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58848 58848-14567885@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Positive Emotional Culture: How Positive Emotions at the Heart of Corporate Culture Affect Your Well­-Being and Your Company’s Bottom Line
Mandy O'Neill

Wednesday, February 20, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/6xE2E

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
What aspect of corporate culture is so deep that it affects our hearts, minds, and the organizational bottom line? In this session, O’Neill introduces the undiscovered domain she calls “emotional culture” and demonstrates how cultures comprised of positive emotions such as love, joviality, and awe have benefits not only for employees’ own individual well-being, but also for teams, clients, and the corporate bottom line. Building on her Harvard Business Review article, “Manage Your Emotional Culture,” O’Neill will highlight real-world case studies from across different industries and share practical tips for how managers, HR business partners, and individual change agents can diagnose, manage, and change their emotional cultures.

About O’Neill:
Olivia (Mandy) O'Neill, PhD, is a Visiting Scholar at the Haas School of Business, University of California (2018-2019). She is also Associate Professor of Management at the George Mason University School of Business and Senior Scientist at the university’s Center for the Advancement of Well-Being. She holds a PhD in Organizational Behavior from the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, where she was a National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.

O’Neill is an expert on organizational culture, emotions in the workplace, gender, and careers. She consults and conducts academic research across a wide range of organizations and industries including Fortune 500 corporations, global semiconductor firms, major medical centers, and emergency response teams. Her work has been published in a variety of scholarly and practitioner journals, including Administrative Science Quarterly, Academy of Management Journal, Fast Company, Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review.

O’Neill, with co-author Sigal Barsade, earned the Center for Positive Organization’s 2017 Award for Outstanding Published Article in Positive Organizational Scholarship for their Administrative Science Quarterly paper “What’s love got to do with it? A longitudinal study of the culture of companionate love and employee and client outcomes in the long-term care setting.”

Host:
Jane Dutton, co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations; Robert L. Kahn Distinguished University Professor Emerita of Business Administration and Psychology

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Register: http://myumi.ch/6xE2E

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 03 Jan 2019 10:56:39 -0500 2019-02-20T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-20T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Mandy O'Neill
LCTP Second Annual Public Lecture (February 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59239 59239-14719624@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Physics

We now know that the overwhelming majority of matter throughout our galaxy and the universe is something other than what we are made of. All ordinary matter - gas, dust, stars, planets - is a small fraction of the mass of the universe. We remain profoundly ignorant of what this missing universe is. In this talk, we will describe the range of ideas that have arisen as to what this mysterious stuff might be, where it came from, and how to look for it. We will detail the progress made in the search to understand the nature of dark matter, and what questions this era hopes to answer, including perhaps the central one: what does the dark universe have to do with the one we can see?

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 21 Feb 2019 16:08:09 -0500 2019-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Physics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
The 2nd LCTP Public Lecture - "Illuminating Dark Matter" (February 21, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61166 61166-15045284@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 21, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics

We now know that the overwhelming majority of matter throughout our galaxy and the universe is something other than what we are made of. All ordinary matter - gas, dust, stars, planets - is a small fraction of the mass of the universe. We remain profoundly ignorant of what this missing universe is. In this talk, we will describe the range of ideas that have arisen as to what this mysterious stuff might be, where it came from, and how to look for it. We will detail the progress made in the search to understand the nature of dark matter, and what questions this era hopes to answer, including perhaps the central one: what does the dark universe have to do with the one we can see?

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Feb 2019 15:53:53 -0500 2019-02-21T16:00:00-05:00 2019-02-21T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Leinweber Center for Theoretical Physics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Gender Harassment in Science: Is it Just Me? (February 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60849 60849-14972980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

No, it isn’t just you. Sexual harassment is rampant across the sciences and other male-dominated disciplines. Gender harassment in particular, the “put downs” of sexual harassment, are rarely recognized as creating a negative workplace for women and gender minorities. Yet gender harassment is the most prevalent and frequent form of harassment, and thus has similar negative outcomes for women compared to the kinds of singly traumatic sexual events described more often in the media. In this talk, I will show how the history and culture of science creates white masculine ideals that permeate its modern practice, and how these ideals in turn influence the lived experience, productivity, and inclusion of women of color and white women. I will draw from recent publications as well as upcoming projects to demonstrate the ways in which people who are sexually harassed 1) question the validity of their experience, 2) question their scientific identity and worth, and 3) become targeted for intersecting forms of harassment depending on their other identities (e.g., gender identity, race, sexuality).

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 05 Feb 2019 16:49:03 -0500 2019-02-22T13:30:00-05:00 2019-02-22T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Poverty Simulation: Making Sense of Making it in America (February 26, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58704 58704-14544810@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 26, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

We hear a lot about the social safety net in America -- a patchwork of government programs that in theory help support individuals in our nation in need of temporary assistance and put them on a path toward economic mobility. But how does it actually work? Who does it catch and who does it leave behind? How do low-income families and individuals engage with the system while trying to meet their everyday basic needs?

This Poverty Simulation is a three-hour hands-on engaged learning experience for students to gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to feed a family, pay bills, find employment, and navigate the complex challenges of the U.S. social safety net. The goal is for students to gain a better understanding of our current system, reflect on how U.S. policies help or hinder those most in need, and identify opportunities to take action toward a more just and equitable system.

Participants are given scripted role assignments and structured situations that represent those that welfare recipients face daily. Participants interact with volunteers who staff a community of stores and agencies including welfare office workers, grocers, pawnbrokers, food pantry personnel, bill collectors, police, and employment interviewers. After a “month on welfare” (about one hour) a facilitator leads a discussion based on the event. Participants describe their experiences, volunteer staff share their insights and the facilitator offers suggestions for how participants can take action to promote justice for those living in actual poverty.

Poverty Solutions is partnering with the Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice to host the event.

Sing up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeAbXg4R1rJu-gMdMqO07t9F7WNPifWzZcQTfL5lnWBEiK9mQ/viewform

Contact Poverty Solutions student engagement coordinator Trevor Bechtel for more information: betrevor@umich.edu

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Workshop / Seminar Tue, 22 Jan 2019 13:44:27 -0500 2019-02-26T18:00:00-05:00 2019-02-26T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Poverty Solutions Workshop / Seminar Students look at papers and discuss
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Predicting and Understanding Initial Play (March 11, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59861 59861-14797317@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 11, 2019 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract

We use machine learning to uncover regularities in the initial play of matrix games. We first train a prediction algorithm on data from past experiments. Examining the games where our algorithm predicts correctly, but existing models don’t, leads us to add a parameter to the level-1 model that significantly improves predictions. We then generate new games where our modified level-1 model l performs poorly, and obtain better predictions with a hybrid model that uses a decision tree to decide game-by-game which rule to use for making predictions. Finally, we show how to further improve predictions using crowd-sourced predictions as an input. (Joint with Drew Fudenberg)

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:28:21 -0400 2019-03-11T11:45:00-04:00 2019-03-11T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Women in Tech Panel (March 12, 2019 7:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62028 62028-15276102@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 12, 2019 7:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan FinTech (MFT)

Michigan FinTech is co-hosting (along with the Michigan Council of Women in Technology) an accomplished panel of women, all active @MCWT leaders, to speak about their careers in technology The panelists will discuss the challenges/adversity they have faced and offer cogent advice to students looking to begin a career in technology. Food will be provided by Jerusalem Garden. Everyone is welcome!

Our Speakers:
Jennifer Charters CIO, Flagstar Bank
Paula Stolar Senior IT Director, Ally Financial
Sunayna Tuteja Global Head of Strategic Partnerships &
Emerging Technologies, TD Ameritrade
Judy Asher Manager of Cyber Security Governance,
Risk, and Compliance, Ford
Our Moderator:
Angela Peat Delivery Lead and Experience Architect,
Accenture

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Careers / Jobs Mon, 11 Mar 2019 12:51:36 -0400 2019-03-12T19:30:00-04:00 2019-03-12T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan FinTech (MFT) Careers / Jobs Flyer
Applied Microeconomics/IO and Public Finance Seminar: Optimal Contracting with Altruistic Agents: A Structural Model of Medicare Reimbursements for Dialysis Drugs (March 15, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58710 58710-14544815@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract
We study physician agency and optimal payment policy in the context of an ex-pensive medication (epoetin alfa) used with dialysis. Using Medicare claims data we estimate a model of treatment decisions, in which physicians are partially altruistic and value both their own compensation and their patients’ health. We then use the recovered parameters of the model in combination with contract theory to derive and simulate optimal linear and nonlinear reimbursement schedules. Physicians differ in their marginal costs of treatment, and this heterogeneity is unobservable to the govern-ment, which affects payment policy, along with physician altruism and the effectiveness of treatment. Comparing outcomes under these optimal contracts against those ob-served under the actual contracts suggests that substantial improvements in payment policy can be achieved within a fee-for-service framework.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 13 Mar 2019 10:24:38 -0400 2019-03-15T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T11:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
Parental Leaves and Gender Equality: The Effect of Parental Leaves on Women’s and Men’s Careers (March 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61538 61538-15126013@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Parental leaves are critical for gender equality as they help employees manage both having careers and children, and recent trends in many countries including Canada entail encouraging longer parental leaves. Yet, past research shows that longer parental leaves can have unintended negative career impacts, especially for women, while the effects for men are less well understood. In this talk, I will present data examining the effect of parental leaves on both women’s and men’s careers. I will first present a set of studies examining effects of longer (one year and above) parental leaves on women’s careers. Given that past research shows that longer parental leaves may unintentionally harm women’s career progress, while they are also beneficial for the health of mothers and babies, here we sought to identify the mechanism underlying negative effects of longer (vs. shorter) maternity leaves: undermined perceptions of agency. That is, to enable mothers to do both, i.e., take longer maternity leaves and advance their careers, it was important to identify an underlying mechanism and consequently utilize this knowledge to test interventions that boost agency perceptions and mitigate negative effects of longer parental leaves. In a context of Canadian parental leave policies, we found that undermined perceptions of agency mediated the negative effects of a longer (i.e., one year) compared to a shorter (i.e., one month) maternity leave on job commitment (Study 1); providing information about a woman’s agency mitigates the unintended negative effects of a longer maternity leave (Study 2); and the usage of an organizational program that enables women to stay in touch with the workplace while on maternity leaves enhances agency perceptions and mitigates negative consequences (Study 3). Next, given that true gender equality involves men’s experiences as well, I will present findings from two studies on the effects of parental leaves on men’s career outcomes. Contrary to the negative effects of parental leaves on women’s careers, we theorized and found in a sample of undergraduate students (Study 4) and employees (Study 5) that the effects of parental leaves on men’s careers can be positive due to others’ enhanced perceptions of men’s “communality,” i.e., traits generally ascribed to women such as warmth, friendliness, and a sensitivity to the needs of others. Implications for theory, practice, and gender equality broadly are discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Feb 2019 12:51:10 -0500 2019-03-15T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-15T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (March 15, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59382 59382-14737051@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 15, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Department of Linguistics Winter 2019 Colloquium Series continues March 15 with a presentation by Linguistics Professor Colin Phillips of the University of Maryland. Professor Phillips is Director of the Maryland Language Science Center and Associate Director of the Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program. He will present “The Relationship between Speaking and Understanding." Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome!

ABSTRACT
The Relationship between Speaking and Understanding

Language comprehension, language production, and grammatical analysis are typically pursued relatively independently of one another. We have long been interested in the relation between parsing and grammar, but have neglected mechanisms for production. If we cannot unify mechanisms for speaking and understanding, then unifying grammatical computation with either of them is likely fruitless. I will discuss the progress that we have made on understanding these issues.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Feb 2019 13:03:50 -0500 2019-03-15T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-15T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Colin Phillips
Positive Links Speaker Series (March 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/58851 58851-14567895@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Islands of Mindfulness within Oceans of Chaos
Sanjay Saint and Vineet Chopra

Monday, March 18, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Michigan Ross Campus
Ross Building
701 Tappan
Robertson Auditorium
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234

Register: http://myumi.ch/aKrbb

Positive Links:
The Positive Links Speaker Series, presented by Michigan Ross’ Center for Positive Organizations, offers inspiring and practical research-based strategies for building organizations that are high performing and bring out the best in its people. Attendees learn from leading positive organizational scholars and connect with our community of academics, students, staff, and leaders.

Positive Links sessions take place at Michigan Ross, and are free and open to the public.

About the talk:
At some point in our careers, each of us will struggle with balancing competing demands on our time. Work life can be hectic in any organization, resulting in burnout, errors, stunted creativity, and poor performance. Incorporating mindfulness into our work lives might be one way to help restore equilibrium.

In this lively and engaging talk, Saint and Chopra will share research on how practices of mindfulness can be established within the oceans of chaos to fuel “heartfulness,” restoring kindness and compassion. Mindfulness-based interventions engender attitudes of curiosity and connection that allow us to listen attentively, recognize errors, refine skills, and focus on mission—ultimately leading to better performance. Saint and Chopra will offer various strategies and approaches—so-called “intersectional innovations” (or aha moments)—that can be used to improve personal and organizational performance.

About Saint:
Sanjay Saint, MD, MPH, is the Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan.

His research focuses on patient safety, implementation science, and medical decision-making. He has authored approximately 340 peer-reviewed papers with over 110 appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, The Lancet, or the Annals of Internal Medicine. He serves on the editorial board of 7 peer-reviewed journals including the Annals of Internal Medicine, is a Special Correspondent to the New England Journal of Medicine, and is an elected member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Association of American Physicians (AAP).

He has written for The Wall Street Journal and Harvard Business Review, and gave a 2016 TEDx talk on culture change in healthcare that has over 1 million views. He has co-authored two books published by Oxford University Press: Preventing Hospital Infections: Real-World Problems, Realistic Solutions and Teaching Inpatient Medicine: What Every Physician Needs to Know. In 2017, he was awarded the HSR&D Health System Impact Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and the Distinguished Mentor Award from the University of Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research. In 2016, he received the Mark Wolcott Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs as the National VA Physician of the Year and was elected as an international honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (London).

He received his Medical Doctorate from UCLA, completed a medical residency and chief residency at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF), and obtained a Master of Public Health (as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar) from the University of Washington in Seattle. He has been a visiting professor at over 100 universities and hospitals in the United States, Europe, and Asia, and has active research studies underway with investigators in Switzerland, Italy, Japan, and Thailand.

About Chopra:
Dr. Vineet Chopra is Associate Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine and Research Scientist at Michigan Medicine and the VA Ann Arbor Health System.

A career hospitalist, Chopra’s research is dedicated to improving the safety of hospitalized patients through prevention of hospital-acquired complications. His work focuses on identifying and preventing complications such as infection and thrombosis associated with central venous catheters, with a particular emphasis on peripherally inserted central catheters. Chopra is funded by a Career Development Award from the Agency of Healthcare Research and Quality. He has also received grant support from the National Institute of Aging, the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Heart Association.

Chopra is the recipient of numerous teaching and research awards including the 2016 Kaiser Permanente Award for Teaching (Clinical), the Jerome W. Conn Award for Outstanding Research in the Department of Medicine at Michigan, the 2016 Society of Hospital Medicine Excellence in Research Award, the 2014 McDevitt Award for Research Excellence, and the 2014 Society of Hospital Medicine Young Investigator Award. He has published over 100 peer-reviewed papers and serves as Associate Editor at the American Journal of Medicine and the Journal of Hospital Medicine. Chopra is also Feature Editor for Annals for Hospitalists, a new addition to Annals of Internal Medicine.

Host:
Gretchen Spreitzer, Keith E. and Valerie J. Alessi Professor of Business Administration; Professor of Management and Organizations

Sponsors:
The Center for Positive Organizations thanks University of Michigan Organizational Learning, Sanger Leadership Center, Tauber Institute for Global Operations, Samuel Zell & Robert H. Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies, Lisa and David (MBA ‘87) Drews, and Diane (BA ‘73) and Paul (MBA ‘75) Jones for their support of the 2018-19 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Register: http://myumi.ch/aKrbb

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 20 Dec 2018 10:33:36 -0500 2019-03-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-18T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Sanjay Saint and Vineet Chopra
Designing for Impact: A Conversation with Cynthia Koenig (March 18, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61443 61443-15106029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Join the Impact Studio at Ross for a discussion on leveraging design for impact with social innovator and MBA/MS ‘11 alum Cynthia Koenig. Cynthia is a Product Management Principal at Amazon, focused on designing impactful new digital products, and is the Founder of Wello, an award-winning social venture that designs disruptive and affordable innovations to provide better, more reliable access to safe water. 

As part of the school's Business+Impact initiative, the newly launched Impact Studio brings together students from Ross and other disciplines in applying design principles to translate insights from faculty research into practical solutions to societal challenges. Studio faculty Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks and Jerry Davis will engage Cynthia in a lively discussion about her work in the design and impact space, the design-based skills needed for disruptive change, and the skills companies and organizations are increasingly seeking in the workforce.

Please RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-for-impact-a-conversation-with-cynthia-koenig-tickets-57020879987

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 22 Feb 2019 09:15:23 -0500 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-18T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Lecture / Discussion Cynthia Koenig
William Blair Company Presentation *NEW TIME* (March 18, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60898 60898-14984190@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 18, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University Career Center

Presentation Description
William Blair’s Investment Bank isthe ideal place to launch your career, if you enjoy working in a dynamicenvironment that challenges you to think independently and deliver innovative solutions for clients. Guided by our unwavering commitment to our clients’ success and motivated by our vision to build the premier global boutique investment bank, we provide the industry’s brightest minds with the opportunity to thrive in an energetic, entrepreneurial environment, and team-oriented culture. Our mission is to provide bold, creative advice to clients and leadership in our markets and our communities.
To learnmore about investment banking career opportunities with William Blair, we invite you to attend our presentation.


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Careers / Jobs Tue, 02 Apr 2019 12:30:18 -0400 2019-03-18T17:30:00-04:00 2019-03-18T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University Career Center Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
Semester Exchange Fair (March 20, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/60906 60906-14988665@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 20, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Explore Michigan Ross' distinguished partner universities and find out how you can study abroad for one semester. All U-M sophomores are eligible to apply.

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Fair / Festival Thu, 07 Feb 2019 07:26:55 -0500 2019-03-20T11:00:00-04:00 2019-03-20T14:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Semester Exchange Fair Poster
Setting the Stage for Institutional Change: Embodied Research as Faculty Development (March 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62130 62130-15299883@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

This interactive session will introduce attendees to the ‘behind the scenes’ principles and practices that shape the CRLT Players work. It will begin with a brief overview of the Players’ nineteen-year history of using applied theatre to support the cultivation of more diverse, equitable, and inclusive working and learning environments in higher education. It will then describe how the Players create and implement their work and why they use the techniques and approaches that they do. Finally, the presenter will engage attendees in portions of an abbreviated sketch development process as a way of thinking about the challenges and opportunities that this modality offers for increasing knowledge and skill in the DEI arena.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Mar 2019 11:35:13 -0400 2019-03-22T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-22T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
A Workshop on Defining, Measuring, and Encouraging Impact (March 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60280 60280-14857780@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

The purpose is to discuss social impact in terms of effective altruism, which is a philosophy that tries to discover how we can use our time and careers to do the most good possible.

This event is presented through the prism of business and effective altruism. Jerry Davis of Ross will introduce B+I, and Prof. David Manley of U-M Philosophy talk about Effective Altruism next, and then Trevor McCarty and Nicholas Hollman of EA @ Michigan will discuss their club. Following these talks, there will be an activities portion where workshop participants will have input on how to accomplish the workshop's goals.

Please RSVP Here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSetTMzkkYVtdgyj3-qViAZPEZ_tBG2iP0ZGkoiu2Ps7FCsHiQ/viewform

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 04 Feb 2019 16:12:07 -0500 2019-03-22T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Effective Altruism
Ann Arbor Arena #26 (March 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62439 62439-15366092@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Register here: https://smash.gg/tournament/ann-arbor-arena-26/details

Ann Arbor Arena is a weekly tournament series hosted in the Ross School of Business by the UofM Smash Ultimate club, along with Arbor Esports. Along with offering a competitive experience, the club also aims to introduce new members to the community in a fun and lighthearted environment.LocationRoss School of Business 701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109Room R2230 (take stairs or elevator to 2nd Floor)PricesVenue: $5*Singles: $5*Venue fee will be refunded to anyone who can provide a full setup for bracket useA full setup includes a nintendo switch and dock, a monitor, a Nintendo GameCube adapter. and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, updated to the latest versionStreamtwitch.tv/sp_reiSchedule5:00p.m. Doors open6:15p.m. Registration ends6:15p.m. Bracket begins9:45p.m. Tear down10:00p.m. Event endsPayouts≤24 1st:60% 2nd:30% 3rd:10%25-39 1st:55% 2nd:30% 3rd:10% 4th:5%40+ 1st:48% 2nd:22% 3rd:15% 4th:10% 5th:2.5% 5th:2.5%

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Recreational / Games Fri, 22 Mar 2019 18:00:11 -0400 2019-03-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-03-22T22:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Recreational / Games Ross School of Business
Arab Heritage Month: Remembering the Refugees (March 23, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61387 61387-15097060@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 23, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA

This is a ticketed event. MESA will provide a limited number of free tickets on a first-come, first-serve basis. More information will become available.

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Other Tue, 19 Feb 2019 10:06:55 -0500 2019-03-23T18:00:00-04:00 2019-03-23T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Multi Ethnic Student Affairs - MESA Other Arab Heritage Month Flyer
Project Management Certification (March 24, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126016@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 24, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-03-24T13:00:00-04:00 2019-03-24T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): A Theory of Multiplexity: Sustaining Cooperation with Multiple Relationships (March 25, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59883 59883-14797322@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 25, 2019 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract
People are embedded in multiple social relations. These relationships are not isolated from each other: the network pattern of an existing relationship is likely to affect the formation of a new relationship. This paper provides a framework to analyze the multiplex of networks. We present a model in which each pair of agents may form more than one relationship. Each relationship/link is captured by an infinitely repeated prisoner’s dilemma, with endogenous stake of cooperation. We show that multiplexity, i.e. having more than one relationship on a link, boosters incentives as different relationships serve as social collateral for each other. We then endogenize the network formation and ask: when an agent has a new link to add, will she multiplex with a current neighbor, or link with a stranger? We find the following: (1) There is a strong tendency to multiplex, and “multiplexity trap” can occur. That is, agents may keep adding relationships with current neighbor(s), even if it is more compatible to cooperate with a stranger. (2) Individuals tend to multiplex when the current network (a) has a low degree dispersion (i.e., all individuals have similar numbers of friends), or (b) is positively assortative (homophily in degree). We also provide empirical evidence that is consistent with our theoretical findings.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:28:58 -0400 2019-03-25T11:45:00-04:00 2019-03-25T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
WORK / FORCE: Solving for Jobs, Mobility and Equity in an Era of Rapid Change (March 26, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60824 60824-14970708@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 26, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Poverty Solutions

WORK / FORCE: Solving for Jobs, Mobility and Equity in an Era of Rapid Change
4:00 - 5:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks, H. Luke Shaefer, Faculty Director, Poverty Solutions
Keynote Address: Greg Foran, President and CEO of Walmart US and Julie Gehrki, Vice President of Philanthropy at Walmart
Moderating by Broderick Johnson, Senior of Counsel, Covington and Burling LLP, former Obama Administration Cabinet Secretary and Chair of the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force

5:00 - 5:20PM
Dinner Buffet

5:20-6:00 PM
Perspectives on Finding Work in Michigan
Moderated by Shamar Herron, Deputy Director of MichiganWorks! Southeast
Panelists include participants in workforce development programs throughout the state

6:00-6:30PM
Discussion and Dessert

6:30-7:30PM
Rising to the Occasion: Public and Private Sector Roles in Workforce Development

Rising to the Occasion: Public & Private Sector Roles in Workforce Development: A discussion of key workforce development strategies and directions in Michigan.

Moderator and opening remarks: Jeff Donofrio, Executive Director of Workforce Development, City of Detroit

Panelists: Jim Jacobs, President Emeritus, Macomb Community College; Jeannine LaPrad, Corporation for a Skilled Workforce; Sharon Miller, CCMP, Michigan Talent Architect, Consumer Energy HR/Learning and Development

CLOSING REMARKS
Jerry Davis, Associate Dean Business + Impact, Ross School of Business

Co-sponsored by the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, Youth Policy Lab, School of Education, and Ross School of Business, Business + Impact

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 11 Mar 2019 08:48:52 -0400 2019-03-26T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-26T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Poverty Solutions Conference / Symposium Graphic with words WorkForce
2019 Ford Distinguished Lecture in Physics | General Relativity: Creator and Killer of Galaxies (March 27, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60963 60963-14997736@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 27, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department Colloquia

The story of galaxy life cycles is becoming clear. Professor and Astronomer Emerita Sandra Faber will take us through the earliest moments of galaxy birth during inflation, the inception of star formation, the gradual emergence of shape and structure, and finally death at the hands of black holes. Explaining the origin of galaxies is emerging as one of the great triumphs of modern physics.

Dr. Sandra Faber is a Professor Emerita at the University of California Santa Cruz and an Astronomer Emerita at the University of California Observatories.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 08 Feb 2019 13:23:42 -0500 2019-03-27T16:00:00-04:00 2019-03-27T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department Colloquia Lecture / Discussion Sandra Faber, Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics (UCSC)
Digital Studies Winter Colloquium: New Directions in Digital Studies (March 29, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61482 61482-15114934@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Digital Studies Institute

Digital Studies hosts its annual colloquium: a one-day gathering of lightning talks from new digital studies faculty, graduate student research workshops, and network-building with a keynote from digital historian Angel David Nieves.

10:00-10:15AM: Coffee & Tea
10:15-10:30AM: Welcome & Opening Remarks
10:30-11:45AM: Lightning Talks
11:45-1:00PM: Lunch
1:10-2:20PM: Graduate Student Research Workshops
2:25-3:50PM: Lightning Talks
3:55-4:55PM: Keynote with Angel David Nieves

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 25 Feb 2019 15:56:06 -0500 2019-03-29T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-29T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Digital Studies Institute Conference / Symposium The image is a text-based poster describing the event, its location, and who to contact with questions: casidyc@umich.edu or vanzanen@umich.edu
Tightness-Looseness: A Fractal Pattern of Human Difference (March 29, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/57987 57987-14383898@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 29, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Over the past century, we have explored the solar system, split the atom, and wired the Earth, but somehow, despite all of our technical prowess, we have struggled to understand something far more important: our own cultural differences. Using a variety of methodologies, my research has uncovered is that many cultural differences reflect a simple, but often invisible distinction: The strength of social norms. Tight cultures have strong social norms and little tolerance for deviance, while loose cultures have weak social norms and are highly permissive. The tightness or looseness of social norms turns out to be a Rosetta Stone for human groups. It illuminates similar patterns of difference across nations, states, organizations, and social class, and the template also explains differences among traditional societies. It’s also a global fault line: conflicts we encounter can spring from the structural stress of tight-loose tension, and our data show that they have important implications for success in international mergers & acquisitions and expatriate adjustment, and can also help to explain some of today’s most puzzling political trends and events. An understanding of this template can help us develop more empathy and to bridge out cultural divides.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 28 Nov 2018 16:57:01 -0500 2019-03-29T13:30:00-04:00 2019-03-29T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Michigan China Forum 2019 (March 30, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62272 62272-15339873@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, March 30, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

Founded in 2017, Michigan China forum takes connecting Michigan to China as its mission. By inviting key figures across different industries to discuss the latest and most controversial topics, the forum serves as a platform for students and young professionals across different cultures to gain insights, dispel biases and engage in inspiring dialogues.

The theme of Michigan China Forum 2019 is "Empower the Transformations". By connecting industry leaders with future victors,we will face the challenges, welcome the transformations, find the opportunities waiting ahead, and empower future young leaders. The forum this year consists of five panels (Sino-U.S. relations, sports, business, environment and education), fireside chat, China business challenge, and career fair.

Anyone is welcome and please RSVP for free at https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:00:01 -0400 2019-03-30T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-30T21:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium Poster of MCF 2019
Michigan China Forum -- Environment Panel (March 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62273 62273-15339875@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

China has experienced significant economic growth in the past few decades but with that has come a reputation for dangerous levels of pollution. Transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy has been the key to economic growth and energy security in China.

Despite nearly mature solar, wind and hydropower technologies, how to better put such technologies into the wider market is becoming a problem we need to solve in the future. Improving battery efficiency of electric vehicles, expanding charging infrastructure, and introducing supportive benefits and policies for electric vehicles will be the key to reducing air pollution and making transportation and cities cleaner. The cap-and-trade regime is featured with its market-based regulation and economic incentives, giving each regulated company a limited permission of GHG emission and allowing trade of permission between companies. However, a deeper and more comprehensive look into cap-and-trade system is needed to help mitigate climate change.

Several panelists from various backgrounds are invited to talk about renewable energy, electric vehicles and carbon trade system, both in China and across the world. Anyone is welcome to environment panel, Michigan China Forum 2019! Please RSVP for free at:
https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/
Go to the same site to register for any other events in Michigan China Forum 2019!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:37:16 -0400 2019-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-31T12:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium environment panel poster
Michigan China Forum 2019 (March 31, 2019 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/62272 62272-15339874@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 31, 2019 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan China Forum

Founded in 2017, Michigan China forum takes connecting Michigan to China as its mission. By inviting key figures across different industries to discuss the latest and most controversial topics, the forum serves as a platform for students and young professionals across different cultures to gain insights, dispel biases and engage in inspiring dialogues.

The theme of Michigan China Forum 2019 is "Empower the Transformations". By connecting industry leaders with future victors,we will face the challenges, welcome the transformations, find the opportunities waiting ahead, and empower future young leaders. The forum this year consists of five panels (Sino-U.S. relations, sports, business, environment and education), fireside chat, China business challenge, and career fair.

Anyone is welcome and please RSVP for free at https://www.michiganchinaforum.org/

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 18 Mar 2019 22:00:01 -0400 2019-03-31T10:00:00-04:00 2019-03-31T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan China Forum Conference / Symposium Poster of MCF 2019
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Interpreting Signals: Evidence from Medical Referrals (April 1, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59894 59894-14797329@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 1, 2019 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract
This paper provides evidence that a person's gender influences the way others interpret information about his or her ability and documents the implications for gender inequality in labor markets. Using data on physicians' referrals to surgical specialists, I find that the referring physician views patient outcomes differently depending on the performing surgeon's gender. Physicians become more pessimistic about a female surgeon's ability than a male's after a patient death, indicated by a sharper drop in referrals to the female surgeon. However, physicians become more optimistic about a male surgeon's ability after a good patient outcome, indicated by a larger increase in the number of referrals the male surgeon receives. After a bad experience with one female surgeon, physicians also become less likely to refer to new female surgeons in the same specialty. There are no such spillovers to other men after a bad experience with one male surgeon. Consistent with learning models, physicians' reactions to events are strongest when they are beginning to refer to a surgeon. However, the empirical patterns are only consistent with Bayesian learning if physicians do not have rational expectations about the true distribution of surgeon ability.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:29:28 -0400 2019-04-01T11:45:00-04:00 2019-04-01T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Public Roundtable on Overcoming Challenges to Electric Vehicle Deployment (April 3, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/60879 60879-14981918@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 3, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University of Michigan Energy Institute

Ceres and the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan are partnering to host a Public Presentation to discuss policies and partnerships for accelerating fleet electrification for public and private entities.

In an effort to unlock the benefits and accelerate the deployment of electric vehicles and fleets, these two events will focus on the major stakeholders who could (1) benefit from EVs or fleet electrification and (2) play a key role in accelerating the deployment of EVs. This includes: large fleet operators–companies, institutions and municipalities–along with auto manufacturers, regulators, utilities, and electric vehicle technology and policy experts.

Prior to this event, Ceres and the Energy Institute will interview these key stakeholders, in an effort to answer three primary questions:
-What factors motivate fleet operators to transition to electric vehicles? 

-What are the biggest perceived barriers to fleet electrification or EV procurement? 

-Which policies and/or partnerships can encourage widespread adoption of EVs?

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 06 Feb 2019 14:07:43 -0500 2019-04-03T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-03T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business University of Michigan Energy Institute Workshop / Seminar Energy Institute promo image
Applied Microeconomics/IO, Public Finance, Business Economics Seminar: Preferred Pharmacy Networks and Drug Costs (April 5, 2019 10:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/58712 58712-14544817@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 10:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract

Selective contracting is a popular tool for reducing health care costs, but these savings must be weighed against consumer surplus losses from restricted access. In public and private prescription drug plans, issuers utilize preferred pharmacy networks to reduce drug prices. We show that, in the Medicare Part D program, drug plans with restrictive preferred pharmacy networks pay lower retail drug prices; however, enrollee insensitivity to preferred pharmacy copay discounts leads to higher prices. We then estimate plan and pharmacy demand models to quantify the costs and benefits of selective contracting with heterogeneous enrollee sensitivity to benefit design.

Joint with Amanda Starc

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 01 Apr 2019 11:29:26 -0400 2019-04-05T10:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T11:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
Social Worth Affirmation (April 5, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61127 61127-15036281@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 5, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Teams often fail to reach their potential because each member’s need to feel accepted prevents him or her from offering their unique perspective or information to the team. Drawing on self-affirmation theory, we propose that social worth affirmation – which we define as the process by which an individual’s unique contributions are affirmed by social relationships – can prepare individuals to contribute to team performance more effectively. We theorize that affirming team members’ social worth spills over to the new team context, thereby decreasing their social concerns about being accepted by other members. This, in turn, leads to better information exchange and performance in teams. In a first field experiment, we found that teams in which members experienced social worth affirmation prior to team formation performed better on a problem-solving task (compared to teams without social worth affirmation). In a second experiment, conducted using task-oriented teams in the U.S. military, we tested a full model that social worth affirmation influences information exchange and team performance by reducing members’ concerns about social acceptance. In the third experiment using virtual teams, we find that social worth affirmation improves teams’ ability to exchange information by sharing unique information cues.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:36:33 -0500 2019-04-05T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-05T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Project Management Certification (April 7, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126017@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 7, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Once again, the Tauber Institute, in conjunction with the International Project Management Association (IPMA), is sponsoring a Project Management certification class and exam for graduate business and engineering students and staff.

In order to participate, you will need to reflect upon a project management experience (for example: a work project, an engineering design experience/senior capstone, Ross' MAP project, Tauber team project, etc). If you cannot make it to the classes (due to project travel, MAP, or other another class), the sessions will be recorded. Homework (mastery verification) will be required after each session.

The cost to an individual to take the exam is normally $595, however, Tauber is offering the exam at a substantial discount to non-Tauber students: $500 and to Tauber students: $150. Certification is valid for 5 years. Three certification classes will be taught by Professor Eric Svaan on the following dates:

Sunday, March 24 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, April 7 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)
Sunday, October 6 (1:00 - 4:30 pm, Ross 0240)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for November 17, 2019 (11:00 - 3:00 pm) at the Ross School of Business. Successfully passing the exam will yield IPMA's Level D certification (Certified Project Management Associate).

Over the last two years, all students who have taken the exam have passed!

Project Management is a powerful skill set to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/project-management-certification/2019-03-24/project-management-certification-2019

NOTE: The $500 (for non-Tauber students) or $150 fee (for Tauber students) is non-refundable.

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact tauberinstitute@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu.

What is IPMA Level D® (Certified Project Management Associate)? The IPMA Level D is an internationally recognized entry-level qualification in the area of project management. This designation, which demonstrates the individual's ability to understand the basics of project management, is similar to the exam-oriented, knowledge-based certifications of other major Project Management associations. For many, Level D® is the first step towards a professional project or program manager role. It is the first step in a sequence (C, B and A) to be earned by demonstration of success in larger PM responsibility sets.

For more information,
Visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333
Connect via email to Diana Crossley dianak@umich.edu

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Class / Instruction Mon, 25 Feb 2019 10:40:05 -0500 2019-04-07T13:00:00-04:00 2019-04-07T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Putting Preference for Randomization to Work (April 8, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59895 59895-14797330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 8, 2019 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract

Since ancient times, randomization devices such as coin flipping have been widely adopted as means for making decisions. This study presents the first experimental test of coin flipping as a nudge to help resolve choice difficulty in the setting of charity giving. We conduct a field experiment in which potential donors were given the option of coin flipping to determine which of two similarly favourable charities to donate to. We find that the inclusion of the coin flipping option increases the donation rate by 20 percent. Laboratory experiments replicate the observed patterns and shed further light on the underlying psychological mechanism. More generally, our results point to the power of coin flipping as a nudge when people must make difficult choices.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:30:03 -0400 2019-04-08T11:45:00-04:00 2019-04-08T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Unlikely General: ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America (April 9, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61729 61729-15178976@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

With the young republic in crisis, President Washington chose as general an aging brigadier whose private life was mired in scandal. Follow the story of General Anthony Wayne, drawn from his own passionate letters where he vividly confessed his deepest thoughts.

Writer and historian Mary Stockwell was an Earhart Foundation Fellow at the Clements Library. Her book “Unlikely General: ‘Mad’ Anthony Wayne and the Battle for America” was published by Yale University Press in 2018. She has a B.A. in history from Mary Manse College and holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Toledo.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 14:53:06 -0500 2019-04-09T18:00:00-04:00 2019-04-09T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion "Unlikely General" Book Cover
Trade Show | Integrated Product Development: Healthy Kids / Active Tech (April 10, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62717 62717-15434136@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 10, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

University of Michigan’s Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and School of Information students are gearing up for the 24th offering of the Integrated Product Development (IPD) Trade Show! Members of our community will gather to view and make purchase decisions from the “best of the best” of their work over the past semester in this interdisciplinary course.

IPD is an experiential, cross-disciplinary course that puts teams of students from Art & Design, Business, Engineering, and Information in a competitive product development environment. This innovative course has been featured on CNN and written up in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Businessweek. The course is hosted by the Tauber Institute for Global Operations, and is taught jointly by faculty members Eric Svaan of the Stephen M. Ross School of Business and Stephanie Tharp from the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design.

You won’t want to miss this year’s trade show!

The Problem Statement: to design and produce the best active technology product that encourages kids to maintain and improve their health as they grow to adolescence.

See the actual products and test them out. Then cast your vote! Network, have fun and meet up with friends, old and new!

Parking is street meter or there is public parking available in the Hill Street Structure Parking Garage.

Event is Free and open to the public, with light refreshments.

GREAT LOCATION: Tauber Colloquium, at the Ross School of Business, 6th floor at 701 Tappan

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS April 2nd:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2019-04-10/ipd-trade-show-tauber-colloquium-april-10

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Exhibition Fri, 22 Nov 2019 14:32:10 -0500 2019-04-10T18:30:00-04:00 2019-04-10T20:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition IPD Trade Show
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Are Consumers Boundedly Rational? (April 15, 2019 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/59897 59897-14797331@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract

Bounded rationality is a frequently used construct in both psychology and economics that is generally meant represent the idea that human decisions often deviate from optimal decisions when the decision problem is narrowly and precisely defined; however, these decisions are brought into closer alignment when the problem is expanded to include the known constraints of human cognition, such as the costs of mental effort and the feasibility of computing optimal solutions. In this paper, I propose a general framework for bounded rationality in which actual thinking and deciding is compared to optimal thinking and deciding. More specifically, actual learning and inference is compared to Bayesian updating, actual attention and memory is compared to the full use of available information and rational inattention, actual planning is compared to forward-looking cost/benefit analysis, and actual preference and choice are compared to utility maximization. The basis of these comparisons is a set of ten empirical results from my own research. My general conclusions are that, as humans, (1) we are very good at selecting important information, learning from past experience, and similarity-based reasoning, and (2) pretty good at verbal and non-verbal communication, simple symbolic inference and predicting the very near future, but (3) we are quite poor at complex problem solving and understanding the long-term consequences of our current actions.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:02:59 -0400 2019-04-15T11:45:00-04:00 2019-04-15T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
How the Civil War Transformed America (April 15, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61733 61733-15178980@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 15, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

The Civil War began as a battle to save the union but it ended as a struggle to abolish slavery and usher in "a new birth of freedom." No aspect of society was left unchanged by the years of war and its effects continue to resonate more than one hundred and fifty years later.

Dr. Louis Masur is Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at Rutgers University. A graduate of the University at Buffalo and Princeton University, he is a cultural historian who has written on a variety of topics. His most recent work is "Lincoln's Last Speech: Wartime Reconstruction & The Crisis of Reunion" (2015), "Lincoln’s Hundred Days: The Emancipation Proclamation and the War for the Union" (2012), and "The Civil War: A Concise History" (2011).

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:13:34 -0500 2019-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-15T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Louis Masur
Board Fellowship Info Session for Nonprofits (April 16, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61929 61929-15241334@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, April 16, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Are you a nonprofit organization in Southeast Michigan that is curious about the Board Fellowship program? This session provides an overview for prospective organizations interested in participating during the 2018-19 academic year. Lunch is provided.

RSVP for Ann Arbor event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-ann-arbor-tickets-58369402454

RSVP for Detroit event: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-information-session-detroit-tickets-58376640102

Business+Impact is all about building relationships. Using our rigorous matchmaking and vetting process, students with the unique skills to work in your organization on your issues will be assigned to your board as non-voting members. You will benefit from their expertise in project management, marketing, business systems, policy analysis, strategic planning, and more. As a result, your nonprofit will gain input on board decisions, business school knowledge and skills, and a new perspective on a project of your choosing.

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Other Thu, 21 Mar 2019 16:24:34 -0400 2019-04-16T17:30:00-04:00 2019-04-16T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other Board Fellows
Advancing Rigor and Relevance: Constructive Replication in the Social Sciences (April 19, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61750 61750-15179235@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Replication is an essential part of any science, confirming or adjusting our understanding of the world through repeated exploration of a phenomenon of interest. While there has been an increased interest in the role of replication studies, there also exists skepticism regarding the need for more replication. Our empirical analysis of 470 recent studies that use the term ‘replication’ suggests that this criticism stems from a lack of appreciation of the different forms that replication can take, the prevalence (or lack thereof) of many of these forms, and the objectives that are met by one of the least common forms, constructive replication. As such, the purposes of our paper are 1) to explore the different forms that constructive replication can take and the objectives at which each can be directed, 2) to distinguish these forms from other forms of replication with which they are often confused, 3) to determine how common each form of replication is in our field, and 4) to provide concrete examples of different forms of constructiveness from published studies in order to pave the way towards more (and more useful) replications in the future.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 28 Feb 2019 13:30:32 -0500 2019-04-19T13:30:00-04:00 2019-04-19T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Graduate Student Colloquia (April 19, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63064 63064-15545339@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, April 19, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Linguistics graduate students Andrew McInnerney and Rachel Weissler are the featured speakers for the final departmental colloquium event of the semester on Friday, April 19. Andrew will present “The Distribution of Parentheticals and the Sensorimotor Interface.” Rachel will present “Grammatical Expectations of American English Dialects: The Case of Auxiliaries.”

Light refreshments will be provided. All are welcome!

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Presentation Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:34:00 -0400 2019-04-19T16:00:00-04:00 2019-04-19T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Presentation Ross School of Business
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE), Public Finance: College Aid and the Marginal Cost of a College Degree: Evidence from a Randomized Trial. (April 22, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/59898 59898-14797332@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE)

Abstract

A large privately-funded scholarship program randomized 'full-freight' financial aid awards to entering students at Nebraska's public colleges and universities. Scholarship awards increased four-year college attendance among recipients but had little effect on two-year or overall attendance. Awards granted to students targeting four-year colleges boosted six-year graduation rates by 8.5 percentage points, with gains unevenly distributed, ranging from a high of 15 - 20 points among minority program applicants and those with low ACT scores, to zero for well-prepared program applicants. Roughly 92% of the scholarship aid went to students who would have graduated without scholarship aid. Average scholarship costs were $43,000 per additional college year completed and $425,000 per additional four-year degree obtained, but this falls to $230,000 for nonwhite students. Costs were high in part because scholarship awards lengthened time to degree among recipients. Nevertheless, the bulk of scholarship expenditures reflect transfers from scholarship sponsors to scholarship recipients rather than incremental expenditures on post-secondary education.

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Workshop / Seminar Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:34:34 -0400 2019-04-22T12:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Social, Behavioral, and Experimental Economics (SBEE) Workshop / Seminar Economics
Healthcare Delivery in Emerging Markets (April 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/62900 62900-15492420@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Join us as graduate student teams share in-country project summaries of their work with healthcare organizations in Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Peru, and Rwanda.

The graduate student presenters are enrolled in the International Business Immersion course which is designed to enhance the students global leadership capabilities, awareness of diverse business issues on the current international landscape, and on-the-ground experience in a specific country. This will be a great opportunity for you to learn more about this course, the students' work and their experiences abroad.

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Presentation Fri, 05 Apr 2019 10:18:59 -0400 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Students interviewing a patient
Michigan Students Making An Impact (April 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63186 63186-15587260@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Graduate students from the Ross School of Business, the School of Public Health and the School of Information will give presentations on their global health work conducted in Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Peru and Rwanda. Students worked on a variety of projects, including: improving data reporting at a Rwanda health clinic; developing a business plan to grow the number of surgeries at a Kenya eye care facility; creating a business strategy to start an oxygen gas supply business to service an Ethiopian hospital; commercializing a low-cost, low-tech ventilator for the India market; and, developing operations and marketing plans to turn a Peru clinic into a gastrointestinal center of excellence.

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Presentation Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:45:34 -0400 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Information Poster
Michigan Students Making An Impact (April 22, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/63186 63186-15587261@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, April 22, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Graduate students from the Ross School of Business, the School of Public Health and the School of Information will give presentations on their global health work conducted in Ethiopia, Kenya, India, Peru and Rwanda. Students worked on a variety of projects, including: improving data reporting at a Rwanda health clinic; developing a business plan to grow the number of surgeries at a Kenya eye care facility; creating a business strategy to start an oxygen gas supply business to service an Ethiopian hospital; commercializing a low-cost, low-tech ventilator for the India market; and, developing operations and marketing plans to turn a Peru clinic into a gastrointestinal center of excellence.

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Presentation Tue, 16 Apr 2019 14:45:34 -0400 2019-04-22T17:00:00-04:00 2019-04-22T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Presentation Information Poster