Happening @ Michigan https://events.umich.edu/list/rss RSS Feed for Happening @ Michigan Events at the University of Michigan. Board Fellows Information Session (September 5, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/64806 64806-16450926@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 5, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Learn how you can prepare for mission-driven leadership with project management and executive skills as a board member of a nonprofit like United Way or Ann Arbor SPARK. Hear details about this year’s participating partner organizations, the fellowship, and the board-level strategic project you complete as a Board Fellow.

All applicants must attend one of the two scheduled information sessions at Ross (9/5) or the Ford School (9/9).

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Community Service Thu, 01 Aug 2019 10:33:57 -0400 2019-09-05T17:00:00-04:00 2019-09-05T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Community Service Board Fellows
When Debate, Discourse, and Exchange Go Bad: Bullying and Mobbing in the Academic Workplace (September 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65117 65117-16517532@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Bullying is “rife” on campus. Academe is a “culture of cruelty”. Academics are “mean and nasty”. Really??? In this presentation, we will test the veracity of these characterizations through an examination of the global research literature on bullying and mobbing in the academic workplace. Specifically, we will explore the unique features of 1) academe (academic freedom, shared governance) and the nature of the university as a “workplace” and 2) faculty as “ workers” as well as 3) the broader social, political and economic context for how they shape the prevalence, nature, dynamics, impact of, and response to bullying and mobbing. Key insights include the status-based nature of bullying, our colleagues, the public, and the state as powerful actors, and the critical influence of culturally shaped behavioral norms in defining what is and is not bullying, who should be involved in assessing and addressing bullying, and some practical strategies for amelioration.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:02:30 -0400 2019-09-06T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-06T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (September 11, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65986 65986-16678389@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Building Resilience in Times of Chaos
Emma Seppälä

Wednesday, September 11, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: http://myumi.ch/r88De

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:
We have little control over our environment and the challenges that come our way. But there is something we can do about our internal environment: the state of our mind, our ability to handle challenges, and bounce back. In this session, Seppälä will explore different empirically validated techniques to improve our emotional intelligence, our social connection, and our ability to endure and thrive no matter what comes our way.

About Seppälä:
Emma Seppälä, PhD is Science Director of Stanford University’s Center for Compassion and Altruism Research and Education and the author of The Happiness Track (HarperOne, 2016). She is Co-Director of the Yale College Emotional Intelligence Project at the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence, and Faculty Director of the Yale School of Management’s Women’s Leadership Program.

She consults with Fortune 500 leaders and employees on building a positive organization. She has spoken at TedX Sacramento, TEDx Hayward, and companies like Google, Apple, Facebook, Bain & Co, Ernst & Young, and a United States Congressional Hearing. Her articles have been featured in Harvard Business Review, The Washington Post, Business Insider, Psychology Today, Fast Company, Forbes, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, and NPR. She has also been a repeat guest on Good Morning America.

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Event link:
https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/building-resilience-in-times-of-chaos

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:28:13 -0400 2019-09-11T16:00:00-04:00 2019-09-11T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Emma Seppälä
Michigan FinTech Informational Meeting (September 11, 2019 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66258 66258-16721679@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, September 11, 2019 8:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan FinTech

Come learn about Michigan FinTech, upcoming events, and how you can join our leadership team. All are welcome!

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Rally / Mass Meeting Wed, 04 Sep 2019 20:49:53 -0400 2019-09-11T20:00:00-04:00 2019-09-11T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan FinTech Rally / Mass Meeting Michigan FinTech
MEG Consulting Information Session (September 12, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66668 66668-16770186@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 12, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: MEG Consulting

MEG Consulting is a student-run strategy consulting group that offers consulting services to the University of Michigan and other clients in Ann Arbor, including local startups and nonprofits. We make a difference in the Michigan community by helping our clients improve their performance, achieve growth, and solve problems. Clients have included Michigan Football, MCity, The University Unions, and Michigan Basketball. Our lean project teams allow members to gain valuable client-facing experience, contribute meaningfully from day one, and take on responsibility within the club early on. Learn about a career in consulting and develop valuable technical and soft skills!

Undergraduates from all academic disciplines are encouraged to apply.
Learn more and apply online at megconsultants.org

Meet us at these upcoming events:

Coffee Chats I:
Tuesday, September 10th, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Espresso Royale - S. University Ave

Information Session:
Thursday, September 12th, 7:00 - 8:00pm
Ross R0210

Coffee Chats II:
Sunday, September 15th, 4:00 - 6:00pm
Espresso Royale - S. University Ave

Direct any questions to meg.eboard@umich.edu

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Rally / Mass Meeting Mon, 09 Sep 2019 12:36:06 -0400 2019-09-12T19:00:00-04:00 2019-09-12T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business MEG Consulting Rally / Mass Meeting Apply to MEG Consulting!
Why Ignorance Fails to Recognize Itself (September 13, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65368 65368-16573565@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 13, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

I discuss the flawed evaluator problem, which asks how well can people assess their own intellectual and social skills, as well as those of others, when their expertise inevitably contains gaps and defects? I discuss how these imperfections lead people to misjudge themselves, often causing them to miss their own incompetence and gullability (the so-called Dunning-Kruger effect), and misjudge others, often prompting failures to recognize top-level competence and virtuosity among their peers (the Cassandra Quandary). I discuss the implications of the flawed evaluator problem for personal issues as well as society at large.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:01:16 -0400 2019-09-13T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-13T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Coffee Chats with DRW (September 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66260 66260-16721681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, September 17, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan FinTech

Come meet recruiters from DRW in an informal, small-group setting! DRW is a technology-driven principal trading firm headquartered in Chicago, IL. Full-time and internship positions are available for software developers and quantitative trading analysts. Event registration is required, and SPACE IS LIMITED. Please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050b4cafad23a4fb6-drwcoffee

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Careers / Jobs Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:58:16 -0400 2019-09-17T11:00:00-04:00 2019-09-17T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan FinTech Careers / Jobs DRW Logo
2019 FinTech Conference (September 20, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66259 66259-16721680@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan FinTech

Connecting the brightest students, luminaries, and industry leaders
in the field of financial technology

The 2019 FinTech Conference will feature a FinTech career panel; keynote address from David McClelland, CEO of Ford Credit; technical presentation from U of M alum Elaine Wah; and career fair.

Connect with representatives from JP Morgan, IEX, Clinc, among others eager to share their experiences and recruit U-M talent.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 03 Sep 2019 19:43:58 -0400 2019-09-20T13:00:00-04:00 2019-09-20T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan FinTech Conference / Symposium 2019 FinTech Conference
Workplace Discrimination at the Intersection of Race and Gender (September 20, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65291 65291-16565510@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 20, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Issues related to discrimination, belonging, and harassment in the workplace are intersectional (Cole 2009; Crenshaw 1989). That is, people are harassed, excluded, and discriminated against for a variety of social identities (e.g., class, sexuality, gender, age, race, size) which intersect and interrelate. In social and organizational psychology, efforts to understand and end workplace discrimination thus far have tended to focus on single dimensions of marginalization or privilege (e.g., gender), giving us an incomplete picture of how discrimination is enacted and experienced. In this talk, I will discuss research from the PWR (Power, Women, and Relationships) Lab that has used intersectionality theory and the stereotype content model to understand how discrimination manifests for employees based on their combined racial and gender identities. First, I will discuss published quantitative research with students Jessica Saunders and Ryan Jacobson on how STEM professors evaluate post-doc candidates based on the candidates’ race and gender, together. Next, I will discuss published and unpublished qualitative research with student Anna Kallschmidt on identity management and belonging among White men employees from working class and impoverished backgrounds. Finally, I will discuss work student Sarah Robinson and I are pursuing on how the use of certain dialectical styles (White American, urban African American, and Southern American) effects ratings of men employees in individual-structured telephone interviews. Implications of intersectional approaches for fair and just hiring practices and for diversity trainings and interventions will be discussed.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:36:51 -0400 2019-09-20T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-20T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Voter Registration Week! (September 26, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67423 67423-16849179@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, September 26, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

The Big Ten Voting Challenge team will get you registered to vote!

Visit any of our events across campus, September 23-27. We are nonpartisan, and can get you registered to vote in Michigan, and any other state.

You can also visit umich.turbovote.org to get the registration process started.

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Other Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:00:07 -0400 2019-09-26T12:00:00-04:00 2019-09-26T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other Voter Reg Week
Examining Harassment Experiences Among National Park Service Employees (September 27, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66710 66710-16770296@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, September 27, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In September of 2014, the Department of the Interior (DOI) Secretary Sally Jewell received a letter of complaint from 13 former and current National Park Service (NPS) employees who described incidents of discrimination, retaliation and hostile work environments they experienced or witnessed over their 15 years of collective employment at NPS (US Department of the Interior, 2016a). These complaints were validated by the DOI Inspector General and subsequently triggered investigations and congressional hearings into the nature and extent of sexual harassment within the NPS work environment. In response to these events, the leadership of the NPS renewed its commitment to making substantial and long-term cultural changes at the agency to prevent sexual harassment and to ensure every employee has a safe and respectful work environment (Reynolds, 2016). As part of these efforts, the leadership of the NPS commissioned a study of the work environment at the NPS. The study was designed to assess employees’ attitudes, perceptions, and behaviors on a wide range of topics related to the character, context, correlates and consequences of harassment and/or assault behaviors experienced by employees within the NPS work environment. This presentation will present findings related to employees’ experiences with harassing and/or assault behaviors and situational factors surrounding these experiences. The presentation will also report findings regarding demographic, occupational, and organizational factors linked with harassing and/or assault behaviors experienced at work; and job-related consequences of harassing and/or assault behaviors experienced at work. The presentation will discuss how the results from the study served to inform, influence and impact strategic and long-term efforts to change the NPS culture, to prevent sexual harassment and ensure that every employee has a safe and respectful work environment.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:35:16 -0400 2019-09-27T13:30:00-04:00 2019-09-27T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans (September 30, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66335 66335-16727912@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, September 30, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF)

Please join Julian Ramos, Deputy Director of the Paul and Daisy Soros Foundation, and Henry Dyson, Director of ONSF, for an information session to learn more about The Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans. This fellowship provides up to two years of graduate study in any field and in any graduate degree-granting program in the United States. Each award is for up to $25,000 in stipend support, as well as 50 percent of required tuition and fees, up to $20,000 per year, for two years. The total value of the fellowship is $90,000. For more information visit: https://lsa.umich.edu/onsf/scholarships/united-states/the-paul---daisy-soros-fellowships.html

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Presentation Wed, 04 Sep 2019 14:41:18 -0400 2019-09-30T18:00:00-04:00 2019-09-30T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Office of National Scholarships & Fellowships (ONSF) Presentation ONSF
Global Showcase (October 2, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/64638 64638-16402987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Global Initiatives

Explore the various global opportunities offered at Michigan Ross and hear stories from MBA and undergraduate students who participated in recent Ross global programs, as well as international students studying at Ross.

Michigan Ross offers global programs for students of ALL MAJORS

Join us for international cuisine, many opportunities to win prizes, and a chance to win a scholarship towards a Ross global program.

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Fair / Festival Fri, 26 Jul 2019 09:31:55 -0400 2019-10-02T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T14:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Global Initiatives Fair / Festival Go Global
Positive Links Speaker Series (October 2, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65987 65987-16678390@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Labor of Love: Lessons in Keeping Creativity Alive
Teresa M. Amabile

Wednesday, October 2, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

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

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:
Creativity is responsible for all human progress. Unfortunately, powerful forces in most classroom, workplace, and home environments can kill the motivation for creativity. In this interactive session, Harvard Professor Teresa Amabile will describe the science underlying these discoveries, as well as the science behind keeping creativity alive. The audience will leave with tips and tools for nurturing their own creativity and facilitating creative growth in their children, students, and work colleagues.

About Amabile:
Teresa Amabile has researched and written about creativity for over 40 years. Beginning with a series of papers in the 1970s and 1980s, she was instrumental in establishing the social psychology of creativity – the study of how the social environment can influence creative behavior, primarily by influencing motivational state.

Amabile’s research has examined individual creativity and productivity, team creativity, and organizational innovation. This program of research has yielded a comprehensive theory of creativity and innovation; methods for assessing creativity, motivation, and the work environment; and a set of prescriptions for maintaining and stimulating both individual creativity and organizational innovation.

Her more recent research investigated how everyday life inside organizations can influence people and their performance by affecting inner work life, the confluence of motivation, emotion, and perceptions. She is currently studying retirement and post-employment life, including the impact of creative activities on attitudes toward aging and experiences in later life.

Amabile’s scholarly work has appeared in a variety of psychology and organizational behavior journals, as well as her 2011 book (with Steven Kramer), The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work. She has presented her work to audiences in a variety of settings, including Pixar, Genentech, TEDx Atlanta, Apple, and The World Economic Forum in Davos.

In 2018, Amabile received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organizational Behavior Division of the Academy of Management, the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Israel Organizational Behavior Conference, and the Distinguished Scholar Award from the Society for Personality and Social Psychology. In 2011 and 2013, she was named to the global Thinkers50 list.

Amabile holds a BS in Chemistry from Canisius College and a PhD in psychology from Stanford University.

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:34:05 -0400 2019-10-02T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-02T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Teresa M. Amabile
Yaffe Speaker Series: Josh Luber, Co-Founder - StockX (October 2, 2019 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67698 67698-16918029@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 2, 2019 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Faculty Support/ACT

StockX is a marketplace for sneakers, streetwear, handbags, and watches. Sneaker heads and hype beasts alike flock to StockX to exchange everything from the latest Supreme drop to the rarest Yeezy. With a $1 billion valuation, StockX has reached ‘unicorn’ status and has set the stage to rewrite the rules of commerce.

On October 2nd, the Yaffe Speaker Series will welcome StockX’s co-founder, Josh Luber, to the Michigan community to hip us to the game. Doors open at 6:00 PM.

The Yaffe Speaker Series is a curated program which features dynamic individuals who are not only thriving in today’s ever-evolving digital world but also rewriting the rules of it. This event was born out of an initiative to prepare our students - and the community at large - for the transformative changes in business due to shifts of the digital world. We believe that culture and commerce are inextricably linked and that today’s tools enable savvy business leaders with the ability to leverage the relationship between the two in ways that have never been done before. As such, we invite these individuals to campus to share their experiences, successes, failures, and learnings with the Michigan community.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 26 Sep 2019 16:32:08 -0400 2019-10-02T18:30:00-04:00 2019-10-02T20:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ross Faculty Support/ACT Lecture / Discussion Josh Luber - StockX
WDI Global Impact Speaker Series (October 3, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67328 67328-16839867@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, October 3, 2019 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Multinational corporations grow around the world by hiring the best local talent and transferring their best practices between different regions. But Ujjwal Kumar, who for the last 20 years has led global businesses and growth ventures at multiple multinationals, believes a more nuanced approach is needed to build profitable, sustainable and high-growth businesses in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).
Kumar, who received his MBA from U-M's Ross School of Business in 2005, will discuss how achieving good, high-growth business models requires a clear understanding of local capabilities and the risks involved.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 17 Sep 2019 12:14:41 -0400 2019-10-03T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-03T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Ujjwal Kumar Talk
Interpersonal Workplace Mistreatment: From Antecedents to Intervention (October 4, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65118 65118-16517533@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

From incivility and undermining, to harassment and aggression, researchers have documented the many ways in which people mistreat one another while on the job. Research shows that interpersonal workplace mistreatment is associated with harm to individual targets, bystanders, and organizations. However, less scholarship is focused on understanding the antecedents to workplace mistreatment and ways to intervene - why it happens and what to do about it. This talk will review research my colleagues and I have done to help understand ways to counter workplace mistreatment and build respectful workplaces, as well as research opportunities in this area of organizational studies.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:03:20 -0400 2019-10-04T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (October 4, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65547 65547-16611720@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Emily Atkinson, Postdoctoral Research Fellow for the Weinberg Institute of Cognitive Science, will speak on "Learning to process sentences: Insights from filler-gap dependencies & syntactic priming."

Abstract

The development of the sentence processing mechanisms has largely been ignored because a major assumption of many in the field is that basic sentence processing mechanisms are innate. Seminal work on children’s processing of garden path sentences supported this claim by demonstrating that children – like adults – incrementally interpret sentences, but struggle with reanalysis. However, more recent research has begun to provide counter evidence to this claim by examining new structures. If these mechanisms are not innate, how do children learn to process sentences like adults? I will address these issues by providing evidence that these long held beliefs about children’s sentence processing do not hold in all cases, using the processing of filler-gap dependencies as the main example, and to discuss the possibility that syntactic priming may serve as a possible learning mechanism for adult-like processing behaviors.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 25 Sep 2019 13:07:11 -0400 2019-10-04T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Emily Atkinson
Face Hired Inc. Info Session Boss直聘宣讲会 (October 4, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68009 68009-16981803@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 4, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Chinese Students and Scholars Association [Archive]

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 04 Oct 2019 00:39:43 -0400 2019-10-04T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-04T20:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Chinese Students and Scholars Association [Archive] Careers / Jobs Event Poster
Project Management Certification (October 6, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126018@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, October 6, 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 2019-10-06T13:00:00-04:00 2019-10-06T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Story Lab Kickoff (October 8, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66686 66686-16770202@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, October 8, 2019 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 Tuesday, October 8 from 5-6:30 PM in the Tauber 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 Story Lab Showcase 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 Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:06:06 -0400 2019-10-08T17:00:00-04:00 2019-10-08T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab at Michigan Ross
Green New Deal: A WeListen Staff Discussion (October 9, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/67660 67660-16909330@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, October 9, 2019 11:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

This WeListen session is open to all UM staff members. All voices and views are welcome and lunch will be provided!

RSVP here: http://bit.ly/WLOctober19

We will discuss the Green New Deal by learning about the policy itself while examining various perspectives on its content. We'll also consider the economic impact of the proposed policy, and discuss changes to the environment in the state of Michigan, and how the Green New Deal would potentially impact Michiganders.

Our aim is to bring liberals, conservatives, libertarians- everyone across the political spectrum- together for constructive conversation. The goal of WeListen discussions is not to debate or argue, but to understand the views and values of others and to learn from their perspectives. The session will begin with a brief content presentation to provide a basic understanding of the topic. No specific level of knowledge is required to participate in WeListen discussions.

By participating in WeListen sessions, staff members will:
- Expand understanding of a prominent political topic
- Practice discussing difficult topics with others,
- Gain openness to new ideas and perspectives,
- Learn to productively challenge an idea, and
- Form a sense of community among fellow staff members.

Questions? Email us at welistenstaff@umich.edu.

This event is supported by the WeListen Staff Series planning committee with members from the Ginsberg Center, the International Institute, LSA Psychology and UM Poverty Solutions.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 14:52:42 -0400 2019-10-09T11:00:00-04:00 2019-10-09T13:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Lecture / Discussion WeListen October 2019
Addressing Sexual Violence with Institutional Courage (October 11, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65119 65119-16517534@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 11, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Sexual violence (including sexual assault and sexual harassment) occurs frequently and can cause substantial harm. Sexual violence is often experienced in the context of an institution (such as a university); our research indicates that associated institutional behaviors can harm or help. In this presentation I will present concepts and research related to these issues: betrayal trauma theory & betrayal blindness, DARVO (Deny, Attack, & Reverse Victim & Offender; a harmful perpetrator response to disclosure), institutional betrayal, and institutional courage. I will conclude by offering concrete steps that individuals and institutions can take to respond well to disclosures and to address sexual harassment and promote institutional courage.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 09 Sep 2019 16:37:29 -0400 2019-10-11T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-11T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Epistemic Exclusion of Faculty of Color: Academic Gatekeeping through Scholarly Devaluation (October 18, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65289 65289-16565508@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Underrepresented minority faculty (URM; i.e., Black, Hispanic, and American Indian) remain underrepresented within academia, with each of these groups holding fewer than 4% of full-time faculty positions according to 2013 data (U.S. Department of Education, 2013). Further, their representation declines as rank increases. Epistemic exclusion may act as a barrier to the number, retention, and advancement of URM faculty in the academy. Epistemic exclusion (Dotson, 2012, 2014) is the devaluation of URM scholars and the research they do (often on marginalized groups) as illegitimate, lacking value, and outside of disciplinary norms. These disciplinary norms are established and maintained by those who hold power and prestige due to their success working within the dominant discourse. These individuals are often resistant to changing norms either because of narrow views of the field, self-interest, or personal biases towards URMs. In this talk, I use data from 118 faculty interviews, 3 faculty focus groups, and a large faculty survey to illustrate formal and informal ways in which epistemic exclusion operates, and the consequences it has for the psychological well-being, job outcomes, and career trajectories of faculty of color.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:02:04 -0400 2019-10-18T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-18T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (October 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67597 67597-16900787@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

U-M Anthropology Professor Judith Irvine will be the featured speaker.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 24 Sep 2019 13:07:27 -0400 2019-10-18T16:00:00-04:00 2019-10-18T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Masculinity Contest Culture (October 25, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65151 65151-16541459@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, October 25, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Cultural norms prescribe “real men” to prove their masculinity by dominating others, fostering a Masculinity Contest (MC), a perceived zero-sum competition to prove masculinity. The newly developed and validated Masculinity Contest Culture (MCC) scale assesses four norms: (1) Show No Weakness (e.g., showing “soft” emotions, seeking advice, or admitting doubt are seen as weak), (2) Physical Strength (e.g., preferring “jocks” even in white collar jobs, valorizing work stamina), (3) Put Work First (e.g., working extreme hours, not letting family “interfere” with work), and (4) Dog Eat Dog (a hypercompetitive environment where coworkers cannot be trusted). Factor analyses show the four norms as distinct, though correlated subfactors that represent facets of an overarching latent construct (MCC). Items on the MCC scale do not specifically reference masculinity or male gender, with the notion that MC norms are legitimized simply as “the way we do business,” their origins in masculinity obscured. As a result, both female and male employees may be judged by how well they fit MCC prescriptions, creating obstacles to women’s leadership. The more strongly respondents (both male and female) viewed their work environment as fitting MCC norms, the more dysfunction they reported, from the organization to individual level. Specifically, MCC scores correlated with (a) poor organizational climate and leadership (e.g., toxic leaders, sexist climate, low psychological team safety), (b) negative behaviors (e.g., bullying, gender and ethnic harassment), and (c) poorer individual outcomes (burnout, job dissatisfaction, turnover intentions, lower organizational dedication, poorer psychological health). Although the evidence is correlational, the MCC seems a likely culprit as a cause of organizational dysfunction, breeding toxic leadership and misconduct that, in turn, leads to poor individual outcomes for employees. I suggest that mission-based interventions can mitigate MC norms by focusing instead on more productive ways to work.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:04:15 -0400 2019-10-25T13:30:00-04:00 2019-10-25T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
INFORMATION SESSION: HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN EMERGING MARKETS (October 28, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68480 68480-17088477@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, October 28, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

This course provides students with the unique opportunity to examine business models for healthcare delivery in emerging markets. Join us at this information session to learn about the winter 2020 projects and travel locations!

For more information, please email BA685-Healthcare@umich.edu

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Meeting Thu, 17 Oct 2019 10:25:29 -0400 2019-10-28T17:30:00-04:00 2019-10-28T18:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Meeting BA685 Students from the Kisii Eye Hospital Team in Kenya
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Team and Leadership Training Interventions in Emergency Medical Teams (November 1, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/67886 67886-16960561@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 1, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Teamwork failures have been directly linked with medical errors and adverse patient events. As a result, multiple efforts have been made to improve the leadership and performance of healthcare teams. Two studies will be presented that assess team training effects on teamwork behaviors and patient outcomes for emergency medical teams. In the first study, a computer-based team training program was designed to familiarize emergency medical residents on eight teamwork processes. Results showed teams that received this training were significantly better than placebo training teams on both teamwork and patient care outcomes in high-fidelity simulated patient resuscitation scenarios. In the second study, a simulated-based team leadership training program was designed to train trauma team leaders on behaviors important to action team leadership. In a randomized controlled trial, trauma team leaders were video recorded in actual trauma resuscitations, before and after training. Results showed a significant difference in post-training leadership behaviors between the training and control conditions. Furthermore, leadership behaviors were found to mediate an effect of training on patient care with a significant indirect effect.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 01 Oct 2019 16:58:48 -0400 2019-11-01T13:30:00-04:00 2019-11-01T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
+Impact Studio Lightning Info Sessions (November 4, 2019 1:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68586 68586-17103250@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 4, 2019 1:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Are you looking to find out more about the work being done in the new +Impact Studio at Ross? Are you interested in finding out about the +Impact Studio course (BA670)? Do you wonder just what the space is being utlized for? Sign up for a lightning info session to learn about that and more from faculty and staff. Each 20-person info session lasts a half an hour.

Register for a time here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050548afa92da0fa7-impact

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Other Fri, 18 Oct 2019 11:41:59 -0400 2019-11-04T13:00:00-05:00 2019-11-04T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Other +Impact Studio
Business Won't Save the World: (November 5, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68264 68264-17037438@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, November 5, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability

Join us for a thought-provoking conversation about the culprits of and solutions for the largest issues facing the world today.

The Erb Institute is proud to host an evening with Anand Giridharadas, author of the National Best Seller, Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. This candid conversation will examine the role of business in society, the flaws of philanthropy and the possibility of changing the world from the ground up. We'll discuss climate change—culprits, challenges and collaboration for progress—social inequality—who's winning, who's losing and why—and what needs to change.

Seating will be on a first come first served basis. Book signing in partnership with Literati to immediately follow the event.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 10 Oct 2019 13:31:42 -0400 2019-11-05T17:30:00-05:00 2019-11-05T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Image of Anand Giridharadas with event date/time: 11/5 from 5:30 - 6:30pm in Robertson Auditorium
Global Operations Conference (November 7, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66502 66502-16742869@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, November 7, 2019 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Global Operations Conference is an annual event that brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore current topics in the field of operations. This year's topics include Technology Trends - Industry 4.0 in the Upcoming Decade, Sustainability through Innovative Operations, The 2030 Customer: Changing Perceptions/Attitudes, and Global Factors Influencing Supply Chains of the Future. The conference is your opportunity to hear keynote speeches, attend panels, and network with industry leaders in operations from top companies.

Program details and session information is planned to be finalized soon - please stay tuned for more information!

For more information about the conference, visit GOC Conference >http://myumi.ch/4pye7.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:52:02 -0400 2019-11-07T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-07T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Global Operations Conference Nov 7-8
Global Operations Conference (November 8, 2019 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66502 66502-16742870@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

The Global Operations Conference is an annual event that brings together leaders in industry and academia to explore current topics in the field of operations. This year's topics include Technology Trends - Industry 4.0 in the Upcoming Decade, Sustainability through Innovative Operations, The 2030 Customer: Changing Perceptions/Attitudes, and Global Factors Influencing Supply Chains of the Future. The conference is your opportunity to hear keynote speeches, attend panels, and network with industry leaders in operations from top companies.

Program details and session information is planned to be finalized soon - please stay tuned for more information!

For more information about the conference, visit GOC Conference >http://myumi.ch/4pye7.

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:52:02 -0400 2019-11-08T08:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Conference / Symposium Global Operations Conference Nov 7-8
Logics in Conflict: Campus Sexual Assault in a Time of Legal Uncertainty (November 8, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68560 68560-17096959@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In 2011, the Office for Civil Rights, the Department of Education unit responsible for compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, circulated a “Dear Colleague Letter” (DCL) clarifying that peer sexual assault was sexual harassment and thus negligent responses could place schools in violation of Title IX. The 2011 DCL had major implications for the adjudication of peer sexual violence. Compliance with the DCL required American universities receiving federal funds to change their policies. Most did, a few did not. Among those that did, responses were more heterogenous than might have been expected given that federal funding is at stake. This heterogeneity is also puzzling theoretically, as socio-legal theorists expect organizations to display at least symbolic compliance with legal mandates. We argue that one reason for this puzzling response was that prior to 2011, most universities had policies to address what they referred to as “student sexual misconduct.” Peer-to-peer sexual violence was understood as a form of student misconduct, to be handled by student conduct professionals. While civil rights lawyers had come to understand peer sexual assault as a Title IX issue, this was not obvious to student conduct professionals. Nor were student conduct professionals prepared to cede their turf to civil rights experts. The ensuing collision between civil rights and student conduct logics generated a range of heterogeneous outcomes. Theoretically, we will discuss how organizational change is produced out of processes of organizational bricolage, or hybridization.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 17 Oct 2019 15:23:44 -0400 2019-11-08T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Job Crafting your Freshman Experience (November 8, 2019 3:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69189 69189-17261065@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 8, 2019 3:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: First Year Experience Programs

Job Crafting your Freshman Experience

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Careers / Jobs Wed, 06 Nov 2019 16:15:57 -0500 2019-11-08T15:00:00-05:00 2019-11-08T16:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business First Year Experience Programs Careers / Jobs Job Crafting your Freshman Experience Flyer
Indiana University School of Optometry Visit (November 11, 2019 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69005 69005-17213786@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 11, 2019 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Maize Pages Student Organizations

Nikolas Jones, Associate Director of Recruitment at the Indiana University School of Optometry will be joining us to discuss IUSO and applying to optometry school in general. It is a great opportunity to be able to hear how to shape your application from those who will be evaluating it. Contact Pearson Miller at pearsmil@umich.edu for more details.

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Other Mon, 11 Nov 2019 18:00:09 -0500 2019-11-11T19:00:00-05:00 2019-11-11T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Maize Pages Student Organizations Other Ross School of Business
Authority, Accountability, and Responsibility: Translating Military Leadership Lessons for Business and Policy Leaders (November 13, 2019 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68916 68916-17194955@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, November 13, 2019 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy

An armchair conversation between Secretary Donald Winter and Mike Barger, Executive Director, Office of Strategy and Academic Innovation at the Ross School of Business.

Donald C. Winter served as the 74th Secretary of the Navy from January 2006 to March 2009. As Secretary of the Navy, he led America’s Navy and Marine Corps Team and was responsible for an annual budget in excess of $125 billion and almost 900,000 people. Previously, Dr. Winter held multiple positions in the aerospace and defense industry as a systems engineer, program manager and corporate executive. From 2010 to 2012, Dr. Winter served as chair of the National Academy of Engineering Committee charged with investigating the causes of the Deepwater Horizon Blowout for the Secretary of the Interior.

He is currently an Independent Consultant and a Professor of Engineering Practice at the University of Michigan. At the University of Michigan, he teaches graduate level courses on Systems Engineering, Space Systems, and Maritime Policy. Dr. Winter received a doctorate in physics from the University of Michigan. In 2009, he received the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Michael Barger is a professor of business administration and executive director, office of strategy and academic innovation, at University of Michigan’s Stephen M. Ross School of Business.
Dr. Barger served as officer in the United States Navy for 13 years. He spent his naval career in pilot education highlighted by a tour as a student, and chief instructor at the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN). He was a founding member of JetBlue Airway after leaving the navy in 1999, creating JetBlue University. He served as senior pilot on JetBlue aircrafts, was senior leader responsible for all Flight Operations, Maintenance Operations, Talent Management and Enterprise Strategy. Following his 13-year career with JetBlue, Dr. Barger served as chief operating officer of CorpU for six years.

Dr. Barger received a Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Michigan and a Master’s Degree in Learning Leadership and a Doctor of Education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Co-sponsored by the Ross School of Business, College of Engineering, and the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 29 Oct 2019 11:29:01 -0400 2019-11-13T17:30:00-05:00 2019-11-13T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Leader Emotional Unpredictability Tears Teams Apart: Effects on Power Struggles and Team Performance (November 15, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65123 65123-16517537@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 15, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Emotional displays of leaders convey social information to followers that can help bolster their motivation and understanding of the situation, thereby facilitating team performance. An implicit assumption in previous theorizing and research using this social-functional approach to leader emotions has been that leaders’ emotional expressions logically follow from the situation for followers and thus help followers who observe these expressions to better understand the situation. However, leader's emotional expressions are not always predictable to followers. We extend the social-functional approach by investigating what happens when leader emotional displays are perceived as unpredictable by followers. We propose that leader emotional unpredictability sparks uncertainty among followers about how the leader allocates ranks and resources within the team, which triggers intra-team power struggles. Such power struggles—intra-team conflicts over resources among followers—in turn undermine team performance. Using a multi-method approach, we find support for our model in three studies, including two laboratory experiments and a field study of 246 retail teams. The findings inform our understanding of how leaders’ emotional displays influence team performance, extending the social-functional approach to emotion by illuminating how the perceived unpredictability of leaders’ emotional expressions can be dysfunctional for teams.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 05 Sep 2019 17:04:00 -0400 2019-11-15T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-15T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Project Management Certification (November 17, 2019 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/61540 61540-15126019@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, November 17, 2019 11:00am
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 2019-11-17T11:00:00-05:00 2019-11-17T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Positive Links Speaker Series (November 18, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65989 65989-16678391@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, November 18, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Are Diversity Initiatives Effective?
Lisa M. Leslie

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

Register here: http://myumi.ch/QAA1W

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:
Diversity initiatives are prevalent, but not necessarily effective. These initiatives at times not only fail to result in the intended consequence of increased diversity and inclusion, but also produce unintended consequences that undermine their effectiveness. In this presentation, Leslie will describe the unintended consequences diversity initiatives can produce and provide examples of how even well-intentioned efforts to foster diversity and inclusion can go astray. She will also discuss strategies for making diversity initiatives more effective and thus better leveraging the positive consequences of diversity for individuals, organizations, and societies.

About Leslie:
Lisa M. Leslie is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at the Stern School of Business, New York University. She received her AB in Social Psychology from Princeton University and her MA and PhD in Organizational Psychology from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining Stern in 2013, she spent six years as an Assistant Professor at the Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.

Leslie’s research focuses on diversity in organizations, and specifically understanding why organizational diversity initiatives often produce unintended consequences and what can be done to make them more effective. She also has secondary research interests in cross-cultural organizational behavior and conflict management. Leslie has received many awards for her research, which has appeared in journals spanning a number of different disciplines, and has served as an Associate Editor for the Academy of Management Journal.

Host:
Lindred Greer, Associate 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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:51:58 -0400 2019-11-18T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-18T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Lisa M. Leslie
Subtle Social Peril: Incivility and Gender Harassment as Impediments to Diversity and Well-being at Work (November 22, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/68308 68308-17045987@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

The social landscape at work can prove treacherous, especially for employees who have to navigate experiences of incivility and gender harassment. In this talk, I will present a collection of findings from my research program that suggest not only are deviant behaviors costly, but they are also a way in which covert varieties of sexism and racism persist in today’s organizations. Grounded in theories of modern discrimination, I will display data that illuminates a dark side of organizational life: low-level forms of rudeness and mistreatment that are often disregarded as trivial. I suggest that to truly equal the playing field, organizations must root out interpersonal experiences that undermine women’s (and men’s) success and satisfaction. Further, I will present findings on how the process of incivility harm unfolds as a function of individual differences. However, I will also complicate this picture with my recent research that finds an unexpected potential bright-side to uncivil interactions. The goal of my work is to inform academic theory and to encourage workplace interventions that both minimize incivility and gender harassment and help those experiencing these types of stressors.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 11 Oct 2019 13:48:10 -0400 2019-11-22T13:30:00-05:00 2019-11-22T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium (November 22, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65548 65548-16613715@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, November 22, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

ABSTRACT

Meaning and Metaphor

Words typically convey a rich and varied array of related meanings. A common way that word meaning is extended is via conceptual metaphors. For instance, we can talk about experiences as if they were food (a bitter pill; a treat). Such metaphorically extended words and phrases are regularly used even when literal paraphrases exist, which raises the question as to why metaphorical language is so common. fMRI work has found that literal meanings remain active even when words are used metaphorically, which may imply that metaphorical uses of words have richer semantic representations. Moreover, recent work has found that metaphorical statements and short stories activate the amygdala more than carefully matched literal paraphrases, indicating that conceptual metaphors are more engaging than their literal counterparts.

*The work to be presented was done in collaboration with Francesca Citron of Lancaster University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 14 Nov 2019 09:36:27 -0500 2019-11-22T16:00:00-05:00 2019-11-22T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Adele Goldberg
Story Lab Showcase (December 3, 2019 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66689 66689-16770203@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, December 3, 2019 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 Showcase. During the evening, you will hear powerful stories from Ross students in a "Moth-style" presentation on stage. Expect to laugh, to empathize, and perhaps even shed a tear.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:12:58 -0400 2019-12-03T17:00:00-05:00 2019-12-03T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab at Michigan Ross
Trade Show: Integrated Product Development: Healthy 20-30 Year Old's (December 4, 2019 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69735 69735-17392937@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 4, 2019 4:30pm
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 25th 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.

The Problem Statement: to design and produce a tangible product suitable for use by working adults, which may be used to build healthy living habits, so as to improve quality of life, health maintenance and outcomes.

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: Lobby of the Robertson Auditorium, at the Ross School of Business, 1st floor at 701 Tappan, Ann Arbor, MI

ONLINE VOTING BEGINS Nov. 26th:
https://tauber.umich.edu/events-training/integrated-product-development/2019-12-04/25th-integrated-product-development-trade

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Exhibition Mon, 02 Dec 2019 07:35:28 -0500 2019-12-04T16:30:00-05:00 2019-12-04T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Exhibition 2019 IPD Trade Show
Ensuring Safe and Equitable Environments for Women in Academic Medicine (December 6, 2019 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69405 69405-17318568@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Issues of gender equity in the profession of medicine have garnered increased attention in recent years, especially in the wake of the #metoo movement. Some evidence suggests that medicine is exceptional in some ways in comparison to other fields, even within the sciences. For example, a recent report from the US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine suggested that female medical students are 220% more likely than students from non-STEM disciplines to experience sexual harassment. Given the tremendous power and influence of the medical profession, Dr. Jagsi will argue that we must study these issues carefully. Doing so can offer a unique lens with which to understand the broader forces driving inequity in society more generally and help to illuminate possible levers for influencing broader societal attitudes and behaviors. As a scholar whose research has long focused on understanding the mechanisms leading to inequity in the medical profession, Dr. Jagsi will begin by providing an overview of the patterns of women's participation in the profession of medicine. She will then describe studies led by her team and others that have investigated the drivers of women's persistent under-representation among the leaders of the medical profession, even in an era when half of all medical students are female. These include myriad complex challenges, including gendered expectations, unconscious bias, and overt discrimination and harassment. She conclude by discussing innovative interventions that have been implemented to begin the process of cultural transformation in medicine, in the hopes that they may also provide inspiration for initiatives in other settings.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 13 Nov 2019 14:20:52 -0500 2019-12-06T13:30:00-05:00 2019-12-06T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Graduate Student Colloquia (December 6, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65549 65549-16613716@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 6, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

Linguistics graduate students Jiseung Kim and Emily Sabo are the featured speakers for the final departmental colloquium event of the semester on Friday, December 6, starting at 4 pm. Light refreshments will be served.

ABSTRACTS

Jiseung Kim:
"Individual differences in the production and perception of prosodic boundaries in American English"
We investigate the hypothesis that individual participants vary in their production and perception of prosodic boundaries, and that the acoustic properties they use to encode prosodic contrasts are closely related to the properties used to perceive those contrasts. An acoustic study examined 32 native speakers’ production of sentences containing IP and word boundaries. Twenty participants returned and participated in an eye-tracking study where they listened to stimuli that were manipulated to include different combinations of the acoustic properties associated with IP boundaries. The results indicate large variability in both production and perception, and provide evidence for production of the boundary cues influencing the same individuals’ perception.

Emily Sabo:
"Does speaker accent influence bilingual word processing?"
During sentence comprehension, how does the accent of a speaker interact with a bilingual listener’s lexical knowledge to influence word processing? This project will address this question by examining the N400 responses of highly fluent Spanish-English bilingual listeners as they process lexical errors, particularly FALSE COGNATES from Spanish into English (e.g. Eng. ‘embarrassed’ == [[pregnant]] because Sp. ‘embarazada’ == [[pregnant]]). An example of a false cognate from Spanish in sentential context could be as follows: "My wife and I have wanted kids for so long. We're so excited to announce that she is finally embarrassed." The question here is whether the accent of the speaker who uttered the false cognate error affects how the bilingual listeners interprets and/or resolves the error during sentence comprehension. The study will employ a 3 x 3 design: ErrorType (NoError, SpanishError, OtherError) and SpeakerAccent (L1-MUSE-accented English, L2-Spanish-accented English, L2-Other-accented English). The results will shed light on the role of speaker accent during bilingual word prediction and semantic integration.

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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:15:33 -0500 2019-12-06T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-06T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Financing Technology Commercialization Pitch Competition (December 11, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69961 69961-17489224@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, December 11, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Faculty Support/ACT

University of Michigan students are putting the final touches on their venture capital investment proposals in anticipation of the upcoming 2019 Financing Technology Commercialization Pitch Competition on Wednesday, Dec. 11.

This year, 20 competitive teams of graduate and undergraduate students in Professor David J. Brophy’s Financing Technology Commercialization practicum will go before a panel of venture capital judges to present their strongest, most-strategic fund-raising pitches for venture capital financing.

The event will take place in the Ross School’s Blau Auditorium. Members and friends of the U-M student, faculty and alumni community are welcome to attend at 6 p.m.

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 2019 Financing Technology 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’s panel of seasoned VCs will assess and rank the students’ investor pitches and offer helpful feedback. Judging panelists are drawn from a 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 225 early-stage companies, including 75 ventures that have procured their targeted funding. More than 1,300 U-M students have gone through the practicum and become part of the Michigan Ross Center for Venture Capital and Private Equity Finance “Next Mile to Funding” venture capital network.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Dec 2019 09:14:09 -0500 2019-12-11T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-11T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Ross Faculty Support/ACT Presentation Block M Ross
The Choice 2 conference (December 12, 2019 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66524 66524-16744957@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Business+Impact and U-M’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems will again bring together U-M scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to ponder big questions about how society should best choose the institutions/methodologies to make choices that will influence and contribute to a society’s or organizations’ ability to flourish. These institutions and mechanisms guide, manage, allocate, and harness society’s intellectual, financial, social, and ecological resources to decide on laws, policies, and leaders.  

Some featured participants include Tom Malone, former CEO of Summa, and Scott E. Page of the University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:11:04 -0400 2019-12-12T12:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (December 12, 2019 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/65990 65990-16678392@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Authenticity on One’s Own Terms
Patricia Faison Hewlin

Thursday, December 12, 2019
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

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

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:
The exhortation to be true to oneself is often intended to empower, but it can actually promote apprehension because instructions are rarely provided. Thus, many shy away from what is true to self, take on inauthentic behaviors to fit into their work environments, or at worst, turn to harsh transparency, alienating those around them. In this session, Hewlin will share how people can be authentic “on their own terms” by identifying their thresholds of authenticity as well as personal values that can be integrated into the workplace to: increase work engagement, foster positive relationships, and enhance overall personal well-being.

About Hewlin:
Patricia Faison Hewlin is the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs, and Associate Professor in the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. She is also a visiting professor at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics in Chengdu, China. Prior to joining academia, she was a Vice President for Citi, where she managed financial centers in New York City.

Hewlin conducts research on how organization members and leaders engage in authentic expression, as well as factors that impede authenticity in the workplace. Her research has primarily centered on employee silence, and the degree to which members suppress personal values and pretend to embrace organizational values, a behavior she terms as “creating facades of conformity.” Her most recent research explores authenticity from a cross-cultural perspective, and how organizations, particularly leaders can leverage diverse and divergent authentic self-expressions among followers, while promoting positive work interactions and productivity.

Hewlin is published in several academic journals including Academy of Management Journal, Academy of Management Review, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, and Journal of Chinese Management. She has also contributed to the Globe and Mail, Huffington Post, Getting Smart, and Harvard Business Review.

On a personal note, Hewlin enjoys traveling, solving puzzles, and quiet moments with her family.

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 29 Aug 2019 14:51:43 -0400 2019-12-12T16:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Lecture / Discussion Patricia Faison Hewlin
Private Equity "Bake-Off" Competition (December 12, 2019 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/69963 69963-17489228@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, December 12, 2019 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ross Faculty Support/ACT

Nine University of Michigan student teams will square off against each other on Thursday, December 12, 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 Brophy-Gelband Merit Scholarship and $10,000 in prize money.

The event will be held in the Ross School’s Blau Auditorium, and is open to members and friends of the U-M student, faculty and alumni community at 6 p.m.

The 12th 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 judge’s panel composed of private equity investors and investment practitioners will rank the 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 Brophy-Gelband Merit Scholarship 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 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 Bake-off 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 judges includes investors from regional and national private equity firms.
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For more information, contact Professor David Brophy at djbrophy@umich.edu or 734.764.7587 or Karen Phelps at klweber@umich.edu or 734.763-0267.

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Presentation Wed, 04 Dec 2019 08:59:49 -0500 2019-12-12T18:00:00-05:00 2019-12-12T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Ross Faculty Support/ACT Presentation Block M Ross
The Choice 2 conference (December 13, 2019 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66524 66524-16744958@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, December 13, 2019 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Business+Impact and U-M’s Center for the Study of Complex Systems will again bring together U-M scholars from across disciplinary boundaries to ponder big questions about how society should best choose the institutions/methodologies to make choices that will influence and contribute to a society’s or organizations’ ability to flourish. These institutions and mechanisms guide, manage, allocate, and harness society’s intellectual, financial, social, and ecological resources to decide on laws, policies, and leaders.  

Some featured participants include Tom Malone, former CEO of Summa, and Scott E. Page of the University of Michigan.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 06 Sep 2019 14:11:04 -0400 2019-12-13T09:00:00-05:00 2019-12-13T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
HEP-Astro Seminar | Next Generation of Dark Matter Direct Detection (January 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70108 70108-17532707@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, January 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Physics

The development of dark matter direct detection technologies, especially liquid xenon time projection chamber such as that used in the XENON1T experiment, has made rapid progress in the search for WIMP dark matter in the last decade. The upcoming XENONnT and LZ experiments will further improve the search sensitivity. Beyond that, a generation-3 (G3) dark matter detector will eventually reach the detection limits set by neutrinos. On the other hand, there are vast unexplored parameter space for light dark matter with mass below 1 GeV. In this talk, I will review the recent progress in dark matter direct detection experiments and discuss the promising new technologies that will lead the next generation experiments searching for both heavy and light dark matter particles.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 13 Jan 2020 18:16:31 -0500 2020-01-13T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-13T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Physics Workshop / Seminar Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (January 16, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70342 70342-17584117@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 16, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Social Excellence: Detect it, Learn from It, Create It
Robert E. Quinn

Thursday, January 16, 2020
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/social-excellence-detect-it-learn-from-it-create-it

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:
The field of Positive Organizational Scholarship asks what people, groups, and organizations are like when at their very best. Researchers in the field scientifically examine the best of the human condition. This means researchers use science to learn from excellence. For 18 years, Quinn has been teaching executives how to understand and apply these accumulating scientific findings. In the process, he has become increasingly aware that in the world of practice, like the world of science, most people do not attend to or learn from excellence. They learn from failure while seeking to reproduce order. In this participative session, Quinn will explore three questions:
1. What does it mean to learn from excellence?
2. How does learning from excellence alter leadership and culture?
3. What can we do to learn from and create social excellence?

About Quinn:
Robert E. Quinn is the Margaret Elliot Tracy Collegiate Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. His research and writing focus on purpose, leadership, culture, and change. He is one of the co-founders of the field of Positive Organizational Scholarship and a co-founder of the Center for Positive Organizations.

In terms of research, he is in the top 1% of professors cited in organizational behavior textbooks. He has published 18 books. As a teacher, Quinn is the recipient of multiple awards. In a recent global survey, he was named one of the top speakers in the world on the topic of organizational culture and related issues. Last year, his talk on personal purpose went viral on Facebook and has been viewed over 16 million times.

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Register here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/social-excellence-detect-it-learn-from-it-create-it

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Presentation Mon, 16 Dec 2019 11:58:34 -0500 2020-01-16T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-16T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Presentation Robert E. Quinn
The Role of Authenticity in Motivating Collective Identification: Insights from a Study of NASCAR Fans (January 17, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70693 70693-17619582@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 17, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

ABSTRACT

Through two studies of fans who identified with the collective known as NASCAR (the National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), I examine why stakeholders identify with collectives that are perceived as only moderately prestigious (given that high prestige has been shown, empirically, to be the primary predictor of collective identification because it enhances identifiers’ self-esteem). Findings indicate that identifiers did not perceive NASCAR to be high in prestige (compared to other similar collectives) and that their identification was predicted, primarily, by “Perceived Opportunity for Authentic Self-Expression” with NASCAR. In addition, across both studies, evidence indicates that “patriotism” – a personal value that was difficult for fans to affirm elsewhere – was the most important value that fans perceived they could “self-express” when interacting with NASCAR. These findings suggest that individuals may identify with moderate prestige collectives because they provide rare opportunities to express values that are part of their authentic selves, and thus, satisfy these individuals’ “needs for authenticity.”

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:39:29 -0500 2020-01-17T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-17T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
SEAS Sustainable Finance Keynote - David Blood (January 22, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70406 70406-17594453@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Program in the Environment (PitE)

More details will be available soon.

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Presentation Tue, 17 Dec 2019 13:59:16 -0500 2020-01-22T17:00:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Program in the Environment (PitE) Presentation Ross School of Business
Financing a Sustainable Future: Next-Generation Investing (January 22, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70584 70584-17609083@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability

Join us for an evening exploring new ways to mobilize capital for large-scale sustainability-focused transformations.

"The sustainability revolution, coupled with the technology revolution, will be the most significant event in economic history."
- David Blood

How can we harness capitalism for good? Can new investment strategies prioritize planet and yield higher returns? And how can we best finance a net zero economy?

We're honored to welcome leaders across sectors to the University of Michigan to dig into financing change. Our keynote will be delivered by David Blood, co-founder and Senior Partner of Generation Investment Management. Since its founding in 2004, Generation has played an integral role in the development of sustainable investing and in demonstrating the long-term commercial and societal benefits of this approach.

Following his keynote, David Blood will be joined on stage by a set of panelists who bring additional real-world experience leveraging a market economy to create sustainable change. Joining on stage will be:

Liesl Clark, Director, Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy

Michael Dorsey, Partner, IberSun Solar & Member, Club of Rome

Jennifer Haverkamp, Graham Family Director

Chad Spitler, Founder and CEO, Third Economy

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 19 Dec 2019 09:45:02 -0500 2020-01-22T17:30:00-05:00 2020-01-22T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Erb Institute / Ross Business School and School for Environment & Sustainability Lecture / Discussion Image detailing the David Blood Keynote event on January 22
State of Social 2020 (January 23, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70933 70933-17757982@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, January 23, 2020 8:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Office of the Vice President for Communications

After over a decade of content proliferation, endless algorithms, and a plethora of platform changes, the pursuit of user engagement has become a moving target. This year, UMSocial will host some of the industry’s brightest minds as we evaluate the State of Social in 2020. Attendees can expect to learn the latest trends in social strategy, hear discussions on pressing industry issues, and build a network of resources and best practices.

8:30–9:00 a.m.
Registration & Refreshments

9:00–9:45 a.m.
Much Ado About Digital: Global Observations on Social Media
Eric Stoller, VP of Digital Strategy at Gecko Engage

9:45–10:30 a.m.
For the Culture
Marcus Collins, Chief Consumer Connections Officer at Doner Advertising and Marketing Professor, U-M Ross School of Business

10:30–10:45 a.m. BREAK

10:45–11:30 a.m.
SHIFT Happens
Eric Hultgren, Director of Social Media and Content Marketing at MLive

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 06 Jan 2020 09:13:43 -0500 2020-01-23T08:30:00-05:00 2020-01-23T11:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Office of the Vice President for Communications Conference / Symposium State of Social 2020
Institutional change and the rise of win-win ideology in annual reports of US firms, 1960-2010 (January 24, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70751 70751-17642222@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 24, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Despite the historical tension between social and economic goals, contemporary US firms routinely depict such aims as synergistic. Analyzing 300 annual reports from a sample of 80 large US public firms between 1960 and 2010, we examine the rise of “win-win” conceptions of social and economic value, which include both the social benefits of economic activities and economic gains from social responsibility. Our findings support arguments that win-win

ideology is a culturally contingent rhetoric tied to the emergence of a neoliberal socio-economic context. Macro-level indicators of firms’ changing institutional context including financialization of the economy, rationalization of the social sphere, and the rise of voluntary regulation schemes such as ratings and rankings, are associated with the rise of win-win rhetoric. The general socioeconomic influence is mediated by firm-level attention to its environment, which is reflected in mentions of external evaluations in annual reports. The study contributes to institutional theories of the historical development of corporate responsibility and to understanding heterogeneous organizational responses to macro-level institutional change

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 09:06:42 -0500 2020-01-24T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-24T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Cognitive Diversity and Collective Intelligence (January 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72096 72096-17937823@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: The Center for the Study of Complex Systems

In 2019 Dr. Page was named John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management. He also is the Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration and professor of management and organizations in the Ross School, and a professor of political science, complex systems and economics in LSA.

Dr. Page will be one of three recipients to receive their awards and give their talks at this time. The other two speakers are: John M. Carethers, whose presentation is titled “Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair” and Anna Suk-Fong Lok, whose presentation is titled “Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses.” See link below for Record article about the three recipients.

A reception will follow the talks.

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Workshop / Seminar Mon, 27 Jan 2020 11:29:20 -0500 2020-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business The Center for the Study of Complex Systems Workshop / Seminar Scott E. Page
Distinguished University Professor (DUP) Lecture (January 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71783 71783-17879434@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Political Science

Page was named in 2019 as the John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management. He also is the Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration and professor of management and organizations in the Ross School, and a professor of political science, complex systems and economics in LSA.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 20 Jan 2020 16:46:08 -0500 2020-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Political Science Lecture / Discussion Scott Page
Distinguished University Professorships: Insights into Distinguished Careers (January 28, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71681 71681-17855681@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, January 28, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

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Three recipients will present on their career work and answer audience questions, followed by a reception for all awardees.
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Human Conditions from Defective DNA Mismatch Repair
John M Carethers
C. Richard Boland Distinguished University Professor
John G. Searle Professor and Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Professor of Human Genetics, Medical School
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Elimination of Viral Hepatitis: A Tale of Two Viruses
Anna Suk-Fong Lok
Dame Sheila Sherlock Distinguished University Professor of Hepatology and Internal Medicine
Alice Lohrman Andrews Research Professor of Hepatology
Professor of Internal Medicine, Medical School
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Cognitive Diversity and Collective Intelligence
Scott Page
John Seely Brown Distinguished University Professor of Complexity, Social Science, and Management, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts
Williamson Family Professor of Business Administration
Professor of Management and Organizations, Stephen M Ross School of Business
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Lecture / Discussion Fri, 17 Jan 2020 18:17:00 -0500 2020-01-28T16:00:00-05:00 2020-01-28T18:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Rackham Graduate School Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Culinary Careers: Navigating Rank and Status in a Creative Organizational Field (January 31, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70748 70748-17642219@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 08:37:11 -0500 2020-01-31T08:00:00-05:00 2020-01-31T09:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Culinary Careers: Navigating Rank and Status in a Creative Organizational Field (January 31, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70762 70762-17642234@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:47:55 -0500 2020-01-31T13:30:00-05:00 2020-01-31T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
29th Asia Business Conference (January 31, 2020 4:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71356 71356-17819252@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, January 31, 2020 4:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Asia Business Conference

The Asia Business Conference is the longest-running student-organized conference held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Every year, the conference attracts over 300 attendees and connects business executives and key opinion leaders from Asia with aspiring students, faculty, and local businesses to generate discourse on the business landscapes in Asia.

This year’s Asia Business Conference gathers over 30 prominent business executives and government officials from companies like BCG, Citi, Accenture, Instagram, Oliver Wyman, and Ares Private Equity Group. Attendees will receive first-hand insights from industry experts about the challenges and opportunities across multiple industries in Asia during three keynote speeches, eight different panel discussions and informative, and interactive networking sessions.

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asia-business-conference-tickets-85265929691
*First 100 registrants will receive FREE ABC crewnecks!

For more information about the full speaker lineup, please visit abcross.org. We are excited to see you all soon!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:32:50 -0500 2020-01-31T16:30:00-05:00 2020-01-31T21:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Asia Business Conference Conference / Symposium 29th Asia Business Conference
29th Asia Business Conference (February 1, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71356 71356-17819253@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, February 1, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Asia Business Conference

The Asia Business Conference is the longest-running student-organized conference held at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Every year, the conference attracts over 300 attendees and connects business executives and key opinion leaders from Asia with aspiring students, faculty, and local businesses to generate discourse on the business landscapes in Asia.

This year’s Asia Business Conference gathers over 30 prominent business executives and government officials from companies like BCG, Citi, Accenture, Instagram, Oliver Wyman, and Ares Private Equity Group. Attendees will receive first-hand insights from industry experts about the challenges and opportunities across multiple industries in Asia during three keynote speeches, eight different panel discussions and informative, and interactive networking sessions.

Tickets can be purchased through Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/asia-business-conference-tickets-85265929691
*First 100 registrants will receive FREE ABC crewnecks!

For more information about the full speaker lineup, please visit abcross.org. We are excited to see you all soon!

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 13 Jan 2020 13:32:50 -0500 2020-02-01T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-01T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Asia Business Conference Conference / Symposium 29th Asia Business Conference
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Jeff Kurburski (February 5, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71114 71114-17777080@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 5, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Jeff will be talking about his role and experiences in leading a digital transformation at Herman Miller. He will be sharing his experiences with several challenges of the digital transformation and profound changes it brings to an organization and its employees in a way they think, operate and market.

Jeff Kurburski is Chief Technology Officer for Herman Miller, Incorporated. After spending time in both the government and private IT sectors, Jeff joined Herman Miller in 1990. Currently, as CTO, Jeff leads a broad organization that seeks solutions through digital innovation and emerging technologies that lead to new business opportunities, enhance customer’s experiences, and drive internal optimization. Jeff is also responsible for Herman Miller’s Global Information Technology teams.

Jeff, a University of Michigan alumnus, has served in various board capacities for the University of Michigan College of Engineering and currently resides on the Computer Science and Information Systems Advisory Board for Grand Valley State University as well as the CIO Council of Greater West Michigan.

Herman Miller is a global company with operations, sales offices, dealers, and licensees in more than 40 countries in North America, Asia/Pacific, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Latin America, with manufacturing facilities located in the U.S., China, Italy, and the United Kingdom.

SUBMIT QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKER HERE: http://myumi.ch/yKGoW

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: Priti Singh pritis@umich.edu or visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333

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Presentation Wed, 08 Jan 2020 15:42:11 -0500 2020-02-05T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-05T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Jeff Kurburski, Chief Technology Officer, Herman Miller, Inc.
PwC Strategy&: Women's Consulting Experience Presentation (February 6, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71025 71025-17768626@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 6, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: University Career Center

Join us to learn more about our people, our firm, and the Women's Consulting Experience at PwC!

Please let us know you plan to attend here: http://tinyurl.com/ubyyy46

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Careers / Jobs Fri, 21 Feb 2020 12:30:30 -0500 2020-02-06T18:00:00-05:00 2020-02-06T19:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business University Career Center Careers / Jobs Ross School of Business
Design + Business Conference 2020 (February 7, 2020 8:30am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72339 72339-17974692@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 7, 2020 8:30am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Design + Business

The annual D+B Conference is a full-day event filled with hands-on workshops and guest speakers from top design consulting firms and other companies who use design thinking in their work.

The 2020 Conference, which takes place on February 7, 2019, featured representatives from Digital McKinsey, Menlo Innovations, frog design, Root Inc., and more! See below for a detailed agenda for the event.

This year the conference also includes a case competition running from Feb. 5-7. The competition is sponsored by Michigan Medicine Philanthropy and there is a $1,000 prize for first place.

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 31 Jan 2020 14:50:44 -0500 2020-02-07T08:30:00-05:00 2020-02-07T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Design + Business Conference / Symposium Flyer
Board Fellows Forum: Building a Relationship of Trust between the Board Chair and Executive Director (February 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70654 70654-17611241@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

What does it take to have a great relationship between a Board Chair and an Executive Director? How much should the two work hand-in-hand to lead the organization, set goals and priorities, and drive outcomes?

All nonprofit organizations strive for a high-functioning relationship between the Board Chair and Executive Director, but some fall short due to a disconnect in expectations of the roles.

Join the U-M Board Fellowship Program for a public forum discussing the Board Chair and Executive Director relationship. Panelists for the forum include:

Jamie Buhr, Board Chair, Michigan Theater
Russ Collins, Executive Director & CEO, Michigan Theater
Lori Bennet, Board Chair, Neutral Zone
Lori Roddy, Executive Director, Neutral Zone
Food will be provided, please RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/board-fellowship-forum-tickets-76025172337

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Workshop / Seminar Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:01:04 -0500 2020-02-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Board Fellows Forum
Quartering the British Army in Revolutionary America (February 11, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71155 71155-17783465@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 11, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

In the decades before the Revolution, British soldiers were a common sight in America. They lived in private houses in Trenton, marched up Broadway in New York, and came to blows with colonists in Boston. What was it like to live in this world?

Drawing on his new book "Quarters: The Accommodation of the British Army and the Coming of the American Revolution" (which he largely researched at the Clements Library), John McCurdy explains how the colonists made room for redcoats by reimagining places like home, city, and empire. They insisted on a right to privacy in their houses and civilian control of troops stationed in their cities, both of which they achieved through the Quartering Act. McCurdy also explores how protests by the Sons of Liberty and events like the Boston Massacre caused the civilian-martial comity to unravel such that Americans ultimately declared the “quartering of large bodies of armed troops among us” to be a reason for independence.

This lecture is presented in collaboration with the U-M Eisenberg Institute, which supported McCurdy's work on this book through a Residency Research Grant. John G. McCurdy is Professor of History and Philosophy at Eastern Michigan University.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 06 Feb 2020 10:47:28 -0500 2020-02-11T17:30:00-05:00 2020-02-11T19:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Boston Massacre Engraving by Paul Revere, 1770
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (February 13, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70079 70079-17507833@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Join the Center for Positive Organizations and the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute to learn powerful emotional intelligence skills for high performance and well-being. The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program, developed at Google and based on neuroscience research, teaches attention and mindfulness techniques that build the core skills for effective leadership.

The SIY program was designed to help people intensify their focus, manage stress, harness creativity, and improve resilience. Participants gain greater self-awareness, communication, and leadership skills so they can thrive in their personal and professional life.

Learn more here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/siy-2020/

About the Program:
The month-long SIY program begins with a highly interactive two day in-person course, followed by four weeks of individual and peer-to-peer practices, and concludes with a webinar. The program curriculum brings together mindfulness, neuroscience, leadership training, and emotional intelligence.

The program includes the following core components:
- Overview of the neuroscience of emotion, perception, and behavior change
- Definition of emotional intelligence and its personal and professional benefits
- Attention training to enable greater emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-mastery, motivation, and connection with self and others
- Principles and practices for developing healthy mental habits that accelerate well-being, including effective listening, generosity, empathy, communication, and social skills
- Mindfulness and reflection practices that support happiness, thriving, and overall well-being
- Exercises include attention training practice, dyad conversations, writing, walking, and group conversations

The program uses highly practical and scientifically verified methods that improve emotional intelligence, resilience, creativity, communication, productivity, and personal and organizational leadership.

Who Should Attend:
This program is designed for both individuals and organizations who wish to build greater emotional intelligence and leadership capabilities. We welcome individuals, groups, teams, and organizations from both the public and private sectors.

Coaching Credit:
Search Inside Yourself is now approved by the International Coaching Federation. Coaches receive 13.5 Continuing Coaching Education credits when attending the SIY program.

Outcomes:
Through the SIY program, participants will learn foundational skills to:
- Enhance focus and creativity
- Develop agile and adaptive mindsets
- Reduce stress responses and increase resilience
- Develop greater self-awareness and emotional regulation
- Improve communication and decision-making skills
- Develop greater emotional intelligence

Learn more here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/siy-2020/

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:53:06 -0500 2020-02-13T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Workshop / Seminar Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
I Heart Voting Week (February 13, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72275 72275-17966098@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, February 13, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Ginsberg Center

Get registered to vote in advance of Michigan's March 10th Presidential Primary!

The Big Ten Voting Challenge is nonpartisan, and our team will help get you registered at a series of events across campus.

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Other Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:09:13 -0500 2020-02-13T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-13T14:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Ginsberg Center Other I Heart Voting
Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute (February 14, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/70079 70079-17507834@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Join the Center for Positive Organizations and the Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute to learn powerful emotional intelligence skills for high performance and well-being. The Search Inside Yourself (SIY) program, developed at Google and based on neuroscience research, teaches attention and mindfulness techniques that build the core skills for effective leadership.

The SIY program was designed to help people intensify their focus, manage stress, harness creativity, and improve resilience. Participants gain greater self-awareness, communication, and leadership skills so they can thrive in their personal and professional life.

Learn more here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/siy-2020/

About the Program:
The month-long SIY program begins with a highly interactive two day in-person course, followed by four weeks of individual and peer-to-peer practices, and concludes with a webinar. The program curriculum brings together mindfulness, neuroscience, leadership training, and emotional intelligence.

The program includes the following core components:
- Overview of the neuroscience of emotion, perception, and behavior change
- Definition of emotional intelligence and its personal and professional benefits
- Attention training to enable greater emotional intelligence, including self-awareness, self-mastery, motivation, and connection with self and others
- Principles and practices for developing healthy mental habits that accelerate well-being, including effective listening, generosity, empathy, communication, and social skills
- Mindfulness and reflection practices that support happiness, thriving, and overall well-being
- Exercises include attention training practice, dyad conversations, writing, walking, and group conversations

The program uses highly practical and scientifically verified methods that improve emotional intelligence, resilience, creativity, communication, productivity, and personal and organizational leadership.

Who Should Attend:
This program is designed for both individuals and organizations who wish to build greater emotional intelligence and leadership capabilities. We welcome individuals, groups, teams, and organizations from both the public and private sectors.

Coaching Credit:
Search Inside Yourself is now approved by the International Coaching Federation. Coaches receive 13.5 Continuing Coaching Education credits when attending the SIY program.

Outcomes:
Through the SIY program, participants will learn foundational skills to:
- Enhance focus and creativity
- Develop agile and adaptive mindsets
- Reduce stress responses and increase resilience
- Develop greater self-awareness and emotional regulation
- Improve communication and decision-making skills
- Develop greater emotional intelligence

Learn more here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/siy-2020/

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:53:06 -0500 2020-02-14T08:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Workshop / Seminar Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute
Chinese Co - optation: Doing Business in the Era of Xi Jinping (February 14, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70712 70712-17619588@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

The cost of doing business in China today is a high one, and it is paid by any and every company that comes looking to tap into its markets or leverage its workforce. Quite simply, you don’t get to do business in China today without doing exactly what the Chinese government wants you to do. Period. No one is immune. No one. As someone who has lived and worked in China, advised companies about investing there, and quite happily been described as a China bull, I have struggled to accept this fateful conclusion in the era of Xi Jinping. Like some other China Bulls, I had believed the early promises of Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, and Zhu Rongji about China’s fair and open future, open markets, the emergence of a rule of law system. To be clear, I am still very bullish on the strength and trajectory of the Chinese economy – China *will* continue to grow and it *will* surpass the US as the largest economy in the world. However, the current era is just a much darker period for everyone, including Multinational Corporations (MNCs). There is no free lunch for doing business in Xi's China – especially for technology companies. China *will* get its pound of flesh as the cost of operating there: you get to operate here and gain access to the the most innovative supply chain in the world and world's largest marketplace; and China gets what it wants in terms of benefits to Chinese economy and society (as defined by the Chinese Government). Based on three decades of China research — including thousands of interviews — and, most recently, my time as an executive for Apple in China (2014-19), this talk attempts to lay out what my views on how China has co-opted the business community in the era of Xi Jinping.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:41:31 -0500 2020-02-14T13:30:00-05:00 2020-02-14T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics Colloquium: "Linguistics for the Common Good" (February 14, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72575 72575-18018168@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 14, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

ABSTRACT

Although institutions of higher education increasingly recognize the imperative of fostering diversity, equity, inclusion and access, language and linguistic diversity are rarely part of institutional efforts toward greater justice. Further, despite many different kinds of efforts, linguists have not been as successful as we might hope in advocating for the centrality of language within the imperative toward inclusion and justice. Yet, part of diversity is linguistic diversity; part of equity is linguistic equity; part of inclusion is linguistic inclusion; and part of access is linguistic access.

In this talk, I’ll explore some of the ways that linguists can have more success in our efforts to enhance linguistic justice through embracing and engaging with ongoing as well as emerging shifts in the discipline. By framing linguistic inclusion in the context of standardized language privilege, I present what we know about linguistic discrimination, pinpoint the linguistic stakes of efforts towards inclusion, highlight some flashpoints that occur in public discussions about language such as with pronouns and political correctness, and offer some concrete steps that we as linguists can take to effectively advocate for the importance of language at all levels of intervention linked to greater equity and justice.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 05 Feb 2020 16:03:07 -0500 2020-02-14T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-14T17:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Positive Links Speaker Series (February 18, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70344 70344-17586171@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, February 18, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
How to Create Positive Team and Organizational Hierarchies
Lindy Greer

Tuesday, February 18, 2020
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public.

Register here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/how-to-create-positive-team-and-organizational-hierarchies

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:
Hierarchy is the most ubiquitous way in which human beings organize social interactions. However, hierarchy comes with substantial downsides in terms of inequities and conflicts. As a result, organizations have explored flatter modes of organizing, such as holacracy, which unfortunately have yet to yield much success. In this presentation, Greer will explore the possibility that hierarchy may still be the most effective form of organization but needs to be used wisely. She will discuss data-driven strategies which can allow hierarchy to be a useful and positive organizational tool, including helping leaders learn how to ‘flex’ the hierarchy for bursts of flatness, to humanize the hierarchy through sharing emotions at work, and to reduce competitions around hierarchy by creating areas of individual ownership and autonomy.

About Greer:
Lindy Greer is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at Michigan Ross and the Faculty Director of the Sanger Leadership Center. Her research focuses on how to lead effective organizational teams with specific interests in leadership skills in conflict management, diversity and inclusion, vision crafting, and the communication of emotions.

Lindy has published in top management and psychology research outlets such as Academy of Management Journal, Organization Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Science, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, among others. Her work has also been covered in well-known media outlets including The New York Times, CNN, Forbes, and Fast Company. She has received awards for her research from the Academy of Management and American Psychological Association, and she was recently named one of the Top 40 under 40 Business School Professors by Poets and Quants.

Lindy is currently an Associate Editor at the Academy of Management Journal, on the boards of seven of the top management and psychology journals, and has served on the boards of professional associations such as the International Association of Conflict Management and the Conflict Management Division of the Academy of Management. Lindy received her BS from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD in social and organizational psychology from Leiden University in the Netherlands. She joined the team at Ross in 2019.

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

Register here: https://positiveorgs.bus.umich.edu/events/how-to-create-positive-team-and-organizational-hierarchies

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Presentation Mon, 16 Dec 2019 12:07:29 -0500 2020-02-18T16:00:00-05:00 2020-02-18T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Presentation Lindy Greer
Mental Health Task Force Coffee Hour (February 19, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72705 72705-18061831@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Rackham Graduate School

Join our Task Force Chair for informal conversation and coffee regarding the task force work and a conversation about mental health. This is open to faculty, staff, and graduate students
Registration is required at https://myumi.ch/DEerZ.
We want to ensure full and equitable participation in our events. If an accommodation would promote your full participation in this event, please follow the registration link to indicate your accommodation requirements. Please let us know as soon as possible in order to have adequate time (one week preferred) to arrange for your requested accommodation(s) or an effective alternative.

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Social / Informal Gathering Mon, 10 Feb 2020 12:17:05 -0500 2020-02-19T09:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T10:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Rackham Graduate School Social / Informal Gathering Ross School of Business
Story Lab Showcase (February 19, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/66689 66689-16770204@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, February 19, 2020 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 Showcase. During the evening, you will hear powerful stories from Ross students in a "Moth-style" presentation on stage. Expect to laugh, to empathize, and perhaps even shed a tear.

All are welcome. We hope to see you there!

Questions? Email us at rossleaders@umich.edu.

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Performance Mon, 09 Sep 2019 14:12:58 -0400 2020-02-19T17:00:00-05:00 2020-02-19T18:30:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Sanger Leadership Center Performance Story Lab at Michigan Ross
Michigan Impact Investing Symposium (February 21, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72712 72712-18061841@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 12:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Impact Investing Symposium

The Michigan Impact Investing Symposium (MIIS) is a conference that allows participants to explore investments that provide financial as well as social returns under the guidance of some distinguished members of the impact investing community. Our theme for MIIS 2020 is "Re-Imagining Capitalism for a Sustainable Future" to inspire our speakers, panelists, and attendees to expand their current knowledge about finance and impact in a way that creates durable institutional change.

The Symposium will feature speakers from Marathon Capital, Goldman Sachs, Impact Engine, Bedrock, Orrick, Total Impact Capital, Rocky Mountain Institute, Equitable Facilities Fund, Pfizer, Blue Marbel Capital, Stray Dog Capital, and BC Global Partners. Throughout the day, there will be opportunities to network with speakers and enjoy catered lunch and snacks.

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Conference / Symposium Mon, 10 Feb 2020 14:45:57 -0500 2020-02-21T12:00:00-05:00 2020-02-21T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Impact Investing Symposium Conference / Symposium MIIS Logo
Democratic socialism: lessons from Corporate Strategy (February 21, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70749 70749-17642220@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 21, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

In my recent book, The 99 Percent Economy: How Democratic Socialism Can Overcome the Crises of Capitalism (Oxford UP) I explain why I think we need socialism and how it would work. I focus on six crises--economic irrationality, workplace disempowerment, government unresponsiveness, environmental degradation, social disintegration, and international conflict--and argue that the root cause of each lies in the capitalist nature of our economic system. I show why, so long as the core of the economy remains capitalist, neither voluntary corporate efforts nor government regulation can overcome these crises, even if sometimes they can be somewhat mitigated. To overcome them, we need to reorient production and investment to the needs of people and planet, rather than leaving such decisions in the hands of the top managers of enterprises driven by the need for profits. We must assert democratic control over the management of society’s productive resources, both within individual enterprises and across the entire national economy

No country has successfully implemented such a system in a way that would meet our expectations of democracy, innovativeness, efficiency, and motivation, but I argue that we can find something close to a working model in a surprising place--in the strategic management process used by some of our largest corporations. Many of these corporations operate internally like planned economies--coordinating their subunits’ production and investment through strategic management rather than relying on market-like competition among subunits--and in doing so, they face many of the same challenges as socialist planning would. This experience yields valuable lessons for socialism, because in some of these corporations, the strategic management process is remarkably participative, as well as delivering impressive levels of innovation, efficiency, and motivation.

Their success in this remains limited: under capitalist conditions, participation is restricted, the scope of strategy is largely limited to the individual firm, and the profit imperative constrains choices. But if we socialize the ownership of our economy’s productive resources, democratic councils at the local and national levels could use that strategic management process to decide on our collective economic, environmental, social, and international goals and on how to reach them.

Socialism is not a leap into the entirely unknown. Capitalist industry is building some of its material and managerial foundations.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 08:54:34 -0500 2020-02-21T13:30:00-05:00 2020-02-21T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Cultural Diversity Broadens Social Networks (February 28, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70750 70750-17642221@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, February 28, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Abstract
Migration and mobility increase cultural diversity. Does this diversity have consequences for how a culture’s members interact, even in a new community? We hypothesized that people from regions with greater present-day and historical cultural diversity would forge more diversified social ties in a newly formed community, connecting otherwise unconnected groups. In other words, that they would become social brokers. We tested this prediction by characterizing the social networks of eight Master of Business Administration cohorts (N=2,250). Here we show that international students (N=776) from populations with diverse long-history migration were more likely to become social brokers than international students from less ancestrally diverse nations. American students’ (N = 1,464) brokerage scores were also positively related to their home counties’ indices of international connectivity (calculated from aggregate Facebook data). The results of this study suggest that more culturally diverse social environments — defined here at multiple geographic and temporal scales — endow people with socially adaptable behaviors that help them connect to new, heterogeneous communities.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 29 Jan 2020 13:38:05 -0500 2020-02-28T13:30:00-05:00 2020-02-28T15:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Stories Behind the Images (March 2, 2020 7:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71947 71947-17903305@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 2, 2020 7:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Office of the Vice President for Communications

Photographer, cinematographer Corey Rich will speak about his new book, “Stories Behind the Images, Lessons from a Life in Adventure Photography,” during a free lecture on March 2 at 7 p.m. in Robertson Auditorium. Corey will talk about his early days working out of his college dorm room to becoming a Nikon Ambassador and capturing iconic photos of adventure superstars for more than two decades. Corey will also take time to autograph copies of his book. The lecture is sponsored by Nikon and the Office of the Vice President for Communications.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 23 Jan 2020 11:38:21 -0500 2020-03-02T19:00:00-05:00 2020-03-02T20:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Office of the Vice President for Communications Lecture / Discussion Corey Rich: Stories Behind the Images
Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration (March 5, 2020 8:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66518 66518-16744953@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Thursday, March 5, 2020 8:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will gather top thinkers from U-M and across the country to discuss and brainstorm ways for business and other disciplines to take responsibility for these goals.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business & Society program and Responsible Research in Business Management.
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Thursday, March 5th

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote

Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, co-founders of Good Business Lab, and their corporate partners share their formula for using research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests

3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm: Break Out Sessions

4:15 – 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Plenary

Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Neil Hawkins, President of the Erb Family Foundation and former Chief Sustainability Officer of Dow

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Cocktails

6:30 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Panel

“What’s next in the gig economy: how Uberization is changing the way you will think about how you work”

Carl Camden, founder and president, IPSE.US



Friday, March 6

8:00 am: Breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 am: Plenary

“What’s next in talent: intrapreneurship, employee activism, and the new deal at work”

Kevin Thompson, General Manager, GOOD Worldwide

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:00 am: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Supply Chains
Precarious Labor
Finance for Good
11:00 – 11:30 am: Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Lean Production and Labor
Gigs and Better Jobs
Reducing your Carbon Footprint
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2:45 pm: Plenary

“What’s next in China: doing business in China during turbulent times”

Doug Guthrie, Apple; Christopher Marquis, SC Johnson Professor of Management, Cornell University; Xun (Brian) Wu, Professor of Strategy, Michigan Ross

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Final Reflections & Goodbyes

More details to follow as the conference date approaches!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:58:38 -0500 2020-03-05T08:00:00-05:00 2020-03-05T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Igniting Impact: Enhancing Business Practice and Research Through Greater Collaboration (March 6, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/66518 66518-16744954@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 6, 2020 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Focused on translating the UN Sustainable Development Goals into practical solutions to address global challenges, this conference will gather top thinkers from U-M and across the country to discuss and brainstorm ways for business and other disciplines to take responsibility for these goals.  

This event is co-sponsored by the Aspen Institute Business & Society program and Responsible Research in Business Management.
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Thursday, March 5th

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Welcome & Opening Keynote

Ach Adhvaryu and Anant Nyshadham, co-founders of Good Business Lab, and their corporate partners share their formula for using research to find a common ground between worker wellbeing and business interests

3:00 – 3:15 pm: Break

3:15 – 4:15 pm: Break Out Sessions

4:15 – 4:30 pm: Break

4:30 – 5:30 pm: Plenary

Andrew Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise, and Neil Hawkins, President of the Erb Family Foundation and former Chief Sustainability Officer of Dow

5:30 – 6:30 pm: Cocktails

6:30 – 8:00 pm: Dinner & Keynote Panel

“What’s next in the gig economy: how Uberization is changing the way you will think about how you work”

Carl Camden, founder and president, IPSE.US



Friday, March 6

8:00 am: Breakfast

8:45 – 9:45 am: Plenary

“What’s next in talent: intrapreneurship, employee activism, and the new deal at work”

Kevin Thompson, General Manager, GOOD Worldwide

9:45 – 10:00 am: Break

10:00 – 11:00 am: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Sustainable Supply Chains
Precarious Labor
Finance for Good
11:00 – 11:30 am: Break

11:30 – 12:30 pm: Choose Your Own Adventure Breakout Sessions

Lean Production and Labor
Gigs and Better Jobs
Reducing your Carbon Footprint
12:30 – 1:30 pm: Lunch & Keynote

1:45 – 2:45 pm: Plenary

“What’s next in China: doing business in China during turbulent times”

Doug Guthrie, Apple; Christopher Marquis, SC Johnson Professor of Management, Cornell University; Xun (Brian) Wu, Professor of Strategy, Michigan Ross

2:45 – 3:00 pm: Final Reflections & Goodbyes

More details to follow as the conference date approaches!

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Conference / Symposium Tue, 28 Jan 2020 10:58:38 -0500 2020-03-06T10:00:00-05:00 2020-03-06T17:00:00-05:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Conference / Symposium Ross School of Business
Social, Behavioral & Experimental Economics (SBEE): Understanding Cultural Persistence and Change (March 9, 2020 11:45am) https://events.umich.edu/event/71228 71228-18304808@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Monday, March 9, 2020 11:45am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Economics

Abstract:
We examine a determinant of cultural persistence that has emerged from a class of models in evolutionary anthropology: the similarity of the environment across generations. Within these models, when the environment is more similar across generations, the traits that have evolved up to the previous generation are more likely to be optimal for the current generation. In equilibrium, a greater value is placed on tradition and there is greater cultural persistence. We test this hypothesis by measuring the variability of different climatic measures across 20-year generations from 500-1900. Employing a variety of tests, each using different samples and empirical strategies, we find that populations with ancestors who lived in environments with more cross-generational instability place less importance in maintaining tradition today and exhibit less cultural persistence.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 10 Jan 2020 10:53:44 -0500 2020-03-09T11:45:00-04:00 2020-03-09T12:45:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Economics Workshop / Seminar Economics
Positive Links Speaker Series (March 11, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70345 70345-17586172@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations

Positive Links Speaker Series
Is it Really Better to Give than Receive?
Wayne Baker

Wednesday, March 11, 2020
4:00-5:00 p.m.
This event will only be live web streamed.

Follow the stream here: http://myumi.ch/518e2

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.

About the talk:
The greatest barrier to generosity isn't that people are unwilling or unable to help, but that people don't ask for what they need. Requests drive the giving-receiving cycle. Drawing on his new book, All You Have To Do Is Ask, Baker describes the four asking-giving styles, how to assess your style, how to overcome the obstacles to asking, how to make effective requests, and how to figure out who to ask. He will present several tools that individuals, teams, and organizations use to create a robust culture of workplace generosity. In-person attendees will have the opportunity to use the tools in real time.

About Baker:
Wayne Baker is Robert P. Thome Professor of Business Administration and Professor of Management & Organizations at the University of Michigan Ross School of Business. He is also Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan and Faculty Associate at the Institute for Social Research. He currently serves as Faculty Director of the Center for Positive Organizations.

His teaching and research focus on social capital, social networks, generosity, positive organizational scholarship, and values. His management and leadership articles appear in venues such as Harvard Business Review, Chief Executive Magazine, and Sloan Management Review. His latest book, All You Have To Do Is Ask, will be published in January 2020.

He puts his knowledge into practice as a frequent guest speaker, management consultant, and as an advisor and board member of Give and Take Inc., developers of the Givitas collaborative technology platform.

Prior to joining the Michigan faculty, he was on the faculty at the University of Chicago business school. He earned his PhD in sociology from Northwestern University and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University.

Host:
Dave Mayer, Jack D. Sparks-Whirlpool Corporation Research Professor

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 2019-20 Positive Links Speaker Series.

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Presentation Tue, 10 Mar 2020 10:22:08 -0400 2020-03-11T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Michigan Ross Center for Positive Organizations Presentation Wayne Baker
Designing to Do Good: A Conversation with Marcus Collins (March 11, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72018 72018-17914205@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Business+Impact at Michigan Ross

Join the +Impact Studio at Ross for a discussion on doing good by design, with parttime U-M LEO professor in Marketing and Chief Consumer Connections Officer at Doner. Previously, he led the Social Engagement practice across Steve Stoute’s New York advertising agency, Translation. There, Marcus leveraged the psychological motivators that drive what we do, say, and share to create contagious marketing programs that extend across both the online and offline world of ‘social.’

As part of the school’s Business+Impact initiative, the +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 be on hand to engage Mr. Collins in a lively discussion about his work in marketing and his connection to Detroit.

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Workshop / Seminar Fri, 24 Jan 2020 14:02:07 -0500 2020-03-11T17:00:00-04:00 2020-03-11T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Business+Impact at Michigan Ross Workshop / Seminar Marcus Collins
Michigan Tech Expo (March 13, 2020 9:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/72277 72277-17966107@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 9:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Atlas Consulting Group

Michigan Tech Expo is a one-day conference with a groundbreaking speaker series of leaders and social innovators speaking about the future of their industries as well as an immersive tech environment with new and exciting technologies offering a firsthand glimpse into the future

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Conference / Symposium Fri, 31 Jan 2020 15:02:54 -0500 2020-03-13T09:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T17:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Atlas Consulting Group Conference / Symposium Michigan Tech Expo Logo
Do Socially Responsible Corporations pay Taxes? CSR and effective Tax Rates (March 13, 2020 1:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/70756 70756-17642227@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 1:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS

Abstract: The social responsibilities of for-profit corporations have gained importance recently, and CSR has become both a goal and a set of guidelines for various corporate activities. CSR encompasses a number of dimension, typically including environmental impacts, treatment of employees, and relations to local communities. Here we consider the relationship between CSR and corporate taxes: do firms that are “good citizens” also pay higher taxes? Is it the social responsibility of firms to help pay for public services? Focusing on the percentile rank of effective tax rates, and using random effects panel regression of a data set of publicly-traded U.S. firms that includes measures of CSR and many financial variables, we find that the relationship between CSR and taxation is a complicated one that warrants further investigation. However, strong corporate governance, a typical component of CSR, is associated with lower tax rates, suggesting that responsibility to shareholders conflicts with broader social responsibilities.

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Lecture / Discussion Mon, 23 Dec 2019 10:16:23 -0500 2020-03-13T13:30:00-04:00 2020-03-13T15:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies - ICOS Lecture / Discussion Ross School of Business
Linguistics (Virtual) Colloquium: An intonational model of South Asian languages (March 13, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/71191 71191-17785607@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Friday, March 13, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Linguistics

The Linguistics Department will host Sameer Dowla Khan, associate professor and chair of the Linguistics Department at Reed College, who will give a talk on Friday, March 13, titled "Phonological convergence in the absence of stress and tone contrasts: an intonational model of South Asian languages." The talk begins at 4 p.m.

ABSTRACT

Phonological convergence in the absence of stress and tone contrasts: an intonational model of South Asian languages

While linguistic similarity and convergence across South Asian languages (SALs) has long been accepted within studies of syntax, morphology, and (segmental) phonology, discussions of intonational similarities have arisen only in the last decade. However, a unified model of intonation across SALs, balancing typological similarities and differences, has yet to be proposed. This talk explores the most current findings and models of a range of SALs, from both my own work and that of several others in the field, in order to identify the common ground underlying a sample of languages of the region. The shared properties at the base of this unified model of intonation proposed for this selection of SALs include: (i) a preference for non-contrastive word-initial stress marked by low tone, (ii) a sequence of repeating rising contours each spanning a roughly word-sized unit, and (iii) greater flexibility within the higher-level boundary tones than within the pitch accent inventory. I argue that this bundle of features characterizes SAL intonation, setting it apart from the intonation of other well-documented language groups due to the general lack of contrastive tone and stress in the region.

In proposing this model, tentatively named Intonational Transcription of South Asian Languages (InTraSAL), I take note of important areas of crosslinguistic variation, including (i) the complex and variable role of syllable weight and (ii) the effects of voicing on pitch accent, as well as (iii) the phonetic alignment of what can be argued to be the same basic phonological pattern. I take these findings as an initial exploration into producing a “prosodic map” of South Asia, much like what has been done for Romance languages and varieties of Japanese. I also consider the applicability of the same model not only across languages, but also across speaking styles, and propose directions for further research to expand and test the model with more data.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 14:38:55 -0400 2020-03-13T16:00:00-04:00 2020-03-13T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Linguistics Lecture / Discussion Sameer ud Dowla Khan
Project Management Certification (March 15, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261071@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 15, 2020 12:00pm
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 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. 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 skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

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 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-03-15T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-15T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
Alumni Relations Council: Partnerships for the Greater Good (March 17, 2020 10:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73456 73456-18241313@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 10:00am
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Alumni Association

Join university leaders, industry experts, and alumni to learn how to leverage campus and external partnerships to create innovation, research and change in society. From entrepreneurship to education and the environment, you’ll hear about the complexities, benefits, and opportunities created when the university works side-by-side with diverse organizations and industries to problem solve for the future. All university members are welcome to join in this special event cosponsored by the Alumni Association and Business Engagement Center.

Tuesday, March 17, 2020
10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
Blau Colloquium, Ross School of Business (5th floor)
701 Tappan Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Registration begins at 9:45 a.m.

Register Today
https://alumni.umich.edu/about-us/alumni-relations-council/

Speakers include:

Moderator: Stella Wixom ’80, Senior Executive Director, Business Engagement Center
Paul Brown ’96, MBA ’08, Regent, University of Michigan
Alec Gallimore, Dean, College of Engineering
Elizabeth Moje, Dean, School of Education
Bob Stefanski MS ’86, JD ’89, Co-Founder and Managing Director, eLab ventures
David Harwood ’83, Director, Renewable Energy, DTE

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Meeting Mon, 02 Mar 2020 15:39:14 -0500 2020-03-17T10:00:00-04:00 2020-03-17T12:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Alumni Association Meeting March ARC Event
[POSTPONED] "How the War of 1812 Changed American Cartography" (March 24, 2020 6:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72731 72731-18068368@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Tuesday, March 24, 2020 6:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/10/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

Taking its cue from John Melish’s polemical 1814 title, The Sine Qua Non: a Map of the United States—which ambitiously claimed his map to be indispensable to the point that without it “there is nothing”—this lecture explores the way in which two national crises—the War of 1812 and the Panic of 1819—changed the map industry in the United States and the very design of American maps. Using the career of John Melish as its narrative thread, the talk delves into the politics, economics, and optics of American cartography between 1810 and 1820. Tapping source materials that range from newspapers and account books, to showrooms and eye-popping map designs, it examines the roots of nineteenth-century American map production.

What started out as local rivalries between mapmakers during the War of 1812, quickly made headlines in the news (and in the courts) when cartographers not only challenged existing business models and the way in which maps were consumed, but the very look of maps. The fallout was profound: as established mapmakers, like Samuel Lewis or Abraham Bradley, were quickly eclipsed by a new cohort of ambitious cartographers, it was upstarts like Melish—a total novice in all things cartographic—who not only managed to launch a national brand, but generated maps that would influence the nation’s education and public sphere in new and spectacular ways.

Martin Brückner serves as the Interim Director of the University of Delaware’s Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, as the Co-Director of the Center for Material Culture Studies (CMCS), and as professor in the English department at UD. He earned his M.A. from the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz in American Studies and Cultural Geography in his native Germany, and his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Brandeis University in the United States.

A Michigan Map Society sponsored lecture presented in collaboration with the Stephen S. Clark Library.

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Lecture / Discussion Tue, 10 Mar 2020 16:09:43 -0400 2020-03-24T18:30:00-04:00 2020-03-24T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map of the seat of war in North America / J. Melish, del.
Come for the Food, Stay for the People: Using Culinary Tours to Promote Cross-Cultural Communication & Sustainable Tourism (March 25, 2020 5:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73068 73068-18138326@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William Davidson Institute

Culinary travel has been a steadily growing tourism sector over the last decade. Tourists are increasingly traveling for food, letting where they eat determine how and where they travel. As a result, for cities and countries looking to promote themselves, culinary tourism has become an essential and powerful branding element. But can this kind of travel be about more than simply food?

This session will explore how Culinary Backstreets, a leading provider of food tours that operates in a dozen different cities around the world, uses food-oriented travel to promote cross-cultural communication and sustainable tourism – and, ultimately, more impactful experiences.

Yigal Schleifer is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of Culinary Backstreets. Created in 2012, Culinary Backstreets covers the local and traditional food scene and offers immersive small group culinary walks in a dozen cities around the world. Between 2002 and 2010, Yigal was based in Istanbul, where he worked as a correspondent for the Christian Science Monitor and the German Press Agency (dpa). While in Istanbul he also co-founded Istanbul Eats (istanbuleats.com), an award-winning blog about Istanbul’s local food scene, and co-wrote a guidebook of the same name. He also launched "Istanbul Calling," a blog about Turkish foreign and domestic affairs.

Yigal’s work has also appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Ha’aretz, the Times (London) and several other publications.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 19 Feb 2020 08:59:06 -0500 2020-03-25T17:00:00-04:00 2020-03-25T18:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William Davidson Institute Lecture / Discussion Yigal Schleifer
Tauber Leadership Speaker Series | Jim Morgan (March 25, 2020 5:30pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/72728 72728-18068362@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:30pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Tauber Institute for Global Operations

Jim will be talking about his role and experiences in leading at Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer.

Jim is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Rivian, an electric vehicle manufacturer on a mission to keep the world adventurous.  He also serves as senior advisor of the Lean Product and Process Development (LPPD) initiative at the Lean Enterprise Institute. Before joining Rivian and LEI, Jim spent more than ten years at Ford Motor Company, serving the last eight and a half years as Director, Global Body and SBU Engineering where he and his team contributed to the company’s historic, product-led revitalization. Prior to Ford, he was the Vice President at Troy Design and Manufacturing (TDM), an automotive supplier of engineering services, prototypes tools, and low volume parts and subassemblies. 

Jim holds a Ph.D. in Engineering from the University of Michigan where his original research into Product Development won two Shingo Prizes for Research Excellence.  In addition, he co-authored the award-winning book The Toyota Product Development System (2006) and Designing the Future (2018).  He has also authored or co-authored book chapters as well as articles on product development for the Sloan Management Review, The Engineering Management Journal, and other publications.

QUESTIONS FOR SPEAKER: Please use this link > http://myumi.ch/r85lE

CAN'T ATTEND? In the event that this Tauber Leadership Speaker Series is recorded, it would be added to the Leadership Speaker Series post-session.

UPCOMING MEETINGS:  Check the Tauber Leadership Speaker Series for upcoming events. 

HOSTED BY: Tauber Institute for Global Operations. For questions about this event, please contact Priti Singh (MSE 2020) pritis@umich.edu 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 Priti Singh pritis@umich.edu
Visit the visit tauber.umich.edu or call 734-647-1333

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Presentation Tue, 11 Feb 2020 16:17:38 -0500 2020-03-25T17:30:00-04:00 2020-03-25T19:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Presentation Jim Morgan the Chief Operating Officer at Rivian
Project Management Certification (March 29, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261072@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, March 29, 2020 12:00pm
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 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. 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 skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

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 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-03-29T12:00:00-04:00 2020-03-29T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
[POSTPONED] Deep Regionalism: Discovering Great Lakes Literature (April 1, 2020 6:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73425 73425-18217169@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 1, 2020 6:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*** Update 3/11/20: This event has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date. ***

The French, English, and American literatures of the Great Lakes begin in the sixteenth century. The American continues into the present. Native literatures, in several languages from three major language families, are far older and continue as well. These are true maritime literatures that are too frequently described as Midwestern, but have nothing to do with farming and little to do with cities except as ports.

Lakes literatures are international, multi-cultural, and multi-lingual because the lakes have always been a commercial highway, used for resource extraction and commodity handling by several Native nations and three countries. They were the site of the first métis culture in North America. Their ease of access allowed earlier women writers to experience the frontier without the difficulties and dangers inherent in a trip to the far west, while 19th and 20th century commercial traffic provided work for women in lighthouses and on ships. Their shared border with Canada allowed them to be a vital link in the Underground Railroad, and their maritime traditions of craft skill provided jobs for people of color when remunerative work on shore was closed to them. Lakes literature is a record of lives on the lakes over centuries, tracing war, industrialization, environmental degradation, and recovery.

This lecture is part of the Clements Library's Randolph G. Adams Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Great Lakes Theme Semester. Victoria Brehm, PhD, is an author and researcher of Great Lakes literary and cultural history. She recently was awarded the Patrick Labadie Award for Historic Preservation from the Association for Great Lakes Maritime History in recognition of her many years of making neglected and unknown texts about the lakes available to readers.

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Lecture / Discussion Wed, 11 Mar 2020 12:18:09 -0400 2020-04-01T18:00:00-04:00 2020-04-01T19:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion Map Detail of the Great Lakes (1755) - William L. Clements Library
Project Management Certification (April 5, 2020 12:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261073@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 5, 2020 12:00pm
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 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. 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 skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

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 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-04-05T12:00:00-04:00 2020-04-05T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate
CANCELLED - Arnold Sameroff Lecture Series in Developmental Theory: Early Deprivation and Development: Studies of Orphanage-Adopted Children (April 15, 2020 4:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73223 73223-18179629@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Wednesday, April 15, 2020 4:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: Department of Psychology

Note this event has been cancelled.

This talk will cover my work on children adopted internationally from institutions (e.g., orphanages) into families in the US. The goal of this work was to understand the impact of deprivation in the first years of life on physical and behavioral development. Despite moving into some of the most well-resourced families on the planet when they were between 1 and 3 years of age, on average, previously institutionalized (PI) youth show significant impacts, often dose-dependent, on neurobehavioral development, the functioning of their stress-regulatory systems, and cardiometabolic health. Not all children are similarly affected, and I will also cover our work on parenting post-adoption and its relations with children’s outcomes. Finally, we are beginning to explore the role that puberty may play in potential recalibration stress physiology and its implications (positive and negative) for the adolescent development of PI youth.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 15:56:19 -0400 2020-04-15T16:00:00-04:00 2020-04-15T17:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Department of Psychology Lecture / Discussion Megan Gunnar
[POSTPONED] The Women's Suffrage Movement in Photographs (April 18, 2020 8:00pm) https://events.umich.edu/event/73666 73666-18278625@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Saturday, April 18, 2020 8:00pm
Location: Ross School of Business
Organized By: William L. Clements Library

*Update 3/12/20: This lecture has been postponed. It will be rescheduled at a later date.*

Since the nation’s founding, Americans have used images to define political power and gender roles. Popular pictures praised male political leaders, while cartoons mocked women who sought rights. In the mid-nineteenth century, women’s rights activists like Sojourner Truth and Susan B. Anthony challenged these powerful norms by distributing engraved and photographic portraits that represented women as political leaders. Over time, suffragists developed a national visual campaign to win voting rights. Their photographs captured their public protests and demonstrated their dedication to their cause for mass audiences.

Allison K. Lange, PhD is an assistant professor of history at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, published essayist and public historian. In preparation for the 2020 centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, she is curating exhibitions at the Massachusetts Historical Society and Harvard’s Schlesinger Library. Lange’s talk is based on her forthcoming book, "Picturing Political Power: Images in the Women’s Suffrage Movement."

This lecture is a part of the Clements Library's Randolph G. Adams Lecture Series and is co-sponsored by the Michigan Photographic Historical Society.

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Lecture / Discussion Thu, 12 Mar 2020 11:24:28 -0400 2020-04-18T20:00:00-04:00 2020-04-18T21:00:00-04:00 Ross School of Business William L. Clements Library Lecture / Discussion "Bloomerism in Practice: the morning after the victory" (detail), 1851
Project Management Certification (April 26, 2020 11:00am) https://events.umich.edu/event/73563 73563-18261074@events.umich.edu Event Begins: Sunday, April 26, 2020 11:00am
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 15 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, March 29 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)
Sunday, April 5 (noon - 4:30 pm, Ross R-0420)

The certification exam, administered by IPMA-USA is scheduled for April 26, 2020 (11:00 am) at the Ross School of Business, R-0320. 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 skillset to have in your toolbox as you look for full-time employment!

REGISTRATION: Please register through iMpact by clicking here:
http://myumi.ch/dO5Nl

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 Thu, 05 Mar 2020 10:07:18 -0500 2020-04-26T11:00:00-04:00 2020-04-26T16:30:00-04:00 Ross School of Business Tauber Institute for Global Operations Class / Instruction Photo of certificate