Strategic Issues in Management Series (SIMS)
New and improved format and pricing!
Forward-thinking seminars geared toward managers and administrators who want to sharpen management skills and enhance their careers.
The Strategic Issues in Management Series (SIMS) provides today’s executives and managers with an opportunity to both update and broaden their business skill set and knowledge. World-class faculty from the Merage School and the business community conduct highly interactive seminars designed to address today’s most pressing management needs.
The program is conducted in 6 sessions throughout the year - 3 sessions in the fall and 3 in the spring.
Each of the sessions take place on a Wednesday morning and start with a breakfast and networking opportunity. Sessions are held on the UC Irvine campus in executive classrooms using the latest teaching technology.
A certificate of completion is given to participants who attend any 4 out of the 6 sessions for the Fall 2011 - Spring 2012 (Sessions cannot overlap program years)*
- Gain practical tools and techniques today – apply them tomorrow!
- Network with peers in a dynamic classroom setting
- Learn new approaches and perspectives from our world-class faculty and fellow participants
- *Earn a certificate of completion
2011
09/28/11
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Professor Thomas Eppel
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11/09/11
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Professor Kerry Vandell
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2012
01/25/12
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Professor Lisa Barron
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03/14/12
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Professor Margarethe Wiersema
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05/09/12
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Professor Vijay Gurbaxani &
Kip Knight
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Professor Leonard Lane
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Session Schedule - Wednesdays
7:15 - 8:00am - Breakfast and NetworkingOpportunity
8:00 - 11:00am - SIMS Session
REGISTRATION PRICING*
General Public
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Alumni &
Friends of the Merage School
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Each Session $150
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Each Session $125 |
*Note: registration prices includes breakfast and networking opportunity and the session. There is a separate cost for parking on the UCI campus which is not included in the program registration fees.
After you have successfully registered for the session, information including parking instructions and directions to campus will be sent to you about 1 week prior to the session date.
Topics offered vary from year to year and we continue to evaluate the addition of new topics.
CRITICAL THINKING & DECISION-MAKING
Professor Thomas Eppel
Sound decision-making and critical thinking have always been important skills for creating success.
In a world that has become increasingly complex and that is changing at an ever increasing pace, these skills are even more important than ever before. Yet, too many individuals and organizations are ill prepared when it comes to making smart decisions and how to critically examine the abundance of data and information that is all around us.
This session will give participants an overview of the art and science of decision making and critical thinking. It will provide the motivation to view decision situations as opportunities rather than problems and to view decision making as a skill that can be learned, practiced and improved upon like any other skill. The session will also discuss the many pitfalls and psychological biases that have a tremendous impact on our thinking and decision making and have led to new fields such as behavioral economics and behavioral finance.
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OUTLOOK FROM THE TOP:
The Uncertain State of the Macro-Economy and Prospects for Recovery
Professor Kerry Vandell
What seemed like a moderate but sustained economic recovery of the U.S. economy 3 months ago now seems like a significant question mark, with the term “double dip recession” being increasingly tossed about. Given the extreme divisions in the political landscape, the “spin artists” and “talking heads” offer widely different descriptions of the current state of the economy, prescriptions for what should be done, and prospects for future recovery. In this presentation, we will try to cut through the rhetoric and look at the facts: What metrics are important for us to get a handle on the true state of affairs and how are these trending? How important are political risk in the U.S. and the European debt crisis for our future? What will happen to the housing and job markets? What will happen to our nest eggs? What will happen to our firms’ abilities to grow and prosper in the “new normal”?
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USING FEEDBACK AS AN EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENTAL TOOL FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM
Professor Lisa Barron
Constant improvement is the name of the game in today's dynamic business environment. Yet performance reviews are too infrequent and often not conducive to getting helpful developmental feedback. Additionally, many managers are either uncomfortable giving developmental feedback or they don't know how.
This session will teach you how to give and receive objectvie feedback, how to help yourself and others be more receptive to getting feedback, and a process for regularly and painlessly getting input to help you accomplish your goals. This session is a must for employees at any level who want to improve their performance and for managers and team leads who want to help their team improve.
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THE IMPACT OF TODAY'S ECONOMIC TURBULENCE ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Professor Margarethe Wiersema
Are you on the way to the top in your organization, but don’t quite know how to demonstrate to the “powers-that-be” that you are fully capable of doing the job you really want? Are you at the top but fail to show those around you that you are fully in charge? Are you responsible for training tomorrow’s managers and executives but simply don’t have the tools? Do you want your clients and customers to believe you are the go-to person? Join us for this highly interactive session
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SOCIAL MEDIA AND OPEN INNOVATION
Professor Vijay Gurbaxani and Kip Knight
In a world characterized by intense global competition, companies, particularly those in developed economies, must focus on strategic innovation. In the face of distributed knowhow, it is imperative that companies find ways to leverage the ideas and knowhow of individuals and companies outside its boundaries. Open Innovation is the use of ideas sourced from outside the firm. While companies have historically used both external and internal sources of ideas and knowhow, social media (and IT more broadly) has dramatically changed the underlying economics, enabling far greater use of external sources of innovation. While Wikipedia, the Netflix Challenge and Linux are well known examples of Open Innovation, an increasing number of companies are also harnessing its benefits across their value chains.
This session will help participants understand the potential of using social media to drive open innovation, identify key issues in leveraging this option including the selection of appropriate problems and a suitable mechanism to source and reward ideas, get buy-in and implement solutions, and make the process systematic.
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IMPROVING BUSINESS DECISIONS WITH COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE
Professor Leonard Lane
In today's business environment, having the right information is no longer enough. In a world where competitors are fiercer than ever, rapidly changing technologies are changing the rules of the game and a wrong move can have a significant impact on your company, managers need improved ways to make decisions. While many companies believe information is key, informatio is merely the starting point of the decision-making process, not the end. Turning raw information and data into actionable intelligence has become a critical tool for today's business leaders.
Competitive Intelligence (CI) is a process that helps you turn raw information and data into good intelligence providing decision-makers with accurate and timely information in developing strategies that provide a competitive advantage in the marketplace. This session will provide tools and techniques (including how to get inside the heads of your competitors) to help companies develop intelligence-driven strategies as well as provide guidance on how to execute on proven strategies and avoid pitfalls of others.
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SIMS TESTIMONIALS
“The Strategic Issues In Management Series offers a refreshing approach to relevant business topics and the dynamic structure of the sessions provides participants with a unique arena to pool points of view and share sound managerial experience in various sectors. Additionally, we were most impressed with the excellent design of a customized Executive Education program for the Palace Entertainment management team that resulted in a promptly, well organized and carefully conducted training that addressed key issues perfectly connected with the day-to-day business situations within our company.”
Fernando Eiroa
President & C.E.O.
Palace Entertainment
“The Strategic Issues in Management Series at UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business have provided a welcomed resource of knowledge and training to accent our in-house learning programs. The presentations are first rate and provide the broad understanding of the convergence of a multitude of decisions made by leaders in everyday business.”
Dan Trautmann
Director, Human Resources
Panasonic Avionics Corporation
“The SIMS sessions provide theory and exercises to strengthen skills needed for effective decision making, particularly important due to budgetary constraints. Sessions also provide hands-on strategies to improve collaboration and negotiation skills as well as in-depth information regarding effective team dynamics, critical to providing core response activities to address emerging events.”
Elisabeth J. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
Epidemiology & Assessment Program Manager
County of Orange Health Care Agency
“I had the opportunity to attend several sessions of the Strategic Issues in Management program in 2009. I found the topics selected interesting and very relevant to the times and also the needs of my business. The subject matter was presented in an interactive manner by well prepared and up-to-date faculty. I looked forward to those special Thursday afternoons of interacting with professionals from other industry segments and learning from their different perspectives.”
Rahul Vir
General Manager
Marriott International – Irvine Marriott Hotel
"The University of California Irvine's Paul Merage School of Business' Strategic Issues in Management Series was a wonderful supplement to my corporate training and the classes keep me current on issues. The topics presented are relevant to today's business world and the professors are experts in their field. It's a great way to refresh your skills and I always learn something new."
Andrea Caballero Dilweg
Vice-President for Health Policy
UnitedHealth Group
“The Strategic Issues in Management Series at UCI, allows UCI alumni and other business professionals to engage in cutting-edge issues and discussions. I have found the many sessions I have attended to serve as a great resource for stepping out of the day-to-day grind and into a 4 hour session focused on my self-development and increasing my strategic management and leadership skills.”
Mike Bushey, FEMBA '97
Senior Manager, Customer Service Operations
Southern California Edison Company
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