The Year in Review
Graziadio School of Business and Management
Professor Worley Coauthors Book on Organizational Effectiveness
Christopher G. Worley, an associate professor at the Graziadio School and former director of the master of science in organization development (MSOD) program, coauthored a new book on organizational effectiveness. Titled Built to Change: How to Achieve Sustained Organizational Effectiveness, the book underscores that designing the organization for change is “the ultimate competitive advantage in today’s business environment.”
High-Powered Career Tool Launched
The Graziadio School implemented a customized job-finding solution, powered by eCampusRecruiter.com, geared to accommodate the growing career services needs of alumni, students, and corporate partners. Sponsored by the George and Reva Graziadio Foundation, Graziadio Talent Online (GTO) provides job seekers with access to career management resources to advance both personal and professional development, and is a resource for employers seeking talented business professionals.
Dean’s Executive Leadership Series Showcases Top Execs
President of the Disney-ABC Television Group and cochair of Disney Media Networks Anne Sweeney spoke at the Graziadio School’s Dean’s Executive Leadership Series. Sweeney is the highest ranking female executive in The Walt Disney Company and was recently named the Most Powerful Woman in Entertainment by the Hollywood Reporter, one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Business by Fortune, one of The World’s 100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes and one of the Top 50 Women to Watch by the Wall Street Journal. Also speaking in this year’s Dean’s Executive Leadership Series was J. D. Power III, founder of J. D. Power and Associates. Power has spent more than 40 years as a pioneer in advancing customer satisfaction, of which more than three decades has been dedicated to leading one of the most prestigious marketing information firms in the world. Also highlighting the series was Myrlie Evers-Williams, former chairman of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. She spoke on a central theme of the Graziadio School: values-centered leadership; Evers-Williams also stressed the importance of maintaining values while striving for success in business.
Executive MBA Ranked Among Best in Nation
The Pepperdine Graziadio School of Business and Management was among the top executive MBA programs as ranked by Financial Times and BusinessWeek.
Business Students Compete in Banking Case Study
A team of students from the Graziadio School competed against students from the UCLA Anderson School and the USC Marshall School in the Southland’s inaugural investment banking case study competition. Sponsored and designed by the Association for Corporate Growth-Los Angeles (ACG-LA), the case study competition challenged students with a simulated real-world investment banking scenario written by the Los Angeles investment banking firm of Houlihan, Lokey, Howard & Zukin.
EMBA Students Support St. John’s Health Center
Executive MBA (EMBA) students Amina Rafiqzada, Nick Mitchell, Venky Kulkarni, Ajit Ahooja, and Shereen Youssef teamed up to represent the Graziadio School at the St. John’s Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon at Los Angeles’ Griffith Park. For the past 24 years, more than 55,000 runners have sprinted through Griffith Park at the Saint John’s Jimmy Stewart Relay Marathon, benefiting Saint John’s Health Center.
Students Win Big at MBA Case Competition
A team of five full-time MBA students finished in the top three at the 2006 John Molson MBA International Case Competition. This year marked the 25th anniversary of the prestigious case competition where 36 teams of top MBA students from around the world met in Montreal, Canada, to compete for the Molson Cup.