MBA 613 Course Requirements
An updated course requirement document is available here (http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dffxtf6v_19hb846swp) and on the Wiki.
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Dr. Williams FTMBA Blog
This blog shows relevant announcements and information for GSBM students enrolled in Dr. Williams' MBA 603 and MBA 613 courses. Any information relevant to all sections will be posted here. See you email or Bb announcements for section-specific information.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Friday, October 3, 2008
Final Exam Case
You can download the Case Study for the Final exam below. Since the exam will be timed for 2-hrs, I recommend you download and read the case in advance.
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Changes to the Wireless Login Procedure
After our talk in class on Monday about the login procedure changing unannounced before class, I spoke with one of the Network Security people. He apologized for the inconvenience and lack of communication about the transition.
Today, I received the following announcement about the change set to occur here in Malibu on Friday...
Today, I received the following announcement about the change set to occur here in Malibu on Friday...
Effective Wednesday Oct 1, 2008 at the WLA Campus and
Friday Oct 3, 2008 at the Drescher Campus the wireless networks will have the
existing Vernier access manager systems replaced by the new computer
registration system. With the new system, computers will only need to be
registered once per term on the wireless network.
The new system provides more convenience and better
security. When you first use your computer on wireless under the new system,
open a web browser and you will be presented with the registration page. You
and your students should click the appropriate link from this page and then
follow the instructions on screen. Registration takes about 2 minutes and
you may need to reboot your computer to activate the new IP address for
your computer.
Questions about computer registration may be forwarded to
your usual local support and to the IT Help Desk until midnight weekday at
310-506-4357.
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Thursday, September 25, 2008
A few grading reminders...
- If you have yet to complete a Case Analysis Paper, Week 6 (Emerging Telecommunications Technology) is the last opportunity for doing so. I recommend (but do not require) you run your topic by me as I may have some helpful suggestions for maximizing your performance. If you've already completed one, I generally have them graded with feedback in Bb within one week.
- All teammate evaluations are due within 1-week of your team presentation. That means every team but Week 6 should have them in by next week. If you fail to turn in your Teammate Evaluation you will receive a "0" for that component of your grade.
- As your teammate evaluations are completed my GA, Keegan Church, will aggregate your scores and post them in the Bb gradebook.
- Detailed comments from me and your classmates about your presentation should be available within about 1-week from your presentation. You will find an Excel spreadsheet in your Team Page's File Exchange area.
- Week 4 Participation scores will be updated by my GA within the week. Anyone who accomplished the minimum requirements as specified will receive a 90. Anyone who failed to accomplish these requirements will receive less than a 90. I will go in next week and add "bonus points" to any student whose work I found to be above average.
And, on a non-grade related item...
- Please RSVP for the Week 6 Luncheon at my place using the Survey in Bb.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Remember to reflect!
I noticed that several of you have not been contributing to the weekly self-reflections in the Bb Discussion Forum. It is certainly fine with me if you choose not to do so. However, keep in mind that 10% of your participation grade comes from your contributions to the Self Reflection Forums.
Each week you should take 5-minutes to reflect on what you learned from the readings and class discussions. It only takes a few minutes and you'll find it a helpful exercise as we progress through the year.
mlw
Each week you should take 5-minutes to reflect on what you learned from the readings and class discussions. It only takes a few minutes and you'll find it a helpful exercise as we progress through the year.
mlw
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Wednesday, September 10, 2008
More reading for this week...
Please note!! The syllabus has a typo that indicates only pages 79-83 should be read from Pearlson & Saunders this week.
Please read pages 69-83.
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posted by Michael @ 8:16 AM
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Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Problems with Assignments in Firefox 3
Several of you reported that you received errors when uploading assignments to Bb. It appears to be an issue with Bb and Firefox 3.0 not getting along well.
Here is some info from Tech Support...
Good morning, Prof. Williams.
I subscribe to the Bb support listservs (a community of Bb admins at universities). It seems like there is a known issue with Firefox 3 and Blackboard (7.2, 7.3, 8.0) regarding Assignment uploads. Firefox 2 works fine, but Firefox 3 has an issue.
Apparently, Firefox 3 does not add the correct path when you "browse" to a file to upload in the Assignment tool.
Example listed in the listserv:
Firefox 2.0: this.LocalFile.value() = "C:\\Documents and Settings\\user\\Desktop\\stack.txt"
Firefox 3.0: this.LocalFile.value() = "stack.txt"According to some of the respondents in the listserv, Bb has a temporary "patch" that will resolve the error. We're asking Blackboard to schedule this patch on our test server so we can test and confirm that the problem has been resolved.
In the meantime, there are two possible actions that Firefox 3 users can take:
OPTION 1: INSTALL A USER AGENT ADD-IN
** A third-party add-in. Use at own risk. **
http://chrispederick.com/work/user-agent-switcher/
When installed, select the Internet Explorer user agent before clicking "Assignments" and before attempting an upload. I have not personally tested this, but folks in the listserv suggested this as a workaround.
OPTION 2: USE IE or UNINSTALL FF3 and REINSTALL FIREFOX 2
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/all-older.html
(There is another technical option that involves manually adding a user agent string in Firefox' config file, but that would likely be too complex for the average user.)
*******************************
I hope some of the above information is helpful in the meantime.
We'll continue to research the issue and work with Blackboard to resolve.
Sincerely,
Alan Regan, MFA
Technology and Learning
Information Technology
Pepperdine University
(310) 506-6756
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008
eRes Password
The Library installed a password on our eRes site. When asked, please use the password: information
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Thursday, July 31, 2008
First steps...
For those of you in my MBA603 sections this fall, there are several tasks you need to complete prior to our first meeting. These include:
- Buy the textbook (Pearlson & Saunders, 3rd Edition). There is a quiz in Week 1 on the textbook reading.
- Reply to the "411 Card" thread in the Bb Discussion Forum. This can be a typed entry, or a video (like this one). I use this and your in-class introductions to help form teams in Week 1.
- Download the readings from e-Reserves from Week 1. We'll discuss them in class.
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Wednesday, August 22, 2007
Welcome to MBA 603
Welcome!
Welcome to MBA 603 and the beginning of your MBA program here at the Graziadio School. I'm sure you are looking forward to our class as much as I am. Please take a few minutes and...
- Familiarize yourself with Blackboard. We'll be using it extensively. I've hidden an "easter egg" somewhere here. See if you can find it.
- Check out my course website/blog. I recommend you subscribe to the RSS feed so you can get up-to-the-minute news.
- Be sure to pick up your texbook (from the Drescher bookstore, or Amazon). There will be a quiz on the assigned chapters the first day of class. So come prepared.
- Complete a Self-Introduction (via text or video) in Bb. Do NOT email it to me. If you have trouble figuring out Blackboard, watch this short tutorial.)
- Review the course schedule. There are adjustments for Labor Day and such. Plan accordingly. (NOTE...Monday's 603.11 class has their FIRST meeting on
Friday, 9/5 ). - Review the syllabus (at the "Syllabus" link in Blackboard). We'll review it in class also, but you'll be better of if you've read over it. Especially note there will be a quiz on the Pearlson & Saunders readings in our first class meeting.
- Get some sleep! Goodness knows you'll need it and you won't be getting much of it for the next seven weeks! :-)
- Review the syllabus (at the "Syllabus" link in Blackboard). We'll review it in class also, but you'll be better of if you've read over it. Especially note there will be a quiz on the Pearlson & Saunders readings in our first class meeting.
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