February 10, 2005

The mission of the Simmons School of Management is to educate women for power and leadership. Our management degree programs are designed to enhance the competence and confidence of women as they begin, further, or change their careers. Simmons students receive high quality management education in the functional, strategic, and behavioral aspects of business. Integral to our programs is the recognition of the role of gender in organizations.     

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New this week:
Noel Levitz Survey
INCOMPLETES
Research Assistant Position Available Immediately
NOTE FROM MARY D
SCHEDULE UPDATES AND REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14-19
Schedule Changes
Snow Storm Reschedule Correction
EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE-2 STUDENT EVENTS
Executive in the Classroom sponsored by the SOM Class of 2004
Leading Women Entrepreneurs (LWE) Events Series
Social Enterprise Conference
Fifth Annual Jungle Business Plan Challenge

General Information

Noel Levitz Survey
We're off to a great start! 27% of the surveys have been returned. For those students who haven't had a chance to focus on it as yet, we still need your help. We know this has been a busy week, but please take 15-20 minutes to complete the survey. Delicious food will be provided for day and evening students on Thursday as an additional incentive. Thanks in advance for your support!!

INCOMPLETES
Please remember that February 15, 2005 is the last day to turn in or complete any outstanding deliverables for any students that received an incomplete for Fall 2004. It is the student's responsibility to contact the faculty member and deliver or schedule the outstanding work on or before February 15th. Any incomplete that is not resolved by February 15 will be converted into a grade of F. A withdrawal from a course once an incomplete has been issued is not an option. Please contact Mary D or Suzzette with any further questions.

Research Assistant Position Available Immediately
Seeking Graduate Student Assistant to work 10-20 hours per week. Excellent research, writing and computer skills required. Research is related to current corporate scandals. Please contact Bruce Warren at 508.877.0868 for additional information and/or to apply for the position.

NOTE FROM MARY D
As we depart from football season and a successful Super Bowl victory for the Patriots, I promised I would see if I could tie it to your MBA program. I will have a quote for you down below, but the best parallel that came to mind was from a very popular book in the business press. Many of you are familiar with the book Good to Great, by Jim Collins. His research was trying to see if there were any patterns that differentiated good from great companies. Many people who love sports refer to the Patriots organization as the premier organization in football. Collins offers 7 conclusions in his book which include: (1) a series of CEOs (promoted from within) who combined "personal humility and professional will" focused on making a great company; (2) an initial focus on eliminating weak people, adding top performing ones, and establishing a culture of top talent putting out extraordinary effort; (3) then shifting attention to staring at and thinking unceasingly about the hardest facts about the company's situation; (4) using facts to develop a simple concept that is iteratively reconsidered to focus action on improving performance; (5) establishing and maintaining a corporate culture of discipline built around commitments, with freedom about how to meet those promises; (6) using technology to accelerate progress when it fits the company's concept of what it wants to become; and (7) the company builds momentum from consistent efforts behind its concept that are reinforced by success. I think the business parallels to the Patriots organization are enormous here, and I encourage you to read this book if you haven't read it as part of your coursework!

But, here are my quotes this week!
For the Patriots who won: "Have great hopes and dare to go all out for them, have great dreams and dare to live them, have tremendous expectations and believe in them" ---Norman Vincent Peale
And for the Eagles who lost: "In order for there to be ups, there must be downs. Remember all your failures, so when you succeed you can look back and have pride that you had strength enough to overcome." ---Unknown

OPERATIONS UPDATE
We are hoping to cut the windows in the caseroom doors in the next two weeks. The windows have arrived!

Announcing the publication of CGO Insights #20!
Authored by Deborah Merrill-Sands, Jill Kickul, and Cynthia Ingols, the article, entitled "Women Pursuing Leadership and Power: Challenging the Myth of the 'Opt Out Revolution,'" addresses the dubious argument currently making rounds in the media that we're seeing fewer women in leadership positions nowadays because qualified women are "opting out." The authors base their challenge on the results of two surveys—one on women's attitudes toward leadership and the other on women's attitudes toward power—administered by Simmons SOM in partnership with Hewlett Packard at the 2003 and 2004 Women's Leadership Conferences.

As with all of our CGO Insights briefing notes, it is available as a free pdf download on the Briefing Notes page of our website, http://www.simmons.edu/som/cgo/publications_resources/briefing_notes.html. A copy of the article has been placed in your mailbox.

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Schedule Changes & Course Information

SCHEDULE UPDATES AND REMINDERS FOR THE WEEK OF FEBRUARY 14-19 Consulting Club event, 5pm, 419 LR, 2/14
Accounting A help session, 3:15pm, CR2, 2/14
Day Track Meeting, 11:30am, CR2, 2/15
TJX Panel, CSO event, 4pm, CR2, 2/16
Accounting B help session, 4:45-5:45, 2/17

Schedule Changes
Nonprofit Management will be offered during the day in the summer. It will not be offered at night.

Snow Storm Reschedule Correction
 Leading has been rescheduled for March 5th, 10a-1p
Public Speaking has been rescheduled for March 14th, 6p-9p

SNOW STORM RESCHEDULES
The following cancelled classes have been rescheduled:
IT Management: March 23, 6-9p (last class) - 5th Floor Caseroom
Comm Strat: March 2, 6-9p (last class). There is no class on 2/16 and 2/23 -Green Room
Gender & Leadership: April 13, 6-9p (last class)
Accounting A from 1/24 is rescheduled for Friday, February 4 from 9:15 -11:15am Accounting B from 1/26 is rescheduled for Friday, February 4 from 6pm-9pm

SEMESTER UPDATES
Organizations and Their Behavior (Section B) has been rescheduled from April 8 to April 11 at 1:00pm. Paper #2 is also due on April 11. Caseroom 2
BGGE A and Negotiations A have a joint class on 2/10 from 9:15-12 noon
Econ B and Leading B will do a swap on 3/28 and 3/31. Econ will be on Monday, and Leading will be on Thursday.

SUMMER REGISTRATION UPDATES
Advanced Corporate Finance has been added as a summer elective on Thursday nights from May 12-July 14.

The New Pathways/Identifying New Business Opportunities will be Thursday nights and some Saturdays and then followed by the Entrepreneurship elective on the same Thursday night some Saturday model. This means that Entrepreneurship will not be offered in the day section and we will move a night elective into the day section or add a new one in the day section.

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Financial Aid Information

Student Financial Services Updates

The Office of Student Financial Services is open from 8:30am until 5:30pm Monday through Thursday, and from 8:30am until 4:30pm on Friday. Walk-in aid officers are available Monday through Thursday, scheduled appointments with your assigned officer are also available.

Each student is assigned a financial aid officer by the first letter of her last name.

A-E Amanda Cornwall x2033
F-L Sharon Lightfoot x2032
M-R Leslie Czwakiel x2885
S-Z Heather Patenaude x2142
      Mehrdad Kermani x2022

As classes are getting underway for the term, students are encouraged to check on the status of their tuition bill with our Student Account Representatives. If you have not received a billing statement, or have questions about the statement that you did receive, please call one of our account representatives.

Kevin Wolf x2011
Kevin Wright x2010
Nicole Torra x2009

Stafford loan funds are expected to arrive on January 13th. If you are a January admit, you will need to complete Entrance Counseling and sign a promissory note. Both are completed online. More specific information can be found in the packet sent with your award letter. Failure to complete both the note and entrance counseling may result in the cancellation of aid. January admits will receive their loan funds in two equal disbursements, one on January 13th and a second on February 24th.

If you have any questions about the status of your financial aid, please contact your assigned aid officer.

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Meetings & Events

INTERNAL EVENTS:

EXECUTIVE IN RESIDENCE-2 STUDENT EVENTS
Seating is limited for students at both Executive in Residence events, so it is important to RSVP early. If we have more students interested than spaces available, Mary D will have a lottery.

SIGNATURE TALK-6-7:30pm, March 2
On March 2, Carmen Baez is our 2005 Executive-in-Residence. Ms. Baez is President, Latin America at Diversified Agency Services (DAS), a division of Omnicom Group, the world’s leading marketing communications company. She will speak at the Simmons School of Management Signature Event on the topic of Women, Leadership, and Great Organizations.

Ms. Baez, an alumna of Simmons College, is responsible for the development and growth of DAS operating companies in the regions of Central and South America, including worldwide leading agencies such as Rapp Collins, Fleishman-Hillard, Ketchum, Interbrand, and Porter Novelli International. She also oversees all DAS multicultural marketing initiatives in the US marketplace.
Through the lens of her own extensive experience in leading multinational organizations, Ms. Baez will discuss the meaning and importance of true leadership, the impact of organizational dynamics on personal and business goals, and the particular challenges women face as they climb to the top rungs of organizations. She will also address what the phrase "people are the most important assets in an organization" really means as she examines how “good” organizations hold themselves accountable to treating their employees as their most valuable assets, and how “bad” organizations go wrong.

STUDENT BREAKFAST
On March 3, from 7:30-9am, two students will moderate a student only breakfast with Carmen in a small, personal setting. She wants it to be a lively, no question barred conversation about her career, the markerting communications industry, or any other questions that students want to ask her. To RSVP for either event, please go to http://www.simmons.edu/som/email/execinres.html.

Executive in the Classroom sponsored by the SOM Class of 2004
On March 17, 2005, the SOM will host its second Executive in the Classroom event featuring Neal Yanofsky, Executive Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer of Panera Bread. The discussion will focus on how Panera Bread established a billion dollar business by breaking traditional marketing “rules”. Join us for a lively discussion and free Panera Bread samples. For more information and to rsvp, click on the link below. http://www.simmons.edu/som/email/panera.html

Leading Women Entrepreneurs (LWE) Events Series
On March 21, 2005, the SOM and CGO are hosting the fourth event in the Leading Women Entrepreneurs (LWE) events series. Titled "Forging New Ground: Opportunities and Challenges for Women of Color Entrepreneurs," there will be a panel of 6 national experts speaking about the latest research findings and case studies that highlight the internal and external opportunities, strategies, and challenges that are integral to the way women of color entrepreneurs design, operate, and grow their businesses for themselves and for their communities. For more information and to rsvp, click on the link below. http://www.simmons.edu/som/email/entrepreneur_cgo_v2.html

Happy 2005 from the Executive Education team!
Start the new year off right by referring a friend or colleague to one of our upcoming leadership programs:

As a woman in business, you need to negotiate each and everyday. Learn strategies for success with The Negotiation Edge. Join SOM Professor of Management and Negotiations Expert Dr. Deborah Kolb for this intensive and practical 2.5 day program where you will learn to: Improve the way you approach everyday negotiations; enhance your influence and bargaining power; reach creative agreements with reluctant people; make your value visible and achieve measurable results. April 11 – 13, 2005

Strategic Leadership for Women in Human Resources
This five-day residential program – developed in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) - is designed specifically for HR professionals. Our program will enable HR leaders to: position themselves and their departments as strategic partners; increase their ability to influence others in key business decisions; strengthen their leadership skills through 360 degree feedback; create an action plan that will transform and advance their career; collaborate with HR colleagues from other leading organizations. April 24 – 29, 2005

Please contact Lisa Toby for more information: 617-521-3843 or lisa.toby@simmons.edu or http://www.simmons.edu/som/exec_ed/index.html

SAVE THE DATE-MARCH 2 and MARCH 3
On March 2 our Executive in Residence for 2004/05 will be at the SOM. Carmen Baez, '79, President, DAS Latin America, Omnicom Group, Inc. will be here. Students will be invited to both a signature event on Wednesday at 6pm and a breakfast just for students on Thursday, March 3 at 7:30am. More information will be coming very soon.

The Career Services Office invites you to join us for a lively and interactive exploration of the TJX Companies, Inc.
With over $12 billion in revenues, TJX is the world's largest off-price retailer, and is comprised of: T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, A.J. Wright and Bob's Stores in the United States, Winners and HomeSense in Canada and T.K. Maxx in Europe. TJX now ranks among the Fortune 200 and is consistently named in the Top 20 of the Boston Globe 100 - Best of Massachusetts Business! With an extensive range of career options, The TJX Companies, Inc. stands out as one of the most successful retail companies worldwide. This is a company on the move - this is a company to watch!!

"Learning about TJX"- A Panel discussion
Panelists will discuss choosing a company, choosing a career, or functional area and navigating corporate cultures.

Moderators:
Jerome Smalls, Assistant Vice President, Community Relations, TJX
Susan Sampson, Associate Professor of Management & Director of the Prince Program in Retail Management

TJX panelists:
Tricia Azzarello '02, Budget Analyst
Gail Deegan '78, Member of the Board of Directors Audit and Finance Committees
Tiffany Hogan '03, Planning & Allocation Rotational Program
Sherry Lang '84, Vice President Investor and Public Relations
Nancy Mendis UG '76, Vice President Merchandise Planning & Allocation

WEDNESDAY FEBRUARY 16
4:00-5:45pm including Q&A
Reception to follow
Mockler Caseroom II - 451 Marlborough St., Boston

Space is limited so please RSVP early to Diana Cook, Coordinator, CSO at diana.cook@simmons.edu Please include your class year and how you would like your nametag to read.

Questions? Contact Wendy D'Ambrose, Director Career Services at dambrose@simmons.edu.

EXTERNAL EVENTS:

From the Career Services Office:
Social Enterprise Conference
HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
SPANGLER CENTER
SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2005
Featured speakers:
* CEO of the American Red Cross, Martha Evans
* Founder of Share Our Strength, Bill Shore
* CEO of Alcan, Travis Engen
* Founder of Ashoka, Bill Drayton
* CEO of Seventh Generation, Jeffrey Hollender
* 6 other CEOs or organization heads

For further information and to register, please refer to: http://www.socialenterpriseclub.org/conference/

From the Career Services Office:
Fifth Annual Jungle Business Plan Challenge
Deadline for registration: Friday, March 4, 2005
The Jungle Business Plan Challenge is the only truly international competition for all business schools. Every year, the challenge attracts the most talented and driven entrepreneurial talent from the world's business schools. Finalists will pitch against the best at Fenwick & West's Silicon Valley Headquarters on April 21-22, 2005. For more information check out the website: http://www.mbajungle.com/businessplan

Forum USA
For those interested in working internationally:
The Office for Science and Technology at the Embassy of France in the United States holds the yearly "Forum USA". This event provides an opportunity to bring together students and French companies. Over the years, this event has evolved into the most significant recruitment forum of its kind in North America.

The Forum lasts one week. In the course of Forum USA 2004, 1100 recent university graduates met with representatives from 40 French companies, associations and research institutes. Thanks to the Forum USA, recruiters issued more than 150 jobs and internship offers and selected more than 325 candidates for second-round interviews.

Forum USA is originally focused on students specialized in engineering and hard sciences - cf. the statistics regarding the candidates who attended Forum USA 2004. As we did last year we have widened our focus to include candidates having an MBA to better respond to recruiters' needs. Similarly, newly arrived non-French candidates will likely comprise 25-35% of forum attendants.

Forum USA 2005 will be held consecutively in Boston (April 2, 3 &4) and San Francisco (April 6 & 7). The Forum USA will make candidates' resumes available to the exhibitors and will schedule interviews for them.

Candidates can register for the event through our website at www.forumusa.org until February 15th 2005. Note that Forum USA offers a free night in the hotel the night before the event for the first 100 registrants for Boston and the first 60 registrants for San Francisco (candidates must live at least 60 miles from the Forum to be eligible).

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Student Clubs

Student Clubs at the SOM are run by and organized by SOM students. The MBA Office Staff assists with the transition from one year to the next by gathering names of interested students and by setting up each club in WebCT.

Consulting Group
The Simmons Consulting Group (SCG) is proud to announce its February Program – “Insights to Marketing: Career Advice & Professional Experiences”, which will be hosted by a panel of industry professionals. Representatives from Cone Inc, Arnold Worldwide, Spotfire, iProspect, and HealthPolCom Consulting will be available to field your questions. The program is designed to offer a relaxed and open forum enabling student to ask for career advice and to discuss current marketing principles. This event will be held on February 14th at 5:00pm in the Living Room (419 Building). Come prepared with your questions and we recommend coming slightly early for additional networking opportunities! Please contact Katie Henchir (katie.henchir@simmons.edu) or Alexis Kuchins (alexispt@yahoo.com) for additional SCG information.

Yoga Club Is Official
Time
All classes are from 3:30 pm to 4:45 pm (75 minutes). Please arrive on time so we can start class without interruptions. Allow time to change. There are bathrooms on the first and third floor of 411.

Dates and Room Assignments
Wednesday, February 2, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor
Wednesday, February 9, 2005 - *Green room, 411 2nd floor
Wednesday, March 2, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor
*Monday, March 14, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor
Wednesday, March, 23, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor
Wednesday, April 6, 2005 - Purple room, 407 2nd floor

Fees and Policy
Beginners are welcome! Try out a session for $10 per class.

Yoga Style and Info
The class is a Hatha Yoga style and will focus on opening, stretching and aligning and is geared for all levels of participants. The class will include postures, breathe work and a final meditation.

*Please bring your own sticky mat as none will be provided. You can also bring props if you have them (blocks, straps, towel or pads) but they are not required to do the class. Wear comfortable, non-restrictive clothing that allows you to move freely, no socks or belts. Leggings or workout pants with a t-shirt work well.

Please email sharon.dudelson@simmons.edu if you have any general questions, and email the instructor barbara_dummermuth@yahoo.com if you have any questions regarding the structure of the class.

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Career Services Office

Don't forget to RSVP to our February 16th Event!

Trends - Some of the latest Career-Related news!

Wall-Street Women Find Balance With Careers in Asset Management
Read on at: http://www.careerjournal.com/salaryhiring/industries/financialservices/20050208-gunn.html?cjpos=home_whatsnew_major

New Opportunities: Don't forget to check Career Connect on a regular basis!
Just Added this week:
Marketing Intern - J.J. Wild
Budget Analyst - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Manager of Regional Giving - Center for Women and Enterprise
PR/Consulting (pro Bono) - Congregation Eitz Chayim (the Tree of Life)

As a reminder, please keep your Career Connect profile up to date. If you forgot your username and password, please contact diana.cook@simmons.edu or (617) 521-3857 Please do not re-register yourself as past information about you will be lost. Any questions about Career Connect? Please do not hesitate to contact Diana.

CSO Hours:
Mon - Fri: 8:45 am - 6:00pm onward*
* Please know we understand your busy schedules and offer evening appointment hours on request. If you need to schedule an evening appointment (anytime after 6pm) please feel free to contact Ellie at (617)521-3855 or jeffers@simmons.edu or Wendy at (617) 521-3854 or dambrose@simmons.edu.

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Library

Reference Interviews - Make an appointment today with Linda or Kathy for help with your research projects.

Join the library this month as we celebrate Black History Month, Mardi Gras, Valentine's Day and other special days throughout February.

Daily Newspapers: The library has daily issues of The Boston Globe, The Financial Times, The New York Times, and The Wall Street Journal. These issues are available for you to read and catch up on what is going on in the world.

Worth a Read…..
Read all about the departure of Carly Fiorina from HP in this week's newspapers in the library. Carly Fiorina was CEO and Chairwoman of HP. She was a keynote speaker at the Simmons SOM Leadership Conference last year.

Gentle reminder: Reserve materials may be checked out for two hours.

Course packs - due to copyright regulations the library does not have copies of the course packs.

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TECHNOLOGY

Media Services

We are hiring! Anyone interested in working Monday and Wednesday mornings from 8-9am and Sat. mornings please contact Bill Porter at x3852

Class Tapes
Recordings of classes are available in the computer lab. Only Quant courses are recorded this semester. If you want a copy of the audio recording please follow the posted instruction on how to make a duplication in the computer lab. We have blank tapes available for you to use at no cost. Please remember to return all master tapes to the rack.

Computer Lab

LAB HOURS
The lab is open:
Monday - Saturday 7am-11pm
Sunday 7am-7pm

SOM Lab (staffed) Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8 - 9am & 11:30 - 6:30pm
Fridays 8am - 12pm

If you need assistance and a lab staff is not available please call the Helpdesk at x2222

Reminder: Food, drinks and cell phones are NOT allowed in the computer lab, sorry. This rule will be enforced by lab staff.

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SOM in the News

The Simmons School of Management received press coverage in the February 2 edition of USA Today. In the article “Hip, Happy Housewives,” the author points to the results of the 2004 Simmons School of Management/HP Survey conducted at the SOM’s annual Leadership Conference, which indicate that a majority of women are still interested in and working toward leadership positions. The author also cites results from the 2003 SOM/The Committee of 200 Teen Girls on Business Survey that found 86% of teen girls surveyed would return to work after having children.

Jill Kickul and Deborah Merrill-Sands presented the latest CGO Insights research at the National Council for Research on Women, Corporate Circle Meeting, Tuesday, Feb 1 in New York City. They participated on a panel, “Opting Out: Myth, Viable Option, or Media Spin?” and discussed the findings from the 2003 and 2004 SOM/HP Leadership Conference surveys that challenge the premises that 1) women do not seek leadership and power in their organizations; and 2) women with children, in particular, are less motivated to pursue leadership and power than women without children. For a full review, see CGO Insight #20, authored by Deborah Merrill-Sands, Jill Kickul, and Cynthia Ingols, entitled “Women Pursuing Leadership and Power: Challenging the Myth of the ‘Opt Out Revolution.’”

EVENTS

Class Visit: Negotiations and Conflict Management
Tuesday, February 15, 2005 or Tuesday, March 1, 2005
6:00 p.m.
451 Marlborough Street, Boston
RSVP at 617.521.3840 or somadm@simmons.edu

Join Deborah Kolb, the Deloitte Ellen Gabriel Professor for Women and Leadership, as she explores the issues of gender and negotiation. Witness how this class will teach you how to overcome personal barriers, advocate effectively for yourself, and influence others to negotiate with you.

MBA Information Session
Tuesday, March 15, 2005
6:00 p.m.
451 Marlborough Street, Boston
RSVP at 617.521.3840 or somadm@simmons.edu

Join Acting Dean Deborah Merrill-Sands, alumnae, students, and faculty as they talk about the Simmons MBA experience. You will learn what it takes to earn a Simmons MBA and how it will open up a world of possibilities and opportunities. Topics include the one-year accelerated program, part-time options, curriculum, career placement, financing the degree, and the application process.

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