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Lori Buchart elected President of SMC Student Council

July 7, 2009 in News, Students by smcsc | No comments

It is with pleasure that SMC Student Council announces the appointment of Lori Buchart as President of the SMC Student Council. Lori succeeds Julie Beardsell, who is stepping down from the presidency having served on the SMC Student Council since the beginning as founding member in 2006.

Lori is studying for the Doctorate in Business Administration at SMC University and brings to the Student Council years of experience in academia in a number of roles. When a student, she served on student councils as President of the Business Society and Graduation Organizing Committee. She has also held positions in post-secondary institutions including administrative roles where she was responsible for business program development, technology infrastructure implementation, and academic scheduling.  In her current role she is a full-time faculty member at the Bissett School of Business in Alberta, where she teaches Human Resources and course in Management.

Lori also served 15 years in the Canadian Armed Forces and attained the rank of Lieutenant-Commander. She brings a wealth of knowledge in the area of leadership, human resources, curriculum design, and board governance. In addition to teaching full-time, Lori consults in the areas of business process mapping, change management, labour relations, motivation, teamwork, governance, and leadership.

Let’s welcome Lori and wish her much success in her new role.

Like all endeavors in life, you get out of it what you put in and so we at the SMC Student Council challenge each one of you to put the very most of yourself into your studies, both academically and personally, so that your experience at SMC and the personal stamp that you leave on the institution will be long-lasting.  An institution of learning is nothing in itself without the people who make up the culture and the environment that support it.  By becoming a member of the SMC Student Council, you will automatically gain the ability to support the larger SMC Community with your ideas, knowledge and energy.  We all have the ability to shape the SMC experience for the better.

http://blog.swissmc.ch/smcsc/welcome/

Professor Ted Sun at the 9th Annual Shared Services and Outsourcing Week

May 16, 2009 in News, Special Events, Students by smcsc | No comments

SMC’s Professor Ted Sun recently spoke at the 9th Annual Shared Services & Outsourcing Week.

Here you can download podcasts and other learning materials from the event:  http://www.ssoweek.com/downloadcentre.php

Julie Beardsell Recognized As Top Author on SSRN

February 22, 2009 in News, Students by smcsc | 6 comments

 

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Doctorate student Julie Beardsell has been recognized by the SSRN, Social Science Research Network, as a Top 10 author for subject matter Social Entrepreneurship eJournal, SINN: Governance, for her paper entitled: “The Influence of CSR Disclosure On Corporate Governance and Company Performance.” Her paper is currently in the top 5.

We would like to congratulate Julie on her accomplishment. Other authors within the Top 10 list for this category include scholars from Harvard University and The University of California. It is a great example to other students on how they may have their own research published on SSRN and recognized by others.

Julie’s next paper “Harnessing the power of innovation through outsourcing – the cultural paradigm” will be published in the Spring.

You may download her paper on her authors page at: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1302314. The Abstract of Julie’s paper is found below.

Abstract:

It is argued that corporate social responsibility (CSR) can be a potent source of innovation and competitive advantage. Those firms typically investing in socially responsible practices, both in ways that solve pressing social issues and improve the firms’ competitive edge using the same frameworks that guide their core business choices, are discovering that CSR can be much more than a cost, a constraint or a charitable deed; they are discovering that it can be an enabler for competitive advantage.

This paper explores how the application of CSR starts with vision, innovation and an organizational design to tackle CSR at the core of a firm’s business strategy. Firms are grappling on strategic, tactical and operational levels to identify ways to meet society’s demands, this in combination with achieving company performance targets in an economic climate under pressure. It may take firms and stakeholders time to work through the issues of how to disclose and monitor the CSR practices of the firm in a standardized way, in a currency that crosses global and organizational boundaries; yet being part of the solution, rather than part of the problem is essential to creating value in this domain.

Various forms of self-regulatory practices which are applied on a discretionary basis are explored in this paper, arguing that while incomplete contracts and imperfect knowledge debar form resorting to reputation effects in order to support discretional self-regulation, on the contrary an explicit standard for CSR strategic management, both publicly shared by stakeholders and firms through social dialogue – make it possible to put again at work the reputation mechanism inducing endogenous incentives of compliance with a voluntary standard; the result being that stakeholders are encouraged to ‘trust’ in the firm’s practices and commitment to CSR.

Keywords:

CSR, corporate governance, outsourcing

JEL Classifications:

M14,M00, F20, L51

Formation of New Student Council 2008 – 2009

October 14, 2008 in News, Students by smcsc

Dear Students,

It is my pleasure to inform you of the new SMC Student Council for the academic year 2008 – 2009.

However, before doing so, I would first like to express appreciation and thanks to two of the founding members of the Council who have stepped down having completed two years of service.

Founder and architect of the Student Council, Jeffrey Henderson, has stepped down from his role of President. Jeffrey moves into the newly established position of “Dean of Student Development”. We owe Jeffrey our highest appreciation for the development of the Council and for leading its many successful projects and achievements accomplished so far.

Founder and architect of the Student Council, Wellars Gasamagera has stepped down from his role of Director. Wellars has been a source of on-going support, encouragement and leadership to SMC students and we wish him much success in the final stage of his Doctorate program.

Jeffrey and Wellars, thank you!

As founding member and architect of the Council, it is with great pleasure that I take over the role of President to continue and further develop the Council’s work on Student Development, Support and Services.

I would also like to take this opportunity to thank the Student Council representatives of 2007-2008, Svetlana Nekrasova and Somjai Muenkid, who will be continuing their valuable work on the Council and give a warm welcome to newcomers, Chris Moos and Donald York, who, I believe will be instrumental in the Council’s future development.

You can link here to the newly updated SMC Student Council representatives page.

Further announcements will follow to keep you informed of our activities.

Yours sincerely,

Julie Beardsell
President SMC Student Council