How to Network Effectively
Business networking is the key component of every business program. The question is how to make it a fun and thrilling experience? Elevator Pitch The most effective tip[…]
Tagged: MBA Experience
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The 2016 “Hult Prize Competition” Experience
After countless ideas, discussions, and hours of work, our team was ready for the big weekend. We finished a marketing class in Vancouver, and then we were off to San[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
East Meets West: Collaboration & Connections from Coast to Coast
So you may be wondering, what do MBA students do with their free time on weekends? In between studying for our classes, we can be found participating in many case[…]
Extract More Value From Your MBA: Learning to Listen
I could see how a student might approach an MBA as a purely academic exercise and how this could result in missing valuable chances for personal growth that are not[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
‘Get Warm’ Outreach Day
The Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA) is a student led organization that connects all graduate business students at the Beedie School of Business. The executive team, which consists of: the[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The MBA Games: A Bucket List Experience
I totally get it, as an MBA student you’re busy. You’re tackling classes, readings, projects, work, family, kids, pets, hobbies and pretty much everything else in between. It’s not easy[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The Inaugural BC MBA Games
Connect. Inspire. Impact. That was the theme of this year’s inaugural BC MBA games held in Nanaimo, BC, organized by Omar Karim and Vancouver Island University (VIU). Overall, the weekend[…]
纸上得来终觉浅，绝知此事要躬行
转眼来温哥华已经快一年，MBA 的课业也已接近尾声。这一年里有过想要放弃的冲动，有过欢欣鼓舞的时刻，有过迷茫无措的烦恼，还有一些小小的感悟。于是很高兴有机会写这篇博客。能将这些思考的碎片稍作整理，记录下来与人分享，总是一件开心的事情。
Admissions Tips · Graduate Experience
The Case for Bike Commuting
I have some very important information to share with next year’s MBA cohort: bike commuting is the best way of getting around Vancouver. For those planning on living between 2-10[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
Importance of Bonding
People come to business schools to improve their careers, not their social life. However, if you really want to live your MBA experience to the fullest, you need to think[…]
Tips for Managing Multicultural Teams
Diverse teams can be challenging and in today’s multicultural workplaces, managers need to know how to leverage differences to maximize performance outcomes. As MBA candidates at the Beedie School of[…]
How to Make Group Meetings More Efficient?
Group meetings play an important role in almost every course in the MBA program. Efficient group meetings help you better understand the course content and give you more time to[…]
My Transition to the MBA Program from the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GDBA) Program
Transferring into the MBA program was easy and welcoming, and I want to share that experience with you. I went through the Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (GDBA) before transferring[…]
Business Case Analysis – Tips and Advice
Case analysis plays an important role in understanding the real life problems that businesses face. What is important is not the right answer, but how you got to that answer[…]
Graduate Experience · Student Engagement
The Success of the Second Annual SFU Beedie Net Impact Sustainability Challenge
On April 18, 2015, the Second Annual SFU Beedie Net Impact Sustainability Challenge was held at the Segal Graduate School in downtown Vancouver. This competition is the only one of[…]