The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 8, 2009
By Robert Prentice, professor of business law at the McCombs School of Business
Any sensible person would rather be happy than rich, although many people often confuse the two—business students among them. Those who choose to attend business school on the assumption that an M.B.A. will help them change [...]
Prentice Chronicle Commentary: Happiness, Not Money is How We Should Judge MBA Programs
November 12th, 2009 · Filed under: Opinion · Top Stories
Posted by Rob Meyer
Tags: · ethics, happiness, MBA, money, Robert Prentice, salary
Intel CFO Stacy Smith on Integrity, Leadership and Ghostbusting
September 30th, 2009 · Filed under: Alumni News · Events · MBA · Top Stories
Posted by Amber Walkowiak
Eric Hirst, associate dean of the MBA program, launched the VIP Distinguished Speaker Series Sept. 29 in an interview with Stacy Smith, CFO, Intel. Smith has been with Intel since he earned his MBA from McCombs in 1988. Below are a few highlights from the interview.
Smith on Leadership.mp3 (1m24s, 1.4MB)
Smith recommends taking on the tough tasks to stand [...]
Tags: · finance, Intel, Intel CFO, MBA, Stacy Smith, Texas MBA, VIP Distinguished Speaker Series, VIP Speaker Series
Battle Tested: Texas MBAs Lead as Soldiers, Civilians
April 2nd, 2009 · Filed under: Alumni News · MBA · Top Stories
Posted by Tracy Mueller
Top brass. Rally the troops. Lead the charge.
Business lingo often borrows heavily from military vocabulary, but the overlap between the two worlds extends far beyond metaphors.
Former military officers are well-represented among our corporate chiefs. Research conducted in 2005 found that military officers were three times more likely than other Americans to serve as CEOs of [...]
Tags: · Allen Capps, Caroline Bartel, Exchange magazine, Gil Manalo, Heather Weber, It's Your Ship, Ken Sener, leadership, MBA, MBA alumni, McCombs alumni, military, Pam Losefsky, Tom Gilligan, Travis Fell
