COBE Management Department

Forward

Gundars Kaupins wrote the “Forward” to the book by Roy Rummler “The Wrong Bottom Line….Still:  Critical Comments” published by Applied Focus, International, 2012.

Entrepreneurship Day

March 16, 2012

Entrepreneurship Day in Idaho is a full day event that spotlights successful entrepreneurs, offers information and workshops for current and future entrepreneurs and encourages others to act on their entrepreneurial ideas. It is targeted to current and aspiring entrepreneurs in the community and on campus.

Learn to…

  • Launch your own business
  • Keep your customers happy
  • Buy and sell your business
  • Effectively present elevator pitches

Held on the Boise State University campus, it is hosted through a partnership of organizations such as the University’s Center for Entrepreneurship, the Office of University and Industry Ventures, Idaho Small Business Development Center, the TECenter, and SCORE.

When: Friday, March 16, 2012
Where: Hatch Rooms, Student Union Building, Boise State University
Cost: The event is free and open to the campus and community.  Pre-registration is required for the lunch guest speaker, with lunch provided.

New Publication

Bell, R.L., & Bodie, N.D. (in press, 2012).  Delegation, authority and responsibility: Removing the rhetorical obstructions in the way of an old paradigm.  Journal of Leadership, Accountability, and Ethics, 9(2), forthcoming.

February Management Student Spotlight Selections

Congrats to the following students:

William Baker — General Business BBA

Toni Galloway — Entrepreneurship Management BA

Ashley Pignataro — Human Resource Management BBA

Textbook

Michael Bixby and Susan Park, of the Management Department in the College of Business and Economics, recently published the textbook “The Legal Environment of Business,” 5th edition, available through Pearson Custom Publishing. Their co-authors are Patrick Cihon, associate professor at Syracuse University, and Caryn Beck-Dudley, dean of the College of Business at Florida State University.