Upcoming Events

The School of Management would like to congratulate this year's nominees to the NJ Collegiate Business Administration Association Honor Society, which is for the top one percent of business students in the state of New Jersey.  The membership requirements are listed on the society's website.  Congratulations to Lissette Gomez, Eduardo Welter and Ashneet Kaur for being this year's nominees from NJIT.  The swearing-in will take place on May 2nd at the NJ Statehouse in Trenton.

SOM Awards Ceremony & Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society Induction

The School of Management would like to congratulate all of the award winners who were recognized at our annual awards ceremony on April 23rd along with the new members who were inducted into the Beta Gamma Sigma Honor Society, the premier international honor society for top students at AACSB accredited business schools.  The guest speaker for the event was Mike Wall, a Divisional Senior Vice-President and Regional Manager for Capital One and also a member of SOM's Adivsory Board.  For a complete listing of SOM's award winners and Honor Society members for 2008, please click here.

Society for the Advancement of Management

The NJIT SAM chapter would like to welcome all of the new members that have joined this spring.  Students interested in joining the national chapter of SAM should visit the School of Management and fill out an application.  The fee is $30, and checks should be made out to SAM.  The elections for the new SAM executive board members are underway, and the results will be announced shortly.

Dr. Rice Speaks about Enterprise Development

Dr. Mark Rice from Babson College visited the NJIT School of Management on January 15th, 2008 to evaluate NJIT's two new degree programs in Enterprise Development. Dr. Rice also gave a seminar on the synergies and linkages between entrepreneurship and corporate renewal.

Mark P. Rice is the Frederic C. Hamilton Professor for Free Enterprise at Babson College and also Professor of Technology Entrepreneurship at the Olin College of Engineering. Dr. Rice is co-author of Radical Innovation: How Mature Companies Can Outsmart Upstarts, which was published by Harvard Business School Press. His research on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship has been published widely in academic and practitioner journals including Organization Science, R&D Management, Journal of Marketing Theory and Practice, IEEE Engineering Management Review, Academy of Management Executive, and California Management Review. Rice consults and teaches in the areas of innovation management, entrepreneurship, technology strategy, and new business incubation. Professor Rice previously served as director of the nationally recognized RPI Incubator Program and as co-founder and director of the Severino Center for Technological Entrepreneurship at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has been a director and chairman of the National Business Incubation Association, which honored him in 1998 with its Founder’s Award. With Dr. Jana Matthews, he co-authored Growing New Ventures -- Creating New Jobs: Principles and Practices of Successful Business Incubation.

Career Networking Evening for Business Students

Several School of Management alumni and Advisory Board members served as panelists at a Career Networking event on October 3rd.  Over fifty students attended the session to hear the speakers' advice and personal stories about starting out and progressing through a business career.  Thanks to all the panelists and students who made this event a success. 

Executive MBA Students Meet with Congressman in Washington D.C.

NJIT's Executive MBA students, led by EMBA Director Elaine Frazier,  recently visited our nation's capital for a week-long course on strategic leadership, public policy and governance.  One program involved a session with NJ Representative Steve Rothman.  Read the press release on Congressman Rothman's website. 

SOM Launches Live Cases Program As an Innovative Teaching Tool

Under the direction of Dr. William Rapp,  Henry J. Leir Professor of International Trade, and with the sponsorship of the Ridgefield Foundation, SOM has launched a Live Cases program whereby SOM faculty and students develop case studies of leading companies in New Jersey.  The cases are "live" because there is ongoing commentary in an online discussion board, and because they are updated regularly.

Go to the Live Cases page to learn more.