EABC Meeting
Agenda
Date: Facilitator: April 15, 2013 Mike Mcfarlane Time: Location: 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. Central time Room 2‐250 Hanson Hall Conference room Attendees
Tim Boos Steve Arsenault Chris Bretoi Alex Carlon John Curtin Patrick Davitt Corrie Fiedler Alok Gupta Mike Kirst Todd Loncorich Craig Martin Mike Mcfarlane Brent Murray Tim Olson Gautam Ray Andrew Fuller Matt Schmidt Kathy Shields Kate Siegrist Jessica Sun Mary Texer Paul Wellman Agenda and Minutes
Topic Meeting Start Description
Mike Mcfarlane called the meeting to order at 7:30, took roll
and introduced the agenda Committee Report outs on improvement opportunities and focus ideas for next year  Executive Committee o Logistics in nature – room was difficult for dialog o Some committees not as active  SAP o Learning about the EABC and the University’s programs o Working with the 3104 class o Building on SAP University Alliances Program o Very active with new trends o Corrie looking for experience on how companies are using SAP o Subteam invited to class on May 8 to see final projects o Should committee continue – what would the focus be – yes group should continue, gaining momentum in Universities. Carlson ahead of the curve. Opportunity to expand content. Without this subcommittee, change would be slower. Would there be value for a committee dedicated to other classes?  Meeting with the Dean o Very supportive of the direction of the department o Green light to do what is needed in direction and growth Who
Mike Mcfarlane Mike Mcfarlane Paul Wellman Mike Mcfarlane Purpose Time Review 7:30 7:35 Page 1 of 3
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Reports Continuing Education o Mechanics, research and engagement – all are needed to go deeper o Have been available to the department to provide perspectives o Difficult committee because it wasn’t well defined and changed a couple of times o Fulltime Master’s program in Business Analytics and Data Science approved by dean; got great feedback from companies; now working on part‐
time program o Alok is preparing website and supporting materials so he is ready to go when final approval comes o Will need sample data from companies to use in class o Mike asked – how does the EABC group get ahead of the curve with classes? o Todd – have a grounding session in August where Alok could walk through where the opportunities are to help Case Competition o Probably only need one person on this committee going forward o Case committee wasn’t sure how to approach the EABC board in terms of support o 8 teams – AZ, CT, IN, MD, Emory, Austin, Dallas, U of MN – visited UHG, Target, Medtronic o Target was case sponsor – focused on grocery business – how technology could drive their grocery business; Target was impressed with the outcome of the cases o Indiana won with U of MN second and Arizona third o Student committee is in wrap up mode. o Survey is out – some logistics change suggestions coming in o Will start process for 2014 in September o Will invite 16‐20 teams with a goal of 12 participating o Dates for next year are April 2‐5; o Looking for financial contributions of $5‐10K from each sponsor o Ops and Supply chain departments have picked up on the idea and held their own competitions this year o Alok was approached by two other schools with the possibility of rotating locations; CoMIS decided that this was not a good idea o Also discussed expanding marketing within the community (U of M grads, political front, etc) Todd Loncorich Jessica Sun Alex Carlon Inform Inform Page 2 of 3
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ments Reports Close Placement of MIS majors with jobs/Program demographics past Alok
and future  Alok will not have the exact numbers until after the end of the semester;  All seniors have jobs  All juniors and some sophomores have internships; one freshman has an internship Department Growth  Grown 10% between Fall and Spring  235 majors; 40 minors; 1/3 are MIS majors only rest are double majors  150 seniors this year compared to 120 last year Focus ideas for next year  Masters’ Program and Course Development  Undergraduate program ideas  Undergraduate Curriculum Review  Set vision of what could be taught  Develop better internal program marketing  Develop better way to tell the MIS story Mike Mcfarlane closed the meeting 15 minutes
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Action Items from Previous Meetings
Action/Follow Up Item Assigned to:
Case Practice – could use more judges for the Contact: Corrie Fiedler March 9 date Contact: Tim Olson or Corrie CoMIS could use volunteers for registration, etc. Fielder Volunteers welcome for extended breakfast Contact Paul Wellman meeting to discuss enterprise systems and IT trends in the marketplace For the April 15 meeting, all committees should come prepared to discuss: o What went well? o What should be changed? All Committees o Is the current EABC structure working? o For the faculty members on the committees – is the committee providing what you need Target Completion Date
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Action Items Today’s Meeting
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Send additional ideas for next year to Mike All Mcfarlane Set agenda for August Kick off meeting Executive Committee
Set meeting schedule for 2013‐14 Academic Executive Committee year (includes social) Target Completion Date
May 15 June 1 June 1 Page 3 of 3