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9:00 – 9:30 a.m.
9:45 – 10:30 a.m.
Welcome
Patti Cudney, Assistant Dean, Graduate Admissions
Deborah Marlino, Associate Dean, Academic Programs & Student Affairs
Jon Paul (J.P.) Matychak, Assistant Dean, Feld Career Center
Katherine Nolan, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
Meet Your Cohort
Assistant Directors, Graduate Programs Office
This interactive session provides a chance to get to know your classmates.
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Overview of the MBA Curriculum
This session facilitated by faculty leadership provides an overview of the structure and content of the MBA curriculum with a focus on the modular structure of the 1 st
year. The role of integrated team projects throughout the curriculum is also discussed.
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SMG304, 306, 310
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12:00 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
4:30 – 5:30 p.m.
Welcome Lunch
Kenneth Freeman, Allen Questrom Professor and Dean
Instructions for Tomorrow
 You may find it helpful to start some of your reading assignments for your classes next week. To get a head start, see the “Instructions for Tomorrow” for the days ahead.
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ES721 Teaming: Introduction to Teaming
Paul Hutchinson, Lecturer, Organizational Behavior
This session introduces students to the teaming dimension of their firstyear MBA program—and introduces them as well to their first-year teammates. After meeting their new teammates, students will engage in a series of conversations that enable them to create the foundation for successful teamwork, which include the creation of the ground rules by which they will work together. Students will also become familiar with the cohorts with whom they will be taking the first-year courses.
Settling In Items
Students can use this time to get settled with some logistical items necessary to complete before semester classes being. More information is available in your Pre-Term binder .
9:00 – 10:30 a.m. ES723 Career Management:
Your Partners in Success: An Introduction to the FCC
Jon Paul (J.P.) Matychak, Assistant Dean, Feld Career Center
FCC Career Coaches
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During this introductory session, students will meet the Feld Career
Center team. In addition, the FCC team will provide an overview of the
FCC, including the Feld Promise, and introduce the SMG EDGE career curriculum.
10:30 – 10:45 a.m. Coffee Break
10:45 – 11:45 a.m. Academic Performance and Conduct and the
Role of Faculty Committees
Kabrina Chang, Assistant Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Susan Fournier, Professor, Marketing, Chair of MBA Program
Katherine Nolan, Assistant Dean, Graduate Programs
The MBA Program Development Committee (PDC) is comprised of faculty and staff who oversee the policies, curriculum, and content of the MBA program. In addition to operationalizing SMG strategy in the new curriculum, the PDC has responsibility for setting grading standards and making final decisions regarding students with poor academic performance. This session will introduce students to BU SMG’s grading guidelines, the process of academic performance review and will also highlight the school’s Academic Conduct Code, which was created to foster a supportive and productive learning environment. This session will discuss ethical expectations of students, and their rights and responsibilities as members of the learning community at SMG.
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. An Overview of Title IX Requirements
Kim Randall, Executive Director of Equal Opportunity
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12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 1:45 p.m. Graduate Programs Office Advising Overview*
Assistant Directors, Graduate Programs Office
The Graduate Programs Office (GPO) advising staff will provide an overview of the services offered in the GPO and review SMG policies and procedures. Topics will include degree requirements, concentrations and academic support services.
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*If you are not sure who your advisor is, please stop by the GPO.
2:00 – 4:00 p.m. ES723 Career Management: Highly Effective Networking
Orville Pierson, Author of the Highly Effective Networking
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Pierson will facilitate his highly regarded seminar on strategies for career networking. Mr. Pierson has been a featured speaker at Harvard
Business School and Fuqua School of Business.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
4:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Ice Cream and Cohort T-Shirts Pick-Up Atrium
Settling In Items
Students can use this time to get settled with some logistical items necessary to complete before semester classes being. More information is available in your Pre-Term binder .

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. MS-MBA Orientation*
N. Venkatraman, David J. McGrath, Jr. Professor in Management;
Professor of Information Systems
Betsy Dick, Assistant Director, Graduate Programs Office
Get an overview of the MS-MBA Program, learn about its curriculum, opportunities and requirements, and meet the Faculty Director, students, and staff.
*Followed by a reception at Scoozi.
Instructions for Tomorrow
 Tomorrow afternoon is an outdoor teambuilding activity. Please wear comfortable walking shoes and dress for the weather. In addition, please be sure to leave your laptops at home.
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. ES723 Career Management: Finding Your Destination
FCC Career Coaches
This seminar, facilitated by the MBA career coaches, begins your exploration of career options. Whether you have a clear path, or not, this session will help you focus and refine your search.
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
10:15– 11: 45 a.m.
Coffee Break
SMG 306
Auditorium
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Working in Cross Cultural Teams Auditorium
Beth Rogers, Lecturer, Organizational Behavior, Founder of Point Taken Consulting
Students will work with their team to learn more about how culture and background differences affect how we think, feel and respond to the world. A basic understanding of diversity is key to effective crosscultural communication. Leading diverse, multi- cultural teams requires both an understanding of and a tolerance for culturally different approaches. Students will create a foundation for addressing team integration issues when teams are comprised of members from different cultures and backgrounds.
11:45 – 1:15 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
Settling In Items
Students can use this time to get settled with some logistical items necessary to complete before semester classes being. More information is available in your Pre-Term binder .
1:15 – 4:00 p.m. Auditorium ES721 Teaming: Boston Community Building
Paul Hutchinson, Lecturer, Organizational Behavior
This is a dynamic, creative and interactive experiential exercise that gives the teams an opportunity to work with each other while exploring the city of Boston. Students are required to navigate the city, problem solve, and deepen their interpersonal relationships through this outdoor urban team building adventure.

4:00 – 4:30 p.m. Refreshments and Boston Community Building Debrief
Instructions for Tomorrow
 Remember to complete and bring your MBTI with you for tomorrows’ The Individual as a
Team’s Building Block Personality, the MBTI, and Your Career session.
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8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Settling In Items
Students can use this time to get settled with some logistical items necessary to complete before semester classes being. More information is available in your Pre-Term binder .
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. ES721 Teaming: The Individual as a Team’s Building Block:
Personality, the MBTI, and Your Career
Paul Hutchinson, Lecturer, Organizational Behavior
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Elaine Sullivan, Director, Student Engagement, Feld Career Center
This session will focus on personality assessments and team diversity.
After completing the MBTI, students will participate in a workshop designed to illustrate how personality impacts performance with a team and career.
12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Lunch on Your Own
1:00 – 2:00 p.m. ES723 Career Management: Social Media and the Job Search
FCC Career Coaches
In the 21 st
Century, a job search that doesn’t include some use of social media is non-existent. The MBA coaches will facilitate this seminar which will explore effective uses of LinkedIn, Twitter, blogs and more.
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2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Classrooms/ Atrium ES723 Career Management: FCC Career Expo and Reception
The FCC Career Expo is the first opportunity that the new class of fulltime MBAs will have to interact with employers. This event will include industry panels followed by a networking reception.
Instructions for Tomorrow
 Tomorrow will be an action-packed day, so please wear comfortable clothing and shoes.
Please wear your new Cohort t-shirts!
 Please note that proper identification (US driver’s license or passport) is required for those who plan to drink alcohol at tomorrow evening’s reception and Red Sox game.
 We look forward to welcoming your family to the School of Management. Please invite your spouse, partner, or significant other to join us for tomorrow’s BBQ and Red Sox
Game. If you have not already done so, please sign up your partner on the easel outside the Graduate Programs Office. If your significant other is unable to attend tomorrow’s session, please add their contact information to our email list to be included in future events.

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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. The Real Story: 2 nd
Year MBAs Tell All About Their First Year Experiences Auditorium
Moderated by Blair Merlino (MS-MBA)
Panelists include: TBD
2nd year full-time MBA students will discuss their experiences transitioning back to being full-time students. Topics will include classes, funding their education, group projects, school/life balance, networking with peers, and career searching. There will be time for student questions following the panel.
10:00 – 10:15 a.m.
10:15 – 10:45 a.m.
Coffee Break
Welcome to BU: GSC & Cohort Cup are Here for You!
Cortney Tunis, President, Graduate Student Council
Blair Merlino, Co-Chair, Cohort Cup
10:45 – 11:15 a.m.
1:00 – 2:00 p.m.
Peer to Peer Mentoring Program
Jane-Marie Holewinski, Assistant Director, Graduate Programs Office
Each MBA student is matched with a 2 nd
year peer mentor that will serve as a resource to them as they adjust academically, culturally and socially to the MBA and BU communities. This session will outline the goals of the program and provide recommendations for how students can optimize their experience within the MBA Peer to Peer Program.
11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Refreshment Break
11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. ES723 Career Management: Personal Brand
Based on the book Branding Pays by Karen Kang, students learn about personal branding and how to develop a personal branding strategy.
Lunch on Your Own
Settling In Items
Students can use this time to get settled with some logistical items necessary to complete before semester classes being. More information is available in your Pre-Term binder .
2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
During this session students will be introduced to members of the
Graduate Student Council and the Cohort Cup Committee. The Council
Officers will discuss opportunities to get involved as well as provide
"insider" tips for making the most of the BU experience. Cohort Cup
Officers will talk about the annual competition and developing cohort community and pride!
Improv Training Session
Boston Improv Asylum
Learn how the tools and techniques of Improv can immediately help an individual communicate and listen more effectively, work together as a team, and build off the ideas of others. Students will experience the power of "Yes..And" and see how those simple words can create a more innovative person. The Improv Asylum team will show students how to
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"Train your Head to Think Fast on its Feet" by giving them skills that will help them lead and succeed!
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Barbeque
Students can mingle with classmates, significant others and FCC Premier
Metcalf Science Plaza
Employer Partners while celebrating the start of their MBA program.
The barbecue is located at the Metcalf Science Plaza, on
Commonwealth Ave, across the street from SMG.
7:10 p.m. Red Sox vs. Mariners Fenway Park
Instructions for Monday
 The Ethics, Values & Responsibility (MG700) course materials are all online. The syllabus, important course documents, and those readings that are free of charge are available on
SMGtools. The remainder of the readings are available online at Harvard Business School
Press. The course professor will email a link to the online course pack and post it at
SMGtools. The course pack contains required readings for class starting Monday August
25.
 Reminder: Please make sure to register for one of the Community Service Projects that has been listed by the GPO.
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Please see the Ethics syllabus on SMGtools for a detailed schedule and assigned readings for Ethics classes next week.
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In addition to the readings for Monday’s Ethics class, please complete: o The online Values Sort exercise; bring your completed printout to class on
Monday afternoon. o Giving Voice to Values: Tale of Two Stories; please read the assignment and prepare notes on your two stories. We will share in class.
o Reasons and Rationalizations: An Exercise
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If your last name begins with A-L, prepare Case 1
 If your last name begins with M-Z, prepare Case 2
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9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MG 700: Ethics, Values and Responsibility
Cohort B: Jack McCarthy, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Cohort C: Susan Samuelson, Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Cohort D: Rachel Spooner, Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy and Law
The Ethics course during Pre-Term is an intensive 3-day course that is designed to lay a conceptual foundation, introduce frameworks and a common language for ethics and ethical decision-making, and provoke awareness of one’s values and ethical frontier to help guide principled thought and analysis. The course will be comprised of readings, lectures, case studies, exercises, experiential activities, peer coaching and reflection within each Cohort. Topics for Monday morning include:
Why ethics matters
Ethical frameworks
SMG 306
SMG 310
SMG 312

Pitfalls that lead to bad decisions
Lunch on Your Own 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 5:00 p.m. MG 700: Ethics, Values and Responsibility
Cohort B: Jack McCarthy, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Cohort C: Susan Samuelson, Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Cohort D: Rachel Spooner, Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Topics for Monday afternoon include:
Giving Voice to Values: An approach to ethical decision making
Peer Coaching: Practicing reflective and relational learning
Ethics & Values: Gaining more clarity on one’s values
Life Principles: Vision & values to guide one’s behavior
SMG 306
SMG 310
SMG 312
Instructions for Tomorrow
 By now you should have already signed up for a community service activity for tomorrow afternoon. Please be sure to wear comfortable and appropriate clothing, including closed-toe shoes.
 For tomorrow’s class, please read Against the Grain: Jim Teague in Tanzania and Chris and Alison Weston,
Case A.
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9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MG700: Ethics, Values and Responsibility
Cohort B: Jack McCarthy, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Cohort C: Susan Samuelson, Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Cohort D: Rachel Spooner, Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Topics for Tuesday morning include:
Identifying pitfalls for management action
Individual decision-making in a Global Environment
Corporate responsibility
12:00 – 12:30 p.m.
12:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Box lunches and Community Service Check-in
Community Service
Extending from our discussion of ethics and corporate responsibility, each student will participate in a 3-5 hour service project to serve as real-world context for experiential learning and provide time to reflect on their individual values and the organizational value of being engaged with our community and diverse stakeholders. A variety of sites in the greater Boston area will be made available. Sign-ups will take place earlier in Preterm, and directions will follow.
SMG 306
SMG 310
SMG 312
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Instructions for Tomorrow
 For tomorrow’s class, please read Accounting Fraud at WorldCom, Ikea‘s Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian
Rugs and Child Labor (A), and How Will you Measure Your Life?

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9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. MG700: Ethics, Values and Responsibility
Cohort B: Jack McCarthy, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Cohort C: Susan Samuelson, Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
1:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Cohort D: Rachel Spooner, Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Topics for Wednesday morning include:
Decision-making in organizations
Global ethics and impacting the world around us
Lunch on Your Own
MG700: Ethics, Values and Responsibility
Cohort B: Jack McCarthy, Associate Professor, Organizational Behavior
Cohort C: Susan Samuelson, Professor, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Cohort D: Rachel Spooner, Lecturer, Markets, Public Policy and Law
Topics for Wednesday afternoon include:
Drafting an Ethics Compact and Action Plan
Final reflections, lessons & adjourn
The Ethics course will conclude with a capstone discussion of the lessons and commitments that each student will leverage and reinforce as they progress throughout the MBA Program, and beyond, to act as ethical, principled managers and leaders.
5:00 p.m.
SMG 306
SMG 310
SMG 312
SMG 306
SMG 310
SMG 312
New Student Reception
Please join Full-Time and Professional Evening MBA classmates for a
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5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
Health Sector Management (HSM) Program Orientation*
Ned Rimer, Lecturer of Organizational Behavior; Faculty Director, HSM
Betsy Dick, Assistant Director, Graduate Programs Office
Learn more about the opportunities and curriculum of the Health Sector
Management Program. Meet HSM students, faculty, and staff. Imagine
SMG 208 your graduate studies in the context of all that BU and Boston has to offer. Students who are interested in joining the HSM Program are also welcome to attend.
Public and Nonprofit Management (PNP) Program Orientation*
David Stolow, Lecturer of Organizational Behavior; Faculty Director,
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HSM
Regina Fetterolf, Assistant Director, Graduation Programs Office
Meet your PNP classmates and learn about opportunities for enrichment, service, and career development, both in and out of the classroom. Current students, faculty, and staff will welcome you to the
PNP community and offer informal advice as you begin to chart your course through the MBA program. Students who are interested in joining the PNP Program are also welcome to attend.
6:30 p.m. PNP and HSM Program Reception

Please join your classmates and student leaders of the Health Sector
Management and Public and Nonprofit Management programs for an informal reception at the BU Castle, 225 Bay State Road.
Instructions for Tomorrow
 Ethics Compact & Action Plan Due by 5pm on August 28 . The assignment should be uploaded to your drop box on SMGtools. Please see the assignment details on SMGtools for more information .
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9:00 – 3:30 p.m. Classrooms
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
MG700 Global*
This session provides a brief introduction to the complexities of the global business environment in which managers must understand the social, political, economic, and institutional aspects of country environments and design strategies to solve business problems within the framework of global institutions.
*Lunch will be provided during this session.
Review of Excel Pre-Assignments: Gender Discrimination in
Faculty Salaries at a Junior College and Direct Mail Campaign
(For students receiving email notification suggesting attendance)
Bill Dupee, Analyst Consultant, Information Technology Services
For students who received an email indicating weaknesses in the Excel
Pre-Assignments, this session will walk them through the steps required to complete the various parts of the Pre-Assignments.
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Instructions for Tomorrow
 Prior to tomorrow's Accounting session, students should have read the Financial Accounting Primer (and viewed videos) and completed practice problems (A-F). Bring 2 copies of your Problem F solution - one for ungraded submission and the other to review in class. See the Enrollment check-list on the New Students section of the GPO website for details.
 Before tomorrow’s Maximizing Your MBA Experience session, please view the following:
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9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
Accounting
Cohort B: Alison Kirby Jones, Associate Professor and Dean’s Research Fellow SMG 306
Cohorts C & D: Raymond Wilson, Senior Lecturer and Executive in Residence. SMG 208
During this session the accounting faculty will review basic financial statement preparation and cover practice examples. Students need to bring two copies of their work on Problem F from the Primer to this session.
12:00 – 2:30 p.m. Maximizing Your MBA Experience*
Kristen McCormack, Master Lecturer of Organization Behavior, Executive-
In-Residence, Assistant Dean, Sector Initiatives
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2:30 p.m.
You are choosing a business management and leadership path during a time when the world economy is undergoing tremendous historical changes. A sharp increase in population, an explosion of digital technology, an increasing focus on environmental sustainability, the challenges and opportunities present in the health and life sciences sectors and the promise of new business models are just some of the trends marking this critical period in world economic history.
This session invites students to think more broadly about their total
MBA experience and how to use it to best prepare for meeting the challenges faced by business and society. In this session they will hear first-hand from faculty, students and alumni regarding out of classroom experiences that will make a difference in their MBA education.
Students will have an opportunity to have lunch with faculty who share similar interests as well as meet students, staff and alumni who will discuss their experience taking advantage of student and faculty led treks, global field seminars, clubs, case competitions, concentrations, internships, networking and projects to make the most of their MBA experience.
*Lunch will be provided at this session.
Pre-Term Closing and Champagne Toast
Join us for a celebratory send-off with a toast and light refreshments.
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