Faculty
Professor Matthew J. Slaughter
Objectives
MBA Program Office
110-115 Tuck Hall (first floor of Tuck Hall)
603-646-3938
mba.program.office@dartmouth.edu
Welcome Tuck class of 2011! The MBA Program Office is eager to help you learn about Tuck and to help you begin to benefit from and contribute to our community. The purpose of Orientation week is to introduce you to our program, our
expectations, and each other! Through lectures, interactive sessions, experiential learning, and social events, we will provide an introduction to your two years at Tuck that will be both informative and inspirational.
Requirements
TUCK SCHOOL ACADEMIC HONOR PRINCIPLE
Integrity and honesty in the performance of academic activities, both in the classroom and outside, are essential to the educational experience for which the Tuck School has always stood. Each member of the Tuck community accepts the personal responsibility to uphold and defend high ethical standards in all academic endeavors, and to promote an atmosphere in which honest and imaginative academic work may flourish.
TUCK SCHOOL SOCIAL CODE
The primary function of the Tuck School is to provide students with opportunities for
learning. In order to carry out this function, it is essential at all times that an atmosphere
conducive to intellectual pursuits be maintained at the school. Because Tuck is assumed to
be a community of mature, responsible individuals, we do not find it necessary to live
within a system of narrowly defined social rules and regulations. Rather, we prefer to live
within a broadly defined framework of “freedom with responsibility.” It is expected that
instances of irresponsible conduct will be settled satisfactorily without using formal judicial procedures.
Materials
PICKING UP FALL A COURSE PACKS
Course packs for Fall A will be available for pick up in the Tuck Copy Center (located in the basement level of Tuck Hall) as of Thursday, September 3 and Friday, September 4 from 8:00 am-4:00 pm. Be sure to check TuckStreams for course materials due on the first day of classes (Tuesday, September 8).
Attendance
Attendance is mandatory for every session. If you have an emergency or a serious conflict, please contact the MBA Program Office at 603-646-3938 or mba.program.office@dartmouth.edu.
Laptops
Your laptop should remain closed unless it is needed for a class session.
Prepared and Prompt
You must come to class on time and prepared for every session.
Name badges and placards
Please wear your name badge during the week of Orientation and place your name placards in front of you at your desk during class sessions.
Grading
Schedule
Monday, August 31
Honor/Social Code
8:00-10:30 am
Cook Auditorium
Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean for the MBA Program
Richard Shreve, Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics
Sally Jaeger, Assistant Dean, Director of the MBA Program
Tom Park, Chair of the Judicial Board
Optional Reading:
Prior to the Honor/Social Code session, review the Tuck Academic Honor Principle and Social Code on pages 8-18 of the Tuck Student Handbook.
Monday, August 31
A Global Mindset
10:45am-12:15 pm
Cook Auditorium
Matthew Slaughter, Associate Dean for the MBA Program
In this Global Mindset session, Dean Slaughter will help introduce you to one of the most important themes at Tuck—globalization. How will the many dimensions of globalization inform your Tuck education—both inside and outside the classroom? What choices can you make while at Tuck to better develop a global mindset and thereby better prepare to become a better leader? Questions like these will be covered in this session.
Monday, August 31
Lunch & Getting your Dartmouth ID
12:30-2:00 pm
Byrne Dining Hall (Lunch)
Thayer Dining Hall, 2nd Floor (Dartmouth ID)
You can get your Dartmouth ID in the Thayer Dining Hall (not the Thayer School of Engineering next door to Tuck). It is a five-minute walk, and you will need to bring another form of photo ID with you as well as the meal card you received at Registration.
Your Dartmouth ID will allow you to pay for food in the Byrne Dining Hall as well as access Tuck buildings once the doors lock. You will also use your ID to check out books at the library, and as a pass at other Dartmouth facilities (such as the gym).
Directions:
Walk up Tuck drive to the end (Baker tower will be across the street). Take a right, and walk along the Dartmouth Green to the last building on the corner called the Collis Center. The Thayer Dining Hall is the building behind the Collis Center, so you can weave in between the two buildings. Walk up to the second floor, and you will see signs for the Dartmouth Card Office.
Monday, August 31
Study-Group Launch
2:00-5:00 pm
Cook Auditorium
Whit Mitchell, Working InSync
Sally Jaeger, Assistant Dean, Director of the MBA Program
Betsy Winslow, Associate Director of the MBA Program
The Study Group Launch Session is designed to introduce you to Tuck's brand of teamwork. Self-managing work teams are a growing phenomenon in most organizations; we provide you with a chance to experience this version of teamwork first-hand as part of a five-person learning team. You will be placed in a study group for fall term, and then placed in a different study group for winter term. The launch session will allow you to work with your study group to practice task allocation, to learn best practices for effective group work, to hear from T'10's about their study group experiences, and to complete a group contract. Members of the faculty and the MBA Program Office will lead this interactive session aimed at getting your group off to a good start before the homework hits!
You must complete the team charter assignment as a group. It is due to the MBA Program Office (Tuck Hall 110) by 5:00 pm on Friday, September 4. You can access the assignment through the P drive.
Monday, August 31
Small-Group Dinners
This is a great opportunity to get to know your study group in a fun and relaxed atmosphere, and you will also get to see more of the Upper Valley.
See assignment sheet on the P drive
6:00 pm reservation time
The MBAPO will make and confirm the dinner reservations, assign groups to restaurants, and provide directions. You are responsible for organizing your meeting spot and transportation as well as the check and gratuity. Have fun!
Tuesday, September 1
Ethics
8:30-10:00 am
General Motors classroom
Richard Shreve, Adjunct Professor of Business Ethics
In every Tuck course you take, you will face ethical dilemmas. Inevitably, you will also encounter ethical questions in the everyday interactions of life in the Tuck academic community. Recognizing that ethics cuts across all aspects of life at Tuck, we have scheduled an introductory class in ethics during Orientation Week to give you some tools to deal with these issues at the very outset of your stay here.
Starting with the class of 2011, the Tuck School has added a distribution requirement that includes at least one mini-course (1.5 credits) from an approved set of courses dealing with issues of ethics and business and society. This class session will serve as a brief introduction to the topic.
Class Objectives:
Our purpose is to acquire some practical business skills: the ability to identify the ethical dimensions of business problems, the ability to make practical, reasoned decisions when faced with ethical dilemmas, and the ability to justify those decisions in language that is both clear and persuasive.
Specifically, we will:
address the question, “how do we know what is right and wrong?”
develop a framework for resolving ethical dilemmas where there is no clear right and wrong—where there are two or more claimants at the table, each with legitimate rights that conflict with the rights of others, e.g., shareholders versus employees.
give students some practical experience in discussing business problems in the language of values and ethical standards—language that may not easily translate into rates of return or effect on the bottom line.
develop some sensitivity to the ethical issues that may lie beneath ordinary management decisions.
Read:
Jaan Elias and J. Gregory Dees. “The Normative Foundations of Business.” Harvard Business School Note.
Optional additional reading:
Milton Friedman, “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits,” New York Times Magazine, September 13, 1970.
Tom Jacobs, “Morals Authority,”
(http://www.miller-mccune.com/culture_society/morals-authority-1099.print).
Case: Business Ethics Problems
For each of the problems presented, identify what is the right thing to do. Where there are competing “rights,” try to determine how you would resolve the conflict. Come to class prepared tell what you would do in each case.
Tuesday, September 1
Free Time from 10:15-11:45 am or Optional Sessions
OPTIONAL SESSION:
Feldberg Library Orientation from 10:30-11:00 am
Meet at the Feldberg Main Desk
Tuesday, September 1
Lunch in Byrne Dining Hall
12:00-2:00 pm
Use your Dartmouth ID or meal card
Tuesday, September 1
Résumé Writing Workshop
2:00-3:30 pm
Rosenwald Classroom
Career Development Office (CDO)
Writing a résumé is one of the first steps in a successful job search strategy. Your résumé is your one-page personal selling tool. Often it will be your calling card to a company and may be the first impression you make. However, your résumé is more than just a recruiting tool. The process of creating it is a valuable experience that will help you define what career you want to pursue. Crafting a résumé is an opportunity for you to assess your professional and personal experiences and think about what you accomplished, why you made the decisions you did, what you liked (or didn’t like) about your choices, and how this all plays into your career search going forward.
Throughout your two years at Tuck you will create multiple versions of your résumé – a standard Tuck version for an online résumé database as well as résumés tailored to specific jobs, companies or industries. The résumé you prepare for Tuck now will serve as the base for future modification and will be used in the online résumé database provided to recruiters at the end of September.
By the end of this session, you will:
• Learn how recruiters look at résumés;
• Understand the review process at Tuck;
• Learn general best practices and Tuck-specific protocol; and
• Gain strategies for writing an action-oriented résumé.
Review the Résumé Writing Guidelines found on the P drive (P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Career Development Office) prior to the workshop and bring any questions you may have.
Prepare your Tuck-style résumé for the Peer Résumé Review session on Friday morning. See examples of templates on the P Drive: P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Career Development Office. Don't forget to bring seven copies to the review session.
Tuesday, September 1
Networking and Professional Protocol
6:00-8:00 pm
Georgiopoulos Classroom
Jodi Smith, Mannersmith Etiquette Consulting
Dress in business attire for the event.
Jodi Smith is an etiquette advocate and has been promoting better behaviors since 1986. Her business, Mannersmith, will celebrate its fourteenth anniversary in January. Jodi holds a bachelor’s degree in motivational psychology from the University of Rochester and a master’s degree from Cornell University. She consults to organizations, corporations, educational institutions and individuals on a variety of topics, including dining skills, office etiquette, professional protocol and wedding preparations.
Jodi is sought out by the media for her no-nonsense approach to etiquette. Jodi has been seen on the NBC Today Show, ABC Good Morning America, and on the CBS Early Show. She has been quoted in the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today. She has been a featured guest on radio shows from coast to coast and into Canada. Her books, From Clueless to Class Act, are available through Barnes and Noble. Jodi is well known among her clients for her educational and entertaining presentation style.
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Tuck Community Outreach Day: Introduction
8:00-8:30 am
Cook Auditorium
Robert Hansen, Senior Associate Dean; Faculty Director, Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship
John Vogel,
Associate Faculty Director, Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship
Arrive in Cook Auditorium with everything you will need to work with the agency.
Prior to Wed am, (1) Read Overview_Tuck_Community_Outreach_Day.doc and TWO information sheets listed under your study group number at P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Community Outreach.Allwin Initiative, and
(2) Meet in your study group to review the mini-case, agency website, transportation plans, and to decide how you will work as a group.
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Tuck Community Outreach Day: Experience
9:00 am-12:00 pm
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Lunch in Byrne Dining Hall
12:00-1:30 pm
Use your Dartmouth ID card only
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Free Time from 1:30-4:30 pm or Optional Schedule
OPTIONAL SESSIONS:
PowerPoint at Tuck from 1:30-3:00 pm in Borelli Classroom
Microsoft Office Communicator from 2:00-3:00 pm in Georgiopoulos Classroom
TuckStreams Intranet from 3:30-4:30 pm in Georgiopoulos Classroom
Wednesday, Sept. 2
Tuck Community Outreach Day: Dinner and Program
6:30-9:30 pm
Hopkins Center: Top of the Hop & Alumni Hall
Top of the Hop is the second floor in the Hopkins Center for the Performing Arts. It is next to the
Hanover Inn, about a five to ten-minute walk from Tuck.
Jim Yong Kim, President, Dartmouth College
Pat Palmiotto, Director, Allwin Initiative for Corporate Citizenship
Reed Bundy T'10
A special dinner will be hosted by the Allwin Initiative. The new Dartmouth President Jim Yong Kim, our guest speaker, will reflect on his past experiences and his vision for Dartmouth graduates to become responsible, engaged leaders in the world.
6:30-7:30 pm Reception - please arrive by 7:00 pm
7:30-9:30 pm Dinner and Program
Please wear business casual attire.
Thursday, Sept. 3
Time Management
8:30-10:00 am
Georgiopoulos Classroom
Paul Argenti, Professor of Corporate Communication
Prior to Thursday, meet in your study group and read the Manage your Energy, Not your Time article as well as prepare the Wentworth.com case and exhibit. The course materials can be found at: P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Time Management.
Thursday, Sept. 3
Free Time from 10:15-11:45 am or Optional Schedule
OPTIONAL SESSIONS:
Microsoft Office Communicator from 10:30-11:30 am in Borelli Classroom
TuckStreams Intranet from 10:30-11:30 am in Frantz II Classroom
Thursday, Sept. 3
Lunch in Byrne Dining Hall
12:00-1:00 pm
Use your Dartmouth ID card only
Thursday, Sept. 3
Leadership
1:00-2:30 pm
Stoneman Classroom
Pino Audia, Associate Professor of Business Administration
In preparation for the Leadership session, read the case Wolfgang Keller at Konigsbrau-Krayina (A) and the article Why You Didn’t Get That Promotion. Please come to class ready to answer the following questions regarding the case:
What are the most important issues Keller faces?
What advice would you give Keller?
Thursday, Sept. 3
Community Fair
3:00-5:00 pm
McLaughlin Atrium
Thursday, Sept. 3
Dinner in Byrne Dining Hall
5:30-7:30 pm
Use your Dartmouth ID card only
Friday, Sept. 4
Peer Résumé Review
8:00-9:45 am
Go to the assigned location for your study group, see P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Career Development Office\Peer Resume Review
The purpose of this activity is to receive collective constructive feedback and advice on your résumé from your study group and a Tuck facilitator. As you start off your first term together, leverage the knowledge and experience in your group and get to know each other’s backgrounds during this session. Beginning with your draft résumé in the “Tuck-style”, as outlined in the Résumé Writing Guidelines, this exercise will be an important step in transforming your résumé to a valuable marketing tool to use while at Tuck and beyond.
Prior to this session, prepare your updated Tuck-style résumé draft. See the examples of templates on the P Drive: P:\COURSE-FILES\_Orientation\Career Development Office.
Instructions:
Bring seven copies of your Tuck-style résumé draft and go directly to the location assigned to your Study Group. You will have a Tuck facilitator that will check-in with your group at intervals throughout the session. Review one résumé at a time; the entire group reviews the same résumé together. Start with the individual stating his/her intended career goals (if known):
Industry
Function
Other?
After a few minutes reviewing, the group should give feedback to the individual regarding:
Clarity of content
Results-oriented style
Format and layout
Connection to stated career goals
Expect to spend 15-20 minutes per review. Continue until the group has reviewed every person’s résumé.
Friday, Sept. 4
Donuts and Coffee
9:45-10:00 am
Cook Auditorium
Friday, Sept. 4
Are You Game? Introduction to the Career Development Office with Guest Speaker Russell Wolff D'89 T'94
10:00 am-12:00 pm
Cook Auditorium
CDO Team and Russell Wolff D'89 T'94, Executive Vice President and Managing Director, ESPN International
Meet the Career Development Team and learn ways in which they will support your professional development and help build your job search skills. Guest speaker Russell Wolff D'89 T'94 will challenge you to think about what brought you to Tuck and where you want to go in the future. What is your dream job and why? Where can Tuck take you? Russell will engage and entertain.
Russell uses an interactive style with the audience. Think about what brought you to Tuck and what you want to gain from your business school experience. Be prepared if he calls your name.
Friday, Sept. 4
Community Lunch
12:00-1:30 pm
McCormack Courtyard & Cohen Great Hall
Partners and families welcome!
Friday, Sept. 4
Enjoy Labor Day Weekend!
Classes begin on Tuesday, September 8. Check TuckStreams for your schedule.
