Due to lots of inquiries from Change members, I thought I'd send out more info for those that are interested in the course. The seminar is "BA 545: Global Business Forum: Current Issues in Global Business" (1 unit seminar/speaker series). Historically the GBF focuses on a global "region" each quarter, for example recent quarters were "Europe", "Brazil", etc. The speaker series focuses on international business issues, inviting executives from private sector companies and non-profit organizations to share their perspective on working in a global business environment. From what I've heard, next quarter changes things up with a Global Health and International Development focus for speakers. According to the website "Graduate students from other UW departments, faculty, and staff are all welcome to participate."
The course is organized by Foster's Global Business Center, if you're interested you should contact: mbaregis@uw.edu
Also, the course organizers: Cate Goethals (categ@uw.edu) or Jenn Adrien (jadrien@uw.edu)
I think the material will be quite different then the Change seminar and it'd be great to get more cross-pollination!
-Joe Michiels
jmich@uw.edu
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 4:42 PM, joe michiels <jmich@u.washington.edu> wrote:
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> A peer of mine in the business school is looking for good development/global health books for a seminar/course for MBAs that's being offered in the winter. Given that the audience may or may not have a background in the field, are there particular overview/introductory texts that Change folks would recommend?
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> A few that have come up so far:
> Common Wealth - Sachs
> End of Poverty - Sachs
> Dead Aid - Moyo
> White Man's Burden - Easterly
> The Blue Sweater - Novogratz
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> I'm not sure if students outside of the business school can enroll/attend, but if anyone's interested I can definitely check.
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> -Joe Michiels
> Foster School of Business - Class of 2010
> jmich@uw.edu
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