JDC West 2009 Last year was an unprecedented year for the Alberta School of Business at JDC West. Not only was the event held in Edmonton. planned and run entirely by students from the School of Business, but the 2009 Alberta JDC West team was our most successful yet, coming away with eight finalist trophies and the coveted ‘School of the Year’ award.
Other Exicting JDC West Highlights McCombs International Business Challenge This internationally acclaimed case competition is hosted by the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin. MIBC gives students an incredibly short 4 page case, and 60 hours to research, formulate and develop a strong business case. The case focused on how Dell Computers could expand their market share in countries such as India, Russia, China, and Brazil. Students have 60 hours to develop a proposal and strategy, then a short two minutes present their ideas to a large number of Dell executives who then have 25 minutes to ask the team questions about their solution. In the final round the question and answer period is a grueling 45 minutes with 20 judges from various backgrounds. LIVE! Conference, November 2008 Alberta JDC West team members John Schmidt, Chauncey Beggs along with first year business students Adam Hesse (2010 JDC West Entrepreneurship Captain), Jordan Iverson and Riphay Alberta Internal Case Competition, November 2008 The Alberta JDC West Accounting Team took home big prize money on November 15, 2008 as returning champions of the second annual AAIC Case Competition hosted by the University of Alberta. The team (comprised of captain Jeff Martens, Lauren Bhatia, and Francesca Plaizier) competed against several other outstanding teams in the senior portion of the competition, analyzing a business strategy Ivey Case. Dawid Chmiel and John Schmidt, members of the 2009 JDC West Not-for-Profit team came in second in the competition. Inter-Collegiate Business Competition, January 2009 Once again Alberta JDC West was represented by Yuriy Polevoy, a member of the Finance team, and Alberta JDC West Alumni Brendan O`Connor. As a result of months of preparation and success during the preliminary round, Yuriy and Brendan advanced to the final round which took place in January at the Queen`s School of Business. With a stellar performance in Kingston, Yuriy and Brendan took home first place. Competitors in the finance element of ICBC included Concordia University, McGill University, Simon Fraser University, and York University. Furthermore Alberta JDC West was represented in the Management Information Systems (MIS) competition by Rhys Kustra, MIS team captain. With more than thirty years of history, ICBC is recognized as one of Canada`s most well established business student competitions. The final round takes place over two days in January at the Queen’s School of Business in Kingston, ON. Competitors receive a business case relative to their field of competition, and are then given five and a half hours to analyze the case and prepare a solution that is ready to be presented to industry representatives. The calibre of competition is extremely high as many of the judges are industry executives who carry with them an extensive amount of knowledge regarding the cases they judge. John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition, In February, Alberta JDC West team members Jeff Martens, Lauren Bhatia, Francesca Plaizier, and Dawid Chmiel represented the University of Alberta at the 2009 John Molson Undergraduate Case Competition (JMUCC) in Montreal. The week long competition is divided into two stages. The first stage consists of three 3-hour case analyses which are then presented to a panel of business executives. The second stage focuses on the students’ research abilities, giving teams 24 hours to research a case and prepare a presentation for a panel of judges. The team did a great job over the week and came away with the Spirit Award for the competition. Excalibur Desjardins – Canadian University Human Resource Tournament, March 2009 Montreal, Quebec JDC West was also represented at the 2009 Excalibur Tournament in Montreal, Quebec. The team consisting of JDC West HR team member/VP Academic Melissa Ball, JDC Alumni Badeia Jawarhi, and business student Kaitie Worobec took home second place, competing against 21 other Canadian Universities. The competition consisted of three short cases requiring a written report, and two 10-minute presentations. Then, on Saturday the six finalists received a six-page case and had an hour-and-a-half to dissect and prepare a 20 minute presentation for a panel of 10 judges. Business students from the four corners of Canada competed in the event, organized by the Ordre des Conseillers en ressources humaines agréés. Majeda Fyith (2010 JDC HR Case Captain) accompanied the team as an alternate, and she will be on the team next year, hoping to improve upon this year’s results! More Information on Excalibur Desjardins Americas Regional Investment Research Challenge, Five Business students placed fourth out of 15 teams in New York at the Americas Regional Investment Research Challenge March 18-20, 2009. The team was comprised of JDC West Entrepreneurship Case Captain Keith Mackey, JDC West Alumni Brendan O’Connor, as well as finance students Scott Russell, Chad Yaskiw and Tyler Parrent. At the Calgary stage, the U of A topped five other universities in analyzing Canadian firm Empire Company Ltd., owner of Sobeys, theatres and real estate. In New York, the U of A team finessed that analysis, with a 10-minute presentation followed by a grueling 10-minute Q-and-A in front of a prestigious panel of judges. CMA Board Governance Case Competition, A sign of excitement for Alberta JDC West comes from the success that members of the upcoming 2010 team have already accomplished. Adam Hesse (2010 Entrepreneurship Case Captain), along with Riphay Al-Hussein, Jihoon (Andrew) Dong, Tony Hau, and Derek Gee, managed to take home first place at the first ever CMA Board Governance Case Competition. Students were challenged to present at an extraordinary level in the final round in front of a very knowledgeable panel of judges. More Information on the CMA Case Competition
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