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Accounting
T
he Simon School has one of the premier
Accounting faculties in the world, excelling
in both teaching and research. The Accounting
faculty publishes the Journal of Accounting and Economics,
a leading academic journal in the feld. This widely read
journal showcases the cross-functional research generated
by Simon faculty. The School is well known for an inte-
grated approach to solving management problems and an
emphasis on the interactive nature of business decisions.
A defning strength of the Accounting concentration is
the integration of fnance and economics into account-
ing research and teaching. Our faculty members serve on
boards of major corporations, fnancial institutions, law
frms and government agencies, such as the Securities and
Exchange Commission. They are also involved in advising
and interacting with both the international business com-
munity and government and regulatory bodies.
Full-Time Accounting Faculty
Shane Heitzman, Ph.D., Management (Accounting and Finance),
University of Arizona
Edward X. Li, Ph.D., Accounting, Michigan State University
Heidi Tribunella, M.S., Accountancy, State University of New York
Institute of Technology
Charles E. Wasley, Ph.D., Accounting, University of Iowa; Area
Coordinator for Accounting
Kurt Wojdat, Ph.D., Accounting, University of Bufalo
Joanna Shuang Wu, Ph.D., Accounting, Tulane University
Jerold L. Zimmerman, Ph.D., Business Administration, University
of California at Berkeley
Recent Recruiting Results
Class of 2009
39.5 percent of the class earned full-time
positions in fnance and accounting.
Class of 2010
44.5 percent of the class had internships
in the areas of accounting, fnance or
investment banking.
Joanna Shuang Wu
Associate Professor of Accounting
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Business Systems Consulting
Concentration Requirements
(5 courses)
Required core courses, plus fve other courses. At least two
must be selected from this list:
CIS 461. Strategy and Business Systems Consulting
Practicum (OMG 461)
CIS 415. Business Process Analysis and Design (ECM
415)
or
OMG 415. Process Improvement
The other three electives must be selected from this list:
ACC 438. Auditing IIAuditing and Information Systems
CIS 416. Advanced Information Technology (ECM 416)
CIS 418. Business Modeling and Analysis for
Management
CIS 440. Electronic Commerce Strategy (ECM 440)
CIS 446. Financial Information Systems (FIN 446)
ECM 437. Marketing on the Internet (MKT 437)
MKT 436. Database Marketing (ECM 436)
OMG 411. Supply Chain Management
OMG 412. Service Management
OMG 413. International Manufacturing and Service
Strategy
OMG 415. Process Improvement
OMG 416. Project Management
OMG 437. Managing Health Care Operations (HSM 437)
STR 421. Economics of Competitive Strategy
Simon M.B.A. Team Works With Xerox
Pictured above is one of the M.B.A. teams that worked with Xerox in the
spring of 2008. (From left) Vivek Darji, Akihiro Watannabe, Professor David
Tilson (at rear), Ana Ramirez Soto, Gaurav Chicker, Nidhi Swarup, Mike
Heacock and Don George (both from Xerox Global Services), Kim Taylor
and Nelson Venegas Montero.
. . . The team came up with constructive and relevant
recommendations. I was pleased with their results . . .
. . . The team did a very good job of synthesizing the
problem and proposing a direction we can take to move
forward . . .
Comments From Project Clients
Duncan T. Moore
M.S., Optics, University of Rochester
Ph.D., Optics, University of Rochester
Career Highlights: Former dean of the Universitys School of
Engineering and Applied Sciences, former director of The Institute
of Optics, past president of the Optical Society of America, former
director for technology in the White House Ofce of Science and
Technology Policy during the Clinton Administration, where he
worked on the Next Generation Internet, Clean Car Initiative, new
construction materials and NASA.
Bob Tobin
B.A., Sociology, Seton University
Career Highlights: Prior to the University, he was president and
C.E.O. of Tobin & Associates Inc., an information technology
services frm that was established in 1987. Tobin & Associates
Inc. was a seven-time recipient of the Rochester Top 100 Award
and also received the Quality First Award from Eastman Kodak
Company.
Mark Wilson
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Career Highlights: He founded Initiatives Consulting L.L.C. in 1997
to help clients craft and implement commercialization strategies.
Wilson has taken over 125 teams through an intense workshop to
jump-start their technology-based product ideas.
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Simon Entrepreneurs Club
Simon Entrepreneurs (S.E.) is a student-run, faculty, industry
and community-advised club, at the Simon School. It provides the
possibility of instilling entrepreneurship as a way of being in all
endeavors and integrating students, faculty, alumni and external
resources to create a platform for launching successful ventures.
Implicit in this declaration is the realization that entrepreneur-
ship is a way of managing ones life and resources to undertake
new ventures. It can be applied not only to emerging tech-
nologies, but also to family and small businesses, initiatives and
restructuring in large corporations, social impact and personal
projects. The goal of S.E. is to create an environment that
fosters such thinking in all disciplines by creating a portfolio
of academic, professional and social activities that integrate
entrepreneurial interests and resources from throughout the
Rochester community.
In doing so, S.E. believes it will help create leaders with
the skills to thrive in a challenging business environment.
Additionally, S.E. activities will accelerate the rate of Rochester
companies started per year, spurring economic growth in the
region. These outcomes will prove to be self-perpetuating as they
will yield knowledge that is fed back into the curriculum and
attract more highly qualifed students to Simon.
Entrepreneurship Concentration
Requirements
(5 courses)
The Simon School is committed to the teaching of entre-
preneurship. The Entrepreneurship concentration allows the
student to draw from a variety of carefully selected courses to
become a business generalist, well versed in organizing and
managing resources. Graduates with this concentration have
started their own ventures or have pursued intrapreneurial
careers with major corporations.
Required core courses, plus:
ENT 422. Generating and Screening Entrepreneurial Ideas
(GBA 422)
Plus two of:
ENT 423. New Venture Development and Managing for
Long Term Success (GBA 423)
or
ENT 425. Technical Entrepreneurship
and
ENT 444. Entrepreneurial Finance
Plus two courses selected from a list available online.
Adam Bates 07
Director, Artist Services,
Topspin Media Inc.
Jack Davies 73
Senior Advisor and Founder,
America Online International
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