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A company's mission statement must drive everything it does to be successful in today's economy, stated J. Chris Lansing, president and chief executive officer of Ted Lansing Corp. at the 1999 Marriott School Honored Alumni Lecture Oct. 7.
In a move to become one of the nation's leading high-tech business research centers, officials at Brigham Young University's Marriott School announced the formation of a new center for electronic business. Dell Vice Chair and Marriott School alumnus Kevin Rollins and his wife, Debra, contributed $3 million to establish the center.
The Romney Institute of Public Management at Brigham Young University's Marriott School named Rebecca Bennion Buchanan Salti as its Administrator of the Year at a banquet held in her honor 15 Feb.
Weldon Johnson Taylor, the first dean of the College of Business at Brigham Young University, died 21 August in his home at the age of 92. As a well known business educator and educational administrator, Taylor’s long life was one of great service, contribution and example.
In conjunction with the Tanner Building Addition Dedication and the National Advisory Council conference, the school honored Richard E. Marriott and J.W. Marriott Jr. at a banquet 24 October 2008. President Henry B. Eyring, President Cecil O. Samuelson, and Dean Gary C. Cornia presented the brothers with Distinguished Leadership Awards.
Despite the conversion of hundreds of dot.coms to dot.bombs over the past year, Americans continue to view entrepreneurship as a career path with potential.
Many people would be content with running the semifinals of the 100x4 meter relay in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Not Kenneth Andam; he plans to compete again in the 2004 games and bring home a medal. However, his wins aren't only on the track. He is lapping competitors on the business fast track as well. Andam earned a double BS in information systems and economics from BYU in 2000 and is now a graduate student at BYU studying mass communications. His education gives him the technical and analytical skills he needs to compete in the global economy.
Against all odds, the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team stole the gold medal at the 1980 Winter games in Lake Placid, New York. The squad of amateurs knocked off Finland in the finals, clasping the gold and earning the title "The Miracle on Ice."
Shannon Francis edged into a seat in the back of her Marriott School Executive MBA classroom, trying not to draw attention to herself since she was among the few not wearing a suit. "Then about twenty minutes late, Steven waltzed in the door in rumpled, wrinkled casual attire, and I said to myself, ‘We could get along!'" Besides that, Shannon was sure that it meant he was single.
Most people who work for the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) leave with the same going-away gift: a frame containing all the covers of the standards they helped publish while there.
More than 20 million Americans are counting on their 401(k) investments to help see them through retirement. Some predict that 401(k) holdings will grow from $500 billion to more than $2 trillion by 2006.1
Good morning. It’s great to be with you today. You are truly an awesome sight. The last time I spoke at a graduation was at my high school ceremony some thirty-three years ago. Then as now, I find it a very humbling task.
Over the next year, many of you will go through a performance review. your direct supervisor will evaluate the contribution that you have made to the success of the organization and help you develop a plan to build on your strengths and focus on opportunities you have to improve.
Several weeks ago, I traveled to the north side of Chicago to visit my son. I drove from downtown Chicago to Lincoln Park, where he lives. As I turned onto Clybourn Avenue, I suddenly encountered a scene that I hadn’t seen or thought of in years—the Clybourn Gospel Chapel.
Manhattan Investment Banker Credits BYU Scholarships For Career Success For someone who always wanted to be a doctor, a position as vice president of JP Morgan Chase & Co., wasn’t exactly what investment banker Katherine Lum had in mind. She lives and works in Manhattan and is responsible for assisting clients in raising debt securities in the private placement market. Depending on the flow of deals, Lum has been known to work up to twenty-hour days. What keeps her motivated? “I truly enjoy my job,” she said.
For Wyman Roberts, vacationing at Universal Studios proved to be so much fun that he decided to land a career in the industry. Roberts has been appointed executive vice president of marketing—chief marketing officer—for Universal Studios Recreation Group.
Ken Batson has been a CPA for thirty-two years getting up, eating breakfast, and heading to work. A partner at Sharp, Thunstrom, & Batson, a small accounting firm in La Mesa, California, Batson was complacent as a CPA. He'd heard the warnings about massive changes coming to his
It's an honor for me to be here today. Every time I get in an awesome situation like this I think of a story that took place several years ago when my family and I lived on the west coast. Our oldest boys, who were seven and eight at the time, decided to take a friend to church with them one Sunday. This young boy had never been to our Church before.
You are a very select group whose contributions in the years ahead will be monumental. I know many of those who will be your teachers and your mentors. You are not likely to understand tonight what a rare group they are.