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Smeal Research: Linking Intense Job Demands & Executive Behaviors

Executives under intense job demands will exhibit more extreme and sometimes counterproductive behaviors such as large-scale acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, downsizing, and aggressive accounting practices according to research co-authored by Smeal Chaired Professor of Management Donald C. Hambrick. Read more about the forthcoming Academy of Management Review article at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/study.html.

Smeal Expands Fundraising Campaign For New Building

As construction continues on the new home for Smeal, the college has launched a broad-based fundraising campaign targeting its more than 60,000 alumni. Smeal must raise $28 million by the end of 2005 to receive a $1 million challenge grant from The Kresge Foundation and reach its ultimate private building fundraising goal of $29 million. Read more about the campaign and how you can contribute at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/fundcamp.html.

SmealSearch Expands Focus Into Entrepreneurship

The specialized search engine launched by Smeal’s eBusiness Research Center (eBRC) has now been extended to cover entrepreneurship. SmealSearch catalogues a full spectrum of Internet-based business documents and makes them easily accessible. Read more about SmealSearch’s expanded capabilities at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/smsearch.html.

Gallup CEO’s Lecture To Address Upcoming Election

James K. Clifton, chairman and chief executive officer of The Gallup Organization, will visit Penn State on Friday, Oct. 8 for a discussion entitled “Political Behavior as Consumer Behavior: The 2004 Election.” Read more about the event, sponsored by Penn State Executive Programs and the Smeal Marketing Department, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/gallup.html.

November Advanced Manufacturing Forum To Discuss Lean Manufacturing

Smeal’s Center for the Management of Technological and Organizational Change will host its 56th Advanced Manufacturing Forum Nov. 4-5 at Penn State. Read more about the event, which will feature presentations from Lockheed Martin, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Kautex-Textron, and JLG industries, at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/amf.html.

Recruiters Rate Smeal MBA Among Top Programs In WSJ Survey

Smeal ranks 26th of 44 “regional” MBA providers, which are those schools that tend to have fewer students and attract more recruiters from their local regions, and 9th in the world among programs that have a global recruiting base in the latest Wall Street Journal/Harris Interactive survey of corporate recruiters. Read more at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/sep04/wsjrank.html.

Name That Café Competition Seeks Submissions

Alumni and friends are invited to participate in a competition to name the café in the new building, which will open its doors in August 2005. For more information, visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/releases/nov04/bluechip.html.

Media Round-Up

Members of the Smeal College faculty are contacted regularly by the world’s news media. In September, faculty members were featured in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, The Christian Science Monitor, and CIO magazine. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/innews/index.html to see a summary of these stories.

Dean Judy Olian’s twice-monthly newspaper column, which appears in the Centre Daily Times and Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and is syndicated by Scripps Howard News Service and Knight-Ridder, can be accessed at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/news/dean/index.html.

Programs and Events

Penn State Executive Programs is currently accepting reservations for its upcoming programs. Please visit http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/date.html for more information or click the link below for some of the specific programs being offered this fall.

October 17-22, November 15-19	Executive Management Program http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/emp.html
October 18-21	Managing Effective Supply Chains: Achieving Supply Chain Transformation http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc3.html
October 24-29	Developing Managerial Effectiveness http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/dme.html
November 7-12	Marketing Strategy for Growth in Business Markets http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/msbm.html
November 15-19	Managing Effective Supply Chains: Tools for Supply Chain Success http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/mesc2.html
December 5-10	Management Program for Natural Resource Managers http://www.smeal.psu.edu/psep/nrmp.html

Class Notes

For information on your classmates and other Smeal alumni, visit Class Notes at http://www.smeal.psu.edu/alumni/classnotes.html. You can receive regular updates on events by completing the "Alumni Information Form" found online at http://java.smeal.psu.edu/jsp/alumni/info.jsp.

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