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Welcome to the 2010 Orientation
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Challenge Yourself!

• Work Hard!

Make New Friends!
Have Fun!
Work Smart/ Network!
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MIM Graduate Programs Governance Who WE are

• MIM Academic Director Oversees curriculum,
  faculty performance, career placement, general
  advisement, and student conduct/performance.
• Administrative
• Jeff Millard Directs admissions operations
• Pam Mitchell Student advising.
• John Stoeckman Admissions.
• Rachel Foxhoven International advisement, Asia
  trip, general scheduling.
• External Relations
• Pam Dusschee Internships, career development
  corporate relations, etc.
• Kelly Doherty Marketing, recruitment and, alumni
  relations.

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2010 Demographics Who are you?
Full-Time Part-Time
Avg. Age 26 28
Avg. Work Experience 3.2 years 7.6 years
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• 2010 Demographics
• Where do you come from?

Origin 47 International 53 Domestic Gender
Full-time Female 43 Male 57 Gender
Part-time Female 50 Male 50
Japan
China
S. Korea
Malaysia
Thailand
Taiwan
Jordon
USA
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Global Citizen and Professional

• You are now enrolled in the Master of
  International Management Program
• and you are now a
• Global Citizen and Professional.
• Which carries responsibility!

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Global Citizen and Professional

• What is a Global Citizen?
• Is aware of the wider world and has a sense of
  their own role as a world citizen
• Respects, values, and tolerates diversity
• Has a cross cultural understanding of how the
  world works economically, politically, socially,
  technologically and environmentally
• Is concerned by injustice, socially and legally
• Participates in and contributes to the community
  at a range of levels from local to global
• Is willing to act to make the world a more
  sustainable place
• Takes responsibility for their actions.
• Is Accountable

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Global Citizen and Professional

• Why ProfessionalParticipative?
• Graduate degree program.
• Program colleagues are future network.
• Represent yourself, your colleagues, faculty,
  past Alumni, MIM and PSU.
• Your InvestmentYour Return!

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2010 MIM OrientationProgram and course policies
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MIM Program Policies

• Professional-Participative Behavior required.
  (including social networking sites)
• Cheating and Plagiarism lead to F on
  assignment.
• Earning lower than B- in a course is below
  graduate standards.
• GPA below 3.0 will place student on academic
  probation.
• First 9 credits must be 3.0

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MIM Course Policies

• Professional-Participative Behavior required.
• 8 week course Not more than one absence
  permitted.
• 4 week course No absences permitted.
• Language Courses No more than one absence per
  term.
• Being late counts as an absence unless student
  gives the instructor prior notice.
• Any problems with courses and/or instructors
  should be first directed to Instructor.
• Instructors are not required to supply make-up
  work
• Course content is the Instructors to manage.

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MIM Program and Course Policies

• To sum it up
• Work directly with course instructors on any
  issues that may arise.
• If you are not able to reach an agreeable
  solution with the instructor, then come speak to
  me.
• Be responsible, attend class and maintain high
  integrity.
• Get ready to work hard and efficiently.

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MIM Curriculum
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International and Asian Specific Skills and
Knowledge
Orientation Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall
International Business Expertise IDI Assessment Intercultural Competence and Communications Intercultural Competence and Communications Intercultural Competence and Communications International Business Negotiations
Contemporary Pacific Rim and World Affairs
Age of the Pacific Lecture Series Age of the Pacific Lecture Series Age of the Pacific Lecture Series Age of the Pacific Lecture Series Register for AOP
Part-time Year 1 Part-time Year 2
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Enhance Your Professional Marketability with Real
World Application
Orientation Fall Winter Spring Summer Fall
Specialized and Experiential Specialization Courses International Business Research Project
Asia Field Study Specialization Course
Language Japanese or Mandarin Chinese Language Japanese or Mandarin Chinese Language Japanese or Mandarin Chinese Language Japanese or Mandarin Chinese
Part-time Year 1 Part-time Year 2
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Core International Business Curriculum
Fall Winter Winter Spring Spring Summer Fall
Functional Business Expertise Accounting for Global Enterprises Comparative Operations Management Comparative Operations Management Global Human Resource Management Global Human Resource Management Global Business Immersion
Global Marketing Global Business and Sustainability Global Business and Sustainability International Law and Ethics International Law and Ethics Global Business Strategy II
Global Business Strategy I Managing Information Technology Globally Managing Information Technology Globally International Corporate Finance and Investment International Corporate Finance and Investment
Pacific Rim Economies, Trade Financial Markets

Part-time Year 1 Part-time Year 2
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Specializations

• Global Marketing
• Marketing in Asia
• Global Market Research
• Global Sales and Distribution
• International Corporate Financial Management
• Global Strategic Cost Management
• Global Business Valuation
• Cases in Global Corporate Finance

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• Global Supply Chain Management
• Global Sourcing
• Global Logistics
• Global Supply and Logistics Management II

• International Social Entrepreneurship
  Sustainability
• Product Design and Stewardship
• Metrics for Sustainable Enterprise
• Stakeholder Management Social Entrepreneurship
• Introduction to INGO Management

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2010 MIM OrientationExperiential Components
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Age of Pacific Lecture Series

• Lectures by experts in international business,
  economics, politics and culture.
• Scheduled Terms 1 through 3.
• Attendees are full time and 2nd yr part time
• Unique experience to move beyond the classroom
  and hear from seasoned executives and
  internationally recognized academics.
• Abstracts required from each of you.
• Syllabus is attached to the instructor website

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Age of Pacific Lecture Series

• Some of the previous presenters include
• Mr. Patrick Ryan, President RCG Strategies.
• Ms. Jacqui Winship, Director, Strategy, Mergers
  Acquisitions, Whirlpool Corp.
• Dr. Dali Yang, Professor, U. of Chicago.
• Mr Joe Yun, Director, Southeast Asian Affairs
  U.S. Department of State
• First lecture is September 27th!!!
• Course is attended all year, register in second
  fall term.

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Age of Pacific Lecture Series

• Business Casual required (do not come in shorts,
  baseball caps, sweatshirts, etc.)
• Be prepared with questions.
• Please introduce yourself prior to a question!!!
• Reception afterwards to meet speaker.

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Asia Field Study
Tokyo

• Approximately one week in each city
• Visits to companies INGOs presentations by
  executives.
• Lectures by leading experts.

Shanghai
Beijing
Seoul
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Asia Field Study
Tokyo

• Use your language skills
• Use your intercultural skills.
• Apply your international business knowledge.
• Build on your friendships.
• Professional-participative behavior required!

Shanghai
Beijing
Seoul
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Asia Field Study
Tokyo

• Sunday Feb. 27th, leave for JapanMarch 1 - 5,
  TokyoMarch 6 - 9, SeoulMarch 10 - 13,
  BeijingMarch 14 - 20, Shanghai.  Trip is
  officially over Friday afternoon, 3/18Saturday
  March 20 or 26, return to Portland.

Shanghai
Beijing
Seoul
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Asia Field Study Option for 2010
Cambodia

• Cambodia INGOs
• Angkor Wat
• Return through Thailand Tour of river and
  temples
• Approx cost 1,250

Thailand
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International Business Research Projects

• Work directly with a company to
• Research
• Analyze
• Provide Recommendations
• regarding an important international business
  challenge the company is confronting.
• Start in May / June register in Fall Term.

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• International Business Research Projects
• How are projects identified?
• Networking is critical

By MIM Students
By MIM Director
By MIM Faculty
By MIM Alumni
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• International Business Research Projects
• What are examples of past projects?

Asian market analysis and Supply Chain model for
factory assessment and NPI in China, Mexico,
Wilsonville
Assessment of Go-to-Market strategy for Wave
energy in Europe or Asia
Consumer profile, Demand analysis and
Distribution plan to enter Japanese marketplace
for start-up distilling company
Determine HR policies regarding high turnover
rates for an INGO in locations such as Sudan and
Iraq
Reconfiguration of operations from batch to
continuous flow process and international supply
chain implications for outdoor apparel company.
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• International Business Research Projects

Knowledge Application (research)
Skill Application (adviser)
Professional Conduct Teamwork
Excellent Project
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MIM Writing
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The Dos and Donts of Scholarly Writing

• What is Scholarly writing?
• Intended for a critical and informed audience
• Based on closely-investigated knowledge
• Posits ideas or arguments
• What is allowed and not allowed?
• Cite your sources! Use APA Format or another
  allowed by the instructor.
• Plagiarism is NOT allowed!
• Literary theft. Plagiarism occurs when a writer
  duplicates another writer's language or ideas and
  then calls the work his or her own.

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Tools for grammar correction

• http//owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
  (All you ever needed to know to figure out APA
  format)
• http//flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm
  (A great on-line tutorial of how to use APA
  format).
• http//grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm 
  (This is the index.  If you browse through it,
  you will find that there are exercises,
  quizzes, and explanations for the most common
  problem areas - especially with comma usage).
•  http//www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintr
  o.html 
• (Great web page for help with verb tenses. 
  Includes explanations and exercises.)
• http//www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/2527/presen
  tperfect.html (For help with the present perfect
  - a very commonly used verb tense in academic
  writing.)
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Tools for grammar correction

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• http//www.lextutor.ca/vp/eng/ 
• You can copy and paste your essay into this
  website
• Breaks the words into vocabulary groups - most
  used, academic word list, and repeated words
• See how often you use the same words again and
  again and again... expand your vocabulary
• http//elc.polyu.edu.hk/CILL/errordetector.htm 
• You can copy and paste your essays into this
  website
• Analyzes them and gives you feedback on common
  vocabulary and sentence structure mistakes. 
• It will definitely not find all of your mistakes
  though so beware!

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MIM Case Study Methods
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Scotts Miracle Gro Case
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Scotts Case

• Summary of Team roles
• Teams are to analyze the make / buy tradeoffs to
  outsourcing / offshoring the stateside
  manufacturing of the product.
• Presentation is to the CFO VP Operations of
  Scotts Miracle Grow.

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Scotts Case

• Assignment Questions
• What do we know about Scotts?
• What is the purpose of the exercise in your
  opinion, why would a firm want to outsource /
  offshore this type of product in its portfolio?
• What are the internal / external political and
  ethical issues associated with this decision? Are
  they relevant to the company, product, and global
  sourcing?
• What are the strategic risks and benefits of
  outsourcing / offshoring production of the
  Temecula plant to a location in Mainland China?
  Include all hard and soft items in a risk
  benefit format.

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Bringing It All Together

• Were here to support your efforts.
• Be a Global Citizen and Professional.
• You are accountable for your success.
• Participate and Collaborate.
• Understand the policies.
• Integrate and apply your knowledge and skills.
• And build friendships and have fun in the process!

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Campus Resources for Incoming MIM Students

• Financial Aid For anything regarding your
  Financial Aid award(s) and their disbursement
  contact Matthew who will present tomorrow.
• Registration and Records For anything having to
  do with Registration, Grades, or Holds on your
  account contact them at 503-725-3511 or visit
  them in Neuberger Hall Lobby.
• Graduate Studies For anything regarding
  graduation or your status as a graduate student,
  please contact Andrea Haack at ahaack_at_pdx.edu or
  visit them in 600 Unitus Building.
• Office of International Affairs For any
  international student inquiries, please contact
  Joshua Davis at jndavis_at_pdx.edu or Megan
  McLaughlin at mclaughm_at_pdx.edu

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Final Announcements

• MIM Ambassadors October 31
• Networking
• E-mail announcements
• Centers Sustainability
• SBA Friday Blasts Information
• Study Abroad Opportunities
• Website calendar