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BUSINESSWEEK: Faith, Business, and Education

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GRAZIADIO IN THE NEWS

Bloomberg Businessweek

In an op-ed for Bloomberg Businessweek, Deans Linda A. Livingstone and Michael Williams wrote that college for many students is not where they lose their faith — it is where they find it. And B-school needn’t be an exception.

quoteFrom our point of view, the college experience provides a unique—and critical—opportunity for students to reflect upon, question, and strengthen their personal faith. Even in the fields viewed as most “secular,” like graduate management education, we believe students are best served by exposure to state-of-the-art thinking about contemporary practice along with moral grounding from deeply held values. At Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School, we refer to this as “values-centered leadership,” and it is core to our institutional mission.

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OC METRO: Degrees of Dollars and Sense

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GRAZIADIO IN THE NEWS

OC Metro Magazine

Business leaders have three primary reasons for seeking an MBA, according to Linda Livingstone, dean of the Graziadio School of Business and Management at Pepperdine University, Irvine branch. They are:

  • To improve job skills in hopes of creating advancement opportunities within a current company
  • To transition to a new company or perhaps a new field
  • To move into entrepreneurship, creating one’s own business instead of trying to climb someone else’s corporate ladder

At Pepperdine, one program teams MBA candidates with private companies that often produce ideas created by the students.

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Pepperdine MBA Program Support Technology Leaders for 2nd Annual Hollywood IT Summit

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March 2nd Event to ‘Wire Together’ the New Hollywood Network

hollywood-it-summitSeven major technology solution providers and leaders have joined together in support of the 2nd Annual Hollywood IT Summit (HITS) on March 2, 2012 at Pepperdine University, in conjunction with the Graziadio School of Business and Management. This Variety-co-produced event is the largest single gathering of IT professionals in Hollywood and the program is being developed under the direction of an advisory board representing all major movie and television studios.

“Entertainment companies that have established a mature IT architecture and infrastructure are often able to take advantage of the new opportunities and barriers that are presenting themselves in the business landscape,” said Dr. Linda A. Livingstone, Dean of the Graziadio School at Pepperdine University.

“In Pepperdine’s MBA programs, we teach that cloud-based computing, portal technologies, and social networking capabilities are only a few examples of technologies that can help (or hinder) entertainment companies from becoming more innovative,” she said. “At the very least, the technology opportunities available on the market can enable the better synchronization of product development and delivery for products and services throughout the value chain.”

The first round of event sponsors include: EIDR, Qlikview, and Teradata (Platinum), MarkLogic and Oracle (Gold), as well as Rovi and Signiant (Brand). In addition, technology solutions and business development representatives are expected to participate from management consulting, IT enterprise software, IT software services, B2B network services, storage, hardware, business intelligence, BPO services, digital services companies and academia. Continue reading →

Graziadio School To Host China’s VP Xi Jinping Business Delegation Program at West LA campus Focuses on Trade Relations Between the U.S. and China

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Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management To Host China’s Vice President Xi Jinping Business Delegation Program at West LA campus focuses on trade relations between the U.S. and China

LOS ANGELES — Pepperdine University’s Graziadio School of Business and Management and ChinaMart® Los Angeles will host a seminar on U.S.-China trade relations and shared economic interests on February 16, 2012, for members of a business delegation from the People’s Republic of China and U.S. business officials as part of Vice President Xi Jinping’s visit to Los Angeles. Positioned as China’s next president, Vice President Xi Jinping is traveling to the U.S. at the invitation of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, accompanied by the business delegation, in an effort to help enhance diplomatic ties and develop business and professional relationships in the Southern California area.

The seminar event on February 16th will begin with a business mixer and match-making session in the morning to promote U.S. exports and imports at ChinaMart® Los Angeles, a one-stop portal providing support for Chinese manufacturers to successfully market in the U.S. The second portion of the seminar event will be held at Pepperdine University’s West Los Angeles campus with a keynote address by Terry Young, Ph.D., a professor of economics and chair of the Economics and Law Department at the Graziadio School of Business and Management.

“Dr. Young has more than 25 years of business experience in Asia and the United States and has extensive knowledge of the global marketplace, with a primary emphasis on Asia,” said Dean Linda A. Livingstone. “The jǐnmì liánxì between China and the United States is one of the world’s most important international relationships and we are honored to host Vice President Xi Jinping’s delegation at the Graziadio School in the hope that our discussion and interaction will increase business opportunities and cooperation between our two countries.” Continue reading →

LIVINGSTONE: Grad Schools See Dropping Enrollment for MBAs

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GRAZIADIO IN THE NEWS

San Fernando Valley Business Journal

“The combination (reduction in corporate tuition reimbursement and aversion to student debt) has certainly softened the market for MBAs,” Dean Linda Livingstone told the San Fernando Valley Business Journal. “It puts the onus on schools to help students understand the value of the degree and how even in this challenging climate, getting the MBA can be even more critical.”

The Journal again ranked the Graziadio School number 1 among graduate business school programs serving the Valley.

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