Markus Vodosek is a clinical associate professor in Management and Entrepreneurship who joined Kelley in the Fall of 2019. He teaches Navigating the Global Business Environment, a new elective on managing in an era where success means balancing globalization with de-globalization. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Without question, the most rewarding… Read more »
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Kelley Direct Student Spotlight: Mike Wolfner, MBA’20
Tell us about yourself—job title, company, and current hometown—and what you do in your current job. I graduated from Kelley this past August with my MBA and I work for Nokia (yes, that cell phone company is still around ). They acquired the technology start-up I was at in 2018 to expand their Internet of… Read more »
Women and the Kelley Direct Online MBA: Networking, experience, support, and opportunities
Earning an MBA creates powerful career opportunities for women—for advancement, for increased earning potential, and for executive positions. A common concern of prospective students is how to balance MBA coursework with a full-time career and personal commitments. The Kelley Direct Online MBA provides the flexibility and customization to make it possible. “The Kelley Direct… Read more »
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Jenni Dinger
Jenni Dinger is a clinical assistant professor in Management and Entrepreneurship who joined Kelley in the Fall of 2020. She teaches U701, a strategy elective that focuses on the role of the competitive environment on corporate and business-level strategic decisions. She is looking forward to digging into topics like sustainability and corporate venture capital… Read more »
Preparing classes in the top online Graduate Business Program in the US
The pandemic made many people in academia realize how challenging it is to teach online effectively. Most college instructors did not understand the amount of preparation that goes into every week of online classes. It all starts with the topic selection for the course. If you are teaching technology topics like I do, renewing… Read more »
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Alex Lopes
Alex Lopes is the Clinical Professor and Grant Thornton Scholar. He currently teaches online technology courses including S596 (Digital Technology and Innovation) in the Kelley Direct MBA core as well as T514 (Business Capabilities for the Digital Future) and T501 (Big Data Technologies) as electives. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? There… Read more »
The pitfalls of managing a star
Bill Gates once said, “A great lathe operator commands several times the wage of an average lathe operator, but a great writer of software code is worth 10,000 times the price of an average software writer.” We live in the age of the superstar because one’s production is no longer (or at least less) tethered… Read more »
Kelley Direct Faculty Q&A Series: Ernest O’Boyle
Ernest O’Boyle is the Dale. M. Coleman Chair of Management and an associate professor in the Management and Entrepreneurship Department, teaching Leading Organizations, Leadership and People Management, and co-teaching Designing High-Performance Organizations. What is the most rewarding aspect of your job? Seeing course concepts applied to someone’s career. I love that in Kelley Direct, students… Read more »
Network to Support Your Job Search
WHY NETWORK? Most of us don’t need to be convinced of the importance of networking. We know it’s likely we’ll land our next job through people that we know or we’ve met, and that most jobs are filled by contacts that come from personal relationships. If you are starting a job search, a practical way… Read more »
Making the (Career) Switch with Kelley Direct: explore earning an MBA to switch careers
By: Courtney Tam, MBA’20 The motivation to obtain my Master of Business Administration (MBA) changed as I progressed in my career. At first, it was because I wanted to become a better manager and advance my business knowledge. Ultimately, I realized that I had a greater interest in the entrepreneurial and technology realms, with the… Read more »