Annual event held in
Washington, D.C.
Mar 20/07
by Ken McGuffin
For the second consecutive year, a team of MBA students from the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management have won an international case competition at the George Washington University School of Business.
The Rotman team, consisting of first-year MBA student Sarah Stern and second-year MBA students Abhijit Rawal, Hala Kosyura and Ellie Avishai, defeated teams from 20 other business schools to take the first place prize.
The annual competition, held the weekend of March 17 in Washington, D.C., focuses on finding business solutions for a not-for profit agency. This year's case focused on the AARP, which is trying to determine whether it should expand its services to include the 25 to 34 age group. The Rotman team proposed a solution based on a savings initiative that targeted families. Further details regarding the competition are available online at: www.gwu.edu/~casecomp/index.htm.
The team was supported by the Rotman School's AIC Institute for Corporate Citizenship, which aims to help current and future business leaders integrate corporate citizenship into business strategy and practices, and the Rotman School's MBA program services office.
In recent years, Rotman MBA students have become increasingly interested in corporate social responsibility and issues facing not-for-profit organizations. In November 2006, Roman Net Impact hosted the first-ever Corporate Social Responsibility Case Competition for students at Canadian business schools. On March 21, the Annual Leadership in Social Change Career Fair & Conference will be held at the Rotman School. This spring, Rotman NeXus, a non-profit management consulting service established to help non-profit organizations and social enterprises, will begin its third year of operation. It is staffed and operated by Rotman MBA students.
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/print/070320-3019.htm
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