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Business Administration Department

2018 Retiring Professors Offer Departing Words of Wisdom

April 13, 2018

Beth Sullivan

Carole Lund, Professor of Business Administration How long have you been at APU? What courses did you teach in that time? What other roles did you fill? I began at APU as an adjunct teaching Qualitative Research Methods in 2005 and began teaching part time in the spring of 2006 and full time the fall…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Liberal Studies, Liberal Studies Department, World Class

One Woman, Two Degrees (Soon to be Three, Plus a Certificate)

October 26, 2017

Desirae Roehl Headshop

When Desirae Roehl moved to Anchorage from King Cove in the Aleutians in 2008, she was looking for new opportunities. She had had a job at her tribal office doing environmental outreach — a role that had her crafting a recycling program, doing assessments, and educating the community on environmental causes — that she enjoyed….

Filed Under: APU Spotlight, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department

Leadership Class Teaches Partnership and Self-Awareness

June 8, 2017

Team buildingactivitiesinHatcherPass

Though the Leadership course, a required class for Master of Business Administration students, doesn’t have traditional tests, co-instructor Christopher Pavadore would argue that the students are constantly being tested. During the two-week class, APU students, as well as a handful of students from Danube University Krems in Austria, complete a series of activities that are designed to…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department Tagged With: Alaska, Alaska pacific university, APU, Danube University Krems, Leadership

Fall Innovation MBA Classes – Innovation and Lean Startups

August 22, 2016

Alaka Pacific University Sign

Alaska Pacific University’s Hickel Endowment for Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurship is offering two new fall courses: Innovation Strategies for Business (MBA60710, 1 Credit) and Lean Startup and Business Model Creation (MBA60720, 2 credits). Classes will be starting August 29th, meeting on Mondays through the fall semester.  Degree and non-degree students can attend one or both…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department

Startup Weekend

August 14, 2015

Participants pitching business ideas at Startup Weekend

by Miriam Mezzetti  Alaska Pacific University values our Alaskan community. We love encouraging our fellow Alaskans to pursue their educational and professional dreams. We therefore support events like Startup Weekend: an opportunity for Alaskans to develop and pitch a startup concept to investors and executives. Startup weekend participants arrive on Friday night of the competition…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department

Alaska Native Executive Leadership Achievements: Graduation!

July 9, 2015

anelp

Alaska Pacific University congratulates its Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program (ANELP) graduates! Eighteen professionals from Alaska Native corporations and non-profits were selected by their companies’ management teams for ANELP’s nine month intensive Masters-level business education program specifically designed for emerging Native Alaska business leaders. The 2014/15 ANELP cohort graduation on June 11th marked the culmination…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Community

Alaska Pacific University Helps Prepare the Next Generation of Native Business Leaders

October 8, 2014

anelp

This Friday, eighteen mid-career Native business professionals will shift gears to become students again as they attend a two-day class in Alaska Pacific University’s Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program (ANELP). They will hear from Alaska’s history makers and experts on the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act as part of their second course, ANCSA History &…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration Department

Breaking News: American Children are Less Obese, Shorter, More Diverse, and Possibly Younger

March 2, 2014

graphs

Written by Dale Lehman, Ph.D., Director of MBA Programs and Professor of Economics at APU You may have seen recent news headlines such as “Obesity Rate for Young Children Plummets 43% in a Decade” (New York Times, February 25, 2014). This story, picked up by virtually all American newspapers, originated with the publication of a research…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration

How to beat the competition? Hickel scholar explains at public talk, University course

August 29, 2013

eric romero

An internationally ranked consultant, lecturer and self-described “innovation badass,” Eric J. Romero, Ph.D., is the next in a series of APU visiting scholars offering insight into the changing demands of business leadership. Romero holds the University’s Walter J. Hickel Endowed Professorship in Strategic Leadership and Entrepreneurship. His course, “Competitive Advantage Through Leadership and Culture,” begins…

Filed Under: Active Learning, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration, World Class

Alaska Pacific University is alive with entrepreneurs!

February 27, 2013

entrepreneurship boot camp

More than 50 local entrepreneurs eager for real-world advice gathered at APU for the annual Entrepreneurial Edge Speed Coaching and Boot Camp. Held Feb. 23-24, Day 1 brought together entrepreneurs and business professionals for speed-coaching sessions. Each expert met one-on-one with an entrepreneur for 15 minutes before a bell went off, signaling time for entrepreneurs…

Filed Under: Business Administration and Management, Business Administration Department, Master of Business Administration, Sustainability Studies

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