School of Management
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Building our National Reputation through Rankings Whenever I meet with groups of alumnae, you ask me to stay focused on building the reputation of our School. National rankings are one of the most effective ways to achieve this goal. Now that we have earned our AACSB accreditation, we can compete. This Fall we had great success! We achieved national standing among the top 25 in three areas central to our mission and our strategic priorities.  Most gratifying was the #1 ranking from Princeton Review as the MBA program with greatest opportunities for women. While we all know that we should hold this spot and be the best in this niche, the world has not known this. Now it does.
Last week we were named #15 globally in the Beyond Grey Pinstripes rankings conducted by the Aspen Institute. This rigorous ranking is the "gold standard" for business schools committed to teaching their students to integrate the dual goals of enhancing profitability and social value. We are the only business school in Massachusetts ranked in the top 25. And, in September, we were ranked #23 in entrepreneurship by Entrepreneur magazine and Princeton Review. These rankings are a powerful external validation of the quality of our MBA program. Please help me spread the word by sharing this information with colleagues, friends, other alumnae, and prospective students. Post these rankings on your social networking sites and help us create a buzz that radiates from Boston to San Francisco.  With best regards,
Deborah Merrill-Sands
Dean, School of Management
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2007-2012 School of Management Strategic Plan
__________________________________________________________ In the school's own words... The Simmons School of Management educates women for power and principled leadership. This mission distinguishes and enhances our MBA program in two fundamental ways. First, Simmons is the only business school with a curriculum designed specifically for women. We believe that understanding gender dynamics in organizations and being able to manage them effectively is a core competency that women need to deliver strong results, cultivate critical relationships, build their careers, and secure leadership roles. The research of faculty affiliated with our internationally recognized Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) ensures that our MBA teaching and curriculum are at the cutting-edge of addressing gender and broader diversity dynamics in organizations. Publications from the CGO and its faculty affiliates continue to shape the field and are widely cited and used by academics and practitioners worldwide. Our focus on principled leadership is at the center of our mission and our academic enterprise. From our perspective, principled leaders not only mobilize people to achieve exceptional results and build strong and enduring organizations, but they also ensure that their organizations contribute to a vibrant, ethical, and sustainable society. The concept and practice of principled leadership is deeply integrated into our MBA curriculum. We first introduce these principles during the orientation for new MBA students and attention is paid to ethical decision making and social impact throughout the spectrum of core and elective courses. Our required capstone course in Leadership, Governance, and Accountability pulls all facets of principled leadership together: ethics, accountability to multiple stakeholders, and responsibility for managing environmental and societal impact. Simmons offers numerous opportunities to explore environmental management and social impact in elective courses such as triple bottom line accounting, corporate social responsibility, and managing global diversity. Attention to social entrepreneurship and CSR is also integrated within the curriculum of our nationally-recognized MBA entrepreneurship certificate program. In 2006, more than half of students chose to do a practicum with a company where corporate social responsibility is central to the business model. Additionally, about thirty-five percent of Simmons SOM faculty is engaged in research with a CSR focus, directly informing our MBA curriculum. Extra curricular activities complement our teaching and scholarship. We give priority to bringing in corporate social responsibility leaders as speakers. Last year, we had representatives from BP, Eileen Fisher, HP, Whole Foods Market, and Green Fuel Technologies. Among its many year-round activities, Simmons Net Impact organizes an annual panel of CSR officers. The school routinely provides financial support to students and faculty attending conferences touching on these issues. Our commitment to social responsibility and principled leadership is embodied in the green design of our new School of Management building. We have committed to attaining LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification at the Silver level through vigilant attention to energy and water conservation, use of recycled materials, and aggressive waste recycling. Our aspiration is to educate principled leaders who will build organizations that are successful by all traditional measures as well as respected for providing equitable workplaces, for adhering assiduously to ethical decision-making, and for aligning social responsibility and profitability in their business strategy. __________________________________________________________ Renewing our Mission Strong organizations periodically revisit their mission statements to ensure that they remain relevant, vibrant, and meaningful. The SOM recently reviewed and revised its mission with input from alumnae (through a survey and the SOMAA), students, faculty and staff, and members of the business community. The new mission statement reflects the ongoing vision of the SOM as well as our increased focus on principled leadership (including ethics and social responsibility), entrepreneurship, mastery of the quantitative disciplines, and managing in the global economy. >>Click here to read SOM's mission statement. __________________________________________________________
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Use the searchable online directory to look up old friends and stay in touch. Don't have your login information? Your UserID is listed on the mailing label of SIMMONS magazine. Or, you can request your User ID via email to alumnet@simmons.edu. Bring the Simmons Experience Directly to Your Organization Are you aware of the Speakers Bureau at the SOM? Through the Speakers Bureau, SOM professors and faculty affiliates of the Center for Gender in Organizations (CGO) are available to address your organization about some of the most pressing issues related to women, business and organizational development today. The Speakers Bureau at the SOM is aligned with CGO's mission of advancing gender equity and women’s leadership in organizations worldwide. Members of our Speakers Bureau are subject matter experts who are frequently quoted in the national media and whose work has been published by the Harvard Business Review, Journal of Business Ethics, The Diversity Factor, Leadership Quarterly, and other respected magazines and journals. Whether addressing an intimate workgroup of 20 or a large conference, SOM speakers bring their depth of knowledge, along with an unparalleled passion for their work, directly to the podium. Recent speaking topics include: - Gender Dynamics in the Workplace: Implications for Women and Leadership
- Learning from Diversity
- Negotiating the Conditions for Leadership Success
- Creating your Credibility and Authority
- How to Build a Mentoring Network
- Latinas at the Crossroads of Leadership
Contact the SOM today for more information or to engage a speaker for your organization. Call 617.521.3824 for more information, or visit the Speakers Bureau online. Submit a Class Note for SIMMONS Magazine An excellent way to stay connected to the SOM and each other, is to submit a Class Note for Network magazine. Click here to submit a note (you must be a registered user and logged in) for the next issue of the SOM version of the SIMMONS magazine. Live Outside the Greater Boston Area? Plan an Event in Your Region The SOMAA and Office of Development and Alumnae Relations encourage alumnae to network in their regions. To support this and to maximize the number of events that occur, the SOMAA's general practice is to offer a financial subsidy (rather than underwriting the entire cost) for alumnae organized events. However, the SOMAA is willing to fully underwrite the cost of regional "kick-off" events - the first event in any region to bring local alumnae together. To view the guidelines for Funding Regional Alumnae Organized Events, click here. Contact us!
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