Abstract

MBA programs were designed to turn scientists and engineers into managers. Taking an MBA is still a good choice, but the increasing proliferation and specialization of MBA programs makes choosing the right program more difficult than it used to be.  SFU's Management of Technology MBA is an innovative new program designed for full-time students or working professionals in the technology sector. This talk will focus on issues that technical professionals face when making the transition to management and how the MOT MBA program can help ease that transition.

About the Speaker:

Tom Brown has worked as a consultant and educator in the IT field for over 15 years. He is currently employed at Simon Fraser University, where he is the Executive Director of both the Management of Technology MBA program and the on-line Graduate Diploma in Business Administration.  In addition to his administrative responsibilites he teaches office productivity skills in the Executive MBA program and a variety of courses in MIS in the Faculty of Business Administration.

No-Host Dinner 

You can meet the featured speaker at a no-host dinner before the talk.  Meet us at 5:30 PM at Earl's, 3850 Lougheed Highway (one block east of Boundary) in Burnaby.  All are welcome, although advance notice, either to ComSoc chair Dave Michelson <dmichelson@ieee.org> or to EMS chair Dejan Lenasi <Dejan.lenasi@csa-international.org>, would be appreciated so that we can ask for a table of appropriate size.