Two Michigan Tech teams competed in the second West Michigan Project Management Institute THE Project 2013 competition. There were seven collegiate teams competing for $10,000 prizes, and both Michigan Tech teams made it to the Final Four.
Michigan Tech Team B placed 2nd overall and received $3,000, and Michigan Tech Team A placed 3rd overall and received $2,000. Team B consists of Danielle Boettger (Economics), Evan Beckner (Operations and Systems Management), August Skultety (Operations and Systems Management). Team A consists of Kira Eck (Marketing), Mitch Fedie (Management), Amanda Halonen (Operations and Systems Management), and Mandi Severn (Management). All students were enrolled in BUS4950 Advanced Project Management this semester.
Details about the competition are located at: http://www.wmpmi.org.
Please join the School of Business and Economics and Assistant Professor of Management Andre Laplume for a brown bag lunch presentation on March 20th at noon in Academic Office Building 101. His presentation is titled: “Outstreaming for ambidexterity: How serving internal and external customers can facilitate exploration and exploitation.”
