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Founders' Day Weekend - Inaugurating a Special Day on the Hilltop
Founders' Day is designated as the third Friday in April each year in recognition of the visionary institutions, organizations and individuals that founded the University on April 17, 1911. Founders' Day in 2011 will be celebrated on April 15. As part of Founders' Day, the Cox School will be hosting Inside SMU, an afternoon of stimulating discussions and thought-provoking lectures presented by our esteemed faculty. No papers, no tests, just a few hours of enriching your mind and spirit with thought-provoking sessions as you take a glimpse Inside SMU. This year's President's Briefing: Launching the Second Century, will follow. | ||||||||||||||
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Cut Me Some Slack: To Exploit or Explore Competencies?
Nonprofit professional theaters face unique tensions between their ethos which emphasizes artistic values versus pressures to sustain financial viability. These competing demands create challenges in balancing artistic experimentation fraught with uncertainties versus capitalizing on known artistic successes that assure more predictable returns. Zannie Voss of SMU Cox School of Business and Meadows School of the Arts research on nonprofits in this context has lessons and implications which apply to for-profit businesses as well.
COX In the NewsThe Surprising Effect of Company Culture on Innovation
Professors Zannie Voss and Glenn Voss, both from Cox, and professor Daniel Cable, of Kenan-Flagler, queried the managing directors of 146 nonprofit professional theatre companies to understand how much each company embraced one of three different organizational cultures. It's become an axiom that company culture is key to retaining employees, increasing profits, and enabling innovation. But what kind of culture, exactly, is the best at fostering these three things? A star system, like the one used by Wall Street firms? The traditional top-down management? Or something else? |
COX at Work
An Innovative Approach to Arts and Business
The MA/MBA Program is offered jointly by the Meadows School of Arts and the Cox School of Business. The SMU joint graduate degree program in Business and Arts Administration is based upon the philosophy that a successful career in arts management requires a thorough knowledge of contemporary business practices coupled with a deep appreciation for the arts. Earn a Cox MBA and a Meadows MA in just 22 months, including a study abroad in the second year.
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"As the chief executive of a multi-million dollar arts institution, I am thankful every day that SMU taught me business skills while helping me develop an artistic sensibility for how to wield them. Every major decision I make impacts not only my organization's bottom line but its artistic future. My education at SMU gave me the tools to make these decisions wisely."
James M. Johnson (Meadows MA & Cox MBA Class of 1988), Executive Director, New York Pops
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SMU Cox MBA Saturday, March 26 |
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Wednesday, March 30 The O'Neil Center Presents John Stossel Collins Center
SMU Meadows School of the Arts Music Recitals 6101 Bishop Blvd. Saturday, April 9 The Freedom of the City: Models of Urban Engagement & Creativity in the 21st Century Bob Hope Theatre - Owen Arts Center on the SMU campus
Friday, April 15 SMU Centennial Celebration: Founders' Day Weekend
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