Kickoff Meeting

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• Kickoff Meeting
• 11th September, 2005

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Kickoff Agenda

• GMC Mission
• Plan for the Year
• General Management Forum Overview
• Upcoming Events
• Membership Benefits and Dues
• Questions, Comments and Ideas

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Leadership Team

• Kiran Singh Co-President
• Jay Field Co-President
• Susannah Dhamdhere VP Corp Relations
• Andrew Gilroy VP Alumni Relations
• Ajay Sharma VP Education
• Swapnil Deshpande VP Finance
• Ximena Leon VP Special Events/Forum Chair
• Nie (Michael) Deng VP Marketing

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Why General Management

• Challenge
• Cross-functional
• Ultimate Destination
• Ross is ranked 2 for its General Management
  program (Business Week)

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Who are General Managers
- They see - The Big Picture - C level executives
- Company advocates to outside world
What do they do

• - P L responsibility
• Strategic directions of Business unit, later
  firm
• Tactics resource allocation

Where do they work
Public, Non profit, Governmental organizations,
Private
One of the General Growth model Manager
Senior Manager
Director
Vice President
Senior VP
President
C-level executives
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Mission

• To prepare students for a successful management
  career through education, career guidance, and
  networking with peers, alumni, and global
  corporations

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Plan for the Year

• Create excitement in the RSB General Management
  Community
• Revamp the GMC website
• Help students understand what General Management
  is
• Provide career counseling, resume review
• Provide networking opportunities with alumni and
  business leaders

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Some of the Activities Planned

• Resume review
• Career Counseling
• Mock Interviews
• Meet the Interns
• Meet the Alumni
• Strategies for International Students

• GM Forum
• Case Competition
• Meet the Business Leaders
• Talks on GM Topics

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GMC Forum

• October 7th, 2005 Kensington Court Hotel.
• Schedule
• 815 900 AM Registration
• 900 915 AM Welcoming Remarks Keynote
  Speaker
• 930 1130 AM Panel Discussions
• Session 1 Planning and Directing your Career in
  a Global Economy
• Session 2 Leading Multicultural, Multinational
  and Multifunctional Teams
• 1200 130 PM Lunch with Students
• 200 400 PM Career Fair

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GMC Forum

• Sponsors
• Participants

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Forum Leadership Opportunities

• Director of Logistics
• Greeting / Coordinators team
• Finance position
• Director of Panels
• Moderators team
• Director of Corporate Relations
• Team of Liaisons

1 6 people
1 person
3 people
110 people
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Club Leadership Opportunities

• VP of Education
• VP of Communications
• VP of Technology
• VP of Special Events
• Election 18th Sept

1 position
2 positions
1 position
1 position
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Membership Benefits

• GM Career Forum
• Resume Book
• Resume Review
• Mock Interview with companies
• Meet the Alumni
• Meet the Interns
• Social Events

• 1 Yr - 30
• 2 Yr - 50

• PayPal on the club website
• Check in mail folder of Swapnil Deshpande

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• Questions, Comments, Suggestions