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The Business Across Borders Academy

The Business Across Borders Academy focuses on effective communication with companies, customers, suppliers, partners and employees in different countries and regions. These skills are essential for international marketing, business development, operations, finance, and human resource management functions. They are critical skills needed by all business professionals operating successfully in a global environment.

Offering a series of executive sessions at the University of Texas McCombs School of Business, the Business Across Borders Academy has created an exciting and innovative intersection of thought leadership (UT), corporate practice, and trade association leaders - all collaborating with experts to prepare the next generation global leaders.

Business Across Borders Plus Program
McCombs School of Business
University of Texas at Austin
October 13 - 24, 2003

Speakers' Presentations

Monday October 13, 2003
Don Carlson, Bank of America, Six Sigma PowerPoint slides
Felix Chou, Dell Computer, BPI PowerPoint slides
Wayne McCleve, Motorola PowerPoint slides

Tuesday October 14, 2003
Mary O'Hara-Devereaux, Distance Management & Virtual Teams Powerpoint Slides
Martha Haywood, Distance Management & Virtual Teams PDF Number 1 and PDF Number 2
Bob Stauffer, NASA PowerPoint Slides

Wednesday October 15, 2003
Mary O'Hara Devereaux 2, Navigating the Badlands: Globalization Trends

Thursday October 16, 2003
Homeland Security: Business Impact
Jim Grant, IBM Global Services PowerPoint slides
Fritz Fielding, Import/Export Motorola PowerPoint slides
Edward T. Jones, President, EMSI
Steven Conwell, Homeland Security East Texas CMC PowerPoint slides
Michelle Schulz for Curtis Spencer, IMS Worldwide PowerPoint slides


If you are interested in more information, please contact: Dr. Leslie Jarmon
Faculty, Business Across Borders Program, and Co-Coordinator, Plus Program
E-mail: LJarmon@mail.utexas.edu