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Wednesday, August 30, 1995
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Business students scale walls to receive their master's degrees
Phillip Brownlee Kansan staff writer
Loners are no longer welcome at the School of Business.
Beginning this year, the University of Kansas' master's of business administration program is emphasizing team building and interpersonal skill development in its graduate students.
"Businesses are organizing more and more by teams," said Henry Butler, director of the business administration program. "Being able to get along is an important skill."
The new program requires all incoming students to have the same course schedules during their first year and to work in teams on many class projects. It also assigns each team a mentor from the faculty and from the business community.
Dan Spencer, associate professor of business and one of the program's designers, said teams were a vehicle for learning
about group dynamics and problem solving.
"You can't learn that through books," he said.
Learning about team building begins during a special week-long orientation program. Activities include an all-day survival course in which teams of students overcome physical challenges, including scaling walls and clearing obstacle courses.
"It was a lot of fun" said Geoff Lysaut, Leawood graduate student, who participated in the first orientation program. "It was a laid-back way of learning how to relate to other people."
The school began working on the new curriculum during the summer of 1994, and the program was approved last November.
"It was a laidback way of learning how to relate to other people."
Geoff Lysaught Leawood graduate student
Dave Collins, associate director of the business administration program, said his surveys showed that the students enjoyed the new emphasis on team building.
Lysaught said that even though he preferred to work alone on projects, he appreciated the team approach.
whether people you're working with share your goals," he said. "But there is no doubt that I will be a better-prepared manager."
"When you want to succeed, you're sometimes sketched about
Jon Myers, president of Challenge Inc., of Branson, Mo., directs an all-day team survival course during orientation week. The survival course is part of KU's redesigned MBA program, which emphasizes teamwork.
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