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- Supply Chain Management Programs at the Jindal School Highly Placed in Industry Expert’s Ranking
- Jindal School Alumni Reunion: More Than 700 Alumni Gather for Fun and Connections
- Dipak Jain Named as Jindal School’s Inaugural Eminent PhD Alumnus
- Research and Faculty News
- Accolades
- Center and Conference News
- Program News
- Student News
- Alumni News
Supply Chain Management Programs at the Jindal School Highly Placed in Industry Expert’s Ranking
A new ranking of university supply chain management programs has put both the graduate and undergraduate programs from the Naveen Jindal School of Management among the very elite in the nation.
Gartner, a business management consulting firm based in Stamford, Connecticut, released its biennial Gartner Supply Chain University Top 25 (registration required) June 26, placing the Jindal School’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management (MS SCM) program at No. 4 and the Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management and Analytics (BS SCMA) program at No. 6.
John Fierst, director of the graduate supply chain program at the Jindal School noted that many MS SCM graduates have gone into many different industries and have found themselves in many different job titles.
“We have alumni working in everything from procurement to logistics in every kind of industry, from semiconductors to healthcare and so much more,” he said. “One of the best features of our program is how it prepares students to enter whichever area of supply chain suits them best. For me as a program director, it is an amazing opportunity to help students refine their career goals and help them map out a plan at UTD to help them get there.”
Read more about this achievement on Inside Jindal.Jindal School Alumni Reunion: More Than 700 Alumni Gather for Fun and Connections
The Naveen Jindal School of Management held its first ever JSOM Alumni Reunion on May 4. More than 700 alumni spanning the school’s 49-year history gathered in the Davidson-Gundy Alumni Center along with friends, family and JSOM faculty and staff to “Reminisce, Reconnect and Rediscover.”
Caylin Blockley, director of alumni relations at the Jindal School, spearheaded the organization of the Alumni Reunion. He said the attendance and the atmosphere exceeded expectations.
“The clear success of the JSOM Reunion shows that our alumni are dedicated to their alma mater and are excited about the future of the school,” he said. “The goal of the reunion was to allow alums to reminisce and rediscover the opportunities the Jindal School can provide. We can’t wait for future events.”
Find out more about this event by visiting Inside Jindal.Dipak Jain Named as Jindal School’s Inaugural Eminent PhD Alumnus
Esteemed educator Dr. Dipak Jain visited The University of Texas at Dallas to accept the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s inaugural Eminent PhD Alumnus Award. The honoree was invited to speak and entertained at receptions celebrating his achievements. Eventually, Jain will be honored in a “PhD Hall of Fame” that will be created in the School of Management building, said Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and Jindal School dean.
“It is really great to see him come back because he is an ideal role model for young PhDs,” Pirkul said after presenting Jain with the award at an afternoon reception attended by faculty, students and other stakeholders. “He has not only been very successful in research, but he has also been a well-known and highly-respected leader in terms of managing schools. But more importantly, he’s a genuinely nice guy. Everyone likes him. If the PhDs only remember that, that would be the best contribution to their lives.”
To Learn more about this JSOM Eminent PhD Alumnus, continue reading on Inside Jindal.Research and Faculty News
Study By Jindal School Researchers Inspires Change in Overtime Rules
Research conducted by Naveen Jindal School of Management faculty members has inspired a change in the U.S. Department of Labor’s nationwide overtime rules that will benefit about 4.3 million U.S. workers.
The study, “Too Many Managers: The Strategic Use of Titles to Avoid Overtime Payments,” was conducted by Dr. Umit Gurun, Stan Liebowitz Professor in the Jindal School’s accounting area; Dr. Bugra Ozel, an associate professor in the Jindal School’s accounting area; and Harvard Business School professor of finance Dr. Lauren Cohen. It was published online by the National Bureau of Economic Research in January 2023.
“Our paper illuminates a troubling reality: corporations evade overtime pay and leave countless hardworking individuals shortchanged,” Ozel said. “This practice undermines the very essence of fairness in the workplace.”
Read more about this research on Inside Jindal.Research Shows Some Student Loan Problems May Partly Be Caused by Loan Servicers
Dr. Han Xia, Sydney Smith Hicks Faculty Fellow and associate professor in the finance and managerial economics area at the Naveen Jindal School of Management, was a co-author on a paper that analyzed why some students are not choosing more favorable loan terms.
The paper — “Who Mismanages Student Loans, and Why?” — was published in the Review of Financial Studies, one of the academic journals tracked by The UTD Top 100 Business School Research Rankings™. The research revealed that two groups were found not to have been given good advice by loan servicers.
“Loans services are responsible for advising the student now and the ones doing the actual advising are agents working for them,” Xia said. “We found gender and race to be important factors.”
Xia, who previously received the Best Paper Award in Corporate Finance at the Midwest Finance Association 2010 Meetings, said that non-whites and males are given bad advice more often than other demographics.
Learn more about this research on Inside Jindal.Rebates Examined in Study by Jindal School Researcher
Rebates and the strategies behind them were the focus of a recently published Marketing Science article, “Rebates Offered by a Multiproduct Firm,” authored by Dr. Samir Mamadehussene, an assistant professor in the Naveen Jindal School of Management’s marketing area.
“The goal of the paper is more to understand how the firms make the decision,” Mamadehussene said of his research paper. “What the rebate does is direct different consumers to assorted products. That’s the role of the rebate.”
Mamadehussene determined that firms most often do not promote their lowest priced products through rebates. What he learned was that, instead, firms use rebates to entice some consumers to buy higher-priced products. These company rebates lured buyers to choose an alternative, higher-quality product at what was a relatively low incremental price.
Look further into this research on Inside Jindal.Study by Jindal School Researcher Reveals Effect of Advertising on Number of Robotic Surgeries Performed
A new study by a researcher from The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management reveals that advertising by hospitals has a direct effect on the number of robotic surgery procedures performed.
The paper — “The Role of Advertising in Patients’ Choice of High-Tech Medical Procedures: A Study on Robotic Surgery” — investigates the influence of advertising on patients’ preferences for high-tech medical procedures, particularly robotic surgery.
The paper by Dr. Tongil (T.I.) Kim, an assistant professor in the marketing area at the Jindal School, and his co-author has been published in the Journal of Marketing.
“There is a bit of an arms race going on between hospitals to see which one can buy the best robotics,” Kim said. “We see promotions and advertising for medical procedures and medications frequently, and we became curious about the effect of advertising on whether patients choose to have robotic surgery.”
Learn more about how advertising affects robotic surgeries on Inside Jindal.Study by Jindal School Researchers Reveals How Overconfidence in CEOs Affects Company’s Bottom Line
The findings of Jindal School researchers Dr. Vikram Nanda and Dr. Steven Chong Xiao were recognized in an article published in Management Science, a top academic research journal. Their article, “Managerial Overconfidence and Market Feedback Effects,” was published in the December 2023 issue.
The focus of the study was managerial overconfidence and its consequences for a company’s shareholders, stakeholders, direction and outcomes. CEOs have a considerable influence in headlines, and the professors sought to understand and reveal a greatly confident CEO’s role in managing a company. Looking at the CEOs’ relationship to the stock market was important in their results.
Among their findings is that overconfident managers are less responsive to stock prices because of their strong opinions of their own leadership abilities. This results in the CEOs maintaining their investment policies for their business, regardless of stock price activities. Consequently, company stocks led by overconfident CEOs are less susceptible to stock price movement.
“CEOs who appear overconfident often are prized for that trait,” Nanda said. “Over time they’ve been successful, and they’ve been rewarded for it. Some are lucky, and they’ve been rewarded for it.”
Learn more about this study on Inside Jindal.Faculty Accolades
Two Jindal School faculty members have had noteworthy accomplishments recently:
Dr. Mike Peng, O.P. Jindal Distinguished Chair and a professor in the Jindal School’s organizations, strategy, and international management area, was elected president of the Asia Academy of Management (AAOM), at its conference in Miri, Malaysia, in June. AAOM is a global organization of scholars and researchers interested in management and organization issues that stem from Asia. He is serving a two-year term that began in June. He served as vice president from 2022-2024.
A paper co-authored by Dr. Hyesook Chung, an assistant professor in the Jindal School’s organizations, strategy and international management area, received the Best Convention Paper Award from the Human Resources Division of the Academy of Management. The paper is titled “It’s Different: Examining the Effect of Firm Employee-oriented HRM on Employee Downsizing Following Mergers & Acquisitions.” Chung and her fellow researchers will be honored at the organization’s annual conference in August
Center and Conference News
Artificial Intelligence Played Key Role in Spring 2024 JSOM Conferences
A slew of conferences at the Jindal School this spring looked at artificial intelligence and its role in various business and education areas.
Its effect on all aspects of business operations and management was the focus of the recent Biz AI Conference.
The Fourth Annual Undergraduate Deans Conference saw representatives from 45 schools grappling with the problems and opportunities of a changing higher-education landscape, including in the area of technology and AI.
One of the main focuses of the 16th Annual Project Management Symposium was the question of whether AI is a tool which could make a project manager’s job easier or whether it might, as some might fear, put them out of a job.
Artificial intelligence technology and its effect on all aspects of business operations and management was the focus of the recent Biz AI Conference.
Attendees of the inaugural Academic Summit for Business Analytics explored the challenges and best practices for business analytics educators preparing students for success in a rapidly changing profession. Dr. Hasan Pirkul, Caruth Chair and Jindal School dean, shared information about the school he leads and his background in IS.
“We have seen the transition that has taken place in business schools,” Pirkul said. “They have become more scientific. Now we are seeing AI and the practice of business is changing drastically. Everything has to change, and these students will be the leaders.”
Technology Meets Sustainability at Jindal School Conference
A slew of conferences at the Jindal School this spring looked at artificial intelligence and its role in various business and education areas.
The interaction of technology with sustainability efforts was the focus of an April 12 Jindal School conference — “Sustech Flow – from Theory to Practice.” The event was hosted by the Center for Information Technology and Management (CITM) in collaboration with the ASCM UTD Student Forum.
“The key (to bringing about changes) is data,” said Debby Devadason, senior advisory Consultant at Amazon Web Services, Dallas, who spoke on the energy panel. “We are able to get more data and that brings information to the people. The data speaks.”
Learn more about technology and its relation to sustainability on Inside Jindal.Conference Hosted by Jindal School Digs Deep into Human Resources Research
This year the Jindal School hosted members of the Personnel and Human Resources Research Group for their annual conference. Attendees included academics and practitioners who are well-accomplished in the field of organizational behavior and human resource management. They gathered to discuss groundbreaking research related to the field.
“The topics presented range from AI, assessment centers, dirty work, leadership, time and research methodologies,” said Dr. Riki Takeuchi, a professor in the organizations, strategy and international management area and the Dr. Joseph Picken Distinguished Professor in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the Jindal School. “The highlight of the conference is the very active knowledge exchanges among the conference attendees, including the presenters.”
Read more about this conference on Inside Jindal.Program News
DBA Program Welcomes Its Inaugural Class
Business leaders are grappling with an unprecedented influx of data, often needing more tools to harness its potential for driving business decisions. To this rapid technological advancement, where data, information and artificial intelligence are reshaping the business landscape, the Naveen Jindal School of Management has responded with a unique offering: the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA). The Jindal School welcomed its first cohort of senior leaders into the program, designed to equip them with the skills and knowledge to navigate this evolving environment.
“We worked with Jindal faculty members to create a high-quality, timely program, exclusively tailored for busy and fully-employed executives needing to understand how to use qualitative and quantitative tools to convert data into meaningful information,” said Dr. Varghese Jacob, the Jindal School’s vice dean and Lars Magnus Ericsson Chair. “The program highlights one of the ways that the Jindal School is meeting its mission to deliver high-quality management education for executives.”
Learn more about this doctoral program onNew Program at the Jindal School Develops Future Industry Leaders
A new student leadership program at the Jindal School — Nash Leaders — helps further develop leadership qualities in a select group of high-performing students who have exhibited top academic performance, budding leadership qualities and a heart for servant leadership. The program is named in honor of and founded by Ron Nash, MS’79, a North Texas business leader and recipient of the 2011 UT Dallas Distinguished Alumni Award.
“What we want to do,” Nash said, “is take [these students], put them in an elite group, let them get to know each other to create a very special network that they can use throughout their careers, and to bring in some CEOs to talk with them, to get them exposed to that level of thinking early in their careers.”
Learn more about the Jindal School’s Nash Leaders program on Inside Jindal.Student News
Jindal School Students Earn 15 Top-10 Finishes at FBLA Nationals
Students from the Naveen Jindal School of Management achieved notable success recently at the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) National Leadership Conference. In 2023, Jindal School students placed in eight events. This year, 15 students finished in the top 10. The conference was held June 24-27 in Orlando, Florida.
“It was terrific how this group came together to show so much talent,” said Dr. Kathryn Lookadoo, associate professor of instruction in the Jindal School’s business communications program and faculty advisor for the UTD chapter of FBLA. “They have become close through the process, and they have pushed each other on. We had our share of first-time attendees who placed well.”
Read more about the success of these students on Inside Jindal.Student Organization’s Case Competition Helps Train Future Product Managers
A new student organization in the Naveen Jindal School of Management — The Product League, which is devoted to supporting students interested in becoming product managers — recently held its inaugural case competition designed to prepare them for the job market.
The Product League’s April 3 event featured four finalists selected by club officers from a larger field. Students who competed were given a problem to solve and were asked to design a digital solution.
“We decided on doing this competition because when students seek internships, they are often provided a problem and are asked to present their solution in front of company executives,” said Apoorv Chowdhry, an ITM graduate student who is the club’s vice president. “This kind of competition allows them to practice those presentations.”
Read more about this student-run competition on Inside Jindal.Rigorous Preparation Earns Jindal School Sales Team High Placements in National Competition
A student team from the Naveen Jindal School of Management chalked up impressive placements in the National Collegiate Sales Competition in Kennesaw, Georgia, March 8-11. Universities from the U.S., Canada and The Netherlands competed.
One student — Noah Holt, a marketing senior — finished in a second-place tie in the final round of the individual competition, competing against more than 140 students representing 72 schools.
“This is the first time the Jindal School has finished in the final four,” said Dr. Howard Dover, a clinical professor in the Jindal School’s marketing area and director of the Center for Professional Sales.
Learn more about how these Jindal School students prepared and excelled on Inside Jindal.Alumni News
Jindal School PhD and MBA Graduate Wins Prestigious Fellow Award
A graduate of The University of Texas at Dallas’ Naveen Jindal School of Management was recently named as one of six recipients of the INFORMS Information Systems Society Distinguished Fellow Award.
Dr. Subodha Kumar, MBA’00, PhD’01, credited the Jindal School as critical in the success that led to the honor.
“The school teaches you to think deeply about your subject, consider its potential effect on the world and keep growing in your learning,” he said. “I graduated as part of a program that was smaller at the time and that focused on what was cutting edge. You were told to look at what was new and what was on the horizon, to have a mindset of thinking differently.”
Learn more about this UTD alumnus on Inside Jindal.Jindal School Alumna Lifts Communities Out of Poverty Through Education in India
Sejal Desai, MBA’99, was honored April 13 at the 2024 UT Dallas Awards Gala with the Green and Orange Award as an outstanding alumna. The Jindal School provided her with comprehensive business education and the tools and networks necessary to enact change. She found avenues at JSOM to channel her interest in entrepreneurship and passion for social change into tangible initiatives.
Desai began her 30-year career in venture capital, spanning sectors of mergers and acquisitions, accounting and entrepreneurship, but she then transferred to the nonprofit domain. She now heads multiple nonprofit organizations that focus on transforming lives through education.
“When you see a need, choose to roll up your sleeves and make a difference, which brings people together,” she said. “If you have an idea, if you care about something, you can make a difference simply by putting that idea into action.”
Read more about this alumna’s service on on MANAGEMENT magazine.More from Jindal School Now
Jindal School Now - January 2024
Poets&Quants, an online publication that reports on the graduate business education market, has ranked the Naveen Jindal School of Management third on its recently released list of the Best Online MBA Programs for 2024. It is the highest ranking to date for the school from this site, and the second consecutive year in which JSOM has risen sharply in the rankings. The education provided by the school is always at the core of any rankings, said Lisa Shatz, assistant dean and director of the Jindal School’s MBA programs. “Our strength has always been the quality of our students and faculty,” she said.
Jindal School Now - July 2023
Naveen Jindal, MBA’92, made a notable return to The University of Texas at Dallas, his first visit since the Naveen Jindal School of Management was named after him in 2011. During his recent trip in March, accompanied by his wife, Shallu, and their two children, Jindal attended the University’s Awards Gala, where he was honored with the University’s Lifetime Achievement Award. Jindal is recognized as one of UT Dallas’ most accomplished alumni. He is esteemed globally for his leadership in industry, his statesmanship in India, his advocacy for human rights, and his sporting achievements.
Jindal School Now - January 2023
New rankings show that the master’s and bachelor’s degree programs in supply chain management at the Naveen Jindal School of Management are among the best in North America.
Gartner, a technological research and consulting firm, ranked the Jindal School’s Master of Science in Supply Chain Management STEM program No. 4 among North American universities.
Jindal School Now - July 2022
The Naveen Jindal School of Management reached several noteworthy new milestones in the 2023 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s Best Business Schools Rankings — including its first time in the top 30 among U.S. business schools and first time in the top 10 among U.S. public schools.
Jindal School Now - January 2022
Positive feedback from recent UT Dallas Naveen Jindal School of Management graduates, alumni from years past and employers who have recruited them propelled the school forward four places — to No. 32 among U.S. schools — in the 2021-2022 Bloomberg Businessweek Best B-Schools MBA rankings.
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