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Rotman MBA Students Honoured at Integrative Management Challenge Gala

Toronto, June 13, 2005 – With the end of the school year for full-time MBAs at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, students were recently honoured at the Integrative Management Challenge Awards Gala.

The Integrative Management Challenge is an experiential business simulation during which students work as the executive team of a manufacturing company. Students in the simulation report to an external real-life board of directors, negotiate with union representatives from some of Canada’s largest unions, grapple with budget issues, and tackle the kinds of management challenges companies face every day. Compulsory for 2nd year MBA students, the course embodies the Rotman School’s innovative approach to business education. The IMC is directed by Adjunct Professor Howard Honickman who brings over 30 years of entrepreneurial business experience to the “challenge.”

During the Gala Awards, the top performing teams in seven categories were honoured.

The winner of the Ford Motor Company of Canada Best Team Overall Award was the Continuum Watch Corporation with team president Thomas Purves and team members, Heather Graham, Gabriel Villegas Shibata, Alyson Walker, and Katherine Xie. The award was presented by Stephen Steele, Director, Financial Services, at Ford.

The CAW – TCA Canada – Best Union Negotiation Award was presented by Buzz Hargrove, National President of the Canadian Auto Workers, to Byzantium, led by team president Jared Ross. The other team members included Sarah Coad, June Dipchand, Ted Fill, and Matthew Fox.

The winner of the Sony of Canada Ltd. – Best Marketing Plan Award was Aviton, with team president Florence Narine and team members Eileen Chen, Michael Raphael, and Bryan Rock. The award was presented by Raj Rawana, Vice President Sales & Marketing of Sony.

The TD Securities – Best Dynamic Adaptive Problem Solving Award went to the Time Inc. team, with president Jeremiah Feng and members Michelle Cui, Marc Drabinsky, Jane Wang, and Yingjie Zhu. The award was presented by Boris Novansky, Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions, TD Securities.

The Home Depot Canada – Award of Excellence went to Blueshift with president Elissa Schaman and members Maleda Bisrat, Greg Peterson, Matthew Protti, and Nanthini Sriskanthan. The award was presented by Nick Cowling, Public Relations Manager for Home Depot Canada.

The Axiom Audio – Award of Excellence, presented by Ian Colquhon, President of Axiom Audio, went to the Quest Watch Company. Team members included Paul Franciosa, Andrei Edwards, Heather Fawcett, and AJ Silber.

palmOne President Michael Moskowitz awarded seven MBA teams with the palmOne Canada – Award of Achievement. Award winners included Kronos Inc. with team members Michael Dorr, Daniela Basurto, Stephan Chang, Sarah Grant, and David St. Germaine; Kramerica Inc. with team members Qasim Askari, Rehan Ahmad, Sameer Bhojani, Mike Kuate Talom, and Sarah Sturgeon; ZODIAC WATCHES INC. with team members Desmond Lee, Kevin Lam, Raymond Lee, Jie Li, and William Ma; Cynosure Group Inc. with team members Peter Gu, Mei Chen, Sheldon Lam Watt, Charles Li and Ralph Zhang; Global Time Inc. with team members Jee Soo Kim, Nwadiogo Afulukwe, Catalin-Alexandru Culiniac, Evan Gold, and Samina Sajanlal; Chronauer Watch Corporation with team members Brian Cuff, David Breau, Ali Ghods, Michael Holland and Toby Pierce; and Standard Time Inc. with team members Dan Breeze, Jason Hynes, Marcus Lam, D'Arcy Walsh, and Tao Wu.

The University of Toronto's Joseph L. Rotman School of Management is on a mission to become one of the world's top tier business schools. Located in North America's 3rd largest financial centre, the Rotman School is taking an innovative approach to management education, built around Integrative Thinking™ and Business Design™. For more information and to find out why the Financial Times and BusinessWeek rank Rotman among the leading business schools internationally, visit http://www.rotman.utoronto.ca. Integrative Thinking and Business Design are registered trademarks of the Rotman School of Management.