Roman Nowacki

   
Email rnowacki@niu.edu  
Work Phone 815-753-6214

instructor Roman Nowacki
Office Location Barsema Hall 245Y
Office Hours Monday 8:15AM-9:30AM and 1:00PM-1:45PM
Wednesday 8:15AM-9:30AM and 1:00PM-1:45PM
Other office hours are available by appointment  
Education M.B.A., Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management
M.S., Warsaw Technical University (Poland), Electronic Engineering



Information for the 468 students, Fall 2006

 

 

Supporting materials for cases

eBay:  Jeff Skoll bio,  20/20 Interview with Jeff Skoll ( 8:10), eBay newsletter 2/06
 Starbucks:
Lincoln Electric:
MCI: Wall Street Fix ( 53:00)

 

Case feedback

 

 

Current events

Business articles and videos:

Business Week (March 06 ): The Secret To Google's Success
Business Week (March 06): Should Directors Be Nervous?
Business Week (Jan 06): Outsourcing
Business Week (Dec 05): Innovation 101, Doug Hall ()
Business Week (Dec 05): Ornament Empire, Christopher Radko ()
Business Week (Mar 05): Entrepreneurship, Carl Schramm ()
Business Week (Nov 05): Startup Skills, Mark Rice ()
Business Week (April 05): Profiles of the best 50 performing companies
Business Week (Jan 05): The best and the worst managers of the year
MIT Sloan School of Management (June 04): Strategy for high tech companies ( 55:15)

Business Week - Business Schools

Business leaders talk:
 

Eric Schmidt, CEO Google ( 21:33)
Steve Ballmer, CEO Microsoft ( 54:38)
Herb Kelleher, ex CEO Southwest Airlines, part2, part3, part4 ()
Jack Welch, ex CEO General Electric ( 63:00) at MIT (56:39)
Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon.com ( 50:36)
Donna Dubinsky, CEO Handspring ( 44:44) 
John Chambers, CEO Cisco ( 12:27)
Carly Fiorina, ex CEO HP ( 48:57)

 


 BSG (Business Strategy Game)

All students who take 468 need to register for the Business Strategy Online simulation:
Section 2: BSG-Online Registration Procedure (pre-paid access), BSG-Online Registration Procedure (payment by credit card)
Section 3: BSG-Online Registration Procedure (pre-paid access), BSG-Online Registration Procedure (payment by credit card)
Section 4: BSG-Online Registration Procedure (pre-paid access), BSG-Online Registration Procedure (payment by credit card)
 

Simulation Team Charter

 

 

Entrepreneurship

Successful Entrepreneurs: What You Need to Know to Become One, Asher Epstein Robert H. Smith School of Business () 

Examples of Small Business web sites:Tel3, PNG, Nobelcom, Ampol Telecom, Cloncom