The document provides information about the BBA Board at BI Norwegian Business School. It outlines the board members and their roles/responsibilities. It also discusses the vision, values and objectives of the BBA program which are to create a diverse international community and environment that fosters both personal and academic growth. The BBA board hosts various social and academic events throughout the year to engage students. Financial investments are requested to support hosting events and ensuring all activities remain affordable for students.

1. The BBA Board
An academic member of SBIO
BI Norwegian Business School
0442 Oslo
p. +47 90216364
f. 21 04 80 00
Marketing.bba@sbio.no
http://bba.sbio.no/

2. Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Objectives
Mission Statement
Visions, Values, Guiding Principals and Strategy
The BBA Visions and Values
Guiding Principles and Strategy
The Board
BBA Board Members Goals and Objectives
Social Activities of the Association
Academic Elements of the Association
Financial Summary
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3. The BBA board represent the Bachelor of Business Administration student body. We
are dedicated to providing students with outstanding initiatives that will enable them to
grow both personally and professionally. By hosting events that are intriguing with a
clear focus and objective, whether they be social or academic, will create an
atmosphere that fosters success.
Creating an environment that enhances the extended knowledge for the BBA students,
however, is costly. Investments and sponsorships provide an exceptional opportunity
for both the BBA board and for the investors. With BBA's wide diversity of international
and Norwegian students there is ample opportunity for your company to build a future
customer base.
Objectives
Our main objectives are concentrated on upholding the core values and maintaining
the vision of the board. Such objectives distinguishes the BBA program from others
both nationally and internationally. These vital objectives can be seen listed below for a
clearer and more accurate understanding of what the BBA board hopes to accomplish
in the near future and years to come.
Generate social events that focuses on creating a community among the
BBA students.
Create a greater awareness for academic elements of the association.
Generate a higher student participation for both social and academic events.
Increase awareness internationally about the BBA program.
Executive Summary
The BBA board and all those involved in the program emphasize the core values,
vision and objectives that are reiterated throughout this document. As an international
program we thrive for a competitive advantage among others through our community
like structure that enables us to create a stable platform for generating academic
excellence. By the implementation of events that fosters academic and personal
growth, students will gain insight to an advanced international business environment.
Mission Statement
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4. Vision, Values, Guiding Principles
and Strategy
The BBA Vision and Values
The Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) program represents the diversity and
equality that we strive for in our attempt to encourage a well-rounded student body.
With due diligence and creativity we offer our students a vast opportunity for success
and individual growth. We take into account not only the background and culture of
each student but their individual interests when creating events and activities that are
centred for social or academic purposes.
Our core values directly influence our social and academic elements as an association
and program, as well as how each board member carries themselves as individuals.
Values such as cohesiveness, charity, creativity and of course academic excellence,
represents the vision we as a board would like to convey to our student body, future
students and potential investors.
Creating projects and events that center around our values allows us to have a clear
and distinctive vision for the BBA board. For the 2016/2017 board our vision is to create
a community of students that strive to succeed. Whether that success is formed
through excellent academic performance or through individual growth, we encourage
a high standard of efficiency and support among each other and those that we wish to
affiliate our program with.
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5. Our strategy for following our vision and maintaining our values as an association is
constructed through the ‘Golden Circle” and into three parts:
Affiliation: Working with companies and individuals that are making a positive
contribution to business.
Purpose: Ensuring that all events both academic and social are reinforced by
the core values of the BBA board.
Interactions: Working with the BBA students to ensure they are benefitting
from the actions and events hosted by the board.
The Golden Circle:
What?
How?
Why?
What?
In BBA, we believe in challenging the status quo,
we believe in thinking differently. By establishing an
environment without barriers, leads to a conducive
atmosphere of creating and sharing ideas. We see
the true value in our students, and believe they will
thrive when given the proper opportunities.
How?
The way we do that is by having bigger, more
frequent, and higher quality events.
Why?
The result is the most marketable students coming
into the business world, this is your opportunity to
invest in the leaders of tomorrow.
Guiding Principles and Strategy
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6. Education: I graduated from Skedsmo High School
with a specialization of science and English.
In addition, I have completed six courses in the area
of Leadership and Communication from Stanford
University and a summer program learning French.
Position: Being the proud president of the Bachelor
of Business Administration makes me responsible
for the board and our success. Together with the
board, I will do the utmost to ensure that we fulfill our
strategies in line with our values and our vision. With
my position I hope to lead the effort in further
developing some of the world’s brightest and most
diverse students.
Growing up in Norway, I am humbled that so many
ambitious students have already chosen BBA as
their stepping-stone into a future career. Taking part
of a professional atmosphere I aim to ensure the
pursuit to make good become great.
Hobbies: Apart from being involved with BBA
related topics I have a strong passion for travelling,
Crossfit and fashion.
Career Goals: I aspire to have a career in the area of
consulting with a specialization of risk management
in a multinational company.
Julie G. Maarud Lise Arnesen
Education: KaiserHighSchoolhonorsgraduate
(MagnaCumLaude),SanDiegoStateUniversity
(Dean’sList2013andScholarAthlete),
Position: AstheBusinessRelationsManagermy
maintasksincludecontactingcompaniesinan
attempttoreceivesponsorshipsandinvestorsto
workwithinordertoachievealloftheBBABoards
goalsandinitiativesfortheschoolyear.Withinmy
positionIhopetoassistinmakingtheBBAprogram
wellknownaroundtheworld,notonlyforthe
excellenteducationbutfortheoutstandingeffort
weputintomakingsureallstudentsfeelwelcomed.
GrowingupinAmericainstilledvaluesofworking
hardandbeingapartofateamforthegreater
good.Beingapartofanassociationthatvalues
cohesiveness,academicexcellenceandcharity
wasavitalreasonastowhyIjoinedtheBBABoard.
Hobbies:Environmentalconservationisvery
importanttome,therefore,Iparticipateinactivities
thatbringawarenesstoareassuchasendangered
marinelifeandthehumaneffectsontheocean.
Career Goals:Istriveforacareerthatallowsmeto
travelandconcentrateonprotectingthe
environmentsuchasGreenEconomyandOceana.
President Business Relations
Manager
The Board
BBA Board Members Goals and Objectives
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7. Education:Istudiedinatotalofsevendifferent
countries,mainlyintheMiddleEastandSouth
America.IgraduatedfromHighSchoolintheAlianza
FrancesainSantiago,Chile.Aftertwoconsecutive
yearsatBINorwegianSchool,Iamnowstartingmy
thirdandfinalyearintheBBAprogram.
Position: AsInformationManager,myroleistomake
surethatallthestudentsaremadeawareof
everythingimportantthereistoknowregardingtheir
studiesandtheBBAprogramingeneral.Having
livedineightdifferentcountriestothisday,Iamable
tousetheadequateexperienceandskillsIhave
acquiredinordertoperforminthispositiontothe
bestofmyabilities.BeingresponsibleforIT-related
contentisoneofthemaindutiesasInformation
Manager,asitformsadirectlinkbetweenthe
studentsandourprogram.Mygoal,asVice-
PresidentandasamemberoftheBoard,istoshow
consistency,clarityandcohesivenessforthe
students,aswellasfortheoutsideworld.
Hobbies:AsidefromstudyingandworkingforBBA-
relatedcontent,Icontinueplayingthepiano,after12
yearsofpractice,andenjoydoingphotographyin
mysparetime.Iamalsocurrentlytakingonline
coursesincoding.
Career Goals: Iamaimingtohaveacareerin
FinTech,whereIcouldcombinemypassionfor
numbersandforinformationtechnology.
Marina El Jaouhari Mohamed A. Osman
Education:Southfieldacademy(secondaryschool
London) southThamescollege(A-levelsLondon),I
amnowstartingmyfinalyearintheBBAprogram.
Position:BeingthefinancialmanagerofBBA,Iam
requiredtodovarioustasksbutthemainthreetasks
wouldbe:thedaytodayaccounting,applying
subsidiesforanyandalleventsthatwetheboard
areplanningandfinallyallocatingappropriatefunds
toeachevent.Therearemanyothertasksthatthe
financialmanagerisrequiredtodosuchas; working
closelywiththeeventmanagertoensurethat
eventsarewithinbudget.Iranforthisposition
becauseit´sapositionthatIfindveryinterestingand
IknewthatIwouldbeabletoleavetheBBA
programinabetterfinancialstate.
Hobbies:TradingCDFs,Football,ReadingandCall
ofduty.
Career Goals:Investmentbanking,startingmyown
company
VP &Information
Manager
Financial Manager
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8. Education: Throughout my 19 years of life, I have
experienced living and studying in many different
countries. Starting my education in Montenegro to
moving to the United States to attend high school
and finally graduating from a Canadian boarding
school in Italy, allowed for me to gain incredible
international experience. Now, I am in my second
year at BI Norwegian Business School in Oslo.
Position: As the Event Manager of BBA, I am
responsible for organizing events and gatherings in
order to create a friendly environment among all of
us. We are a program with over 80 nationalities
represented and it is crucial that all the social and
academic events suit this wide span of cultural
differences. This position requires being outgoing,
easily approachable, able to communicate with
students and having to work hard to meet their
expectations. We, the BBA board work together as a
team to give the best of our abilities to make this
happen and create memories students will cherish
forever.
Hobbies: Besides studies and working for the BBA
board, I am passionate about learning languages
and I am currently learning my fourth one,
Norwegian. At the same time I have always enjoyed
variety of sports that I still keep as a part of my daily
life.
Career Goals: International Business field
Andrijana Durovic Fabian Fjeldstad
Education:2013- GraduatedfromAskerVGS(high
school) withspecializationinsportsandoutdoor.I
havefollowedtheclassicNorwegianschoolsystem
fromelementarytohighschool,attendingschools
inNorwayexclusively. Mydesiretostudyabroad,in
amoreinternationalenvironment,ledmetoBI’s
BBAprogramandIamnowfacingaveryexciting
secondyearofmybachelordegree.
Position: ThepositionasSubjectCoordinator
mainlyrevolvesaroundtheacademicsinthe
bachelorprogram.Everythingfromattacking
subjectrelatedissuesonrequestfromclass
representativesandthegeneralstudents,to
reviewingcoursedescriptionsandexamination
datestomakesureeverythingisinorderforthe
studentbodyismyresponsibility.Otherimportant
tasksIhaveareregularmeetingswiththeclass
representatives,organizingtheGCMStrading
courseandBBADay,whichareimportantevents
thathappenthroughouttheyear.Duringmytimein
theBBAboard,Ihopetotaketheeventsmentioned
abovetonewheights,whileatthesametime
contributebeyondmymainobjectivestocomeup
withinnovativeideasforBBAprogramasawhole.
Hobbies:Football,travellingandarchitecture
Career Goals:Workforamultinationalcompany,
hopefullymyown
Event Manager Subject Coordinator
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9. Social Activities of the Association
The BBA board is launching a new and improved social and academic environment for
all of the BBA students at BI Norwegian Business School. In an attempt to complete this
goal we have integrated events and activities that will bring together an array of
students. These events will not merely focus on social or academic but collaborate
both in order to engage everyone participating. Below is a list of a few of the social
events that take place throughout the school year:
Linjedagen
Annual Cabin Trip
Holiday parties
- Halloween Party
- Christmas Dinner
- End of the Year and Welcome Back to School gatherings
17th of May Breakfast
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10. The BBA program is significant not merely because of the fact that it is an incredibly
international program but because it offers academic courses that will give students an
advantage once they are in their chosen careers. While the program offers the core
courses students need in order to thrive in the business industry, such as accounting,
marketing, and economics, there is also a variety of courses that give a more thorough
and in depth knowledge of what to expect once in their careers. TorHaugnes
professor for the course ‘The Firm” states that “TheFirmgivesstudentsacompetitive
advantageastheyacquireafirmunderstandingofthedrivingforcesbehindcorporate
change”.
Academic excellence is a very important aspect of any institution especially the BBA
program. Due to the combination of international and Norwegian students we want to
ensure that everyone is being challenged to their full potential and is encouraged to
work beyond the classroom. Therefore the board has put together several activities
that focus on expanding and challenging our student’s knowledge. A few of our new
academic events are listed and described below:
BBATalks, a new and exciting concept for the BBA board! This is a series of
lectures with the aim to engage, motivate and take advantage of the unique
aspects of being part of an international program.
Academic Elements of the Association
2016/2017 school year will be BBA’s first time participating in BBADay. This
event is created as a way to engage students in interactive and exciting
ways. BBA Day also showcases the opportunities students have by
choosing to be a part of the BBA program.
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TheCaseCompetition
Bi-Annual Study Trip
The GMCSCourse is a basic diploma program in trading that is perfect for
anyone interested in learning more about the capital markets, this course
provides students with practical insight and knowledge to use once they
have graduated.

11. Financial Summary
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BI Norwegian Business School guarantees that all students are given the proper
education to prosper in their future careers, however, the BBA board ensures
that students leave BI with the knowledge and capacity to thrive in their working
environment. Education and knowledge of the business industry is incredibly
important in preparing for a career in a firm, but having the ability to facilitate
these educational techniques requires far more than what can be learned in a
classroom. That is why we aim to provide the skills that allow social adaptability
among classmates, friends, professors and colleagues; while at the same time
encouraging extended academics.
An investment into the BBA program would not just provide corporate
exposure and recruitment branding, it would also ensure that when the
students graduate from BI Norwegian Business School they will have been
given the opportunity and experience to thrive in the business industry. This
would also alleviate the financial burden distributed onto the students due to
our extra costs. Our financial goal for our events is to ensure that all activities are
as affordable as possible for the BBA students, however, when extra costs are
not within our parameters we are obligated to add these costs to the ticket
prices. While we have made the steps to ensure reduced expenses and
unnecessary costs, your investment into the BBA program would be of great
assistance.
If you would like more information regarding the BBA program or the activities
the board hosts throughout the year please visit our website at
http://bba.sbio.no/BBABusinessPlan; here you will also find the full version of
our Business Plan.