This document introduces Carlson Global, a case competition team that participates in business case competitions around the world. The team is made up of students from multiple colleges who work on technology-oriented solutions to business problems. They have 24 hours to develop their solutions and then present them along with taking questions for 10 minutes. Joining provides benefits like resume building, applied learning, presentation skills, free travel, and class credit. Participation requires a desire to be part of a team, compete, make mistakes, and learn. The time commitment includes practices and competitions in St. Paul, Vancouver, Minneapolis, and Singapore from October to April. Students can apply by the September 29 deadline by sending their materials to the listed email.
7. Who?
4.0
Senior
Native
Speaker
Taken IDSc
Courses
8. You need a desire to:
Be Part of a Team
Compete
Make Mistakes
Learn
9. Time Commitment:
Low but Concentrated
Class, Practice, Competitions
Schedule:
Travelers – St. Paul
Nov 8/9 or Nov 15/16
CasIT – Vancouver
Oct 19 – Nov 9
CoMIS – Minneapolis (Carlson)
Apr 3–6
Apex – Singapore
TBA – (End of April)
10. How to Apply:
Applications: www.clubmis.com
Send to: Corrie Fiedler
Minimum:
(fied0001@umn.edu) • MIS Major / Minor
September 29 Deadline • CompSci w/
Mgmt. Minor
October 6 Selection Saturday
How to Prepare:
Case Competition 101 w/ Eric Lampert
Thursday, September 27 @ 4:00
Materials in the MIS Lab
Editor's Notes
Intro: Imagine you’re at the Carlson Business and Career fair, and you get an interview form a compnay,Sitting in the interview, they look straight at you and asay: “Name a time when you had to convince someone to do something they did not want to do?”“Name a time you failed at something.”“What is your biggest failure, and what did you learn.”These aren’t questions trying to figure out how terrible you are, they are questions related directly to real world business situations. You need to know how to handle failure, work in teams, and really persevere and learn and grow. And the Carlson Globlal Case Competition will help you do just that, and give you good answers to any interview question you will ever have.
Overview:The case competition team is composed of two teams of 4 people, each having one alternate. One team goes to Vancouver, one team goes to Singapore. The teams do switch up sometimes, ensuring everyone competes, even alternates. The competitions range from 24 hous to multiple days straight.
For the uninitiated a case competition involves multiple colleges sending teams to one competition. Then every team is given a business case with details surrounding a business and a business initiative or problem. Then, the teams are given a finite amount of time to develop a technically oriented solution to the business problems, and must present it usually in a 20 minute presentation with 10 minutes Q&A.The problem can be anything from a new knowledge management system, to online social media analytics, to developing a new agile methodology for internal programs. They can be anything and everything. Some cases don’t even ask an explicit question.
Why?Interview and Resume fodder: looks great, always can answer questions, learn how real businesses approach problems.Free travel: you can go to awesome places for free and meet some amazing people.Applied learning: when in class, you will constantly think: “I can use this for the case competition” It makes learning fun again.Presentation SkillsCredit!FUN: It’s just a ridiculous amount of fun.
Travel: One team goes to Singapore for a week, another to Vancouver for a week, and ther are also local competitions we will go to at St. Paul and the hometown competition, CoMIS.{Relate about your experience here.}
Who should apply? Only 4.0 students? Only seniors? Only native english speakers? NOOOOOOOOO.Move to next slide for who should apply.
Self-explanatory.
How to apply:Run through applications, deadline, minimum requirements.Selection Saturday: When all applications are reviewed we will select the top applicants for a 24 hour competition for selection. After everyone presents their solution, we will choose the teams based off of the presentations and applications.Preparation: Go to case compt 101!!!!!! Seriously!!! Room number will be available on clubmis.Materials in MIS lab: old cases, some readings, other information that will be helpful.Any questions? Email Corrie Fiedler.