CSULB's MBA Program is very proud to announce that their team of MBA students, Szilvia Balint, Paul Briet, Elisabeth Gogel, James Lee, Vala Shahabi, and Natalia Staneva were awarded First Runner Up in the annual International Collegiate Business Strategy Competition (ICBSC). Dr. Annette Lohman from the Management/HRM Department in the College of Business, was their advisor throughout the competition.
The competition is an intercollegiate business simulation contest between schools from the United States as well as from other countries around the world. University business students have been competing each year since 1965 in the IBCSC. The number of participating business-student teams has grown from nine teams in the mid 60s to 30 to 35 teams in recent years.
Our MBA students' team worked from early January through April to integrate and apply the principles learned in their coursework to make decisions with immediate implications. Participants learned key lessons of how to run a business, including teamwork, strategic planning and competitive intelligence. The competition provided a unique opportunity for MBA students to learn and apply business skills. We are hoping to provide this unique opportunity to another group of CSULB MBA students at next year's competition.
