Creating Mutual Return On Investment ASUG Ontario Chapter Meeting Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Mike Sparling Dean, Seneca Faculty of Business Industry & Higher Education
Creating Mutual Return On Investment
ASUG Ontario Chapter Meeting
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Mike Sparling
Dean, Seneca Faculty of Business
Industry & Higher Education
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Seneca Business School 10,000 full time students
Largest in Ontario, one of the largest in Canada
600 full and part time faculty Experts in their fields
64 full time programs The most pathways and opportunities in the Ontario
system
1,600 courses in business / semester
Multiple campuses, many formats
Cross-disciplinary & experiential learning The head, the heart & the hands!
An accomplished alumni and connected faculty
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SIGNS OF CHANGE…
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SENECA COLLEGE A LEADER IN APPLIED RESEARCH
Applied research projects align industry partners with student / faculty potential
Seneca awarded one of Canada’s first Industrial Research Chairs
Major federal grants for research in aviation and open source technology; Seneca has received more funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) than any other college in Ontario
Specialization in partnership-based commercialization projects with small- and medium-sized businesses
In 2012-13:
Over $2.3 million in agency grant funding
Over $790,000 in private sector support for applied research
Over 69 Faculty Involved
Over 220 Students Involved
Over 164 companies served
Over 68 applied research project completed
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FACULTY OF BUSINESS CENTRE FOR BIG DATA & BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Pedagogy & Curriculum Business Intelligence & Analytics Big Data, data-based decision making and insight-based
strategy formulation Data / measurement driven marketing (enterprise
marketing management) Entrepreneurial cloud-based business models Knowledge management & collaborative organizations
(social collaboration)
Applied Research Measuring and responding to social media
engagement, sentiment and interaction Measuring and defining the customer value proposition
within complex data systems Measuring economic impact of technology investment Entrepreneurial models for the use of disruptive
technology Distance collaboration within organization models (HR) Simulation and measurement in learning systems
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Mike SparlingDean, Seneca Business School(aka Seneca Faculty of Business)
(416) 491-5050 ext. 26975
@Mike_Sparling
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