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WBC Sets 2008 PBL Team

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The Williams Baptist College Phi Beta Lambda has set its 2008 state competition teams.  The 2008 state competition is in Hot Springs on April 21-22.  The 2008 national competition is in Atlanta, Georgia on June 21-24.  This year represents a year of new events and new competitors.

New Events

Marketing Concepts—Paul Brown, Andy Miller and Kendra Partee will compete in the revamped Marketing Concepts event.  This team will take an objective test together at the state competition.  If they qualify for the National Leadership Conference in Atlanta and they score in the top 10, they will compete in a second round case analysis and presentation.

Help Desk—Reid Rogers will take an objective exam and present a case analysis.

Human Resource Management—Ty Jones and Jessica Sheffield will compete in a similar event as Marketing Concepts.  At the state level, they will take a team objective test.  If they qualify for the national competition and if they make the top 10 after the objective test, they will present a case analysis.

Business Ethics—Matt Jeffery, Rachel Burchfield, and Jessica Sheffield will present a case analysis. This year’s topic is “finance and the economy, employees and customers”.  They have selected a finance case that debates the pros and cons of the “leveraged buyout” tool.

Sales Presentation—For the first time in WBC’s history, Ty Jones will compete in Sales Presentation.  Ty is presenting a 10 persuasion speech on radio advertising.

Contemporary Sports Issues—Shane Stolz will take an objective exam over sports issues such as intercollegiate athletics, professional sports management, international sports and sports consumer behavior.

Database Design and Applications—Vitaliy Dymna and Andy Hayden will compete in a two-part competition.  The first part is a school-site exercise and the second is an objective exam to be taken at the state competition.

Previous Events

Marketing Analysis and Decision Making—Paul Brown and Andy Miller will compete in this individual event.  They will take an objective exam.

International Business—Rachel Burchfield, Maria Flores and Nompumelelo Shezi will compete in this individual event by taking an objective exam.

Business Communication—Chris Collier, Kendra Partee and Matt Jeffery will compete in this two-part competition.  This first part is a school-site letter and the second is an objective exam.

Management Analysis and Decision Making—Chris Collier will take an objective exam over topics such as management principles and organizational behavior.

Information Management—Vitaliy Dymna will take an objective exam over topics such as business equipment and network technologies.

Network Design—Reid Rogers and Andy Hayden will be our team for this event.  They will take a team objective exam and present a case analysis.

Financial Analysis and Decision Making—Nompumelelo Shezi and Derick Watts will take an objective exam over topics such as investments and capital management.

Sports Management and Marketing—Shane Stolz and Maria Flores will take an objective exam over topics such as sponsorships, sports licensing and facilities management.

Financial Concepts—Derick Watts will take an objective exam over topics such as time value of money, valuation and rates of return and international finance.

Best wishes to all competitors!