On March 15, our Book Prize Panel of Judges interviewed each of this year’s eight competition Finalists. Following these meetings the Judges selected this year’s three Book Prize Winners. These three will be invited to the Club’s Annual Dinner and Awards Presentation on April 28. At this event we will announce the name of the Grand Prize winner who will be then be sent to Stanford campus for a one week stay.

Book Prize Committee Chair Don Huse has announced the names of the three Book Prize Winners (listed below in alphabetical order):

• Kwan Jin Yao, Hwa Chong Institution
• Yap E-Lynn, Raffles JC
• Zhang Yi Tao, Raffles JC

The other finalists are:

• Nadhirah Alwi, Temasek JC
• Goh Li Sian, Hwa Chong Institution
• Jannelle Lau, Dunman H.S.
• Lim Wei Sheng, Raffles JC
• Wang Yizhen, Raffles JC

The Annual General Meeting of the Stanford Club of Singapore will be held at 19:00 on Wednesday, 18 March 2009 at 7 Temasek Boulevard #20-03, Singapore 038987.

The Agenda for the meeting is below. We will be asking for approval of the revised Constitution (download here). The Registry of Societies has allowed the changes to our constitution approved at the previous EGM subject to approval by Club members that 1) The Treasurer will be limited to 2 terms in office and 2) Officers and voting members of the Club must be resident in Singapore. A copy of the updated Constitution will be sent separately shortly, and we will seek approval at the AGM for these changes. Please note also that the Executive Council has determined fees consistent with the Constitution.

To confirm your attendance at the meeting please email the Club secretary Yeoh Eng Yew at eyyeoh@gmail.com or Club president Richard Hartung at rlhartung@stanfordalumni.org.

If you are not able to attend, please send your proxy by mail to 7 Temasek Boulevard #2003, Singapore 038987 or fax it to 6238 8793. The proxy form can be downloaded here: AGM Proxy Form.

For more information please contact Club president Richard Hartung or 6323 5188.

Annual General Meeting

18:30 on Wednesday, 18 March 2008 at:
7 Temasek Boulevard, #20-03 Tower 1, Singapore 038987

Agenda

• Opening of the Meeting
• President’s Report
• Approval of Minutes
• Approval of Audited Financial Statements
• Approval of revised Constitution
• Election of Council Members
• Appointment of Auditors
• New Business
• Closing of Meeting

When Will They Ever Learn? An Organizational Behavior Perspective on the Recent Financial Crisis

An Evening with Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer
7:00 p.m. on Monday, 6 April 2009
The American Club, 10 Claymore Hill

You’re invited to join fellow alumni for a rewarding and insightful discussion with Professor Jeffrey Pfeffer of the Stanford University Graduate School of Business as he shares his insights on the recent turbulence in the financial markets.

Professor Pfeffer will discuss how a lack of focus on understanding failure, over-reliance on compensation as a management tool, and omnipresent managerial hubris make organizations so bad at learning from past mistakes. Unless we get better at predicting what reward systems are actually going to do and unless we get smarter about designing management practices that don’t produce destructive behavior, Pfeffer maintains the current bad news will get recycled in the future.

Professor Pfeffer is renowned for his research and insights into human resource management and power and influence in organizations.

Professor Pfeffer has both a BS and MS from Carnegie Mellon University, and a PhD from Stanford University. Among his previous 12 books are “The Knowing-Doing Gap: How Smart Companies Turn Knowledge into Action,” “Managing with Power,” “The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First,” and “What Were They Thinking? Unconventional Wisdom About Management.”

We’re very fortunate to have an opportunity to meet with this highly sought-after speaker and researcher during his short visit to Singapore. Space is limited to please make your reservations early. Please send the reservation form to Richard Hartung or Liew Weylin by 30 March 2009 to reserve a place. For more information, please contact Richard by email or by phone at 6323-5188. Fees for the event include light hors d’oeuvres, soft drinks and wine.

The form is available for download here: Professor Pfeffer Event Invitation Form