Successful Meetings - October 2008 - (Page 12) News & Analysis > On The Record experience with me. SM: What will you miss the most? HANSON: I will miss the challenge of anticipating business cycles and trying to anticipate transformational changes— such as major changes to the tax code, how travel changed after 2001, the change in the value of the U.S. dollar relative to other currencies, and the increase in the price of gasoline— and then developing business plans to respond. But I think that a career in education may be more similar than not. Curricula must evolve to respond to changes in the industry, as must the applications of fields of study, such as accounting, finance, and statistics. SM: What’s your greatest hope for your work at NYU? predecessor firm Coopers & Lybrand) to create a substantial research initiative. We launched the most complex and widely accepted documented industry forecast model, produced an average of 15 scholarly articles, plus 15 research releases a year. Much of that research provides a foundation for further studies of more depth about the same topics or related subjects. I hope that I can combine academic and applied approaches to teaching. In other words, one of the techniques for communicating and then reinforcing the learning process is to present material in an academic format, but then show its practical application. If the academic presentation is successful, and if students understand the application of the material, there is an added level of enthusiasm and interest. When it all comes together, it is incredibly gratifying. SM: What were your greatest accomplishments at PwC? HANSON: I hope they are that I contributed to the success of my clients and firm, and that colleagues with whom I worked believe they learned from, and enjoyed, their professional HANSON: I hope that when it is time for me to retire from teaching, my students and colleagues will think that I contributed to their experience, both while we were together —Rayna Katz and beyond. concorde-hotels.com/meetings Event planning at your fingertips. Dream, visualize, plan, simplify, relax Go to concorde-hotels.com/meetings and offer yourself the luxury of a dedicated event-planning platform. A user-friendly, time-saving web site A tool that simplifies the planning of customized events Concorde Management Compagny, SAS RCS Nanterre 493 203 897 A team of experts ready to help you at (1) 800 261 73 83* *Toll-free number from a landline phone. http://www.concorde-hotels.com/meetings http://www.concorde-hotels.com/meetings http://www.concorde-hotels.com/meetings
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