Article: UC Irvine MBA Students Take to the Sand and Surf to Learn Key Business Skills.

IRVINE, Calif. -- Learning about business operations processes is usually no day at the beach -- but it will be for a group of students from The Paul Merage School of Business on June 3.

Students from Professor Reynold Byers' Operations Management class will fan out across Huntington State Beach. With shovels, sand and teamwork as tools, student teams will race to build the best and most inexpensive set of sandcastles for a fictitious customer.

During this innovative, hands-on class exercise, the MBA students will learn how the development of their team will affect the final product. The exercise is a complete look at the process of creating a product ...

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