Paying Attention to Small Decisions Pays Off?
In continuing my coverage of the ideas of Jeroen De Flander in The Execution Shortcut, let me first introduce the problem of missing prioritization information. It describes a situation in which those responsible for implementing a strategy have to balance two contradictory strategy elements and still make the right decision. In reality, there are many such situations and each gets in the way of successful strategy execution.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How GE Management Practices Have Changed
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to Tom Gentile, CEO of GE Healthcare Systems.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, November 19, 2013
Premium Drives Dating, Music Engagement, Revs
At the Mapping Mobile Conference at New York University鈥檚 Stern School of Business last week, panelists spoke about everything from consumer research to dating sites. One dominant takeaway is that people who are willing to pay for service to reduce advertising will generate a bigger pool of people willing to pay premium. The other grab: more and more subscribing, talking and listening is happening on mobile.
Success Is What You Make It
What is success and how do you measure it? The experiences of a diversegroup of workers show how 鈥� and how much 鈥� they managed to balance career success with family responsibilities. Those who managed to strike the balance defined success on their own terms, had a strong sense of self and wereprepared to make trade-offs.
Montreal Case Competition Teaches Chemistry & MBA Students Sustainability for the Real World
Last Fall, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) and the McGill Department of Chemistry in Montreal collaborated to offer MBA and Chemistry Students the opportunity to participate in a unique two-day event. The case competition created opportunities to build a network of potential collaborators in business and chemistry.聽
McGill Team wins Japan MBA Case Competition
On November 17, McGill MBA Japan students Deb Tripathy, Lyal Clough, Satishi Juriani, and Taka Ishikawa took 1st place at the inaugural Japan MBA Case Competition (JMBACC). 12 teams from universities across Japan participated at this competition held in Tokyo.
Find out more about the JMBACC.
Mining and the MBA 鈥� B-School Students Work with Iron Ore Company of Canada Mines
45 MBA students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频, Canada, have engaged in a partnership with the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), where they will play the role of consultants to eight on-going projects. The students were recently taken on a field trip to visit Labrador City and the mines, located in Canada鈥檚 Far North.
Who Is the Most Influential Living Management Thinker?
The Thinkers50 2013 provides the answer. Described as the Oscars of Management Thinking, the global ranking is published every two years and is the essential guide to which thinkers and which ideas matter now - and which have been consigned to business history. Who gets the plaudits in 2013?
Regado Biosciences, Inc. Adds Global Pharmaceutical Business Veteran to Board of Directors
Regado Biosciences, Inc. (RGDO), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the late-stage clinical development of its first-in-class, actively controllable antithrombotic drug system, REG1, today announced the appointment of Pierre Legault (MBA'89), MBA, CA, CPA, to its Board of Directors, where he will serve as Chairman of the audit committee.
For Two Dancers, Business School Is Their Next Act
Just over a year ago, when Antonios Bougiouris suffered a dance-related injury that required hip surgery to repair, he figured his days as a ballet dancer where numbered. ... The answer lay in 香蕉视频鈥檚 MBA program at the Desautels Faculty of Management, where Mr. Bougiouris is enrolled as a student in the graduating class of 2015.
Why Analysis Is Not Enough And Passion Is So Important - A Story From Henry Mintzberg
In the Analytic module of our International Masters In Practicing Management and our Advanced Leadership Program for executives, my colleague Henry Mintzberg likes to use this story to show how analysis can get in the way of really understanding an organization and its purpose.
Amazon Competes Against Canadian Supermarkets by Entering Grocery Business
Online retailer Amazon is taking on supermarkets by delivering food directly to Canadians鈥� doorsteps.
The retail giant, which built its business selling books and entertainment through the mail, launched its new grocery category Thursday, in what鈥檚 certain to be an intensifying battle between grocers.
Northern Approaches
In many ways, Canada, the world鈥檚 second biggest country by area, is a global leader in the effective use of technology in its public health system. Almost all X-rays, MRIs, CTs and other imaging tests in its hospitals are now filmless, which equates to adding the equivalent of up to 500 radiologists and 11 million more exams annually.
Mining and the MBA 鈥� B-School Students head to Labrador City to visit Iron Ore Company of Canada Mines
45 MBA students from the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 in Canada, have engaged in a partnership with the Iron Ore Company of Canada (IOC), where they will play the role of consultants to 8 on-going projects at the Montreal based mining company.
Prescription for Professional Success
As the NHS faces a perceived crisis of management, and clinicians are forced to shoulder more non-clinical responsibilities, postgraduate degrees in business and management are becoming increasingly sought after in the healthcare sector.
