Professor Nancy Adler honoured by the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals (ISDIP)
Professor Nancy Adler has been selected by the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals (ISDIP) as an honoree at the Legends of Diversity Dinner. The dinner will take place during the International Society of Diversity and Inclusion Professionals 2nd Annual Conference, August 6-9, 2013 in Montreal.
Why Canadian retailers are a productivity bright spot
Retail is one of the toughest sectors out there: Customers are fickle, margins are often razor thin and competition is fierce.
鈥� Karl Moore, professor in the faculty of management at 香蕉视频 in Montreal, said Canada鈥檚 strong economy makes it an attractive country for foreign retailers to enter.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How to invigorate your company with an outsider's view
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to Mary Yoko Brannen, new Jarislowsky Chair of the University of Victoria.
Read full article: The Globe and Mail, December 4, 2012聽
Montr茅al Exchange Announces the 2012 University Partnership Awards
MONTR脡AL, Dec. 5, 2012 /CNW/ - Montr茅al Exchange Inc. (MX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of TMX Group Limited and Canada's derivatives exchange, today announced the winners of the 2012 University Partnership Awards. The awards ceremony was held in conjunction with TMX Group's Board of Directors reception held last evening at the MX.
Young People Stop Just Texting Me And Give Me A Call Once In A While! PLZ Part Deux
This week is the 20th anniversary of the 1st text. As a middle aged person I have mixed feeling about this. I can鈥檛 decide if it鈥檚 got worst or maybe better. This week I got messages by text, email, Twitter, Facebook, voice mail, phone, cell phone, in person and a fax! The fax brought back some fond memories 鈥� it鈥檚 been a while.
The Art of the MBA
Over the past decade or so it鈥檚 become accepted in the business education world that some of the best value that MBA students get from a year or two in the classroom comes not from their chosen school鈥檚 academics but from their peers. This is why all of the leading international schools have worked hard to build classes that often look like mini-United Nations, embracing representatives from almost every nationality and ethnicity under the sun.
The best business schools of 2012
The full-time MBA ranking published last month by BusinessWeek brings the 2012 season of media rankings of business schools to a close, and the results will be met with the usual mix of joy, despair and skepticism by the business school community. Staff, students and alumni will be assessing the impact of their school鈥檚 standing in the global market, while potential applicants may over-rely on these league tables to determine their shortlist of target schools.
Managing online persona key to success
鈥業f you鈥檙e not online, do you even exist?鈥� asks Leigh Gauthier, director of careers for full-time MBA students at the Rotman School of Management. The rhetorical question helps shape the way she guides students branding and positioning themselves for successful job searches at the end of their studies.
Executive women build lifelong professional bonds through unique MBA networking programs
For six days each spring, a group of 25 senior-level, female business executives聽 put their demanding roles on hold and sequester themselves at an offsite venue for six days to discuss management trends, develop leadership skills and, most importantly, network.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How neuroscience can explain your trading risk profile
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to John Coates, who spent 12 years on Wall Street with Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank as a trader in the heart of the beast, then moved on and now is a senior researcher at Cambridge University Neuroscience and Finance.
The 1930s All Over Again?
Then, as today, societies were uncertain about which model of society to strive for and how to repair monetary systems. Societies bet on the wrong ideas; we may be committing similar mistakes now.
Good Samaritan restores faith, reimburses stolen Centraide money
You鈥檝e seen this year鈥檚 Centraide posters that have fitted ordinary people with stylized angel wings made from the iconic Centraide hand. The slogan simply reads 鈥淒onating is uplifting.鈥�
鈥� 鈥淚t was really wonderful because it was everyone 鈥� students, staff and faculty 鈥� just reaching into their pockets and giving what they could 鈥� five, ten, twenty dollars,鈥� said Celine Junke, Development Officer at Desautels and one of the event鈥檚 organizers.
The Best Business Schools of 2012 - The Ranking of MBA Rankings
MBA rankings are an integral part of the business school world, and like them or loathe them, the chances are you鈥檒l take a look at them. Staff, students and alumni will be assessing the impact of their school鈥檚 standing in the global market, while potential applicants may over rely on these league tables to determine their shortlist of target schools.
S'adapter 脿 la d茅mographie pour vendre en Asie
La Chine et l'Inde comptent au total 2,5 milliards d'habitants. Mais si ces deux pays ont en commun d'锚tre tr猫s peupl茅s, la Chine est vieillissante tandis que l'Inde est tr猫s jeune. Les entreprises qui visent ces march茅s ont donc tout int茅r锚t 脿 adapter leurs strat茅gies en fonction de leurs profils d茅mographiques, disent des sp茅cialistes.
The wrong direction
To mark the journal鈥檚 90th anniversary, the Harvard Business Review website has run a series of blogs and articles under the strapline 鈥淲hy Management Matters鈥�. Alas, the content does not engage with the proposition itself, taking the importance of management for granted.
