Move over, Supertramp
Two very good sports sported white jackets and McGill bow ties to lead a very entertaining video in support of McGill鈥檚 Centraide campaign that went up this week. Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management Peter Todd and Michael Di Grappa, Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance), co-chairs of this year鈥檚 Centraide campaign, teamed up with TonalEcstacy, a McGill a capella singing group, for the clip, produced by Jacquie Rourke.
Women at business school
Nancy Adler is an artist and professor at the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill in Canada. Since joining the school in 1990, she has taught through the medium of art. She now teaches a three-day global leadership course called Redefining Success that encourages MBA students to appreciate beauty and not just financial wealth.
Dub茅 to World Health Summit: More collaboration needed to tackle non-communicable diseases
Addressing the World Health Summit in Berlin in October, Professor Laurette Dub茅 warned that the current dominant approach to combating an exploding global epidemic of diabetes and heart disease is too narrowly focused to succeed.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: The CEO isn't the only leader any more
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to MIT鈥檚 Deborah Ancona.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, November 20, 2012
Change and Continuity: Mintzberg and Kotter Agree, You Must Manage Both
It seems every Business School professor starts by saying how much the world has changed鈥� 鈥� that was Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 opening to a session on change, not unsurprisingly Henry takes a different tack. He points out that continuity is as important as change. We are co-teaching strategy to a group of Chinese executives today, and I had to sheepishly admit I had done just that earlier in the day!
-Article by Karl Moore
McGill quartet wins CBIE award 鈥�
Four students from the Desautels Faculty of Management were recent recipients of a Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) 2012 Excellence Award, an annual program that showcases innovators, leaders, service professionals and emerging stars.
Scholarships for kids matter to employees
When Alexandria (Alex) McKellar entered Grade 9, she began booking guidance counsellor appointments to discuss what university to attend. Even at that young age, she wanted to become an archeologist.
Her mother, Wanda McKellar, a financing representative with Canadian Tire鈥檚 Roadside Assistance team in Welland, Ont., also knew that when the time came, her daughter could apply for a company scholarship to help with the costs.
Outstanding Result for Desautels MBA Team at FEI Best in Class Case Competition
Desautels MBA students, Alaa Abulhuda, Soeren Klatt, Lauren Merkel and Thomas Weber, took 2nd place at the 7th annual Financial Executives International (FEI) Best in Class Invitational Case Competition held in Toronto from November 15-17, 2012. After placing 4th in 2009 and 3rd in 2010, this is our Faculty鈥檚 highest placement thus far at this prestigious competition, which includes the top business schools from across Canada.
How To Reduce Workplace Gender Segregation And Help Women Obtain Higher Paying Jobs
Researchers have previously demonstrated that approximately half of the pay gap between men and women (women earn about 20% less) is due to women having a tendency to work in different occupations and industries than men, a phenomenon called 鈥済ender segregation.鈥� But what causes this gender segregation?
It's time to rebalance our sectors and society
Governments and corporations can't be relied upon to provide solutions to our biggest problems 鈥� instead we must look to ourselves that we face serious problems 鈥� poverty amid plenty, the degradation of our physical, social, and economic environments, terrorism by fanatic cells and rogue states, and so on 鈥� is clear. But how our established institutions 鈥� governments and businesses 鈥� deal with them, even when responsive and responsible, is not. We need another way.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: The power of making people laugh at work
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to Peter McGraw, a professor of Marketing at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, November 6, 2012
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How do we rate emotional intelligence at work?
Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 香蕉视频 speaks to Hillary Anger Elfenbein, professor at Washington University in St. Louis.
Read full transcript: Globe and Mail, October 31, 2012
MBA students: Head of the (asset) class
Academia can be filled with hypotheticals and theoreticals. To make it real, just add money. A growing number of Canadian business schools are implementing investing programs that buy and sell with real dollars, blurring鈥攐r eliminating鈥� the divide between campus and Bay Street.
McGill tops Maclean鈥檚 ranking for 8th year in a row
For the 8th consecutive year, 香蕉视频 is ranked first in the medical-doctoral category in Maclean鈥檚 magazine鈥檚 annual issue devoted to Canadian universities.
鈥淲e are pleased by this recognition, which reflects the outstanding quality and dedication of our faculty, students and staff,鈥� said McGill Principal and Vice-Chancellor Heather Munroe-Blum.
Cirque du Soleil CEO to receive honorary degree from McGill
MONTREAL 鈥� So maybe it isn鈥檛 such a bad idea to run off and join the circus after all.
When 香蕉视频 bestows honorary degrees at its fall convocation on Oct. 31, one of the recipients will be Daniel Lamarre, president and CEO of Cirque du Soleil. Mr. Lammarre was nominated by Desautels Faculty of Management. Former senator Michael Meighen will also be honoured at the ceremony at Place des Arts.
