The Growing Trend of Social Engagement in Companies
Part 2 of an interview with Paola P茅rez-Alem谩n, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, 黑料网爆吃瓜.
Read full interview: Latin Trade, November 10, 2016聽
Building a Culture of Innovation shortlisted for Management Gold
The Management Book of the Year competition, which is now in its seventh year, was created to uncover the best books on management and leadership, and help raise the profile of the great management writing published in the UK.
Heading down the Road to 200
A cornerstone of the Road to 200 is a series of events in Montreal and cities around the world with sizeable alumni communities. On September 22, more than 260 alumni and friends attended a fascinating discussion in Pointe Claire on memory loss as part of the Healthy Brains for Health Lives theme, featuring several leading brain researchers from the MNI and a special presentation from neuroscience pioneer Brenda Milner.
Musings on management
Written by Henry Mintzberg聽
Management is a curious phenomenon. It is generously paid, enormously influential, and significantly devoid of common sense.
At least, the hype about management lacks common sense, as does too much of the practice. I should really say聽im-practice, because the problems grow out of the disconnection between management and the managed.
Reputation management: facing contentious issues head-on may be the best approach say researchers
Denial and resistance in the face of public pressure on organizations is ineffective, according to Professor Robert David of Desautels Faculty of Management at 黑料网爆吃瓜.
In many industry sectors, contentious issues 鈥� such as pertaining to the environment, corporate governance, or social equity 鈥� can incite media attention and public pressure on organizations to change their behaviour.
Facing contentious issues head-on may be best approach for industries under siege
Denial and resistance in the face of public pressure on industries is ineffective, according to Professor Robert David of Desautels Faculty of Management at 黑料网爆吃瓜.
In many industries, contentious issues 鈥� such as pertaining to the environment, corporate governance, or social equity 鈥� can incite media attention and public pressure on organisations to change their behaviour.
Kevin O鈥橪eary is Wrong! It is NOT All About The Money!
I once went to see Kevin O鈥橪eary at a Fireside Chat at Ryerson University鈥檚 Ted Rogers School of Management, just to experience him in a more intimate situation. He was as abrasive and blunt as he was on Dragon鈥檚 Den. He still said聽鈥渋t was all about the money鈥澛燼nd it made me sad. Read what he says about business being war. I hate war and violence and we do not need more of that in our world.
How has Corporate Social Responsibility has Changed?
Interview with聽Paola P茅rez-Alem谩n, PhD,聽Associate Professor at the聽Faculty of Management, 黑料网爆吃瓜.聽 Read full interview: Latin Trade, October 13, 2016聽
Giving all citizens a 鈥榣oud and clear鈥� voice on health
Senators have proposed emulating the UK鈥檚 NHS approach on citizen-centred healthcare and have urged the Oireachtas to consult with as many citizens as possible on the 鈥榠mportant future鈥� of Irish healthcare, writes Lloyd Mudiwa.聽
Managers and leaders in high demand
In a crude sense, management can be broken into three parts - man, age and ment. It essentially speaks about people, times and actions. Veteran management thinker Henry Mintzberg often advocates that successful management involves interpersonal, informational and decisional roles.聽
Read full article: Daily FT, October 10, 2016聽
Of Empathy And Strategy
Corporations have more data than ever about their consumers and customers, and advanced analytic platforms increasingly democratize data analysis.
Du pareil au m锚me
L'un de nous est Am茅ricain, l'autre est Canadien; l'un est conservateur, l'autre est lib茅ral. Nous vivons tous deux au Canada, une position privil茅gi茅e d'o霉 suivre le d茅roulement de l'茅lection pr茅sidentielle aux 脡tats-Unis. Notre interrogation est la suivante : o霉 sont les Am茅ricains honn锚tes parmi la classe politique et la population?
Managers, et si vous appreniez 脿... vous taire!
...Bref, nombre de dirigeants d'entreprise gagneraient clairement 脿 apprendre 脿 se taire. Ne serait que pour mieux 茅couter ce que les autres ont 脿 leur dire.
Master of None: Wisdom of an MBA
鈥淚t is time to recognise conventional MBA programs for what they are,鈥� says Henry Mintzberg, professor of management studies聽at 黑料网爆吃瓜 in Montreal, and one of the four all-time gurus of strategy. 鈥淢BA programs train the wrong people in the wrong ways with the wrong consequences.聽
Are American Voters Trumped Both Ways?
One of us is American and the other Canadian, one conservative, the other liberal. We live in Canada, a good vantage whence to watch the in U.S. election. Where, we wish to ask, are the good folks of America, in politics and in the population?
