CITY DIARY: Is glamorous ex-Thomas Cook chief Harriet Green angling for a damehood?
Glamorous ex-Thomas Cook chief Harriet Green, 55, now an executive at technology giant IBM, says gushingly of our Prime Minister: 'May is exciting, a grown-up, the right person at the right time to negotiate with Europe.聽 ...
Some principles for creating a 鈥楽haring Sheffield鈥�
...Brave Leadership:聽Geo politics shocked the world in 2016.聽 One of the more positive resuIts has been聽an increase in powerful, thoughtful leadership from many different places.聽Henry Mintzberg聽has written an excellent call to action post and there was one particular tweet which stood out for me over the US elections written by J.K. Rowling.
Our Favorite MBA Professors Of 2016
Henry Mintzberg:聽The first rule of academia: 鈥淒on鈥檛 bite the hand that feeds you.鈥�
The best thing I read all year 鈥� 2016
Business school professors share the books and articles that changed their outlook.
Henry Mintzberg, John Cleghorn professor of management studies, 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management
Whither MBAs? Rigour, relevance and results
An MBA has always been a sought-after qualification among managers. It has been hailed as a competency builder on one hand and hacked as a money spinner for mushrooming institutions.聽 I read with interest the constructively critical insights by Dr. Rakesh Khurana on elite Harvard MBA. It reminded me of Henry Mintzberg, the veteran management thinker who was also critical about the typical MBAs on offer. 聽
Professor Henry Mintzberg Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Professor Henry Mintzberg was conferred the honorary degree of "Doctor Oeconomiae Honoris Causa" from the University of Economics, Prague on November 11, 2016. The award recognizes Professor Mintzberg鈥檚 influence as a leading thinker in the field of Management, as well as the far-reaching impact of his work.
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Trump : 脿 d茅faut de pouvoir voter, nous pouvons agir
Ecrit par Henry Mintzberg聽
Nous, au Canada, aux c么t茅s d'autres personnes du monde entier, n'avons pas pu voter aux derni猫res 茅lections am茅ricaines. Toutefois, nous devrons vraisemblablement en souffrir les cons茅quences 脿 l'茅chelle internationale. Devons-nous rester inactifs, comme 脿 l'habitude, et assister au d茅roulement des choses, y compris des possibles effets catastrophiques des changements climatiques, si rien n'est fait?
The Rest Of The World Couldn't Vote, But We Can Act
We in Canada, along with many other people around the world, did not get to vote in the recent American election -- yet we are meant to suffer the international consequences of it. Shall we sit back, as usual, and watch events unfold, including the possibly catastrophic effects of climate change left unchecked?
芦 Les avocats ont un cerveau diff茅rent 禄
...Le fait est que 莽a ne suffit pas de conna卯tre seulement la loi : il faut avoir des connaissances en gestion, en relations interpersonnelles, mais les Facs de droit continuent d鈥檈nseigner ce qui 茅tait utile voici 25 ans. Il faut que 莽a change. Le sp茅cialiste de la gestion de l鈥橴niversit茅 黑料网爆吃瓜,聽Harry Mintzberg, l鈥檃 茅crit : le monde a besoin de gestionnaires, pas de d茅tenteurs de MBA. C鈥檈st la m锚me chose en droit : il faut des avocats bien form茅s, pas seulement des juristes.
Global business schools turn to Asia for inspiration
What will business schools look like when they are created on the surface of Mars some decades from now? That is the question Santiago Iniguez, dean of Spain's IE Business School, has been asking himself for the past several years.
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.
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.
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
