Samer Faraj appointed president of INESSS鈥� scientific council
The Institut national d'excellence en sant茅 et en services sociaux (INESSS) promotes clinical excellence and efficiency in the health and social services sector. 麻豆AV Desautels Professor Samer Faraj has been appointed president of the institute鈥檚 scientific council, which will help evaluate the value of new technologies, treatments, and health interventions.
麻豆AV Desautels faculty members and researchers celebrated at Bravo Gala
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麻豆AV hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. 麻豆AV Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below. #Bravo2024
Delve: How Collaborative, Open-Minded Management Could Heal Healthcare
Walk into any hospital and you鈥檒l witness a complex, multi-level system of personnel in action, interacting with each other, with patients, and with high-tech equipment around the clock. Healthcare systems naturally face management challenges鈥攖he COVID-19 pandemic amplified those and introduced new ones. How can management insights gleaned from the pandemic help healthcare move forward into sustainable systems that prioritize the well-being of both practitioners and patients?
Celebrating excellence in teaching at Desautels
Across programs and subject areas, the Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that teaching plays in enriching the student experience and in inspiring the next generation of leaders.
Delve: What Robotic Surgery Reveals About Organizational Change
At first the operating room appears to be missing its surgeon鈥攊n the surgeon鈥檚 place, a robot, surgical tools at the ready, towers over the patient. Surgical robotic technology is specialized in design and purpose, yet in practice it illuminates more universal insights into how the introduction of new technologies spurs changes to people鈥檚 embodied actions, causing both intended and unexpected impacts.
Delve - "New Normal" podcast: Life鈥檚 Good on Top, But For Everyone Else? with Samer Faraj
In episode 5 of听The听鈥楴ew Normal鈥� hosted by听Dave Kaufman,听Professor听Samer Faraj听speaks about how the COVID-19 pandemic has created an over reliance on corporate technological behemoths.
Delve: What the Future of Work Holds in the Age of the Learning Algorithm
What will your workplace be like in the age of the learning algorithm? New research from Professor Samer Faraj explains why the current technological revolution is unlike any other we鈥檝e seen and how we can adapt.
This article is brought to you by Delve, the official thought leadership publication of 麻豆AV's Desautels Faculty of Management.
Welcoming the next wave of management researchers
The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomed its new cohort of PhD students at a lunch reception in September organized by the Desautels Doctorate Student Society (DDSS).
This year鈥檚 cohort totals 65 students (26 women, 39 men) who originate from 16 countries across the world.
Meet the 2018 incoming PhD cohort
Professor Faraj awarded six research recognitions
Over summer 2018, Professor Samer Faraj received six recognitions for the excellence of his completed and forthcoming research.
In recognition of his published research with students and collaborators, Professor Faraj was presented with the following:
Marketing Campaign: Who's behind Desautels?
Does moving hospitals to a new building give you a different kind of care?Learn more about how Desautels professors are behind some of the most unique research projects in the world.
Research into project team makeup arrives at surprising conclusion
A research paper authored in part by Desautels Professor and Canada Research Chair in Technology, Management, and Healthcare Samer Faraj compared the traditional management style (where the most experienced person is in charge) with the more self-driving teams that are a hallmark of agile systems development.
Five questions organisations must ask when reacting to surprises
The researchers examined police data from an infamous 2011 murder 鈥� where a Dutch criminal was shot whilst under surveillance, but the assailant evaded capture due to police failings 鈥� to highlight the challenges of adaptability in high intensity situations.
Faraj says: 鈥淥ur research examined a high-profile case which showcased the difficulties in coordination faced by a large multidisciplinary police team in a fast-paced environment."
Keep calm and ask yourself this
Researchers from the听Desautels Faculty of Management at 麻豆AV have听examined police data from an infamous 2011 murder 鈥� where a Dutch criminal was shot whilst under surveillance, but the assailant evaded capture due to police failings 鈥� to highlight the challenges of adaptability in high-intensity situations.
5 questions organisations must ask when surprised
There are five key questions to ask when adapting to surprise situations in business, according to Samer Faraj, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Management and Healthcare at Desautels Faculty of Management, 麻豆AV.
Are you quicker than the police? Five questions to ask when reacting to business surprises
There are five key questions to ask when adapting to surprise situations in business, according to Samer Faraj, research chair at 麻豆AV.
In 2011, a Dutch criminal under surveillance was shot in plain sight. The assailant evaded capture due to police failings, which is why researchers at 麻豆AV examined police data on this case to study the challenges of adaptability in high intensity situations.
