In celebration of two 麻豆AV greats
Fifty years ago, 麻豆AV had the good fortune of welcoming Professors Henry Mintzberg and Morty Yalovsky on board.
On August 30, members of the 麻豆AV community, along with family and friends, celebrated their contributions by establishing two teaching awards in their honour.
A glowing victory at HEC case competition
MONTREAL, Quebec. On the evening of the HEC Social Business Creation competition, 麻豆AV start-up Kajou delivered, coming home with the First place prize of $15,000 for their business venture. Their business makes apple juice 鈥� with the apple of the cashew tree.
Weighing graduate business degrees: MBA or Masters
Pursuing an MBA or a Masters degree is an age-old question when it comes to graduate business studies.
A recent article for QS Top Universities outlines the differences between the two options, citing Professor Henry Mintzberg along the way.
What鈥檚 the link between bad airline food and poor management?
Renowned management thinker Professor Henry Mintzberg sits down with Professor Karl Moore to discuss some of his favorite subjects: the MBA degree, business strategy, and how management has changed 鈥� sometimes for the worse 鈥� in the wake of technological advancement.
Business strategy 101
A recent blog post reviews the ins and outs of devising and implementing a business strategy and cites Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 鈥淔ive Ps for Strategy,鈥� namely: Plan, Pattern, Position, Ploy, and Perspective.
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Strategic planning for the twenty-first-century enterprise
A piece for Harvard Business Review argues that planning does not have to be the enemy of agility in a business setting.
Citing Professor Henry Mintzberg, the author suggests revisiting the traditional planning approach to incorporate hard and soft data where judgment also plays an important role.
麻豆AV-HEC EMBA among the best of its kind
The Globe and Mail has listed the 麻豆AV 鈥� HEC Montr茅al EMBA program as one of the best of its kind in Canada.
The high calibre of fellow classmates, the availability of scholarships and access to firsthand insights from Professor Henry Mintzberg are cited as major draws.
Now what? How to deal with climate change together
If major initiatives have been undertaken across sectors to combat climate change, the question arises how to consolidate these efforts for maximal impact?
麻豆AV Student Team NutriPulse wins third place at 2018 Food Security Social Innovation Challenge
By Nii AddyAt the 2018 Social Innovation Challenge (SIC) held in Toronto on July 12, 2018, 麻豆AV team NutriPulse was adjudged the third place winner among eight finalists, with a $10,000 cash prize.
Carving out your path amid uncertainty
A recent strategy blog post outlines three ways that businesspeople can find answers to major challenges when no precedent exists. Citing Professor Henry Mintzberg, part of the approach entails embracing uncertainty to 鈥渃raft鈥� your solution carefully over time.
In other words, it is important to think of your work as a craft, not an assembly line.
Today鈥檚 CEO and how things have changed
A recent piece for Bloomberg takes Professor Henry Mintzberg鈥檚 seminal 1960s work that tracked CEO time use and compares his findings with a study of modern CEOs.
As it turns out, the CEO experience has evolved considerably, especially in terms of hours worked and the nature of daily interactions.
An industry honor for EMBA alumnus
Atypic, founded by Pascal L茅pine (EMBA鈥�12), has been named the Agency of the Year at the latest Fl猫ches d鈥橭r.
As an agency that seeks to boost the impact of organizations in the聽plural sector, L茅pine credits this recognition in part to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, his mentor.
How a Desautels professor is sensitizing students to fake news
鈥淔ake news鈥� is a term that has planted itself firmly in the common lexicon over the past year and its implications are serious 鈥� from swaying consumers to undermining the tenets of democracy and free debate.
These profound consequences are what prompted聽Elena Obukhova, Assistant Professor of Strategy & Organization at the Desautels Faculty of Management, to take action in the classroom through an innovative assignment.
Shaping socially responsible leaders: Professor Etzion鈥檚 course recognized by Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute Business & Society Program has announced the winners of the 2017 Ideas Worth Teaching Award, an annual prize that recognizes teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate levels that is redefining excellence in business education.
Management for the contemporary workplace
With the rise of knowledge work, a new model of management referred to as emergent strategy, as defined by Professor Henry Mintzberg, is taking hold.
A recent blog post explores how emergent strategy takes form in the workplace through four models of leadership.
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