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, 麻豆AV.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 麻豆AV 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?
The MBA For The Anti-MBA Crowd
For decades, Henry Mintzberg, an academic at the Desautels Faculty of Management at聽麻豆AV, has said that the MBA doesn鈥檛 teach management properly, and if graduates enter the workforce thinking they鈥檙e trained managers, he believes they could even be a danger to society.
Read full article: Poets & Quants, September 4, 2016
How Grantmaking Can Create Adaptive Organizations
Coal mining was the economic lifeblood of eastern Kentucky for most of the twentieth century, providing families in this rural mountainous region with one of the few sources of a middle-class income. But those jobs began disappearing in the 1980s as producers switched from underground mining to surface mining and mountaintop removal. More recently, mining operations have shifted to western U.S. states as the coal seams in Central Appalachia have become depleted.
Are you a strategic thinker or just a planner?
I made the point in the first of these columns that one of the main differences between leadership and management is the ability to have a strategic perspective and think strategically. This is universally expected of leaders, almost never taught to anyone formally, and therefore often marks one of the tougher transitions for very successful managers in becoming effective leaders.
Strategy Is Better Than Good Intentions
Good intentions, energy and teamwork are necessary, but good strategy is also vital for nonprofit operations. The brainy stuff really comes in handy.
Speaking during the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) Fundraising Day In New York 2016, David M. Sterling of Western New England University stressed the necessity of strategy within an organization.
Sharing a wealth of information: how regulators can improve fracking disclosure practices
Both the聽information about聽fracking and the聽know-how abouthow best to employ聽it is available.Should they choose聽to do so, regulators聽can easily and cost effectively聽adopt聽disclosure practices聽that will benefit聽Canadians and their聽communities.
World Social Forum reboots in Montreal
Fifteen years after the World Social Forum (WSF) began with a huge gathering in Porto Alegre, Brazil, organisers are hoping to breathe new life into the anti-globalisation movement.
