We鈥檝e lost control of our own game
Written by Professors Henry Mintzberg and Karl Moore We Canadians may be tough guys on the ice, but off it, we鈥檙e wimps. We have allowed ourselves to lose control of our own game. Read full article: The Globe and Mail, June 4, 2015
Staying in the Know
In an era of information overload, getting the right information remains a challenge for time-pressed executives. Is it time to overhaul your personal knowledge infrastructure?
Money and politics part 1 - Henry Mintzberg
One hears a lot about balance in politics these days. About finding the right balance between the economy and environmental protections. The right balance between security and civil liberties. The right balance between the rights of victims of crime, and compassion and rehabilitation for the offender. The right balance between tax cuts and government spending, and a balanced budget.
Faut-il revoir la formation des managers alg茅riens ?
Non seulement les formations en management offertes en Alg茅rie ne pr茅parent pas les managers 脿 g茅rer les hommes, elles leur donnent l鈥檌llusion d鈥檜n pouvoir qui se r茅v茅lera fictif sur la ma卯trise de leurs affaires.
Being busy: Blights and beatitudes
Focus means concentrated attention. It refers to conscious and intentional actions by a person to achieve a particular objective. One needs discipline to overcome tendencies to deviate. It is easier said than done with regard to maintaining focus.聽
When family ties put business in a bind
The exceptional economic success of many European countries in the post-War period was characterised by the wide presence of family firms across the Continent. Particularly, in countries like Germany and Italy, family ownership came to be seen as the best guarantee of economic and social development. However, the consensus that family firms are good for growth has come under scrutiny in recent years.
Managing the family firm: Evidence from CEOs at work
The exceptional economic success of many European countries in the post-War period was characterised by the wide presence of family firms across the Continent. Particularly, in countries like Germany and Italy, family ownership came to be seen as the best guarantee of economic and social development. However, the consensus that family firms are good for growth has come under scrutiny in recent years.
Management Students Learn from Businesses Born Out of Poverty
A group of executive students from organizations around the world recently visited disadvantaged Indian districts to learn how micro-entrepreneurship is helping transform emerging economies. Witnessing the growth of entrepreneurship in underprivilidged areas first-hand, stduents on the International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) visited Myrada, a non-profit organization in Bangalore which helps people generate their own income.
A Brief History of Decision Making in Business
Sometime in the midst of the last century, Chester Barnard, a retired telephone executive and author of the Functions of the Executive, imported the term "decision making" from the lexicon of public administration in to the business world. There it began to replace narrower descriptors such as "resource allocation" and "policy making". ...
The bitter truth about entrepreneurial success
If you have taken a class in entrepreneurship recently from the top business schools of the world, chances are that many of the lessons taught were not based on sound knowledge. Worse, it is likely that some of the content was nothing but platitudes, good wishes, or simply illusions: mediocre knowledge sold at the price of gold.
One last look at 2014: 麻豆AV鈥檚 year in review
From naming Michael A. Meighen as the University鈥檚 new Chancellor in January to having two students earning Rhodes Scholarships in December, 2014 was yet another eventful year for 麻豆AV. As we head into the final weeks of 2014, the Reporter looks back on the year that was, highlighting some of the key happenings over the past 12 months in words and pictures.
Enter the GROOC: Better Than a MOOC?
Now we can call a MOOC for what it is: Missed Opportunity for Online Collaboration. Otherwise聽known as the Massive Online Open Course, the MOOC possesses a major downside 鈥� students get flexibility and independence in their studies, and even the聽freedom to learn 鈥� usually for free 鈥� while wearing nothing but last week鈥檚聽underwear,聽but usually work without the benefit of team-based collaboration.
Why Every Agency Needs a Chief Management Officer
Forty years ago, Henry Mintzberg, of 麻豆AV, asked the simple question: 鈥淲hat do managers do?鈥� To Mintzberg managers were not just corporate CEOs but also 鈥渧ice presidents, bishops, foremen, hockey coaches and prime ministers鈥濃�攑eople with 鈥渇ormal authority鈥� for some kind of 鈥渙rganizational unit.鈥�
The Elusiveness of Leadership
When your correspondent entered the leadership field in the early nineties, not long after starting work as a middle manager, the economy was rebounding from a recession and a new buzz around leadership was emerging.
The Next Big Thing In Business Education
Everyone is looking to start-ups in Silicon Valley to find the next big thing in the business world, but what if the next big thing in business education isn鈥檛 coming from a start-up or even a big name school in the US, but from established institutions in Europe.
