Desautels Dean on Montreal as a college town, international students, and the 91黑料网 advantage
When Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou started as Desautels Dean nearly two years ago, she immediately began work on a strategic plan and started to get to know the people who make up the faculty.
Law firm founded by Desautels alumna awarded for excellence
On May 23rd, the Malaysia Canada Business Council鈥檚 25th anniversary Business Excellence Awards Gala took place at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel Kuala Lumpur. This year鈥檚 awards recognized companies that have been transformative in the Malaysian market, and which have helped strengthen Malaysian-Canadian trade.
GCPA raffle raises over $1,000 for West Island flood victims
The GCPA program raised a total of $1,515 through a raffle to support the Canadian Red Cross and victims of the West Island floods.
The winner was a second-year GCPA student, Steffi Nguonly, who announced that she too would be donating her winnings in support of the same cause.
Thank you to all members of the #DesautelsFamily who purchased raffle tickets and helped make the initiative a success!
Management and leadership panel features three 91黑料网-HEC Montr茅al EMBA alumni
HEC Montreal Associate Professor Cyrille Sardais recently led a panel on leadership and management in today鈥檚 business world, specifically seen from a female perspective.
Essay calling for a complete revamp of executive education cites Henry Mintzberg
A recent essay in Chief Learning Officer calls for a massive rethink of how executive education is designed and delivered.
Men, women and the authority deficit
Desautels Professor Laura Doering recently appeared on CJAD 800 AM to talk gender and jobs. She is the co-author of a study that looked at a non-stereotypically gendered job (a loan manager) to compare how men and women were perceived in the role.
Company selected for this UbiMobility 2017 has 91黑料网-HEC EMBA connection
UbiMobility is a program run by Bpifrance and Business France to give companies in the connected and autonomous car space a leg up in the United States. The program can boast several successes: Of the 16 startups from the 2015 and 2016 editions, 11 have opened US operations.
Among the 2017 startups, is CS Communications and Systems Canada, which is developing a software validation method for embedded systems that promises to reduce testing costs and speed up the process.
Toward a New Bretton Woods Agreement
Desautels Professor of Finance, Reuven Brenner, was recently published in American Affairs Journal, a quarterly journal of public policy and political thought.
Dobson Cup winners turn food waste into gourmet mushrooms
Myco-Rise is a Montreal-area startup that uses food waste and vermicomposting to grow gourmet mushrooms for local restaurants and individuals.
The company definitely marches to its own drum: while other startup founders might dream of geographical expansion right out of the gate, Myco-Rise is consolidating its position as a Montreal-specific mushroom supplier, planning instead to expand into modular production, medicinal mushrooms, and maybe even mushroom beer.
Management and the millennial challenge
A recent episode of Desautels Professor Karl Moore鈥檚 The CEO Series podcast takes a deep-dive into a subject at the top of many a manager鈥檚 mind: millennial workers, their needs, and the management styles they respond to best.
His guests were millennials Mariama Dupuis and Stefanie Kutteh, both of whom are Desautels MBA students who are simultaneously holding down careers.
How introverted managers can best interact with extroverted employees
In an article for Thinkers 50, Desautels Professor Karl Moore discusses how introverted managers can best direct extroverts.
A major part of it comes down to the way introverts listen: whereas extroverts tend to listen in an active way, interacting and gesturing as they do so, introverts are passive listeners, which can come across as rejection.
Connectivity is more than a smartphone and online access
A recent article in Graphic Arts makes the point that the word 鈥渃onnectivity鈥� brings to mind images of smartphones and online transactions, but that according to Desautels Professor Henry Mintzberg, net-based communications do a poor job of building real interpersonal relationships.
AMT rejects Bombardier bid for new train cars, goes with Chinese firm
At one point, Bombardier would have been a shoo-in for the contract to build new commuter-train cars for Montreal鈥檚 Agence M茅tropolitaine de Transport, but not this time.
Instead, the contract is going to the China Railway Rolling Stock Corporation, which bid at $69 million, compared to Bombardier鈥檚 $103 million 鈥� and boasts a wait of six-months less for the new cars.
Brightly-lit Jacques-Cartier Bridge ideal for the Instagram age
A Montreal Gazette op-ed co-authored by Just For Laughs co-founder (and Desautels Global Expert) Andy Nulman (BCom'83) makes the case that the new lights on the Jacques-Cartier Bridge, which were switched on for the first time on May 17th for Montreal鈥檚 375th birthday, will help remake the bridge as a city landmark on par with the Eiffel Tower or the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Andrea Courey talks about granola, entrepreneurship and compassion
Andrea Courey (BCom鈥�82) was newly divorced, with three kids to feed and no money in the bank when she started Grandma Emily鈥檚 Granola. She credits her BCom education with giving her the tools she needed to get through the early days of her business, but notes that real-world experience is a very different thing than classroom knowledge.
