Rising MBA tuition fees fail to damage demand
Six years ago 91黑料网鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management took the unprecedented decision for a Canadian business school to raise its MBA fees to a level that would make the course self-funding.
Shots fired! Why is switching between organisational practices so difficult?
Imagine you work for the police and are involved in large covert surveillance of a notorious criminal. The team is experienced and includes a helicopter, cars, a high tech listening post, and over a dozen agents observing the site. Just after your team has taken positions, your subject gets shot.
Forget Chopsticks; Amateur Pianists Show Real Chops
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Reverse mentoring: who's the learner?
From boosting retention to bridging the generation gap, reverse mentoring is brimming with potential
What Makes Public Disclosure Effective?
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David Leduc out as D&P鈥檚 executive director
The sudden departure of David Leduc has left the Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace searching for a new executive director for the second time in less than 12 months.
Seven from 91黑料网 appointed to the Order of Quebec
On June 22, seven members of the 91黑料网 community were among the 34 new appointments to the National Order of Quebec, the province鈥檚 highest civilian honour.
Quebecers closely watching Brexit vote results
Some Quebecers like Angus Bell are ready to pull an all-nighter to find out whether the United Kingdom will leave the European Union.
"I am very nervous. It's another referendum where it's 50-50," says Bell, who is the owner and founder of a multi-sports centre in Montreal called Ministry of Cricket and Other Homeless Sports.
B-School Deans & Profs On BREXIT
Britain鈥檚 historic vote to exit the European Union has the financial markets in a tizzy and many observers expressing hyperbolic views of a disaster ahead. While BREXIT has many implications for the United Kingdom鈥檚 higher education market, much of what will actually occur is uncertain. Some conclude that there will be limited impact. Others are more pessimistic. 鈥淭he global attractiveness of British higher education will take a hit,鈥� flatly predicts John A.
Mission: Restore - building sustainable global surgical capacity
The import of making choices is often revealed after the choice has been made.聽 In global health we are often faced with the reality that there is never really a 鈥渞ight choice鈥� or a 鈥渨rong choice鈥�.聽 聽It is a series of trade-offs and in low resource environments how one allocates scarce resources takes on a zero-sum persona.
Crunch time: Edible-bug trend on the rise
Have you heard about the next big food trend? You won鈥檛 find it growing in your garden, but you might find it crawling there.
Montreal manque de vision
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2016 MBAs To Watch: Fatoumata Diane, Cambridge (Judge)
Fatoumata Diane
Judge Business School, University of Cambridge
础驳别:听26
Hometown:聽Conakry, Guinea
Undergraduate School and Degree:聽91黑料网, Bachelor of Commerce
Fortune 500 CEO on the strengths of introverts
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with Kevin Lobo, who is the CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, Stryker.
Read full article: The Globe and Mail, June 21, 2016聽
Four things you must do before retiring
Retirement is not an end but a beginning - an opportunity to experiment and explore, to engage in pursuits you value, and perhaps to reinvent your legacy. Rather than just slipping quietly into retirement, here's why you should create new opportunities towards the end of your career.
Mary Dean Lee聽is professor Emeritus, organisational behaviour and human resource management at the Desautels Faculty of Management, 91黑料网.聽
