BCom Managing for Sustainability Program Wins Catalyst Award
On April 14, 2016,聽Desautels鈥� Bachelor of Commerce Managing for Sustainability (MSUS) Major and Concentration Programs were awarded the Catalyst Award
Why a Columbia professor says Strategic IQ isn鈥檛 a born skill
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网 with Talking Management for the Globe and Mail sits聽down in Vancouver with Sheen Levine, from the University of Texas at Dallas and Columbia University.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, April 16, 2016聽
Poxel Announces Election of Pierre Legault as Chairman of the Board of Directors
POXEL SA (Euronext - POXEL - FR0012432516), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on the development of novel treatments for type 2 diabetes and metabolic disease, today announced that Pierre Legault has been appointed the new Chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Legault joined Poxel's Board of Directors in February 2016 and will succeed Dr. Thierry Hercend, who will continue to support Poxel as a member of its Board.
Kabtek improves production throughput up to 20% with CablePlan
CablePlan Plannica reduces the planning cycle from days to minutes. It enhances and improves the decision making of production planners. CablePlan reduces the manual workload and releases the decision makers鈥� valuable time, enabling them to regain responsiveness and flexibility in the planning cycle.聽 CablePlan enables planners to increase their planning horizon, enables smarter optimization and allows planning considering multiple objectives.
No MBA? You Can Still be a Great Leader; Maybe Even a Better One
According to聽Forbes, there are 鈥渢hree major disconnects鈥� that 鈥減revent business schools, especially those with full-time MBA programs,鈥� from developing leaders. Topping the list is a lack of sufficient emphasis on soft 鈥減eople鈥� skills, Henry Mintzberg, Cleghorn Professor of Management Studies at the Desautels Faculty of Management, 91黑料网, told the magazine.
Montreal professor鈥檚 feud with United Airlines heads to court over complaint website
聽What started as a series of mishaps while flying with United Airlines 20 years ago will culminate Friday in a 91黑料网 professor and one of the world鈥檚 largest passenger carriers facing off in a Montreal courtroom.
Poxel annonce la nomination de Pierre Legault 脿 la pr茅sidence du Conseil d鈥橝dministration
Pierre Legault a rejoint Poxel en apportant plus de 35 ans d鈥檈xp茅rience de l鈥檌ndustrie biotechnologique et pharmaceutique. Il est membre du Conseil d鈥橝dministration de Tobira Therapeutics (Pr茅sident du Comit茅 d鈥橝udit), de ceux d鈥橧roko Pharmaceuticals et de NephroGenex. Au cours de sa carri猫re, M. Legault a 茅t茅 Pr茅sident, Directeur G茅n茅ral et Directeur Financier de plusieurs soci茅t茅s cot茅es incluant Eckerd Pharmacies, NephroGenex, OSI Pharmaceuticals et Rite Aid.
A Sociologist Who Found Colleges 'Adrift' Becomes an Education Dean
After 21 years at the George Washington University School of Business,聽Isabelle G. Bajeux-颅Besnainou聽last year became the first female dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网, in Montreal. She says she was lured by the university鈥檚 "impeccable reputation" and its location in a bilingual city with European and North American roots.
BCom Students Win Kenneth F. Byrd Prize Entrance Scholarships
The following BCom students were awarded the Kenneth F. Byrd Prize entrance scholarships:
Jenny Bradley-Tessier Nathaniel Kirsh James McCollough-Gilbert Alanna NUssbaum Alexander McGarry Kaihua HeAbout the Award:
How A Team Of Graduate Students Are Planning To Significantly Enhance Ticketmaster鈥檚 Business
For those who may not know, every year the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference holds the聽First Pitch Case Competition. The competition is designed to give top graduate students the opportunity to work with a major sports organization to analyze and evaluate their most challenging issues. This year, teams worked with Ticketmaster to explore better ways for the company to improve its partnership with the NBA through a multitude of different technological advancements.
Panama Papers May Trigger Demand for Good Government
The parallel universe of some of the world鈥檚 wealthy and their bankers was exposed just over a week ago by a massive leak on its inner workings. The Panama Papers concerning more than 200,000 offshore companies continue to create enough waves internationally that the whistleblower on the Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca will, when identified, probably become known as the world鈥檚 leading 鈥淚nformation Patriot.鈥�
La voix m猫ne 脿 tout
La voix聽a r茅v茅l茅 des artistes plus 茅clectiques que ceux de聽Star Acad茅mie. Des 芦聽enfants du mill茅naire聽禄 bilingues qui ont attendu de gagner en maturit茅 artistique plut么t que de sortir un album rapidement apr猫s leur passage 脿 l'茅mission. Voici trois artistes pour qui l'int茅grit茅 passe avant la visibilit茅: Charlotte Cardin, Matt Holubowski et Geoffroy.
14 of the most influential women in EMS
With over 30 years of expertise in Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Penny Price, IMHL鈥�10, continues to lead change and advancement for heath care. She was recently recognized聽in a 2016 list of the top 14 most influential women in EMS.聽
Minoring in entrepreneurship, majoring in success
Popular culture loves the mythology of the self-made success, the boot-strapping individual who eschews formal education to blaze a path to success. But, while superstar dropouts can capture our imaginations 鈥� think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg 鈥� they are the exceptions, not the rule.
CTV Montreal: Understanding Tax Invasion
Ken Lester,聽Desautels Faculty of Management, was interviewed聽by聽Mutsumi聽Takahashi聽on Panama Papers.
Watch full video: CTV News, 8 April, 2016聽
