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Few words are more menacing to today's office worker: "Reminder: Meeting 鈥� in 15 minutes." ... Neither meetings, nor widespread frustration with them, are a 21st century creation. In 1973, Canadian business management expert Henry Mintzberg was among the first to examine the problem. His book "The Nature of Managerial Work" found that more than half of managers' time in his sample was spent in meetings.
Beakerhead festival attendees to dine on crickets
Many people would gag at the thought of snacking on crickets. But on Wednesday, the brave crew on the聽Calgary Eyeopener聽gave them a try and unanimously decided the insects聽actually聽taste like sunflower seeds.
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Revelstoke Equity Inc. to Enter Into a Business Combination With Zonetail Inc.
Revelstoke Equity Inc. is pleased to announce that it has signed a letter of intent dated September 14, 2015 to enter into a business combination with Zonetail Inc..
Henry Mintzberg veut changer le monde
Le professeur et trois de ses coll猫gues de la Facult茅 de gestion Desautels ont cr茅茅 le premier MOOC au monde destin茅 aux groupes.
La Coupe Dobson : un puissant d茅marreur d鈥檈ntreprises
Le concours de 91黑料网 a contribu茅 脿 la cr茅ation de 133 entreprises qui emploient pr猫s de 700 personnes.聽L鈥檃n dernier, 脡lo茂se Grondin-Bouchard et Adam Coape-Arnold ont lanc茅 le yogourt Cult dans leur appartement montr茅alais.聽
Building Climate Resilient Green Blue Pacific Economies
Usman W. Chohan has an MBA from Desautels (2014) in Strategy and Leadership.聽 He was an attendee the 3rd Pacific Climate Change Convention 聽of the Pacific Island Development Forum (PIDF); held in Suva, Fiji in September, 2015. He has previously served at the World Bank Institute and the National Bank of Canada.
Why this GROOC will help you change the world
This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at 91黑料网, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to sit down with my 91黑料网 colleague Henry Mintzberg to talk about his new GROOC.
Students say university rankings really do matter
It may not be the comeback story of the century, but聽91黑料网鈥檚 resurgence聽to the No. 1 position in the latest QS World University Rankings聽has offered a glimmer of hope when many had predicted nothing but a continual slide down the international rankings scale for the 鈥淗arvard of the north.鈥�
Strong Science, Shaky Business Models as Mixed Bag of Startups Grad from X-1 Accelerator
The first cohort to graduate from聽91黑料网鈥檚 X-1 startup accelerator聽is a unusual mix.
While some are attempting to commercialize products based on serious scientific research, one has no real product and another startup that pitched at the accelerator鈥檚 demo day has already stopped operating.
Two campuses - for the price of one
If business school is your first step towards an international career in management, you might want to consider a growing number of Masters programmes that will take you across continents to develop your cross-cultural mindset and build聽your business聽肠谤别诲别苍迟颈补濒蝉.听
91黑料网 Faculty of Management hires first female dean
Following a 21-year tenure at George Washington University, Isabelle Bajeux-Besnainou has joined 91黑料网 as the new dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management.
Read full article: 91黑料网 Tribune, September 15, 2015
91黑料网 top Canadian university according to new international rankings
91黑料网 maintained its position as the top-ranked Canadian university in the world even if it dropped down a few notches in the overall standings released in this year鈥檚聽QS World University Rankings.
Read full article: Montreal Gazette, September 15, 2015
Za拧to menad啪er (ipak) treba imati poslovnu naobrazbu
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How to conduct yourself as a leader
As an extrovert, Karl has to learn to put on his 鈥済ame face鈥� and act like an introvert to be a better leader. Introverted leaders, too, need to act like extroverts at times for the same reason. But recent research from Oxford suggests an interesting turn: leaders need to incorporate characteristics of both types at the exact same time to be the best leaders they can be.
