This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to [leadership and management professor] Amy Edmondson from the Harvard Business School.

Amy, innovation for the future, what do you mean by that?

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, November 11, 2014

Classified as: Karl Moore, Professor, Associate Professor, harvard business school, Amy Edmondson
Published on: 13 Nov 2014

En los últimos años hemos asistido a una serie de cambios en la universidad española, entre los que destaca su creciente burocratización. Si bien es verdad que cuando hace una década se propusieron e introdujeron medidas que subrayaban la meritocracia, o promulgaban mejorar y normalizar en cierta medida los procesos de trabajo a través de organismos como la ANECA, en general estas fueron muy bien recibidas por la comunidad universitaria.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Professor, cleghorn professor
Published on: 11 Nov 2014

Grayson Perry, the transvestite artist, took aim last month at "default man": the cabal of white, middle-class, heterosexual, middle-aged males who run the British establishment.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Professor, Financial Times, cleghorn professor, rebalancing society
Published on: 11 Nov 2014

The Berlin Wall fell 25 years ago; hence we are now hearing a good deal about it. We are not, however, hearing much about the adverse impact this has been having on so many lives ever since. While the collapse of the wall freed the East Berliners of the shackles of communism, vast numbers of people around the world have since been shackled by another dogma, thanks to a misunderstanding of what brought that wall down. 

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Professor, cleghorn professor, berlin wall
Published on: 11 Nov 2014

Una gran ocasión perdida

Las grandes empresas españolas se han manifestado con una batería de medidas sobre el empleo a través del “Informe España 2018”  presentado por el Consejo Empresarial de la Competitividad, formado por representantes del Instituto de la Empresa Familiar y los Presidentes de 15 grandes empresas globales españolas.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Professor, cleghorn professor
Published on: 6 Nov 2014

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGIll University with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Marc Poulin who is the CEO of Empire Co. Ltd., the parent of Sobeys, one of Canada’s top retail supermarket chains.

You have almost 100,000 people working for you now, how can you possibly lead 100,000 people? How do you do that?

Classified as: Talking Management, Karl Moore, sobeys, the globe and mail, Professor, Associate Professor, empire co. ltd., Marc Poulin
Published on: 6 Nov 2014

College degree programs in business are proving popular with students, with one Ontario institution expanding its footprint to meet demand.

Sheridan College has announced plans for a 220,000-square-foot building to open in fall 2016 at its Mississauga campus, named for the municipality’s long-serving and just-retired mayor Hazel McCallion. The new building will house an expanded business faculty and other disciplines.

... New honours for Henry Mintzberg

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Professor, cleghorn professor, McGill University Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning
Published on: 3 Nov 2014

David Segal, co-founder of David’s Tea, was recently interviewed by Karl Moore, associate professor at McGill University’s Desautels faculty of management.

... Below is an excerpt of the conversation. For the full interview, tune into CJAD 800 AM, on Friday at 7 p.m. or Sunday at 8 p.m.

Karl Moore: Is David’s Tea the Starbucks of tea? Is that one way of putting it?

Classified as: BCom, Karl Moore, BCom Alumni, Professor, CEO, Associate Professor, montreal gazette, CEO Conversations, David Segal, David's Tea
Published on: 30 Oct 2014

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University with Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today I am delighted to speak to Michael Useem [a management professor] from the Wharton Business School.

So Mike, you do a lot of research on boards, how can boards help with innovation?

Read full article: The Globe and Mail, October 28, 2014

Classified as: Talking Management, BCom, MBA, Karl Moore, the globe and mail, Professor, michael useem, Associate Professor, wharton business school
Published on: 30 Oct 2014

Big? Small? Specialized? For those considering the kind of campus they would like to attend, here are some qualities to consider, based on the experience of students who attended different types of schools.

... The big school

Travis O’Farrell, McGill University Class of 2010

Classified as: BCom, McGill University, MBA, the globe and mail, Professor
Published on: 23 Oct 2014

No le gustan los MBA. No le gusta George W. Bush. No le gustan los disparatados bonus de los ejecutivos. No le gusta el enorme poder de las grandes corporaciones en nuestras vidas. Y sostiene, con alarma, que se están dando algunas condiciones en Estados Unidos similares a las de la Alemania e Italia de principios de los años treinta del siglo pasado.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, MBA, Professor, cleghorn professor
Published on: 23 Oct 2014

This is Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University, Talking Management for The Globe and Mail. Today, I am delighted to speak to Tarun Khanna from the Harvard Business School.

What do you think is important for a [business] person going to an emerging country? How do we know we have someone who will do well there?

Classified as: Talking Management, Karl Moore, the globe and mail, Professor, Associate Professor, harvard business school, Tarun Khanna
Published on: 23 Oct 2014

From using smart machines and big data to adopting cross-cultural management and understanding diversity, there are many ways to lead with a global mentality. Changeboard asks four leading academics for their insights.

Question one

Do you believe there is a mismatch between the skills that people possess and the skills needed for future business success? If so, how can this be addressed?

Classified as: Karl Moore, Professor, Associate Professor, changeboard
Published on: 18 Oct 2014

Article By Reuven Brenner 

Now, as during World War II and up to 1951, the US Federal Reserve practiced what is now called quantitative easing (QE). Then, as now, nominal interest rates were low and the real ones negative: The Fed’s policy did not so much induce investments as it allowed the government to accumulate debts, and prevent default. 

... Reuven Brenner holds the Repap Chair at McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management. The article draws on his Force of Finance (2002). 

Classified as: Reuven Brenner, finance, force of finance, repap chair, Professor, REPAP, Asia Times
Published on: 18 Oct 2014

Suppose you grabbed a few cookies before heading out to the grocery store and start to feel guilty or ashamed about breaking your diet. According to a new study in the Journal of Consumer Research, feeling guilty might find you comparing calories in different cartons of ice cream. Feeling ashamed might keep you from buying any ice cream in the first place.

Classified as: Marketing, Assistant Professor, Professor, DaHee Han, Journal of Consumer Research
Published on: 16 Oct 2014

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