Want Agility? Integrate Your I.T.
Ever wonder if your firm's technology is holding it back? You may want to take a look at how well your IT tools play with others. A company's agility depends heavily on the integration of its technology, according to recent research by Salman Nazir and Alain Pinsonneault of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University. They found that technology can help firms handle opportunities and threats with greater ease, speed and dexterity only when the applications in play are able to work as a functional whole.
Pay gap influenced by low applications, says research
Women are underrepresented in high-paying jobs because they don’t apply for them, according to new research.
Workplace discrimination at the point of hiring is a factor but many women choose not to apply for higher-paying positions because of ‘preconceived notions’ of job roles.
Empathic Action & Social Entrepreneurship: Change the World and Your Life
Neuroscience has recently confirmed that we are all born with an innate capacity for empathy. Join Anita Nowak, BCom'97, PhD'11, in a groundbreaking interactive webinar to explore the role that empathy can play in your individual, family, community and professional life. Doing so can lead the way to creating more personal and professional impact and changing your life and society for the better.
Leading in Today's World - What's New and What Are Long Lasting Truths (Ottawa alumni branch)
Postmodern Management: Working with Under 35-Year-Olds the Way They Want To Be Worked With
Join Ottawa alumni for an enlightening evening with renowned McGill Management professor Karl Moore. Are you a 30-something with a boss who just doesn't "get" you? Or are you an experienced manager whose young employees seem difficult to motivate? What's up in the modern workplace?
This McGill on the Move event will explore the attitude and expectations of a new generation of workers and how to help them - and their managers - succeed in business.
Lecture and Reception with Professor Nancy J. Adler in Hamilton
Join business leadership guru Professor Nancy Adler for a special lecture: "Leading Beautifully: The Creative Economy and Beyond." How have creativity and the commitment to beauty become essential to business leadership today? Professor Adler will address this creative approach and how increasingly critical is has become to the success of individual companies and economies around the world.
Lecture and Reception with Professor Nancy J. Adler in Toronto (Toronto alumni branch)
Join business leadership guru Professor Nancy Adler for a special lecture: "Leading Beautifully: The Creative Economy and Beyond." How have creativity and the commitment to beauty become essential to business leadership today? Professor Adler will address this creative approach and how increasingly critical is has become to the success of individual companies and economies around the world.
Free Markets Series E11 - Reuven Brenner - The force of finance
Free markets are essential to the technological innovations that underpin rising levels of prosperity. In this sobering interview, though, economist Reuven Brenner expresses his concern for the future of free markets, at least in the near term.
Watch full interview: YouTube, March 12, 2013
McGill Management International Case Competition 2013 (MMICC)
The McGill Management International Case Competition is a world-class undergraduate competition with a focus on globalization, innovation and multi-disciplinary thinking. Founded in 2001, the event has welcomed schools from over 20 countries to date. Organized with the close collaboration of the Montreal business community, MMICC is one of McGill University’s most prestigious events and the largest student-run event at the Desautels Faculty of Management.
Date: March 18-23, 2013
Location: Bronfman Building
Talking Management with Karl Moore: What's the opportunity for women leaders in Russia?
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University talks to Marina Treshchova, CEO of Fast Lane Ventures, Enterprises.
Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, March 12, 2013
Not your average banker: where business degrees led three grads
Business school graduates once made a beeline for jobs in banking, accounting and marketing. But now many carve out careers in new or non-traditional fields. Here’s how three recent graduates are making a mark:
… Fady Dagher (EMBA’12)
Degree: Executive MBA, McGill University-HEC Montréal, 2012
Occupation: Chief inspector of innovative processes and operational practices, City of Montreal Police
