Airbus Canada welcomes McGill students to Mirabel

Published: 13 October 2023

Last month, over 70 McGill students from different academic disciplines took part in a tour of Airbus Canada’s headquarters in Mirabel, Airbus’ most important headquarters outside of Europe....

Research challenging a startup orthodoxy wins multiple Academy of Management awards

Published: 12 October 2023

Rapid scaling funded through venture capital is the holy grail of Silicon Valley startups—and has been hailed as a way to encourage economic growth in impoverished places. Yet, slower growth could...

New book by Prof. Henry Mintzberg brings together decades of observation and analysis

Published: 4 July 2023

Prof. Henry Mintzberg has been observing, advising and researching organizations since the early 1970s, and has had a profound influence on their study. The most recent book from the John Cleghorn...

Ph.D. Jack Sadek and Prof. Robert Nason's paper receives OMT Division Best Paper Award

Published: 25 May 2023

Ph.D. Student in Strategy & Organization Jack Sadek and Associate Professor in Strategy & Organization Robert Nason’s co-authored paper titled “Too Legit to Quit: Discursive Strategies in...

Delve Spring 2023 digital magazine

Published: 8 March 2023

What will the firm of the future—and the future of work—look like? In the face of societal and generational change, will organizational hierarchies fall flat?

Research.com recognizes Henry Mintzberg as Canada’s most influential business and management researcher

Published: 7 March 2023

The Best Scientist for 2023 rankings are in, and Desautels Prof. Henry Mintzberg was ranked among the top academics in the world. Research.com ranked Mintzberg as the top Business and Management...

To be maximally effective, managers should consider Mintzberg’s organizational structure types

Published: 22 February 2023

According to Professor Henry Mintzberg, there are four types of organizations: autocracy, meritocracy, bureaucracy, and adhocracy. Each type has its own strengths and weaknesses. Many small...

Corporate gender dynamics are an important factor in women’s job-seekers decision-making

Published: 3 February 2023

Male-dominated startups have more difficulty hiring female talent, and their company’s gender dynamics play a role. An article in Forbes.com cites research from Desautels Prof. Elena Obukhova,...

Layoffs can burden employees that remain, contribute to resignations 

Published: 25 January 2023

Beneath the spectre of a looming recession, Microsoft announced that it would lay off 12,000 people in January 2023. Just a few days later, Amazon announced it would lay off more than 18,000. These...

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