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Reimagining the movie theater experience

Ellis Jacob, President and CEO of Cineplex, sits down with Professor Karl Moore to express the importance of thinking outside the box in the wake of Netflix; the key is creating an immersive experience for today’s moviegoers.

Each week as part of his blog on Les Affaires, Karl Moore, Associate Professor in Strategy & Organization at McGill's Desautels Faculty of Management, speaks with world-class business leaders about their journey, the latest trends in business, and notably, work-life balance.

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Published on: 13 Feb 2019

Welcoming a new MMA advisory member

The Master’s of Management in Analytics program is pleased to announce that Richard Hines, Senior Director, Data and Digital Enablement at Air Canada, has joined the program’s Advisory Board.

 

Classified as: Master of Management in Analytics (MMA), Shoeb Hosain, Mehmet Gumus
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

Reflecting on new Aboriginal Languages Bill

While Innu leaders welcome the federal government's new Aboriginal Languages ​​Bill, they believe that the Bill alone will not be enough to guarantee the survival and vitality of these languages.

EMBA participant and indigenous scholarship recipient, Marjolaine Tshernish, comments.

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Classified as: McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

Japan’s business schools zero in on growth

David Hackett, Administrative Director of McGill’s MBA Japan program, sits down with the Financial Times to weigh in on the changing landscape of MBA education and employer demand in Japan.

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Classified as: MBA Japan
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

From silos to slabs: Mintzberg on organizational barriers

Derived from his latest book, Bedtime Stories for Managers, Professor Henry Mintzberg explores the ineffectiveness of organizational slabs and makes the case for “tailored connections between silos.”

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Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Strategy & Organization
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

Mastercard Foundation in support of the Dobson Cup

The McGill Dobson Cup powered by National Bank is pleased to announce a new prize, the Mastercard Foundation-Dobson Startup Awards, which total $23,000 and will focus on innovations in Social Enterprise.

The award will be divided as follows: First prize at $15,000, Second prize at $5,000 and third prize at $3,000.

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Classified as: mcgill dobson cup, McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

A little authenticity goes a long way

Watch as Professor Patricia Hewlin explores the dimensions of authenticity in life and work with McGill’s New York alumnae chapter on February 9, 2019.

“When people stretch themselves a bit more and begin to incorporate more of their values in their work and lives, it’s so much more fulfilling...when authenticity is done well it’s generative,” says Prof. Hewlin.

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Classified as: Patricia Hewlin, Organizational Behaviour
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Published on: 12 Feb 2019

Catapulting startups with a cultural mission

La Piscine is the first organization in Quebec dedicated to growing a startup ecosystem around creative and cultural innovation.

Philippe-Aubert Messier (EMBA’13) of Apollo Music Store comments on the value it has brought to his music platform company.

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Classified as: McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), EMBA Alumni
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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

Legal woes for SNC-Lavalin and its implications

As SNC-Lavalin’s frustrations over a years-long legal battle around charges of bribery and fraud come to a head, Professor Karl Moore weighs in on what this could mean for Quebec’s economy.

“The province is also acutely sensitive about losing another corporate headquarters — and associated jobs in law, accounting and consulting — following the exodus of many in the 1970s and later the sale of aluminum producer Alcan to Rio Tinto and Rona to U.S. rival Lowe’s,” says Prof. Moore.

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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

The road to greatness for McGill startup

McGill Dobson Cup participants Aifred Health won first place and a $35,000 Milestone Award in the latest stage of the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE. By doing so, they also became one of 30 teams to qualify for the next phase of the four-year, $5-million competition whose final winner will be announced in 2020.

Classified as: mcgill dobson cup, McGill Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

A decade of executive MBA transformation

As the McGill-HEC Montréal EMBA program marks its tenth anniversary, La Presse looks back on its record of impact, both within the classroom and beyond.

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Classified as: McGill-HEC Executive MBA (EMBA), McGill-HEC Montreal Executive MBA (EMBA)
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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

Mintzberg's communityship and today’s social media

A recent blog post attempts to connect Professor Henry Mintzberg’s conception of community with one of today’s preeminent community-building tools – Facebook.

“With the rapid growth of technology and increasing expansion of social media usage, what are the prospects of using Facebook for community building? Is it merely being used as a commodity for sharing?”

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Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Strategy & Organization
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Published on: 11 Feb 2019

Reflecting on DMAA 2019

Members of the Desautels community came together on February 1, 2019 at the Ritz Carlton Hotel to celebrate this year’s recipients of the Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA).

This year’s recipients included:

Classified as: EMBA Alumni, Desautels Management Achievement Awards (DMAA)
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Published on: 8 Feb 2019

Lean Six Sigma... en français!

This May will mark the first time that the Lean Six Sigma Green Belt training will be offered in French.

Offered by Alex Boussetta, Lean Six Sigma has become the most successful continuous improvement approach and project management methodology for quality improvements.

At the end of the training, the participants will be able to:

Classified as: six sigma green belt, Program for Operations Excellence
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Published on: 7 Feb 2019

MMF students win Deloitte case challenge

Congratulations to MMF students: Maud de Witte, Jean-Baptiste Foult, Pierre-Louis Patault, and Celec Soriano-Francis who won the Deloitte M&A Synergies Case Challenge.

The challenge was designed in part to help students understand how consultants estimate potential savings as a result of a merger of equals or acquisition, as well as how to provide relevant analysis on synergy targets (revenue, cost, dis-synergies).

Classified as: Master of Management in Finance (MMF), Case Competitions and Challenges
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Published on: 7 Feb 2019

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