When Clever People do Silly Things with Money
Many years in investment banking taught McGill University Professor Gregory Vit that risky decisions ‘happened’ far more frequently than they were thoughtfully ‘made’.
We asked Professor Vit about this and his new book 'The Risk in Risk Management' in which he addresses risk management in financial organizations.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Do Quiet Leaders Succeed? By Earning Respect
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks with Pierre Boivin, CEO of Claridge Inc.Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2014
New Management Concentrations Developed by Two Students
Starting in Fall 2014, students in the Faculty of Management will be able to major in Strategic Management.
Trei Modele Culturale
Professor Roxana Barbulescu's article is featured in Business Magazin, one of the leading business magazines in Romania. Read full article (in Romanian): Business Magazin, February 3, 2014
‘Hot Cities’ Tour Takes Business Students to Mongolia
More than 40 students and alumni from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University are visiting Mongolia this March, to help them understand the realities of doing business in a fledgling emerging market.
... Mia Bernhardt, a student organiser for the trip, says:
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Nike Ran With the Notion of Environmental Sustainability
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks to Glen Dowell, associate professor at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University. Read full transcript: The Globe and Mail, February 3, 2014
Boeing 787 Dreamliner Lands at YVR
Excitement is taking off today for aviation lovers; the first scheduled service to use a Boeing 787 Dreamliner has made its arrival at YVR this morning; it was a Japan Airlines flight arriving from Tokyo.
... Aviation expert Karl Moore with McGill University says it’s a game changer.
Heenan Blaikie Collapse a Lesson for Other Law Firms, Expert Says
Other Canadian law firms would do well to examine this week’s implosion of Montreal-based Heenan Blaikie LLP to determine if they are in similar danger of collapse, according to one expert.
Why Female Managers Are in Short Supply?
It took Mary Barra more than three decades at General Motors to become the company’s first female chief executive. Even then we celebrated a woman reaching the pinnacle of her profession. The same happened again when Inga Beale became Lloyd's of London's first female CEO in the company’s 325-year history. -Article by Lisa Cohen
SEI Impact Internship Program - Call for 2014 Student Applications
IntroductionThe Social Economy Initiative (SEI) is an important vehicle through which McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management integrates social entrepreneurship and social innovation into its teaching, research and outreach activities. The SEI is an undertaking of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM). The Institute’s mandate is to foster an integrated approach to management.
The goals of the SEI are threefold:
Tempted to ‘Delete All’? Try Managing Your E-mails Instead
Whether it’s steady trickle of daily e-mails or the hundreds of messages streaming in during your vacation, hitting the reset button on your inbox may seem like the easiest way to cope with the digital deluge – even if the freedom is fleeting.
Mintzberg's Five Types of Organizational Structure
Henry Mintzberg graduated from McGill University with a degree in mechanical engineering and holds a doctorate from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has been a Cleghorn professor of management studies at McGill since 1968. His early books include "The Structuring of Organizations: A Synthesis of the Research," published in 1979, and "Structure in 5's: Designing Effective Organizations," published in 1983.
YouTube 101: Class at McGill University Uses Video Site’s Creator Playbook to Teach Marketing
Most professors exhaust themselves trying to get their students off of social media. Andy Nulman (BCom'83), however, has designed his entire class around being on it.
Talking Management with Karl Moore: How Beyond the Rack Fashions Its Strategy
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University speaks to Yona Shtern, CEO of Beyond the Rack.Read full article: The Globe and Mail, January 28, 2014
Cross-border Business Teams and the Entertainment Arena
More and more companies are abandoning traditional organisational structures and creating cross-border teams of people who live and work thousands of miles apart.
