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Ontario co-op movement could use a legislative leg-up

Despite member-controlled and community-centric businesses gaining much appeal and generating billions in revenue, laws that govern co-ops in Ontario are strikingly outdated and restrictive.

Published: 1 Dec 2014

ֱ celebrates top teachers

With the highest admission standards in Canada, ֱ attracts many of the brightest students in the country and from around the world. Being entrusted to guide these exceptional students is a huge responsibility, which is why the Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching was established in 2000 to celebrate teachers.

Published: 20 Nov 2014

Rethinking Management Education And Its Models

Intheir book, The Business School In The Twenty-first Century, Howard Thomas, Peter Lorange and Jagdish Sheth share insights on designing the business school of the future and how to make it work.

Published: 17 Nov 2014

¿Queremos una universidad burocrática o innovadora?

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.

Published: 11 Nov 2014

The default mode for managers needs a reset

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.

Published: 11 Nov 2014

The fall of the Berlin Wall—a triumph for capitalism?

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.

Published: 11 Nov 2014

Decepcionante Informe “España 2018” de las grandes empresas y la RSE

Una gran ocasión perdida

Published: 6 Nov 2014

New building to give Sheridan room to grow

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.

Published: 3 Nov 2014

Henry Mintzberg receives ֱ Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning

Henry Mintzberg has received the 2014 ֱ Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning for his extraordinary contributions to teaching and learning at the University over the last four decades.

Published: 29 Oct 2014

Trium tops FT Executive MBA programme rankings 2014

For the first time in six years, a new challenger has topped the FT’s ranking of executive MBA programmes.

Published: 23 Oct 2014

“Los bonus de los ejecutivos destruyen las compañías”

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.

Published: 23 Oct 2014

Universities experiment with their own MOOCs

Some three years after the first U.S. MOOC was launched to great fanfare, massive open online courses are becoming part of the higher-ed mainstream. Some of the largest Canadian universities are expanding their course offerings and applying the lessons they learn to the benefit of paying, on-campus students.

Published: 9 Oct 2014

FGV/EBAPE offers 4th edition of the International Master’s Program in Rio de Janeiro

From today (23rd) until October 3, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of Fundação Getulio Vargas will hold the fourth edition of theInternational Master’s in Practicing Management (IMPM), an international Master’s program focused on management practices in Brazil.

Published: 25 Sep 2014

Chef de file de l’économie sociale et de l’investissement responsable

La carte d’affaires de la Caisse d’économie solidaire Desjardins se lit comme suit: principale institution financière consacrée à l’économie sociale et à l’investissement socialement responsable (ISR) au Québec. Elle soutient financièrement près de 3000 coopératives, organismes à but non lucratif, syndicats et entreprises socialement engagées.

Published: 22 Sep 2014

Extraordinary Pakistanis

It takes a certain type of courage to bite the hand that feeds you. Dr Shahid Qureshi is a fierce critic of the way business schools churn out graduates in Pakistan and elsewhere in the world.

Published: 8 Sep 2014

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