驴Queremos una universidad burocr谩tica o innovadora?
En los 煤ltimos a帽os hemos asistido a una serie de cambios en la universidad espa帽ola, entre los que destaca su creciente burocratizaci贸n. Si bien es verdad que cuando hace una d茅cada se propusieron e introdujeron medidas que subrayaban la meritocracia, o promulgaban mejorar y normalizar en cierta medida los procesos de trabajo a trav茅s de organismos como la ANECA, en general estas fueron muy bien recibidas por la comunidad universitaria.
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.
The fall of the Berlin Wall鈥攁 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.听
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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鈥檚 long-serving and just-retired mayor Hazel McCallion. The new building will house an expanded business faculty and other disciplines.
Henry Mintzberg receives 涩里番 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning
Henry Mintzberg has received the 2014 涩里番 Lifetime Achievement Award for Leadership in Learning for his extraordinary contributions to teaching and learning at the University over the last four decades.
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Trium tops FT Executive MBA programme rankings 2014
For the first time in six years, a new challenger has topped the FT鈥檚 ranking of executive MBA programmes.
鈥淟os bonus de los ejecutivos destruyen las compa帽铆as鈥�
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 est谩n dando algunas condiciones en Estados Unidos similares a las de la Alemania e Italia de principios de los a帽os treinta del siglo pasado.
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.
FGV/EBAPE offers 4th edition of the International Master鈥檚 Program in Rio de Janeiro
From today (23rd) until October 3, the Brazilian School of Public and Business Administration (EBAPE) of Funda莽茫o Getulio Vargas will hold the fourth edition of the听International Master鈥檚 in Practicing Management (IMPM), an international Master鈥檚 program focused on management practices in Brazil.
Chef de file de l鈥櫭ヽonomie sociale et de l鈥檌nvestissement responsable
La carte d鈥檃ffaires de la Caisse d鈥櫭ヽonomie solidaire Desjardins se lit comme suit听: principale institution financi猫re consacr茅e 脿 l鈥櫭ヽonomie sociale et 脿 l鈥檌nvestissement socialement responsable (ISR) au Qu茅bec. Elle soutient financi猫rement pr猫s de 3000 coop茅ratives, organismes 脿 but non lucratif, syndicats et entreprises socialement engag茅es.
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.听
There's no such thing as a strategic plan
'Strategic' and 'Plan' are two different concepts. A strategy iswhat听we need to do to get from A to B (and deciding on what point B actually is). The plan is more specific and tells ushow听we will get to point B (the details).
Henry Mintzberg receives 2014 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award
Professor Henry Mintzberg has been selected to receive the 2014 CK Prahalad Distinguished Scholar-Practitioner Award given by the Strategic Management Society. This prize, created in 2011 to honour the legacy of CK Prahalad, is awarded annually to a scholar-practitioner who has used applied learning to influence how theory and research guide practice. Special attention is given to a scholar-practitioner whose contributions have shaped the understanding of global strategic leadership.
The worth of academic research for business
The value of research is best realised when academics are prepared to descend from their rarefied elevations and recognise that practitioners have an important role to play in knowledge production.
