Henry Mintzberg to receive Thinkers50 Lifetime Achievement Award
Thinkers50, the premier ranking of global business thinkers, today announced that Henry Mintzberg is to be the recipient of its 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award 鈥� previously won by Charles Handy and Ikujiro Nonaka.
Go Ibibo, Whatsapp and Google Maps are must-have apps for Ashish Kashyap
Ashish Kashyap聽is the CEO of the e-commerce and travel organization Ibibo Group. While starting as a social networking medium back in 2007, it wasn't long before the company changed its model to venture into travel and e-commerce.
Two campuses - for the price of one
If business school is your first step towards an international career in management, you might want to consider a growing number of Masters programmes that will take you across continents to develop your cross-cultural mindset and build聽your business聽肠谤别诲别苍迟颈补濒蝉.听
KeyCorp : Terry Jenkins Appointed President Of Key Private Bank
KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) today announced that Terry Jenkins has joined the bank as president of Key Private Bank. In this role, Mr. Jenkins will be responsible for the development and execution of the strategy for Key's wealth management segment, which includes trust and investment management, institutional trust, and banking services for affluent individuals, families, business owners and institutions. He will be based in Cleveland, and report to E.J.
Management Students Learn from Businesses Born Out of Poverty
A group of executive students from organizations around the world recently visited disadvantaged Indian districts to learn how micro-entrepreneurship is helping transform emerging economies. Witnessing the growth of entrepreneurship in underprivilidged areas first-hand, stduents on the International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM) visited Myrada, a non-profit organization in Bangalore which helps people generate their own income.
Fast 50 No. 1: Morning Star Financial Services
When describing the strategies that have made Golden Valley-based Morning Star聽Financial Services聽a success, one of the firm's financial advisers notes President聽Rebecca Thomley聽deserves a major nod.
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.
Premier Paul Davis Unveils New Cabinet, Innovative Approach
Heralding significant positive change, the Honourable Paul Davis, Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, introduced his first Cabinet at Government House today.
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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聽International Master鈥檚 in Practicing Management (IMPM), an international Master鈥檚 program focused on management practices in Brazil.
Insect burgers could be the future
Palm weevils. To look at, these tiny bugs are relatively unassuming, perhaps even slightly creepy to the insect-adverse. To聽Mohammed Ashour, however, they are the solution to many of the ills facing the developing world. The humble palm weevil could potentially eradicate world hunger and malnutrition, it could lift whole communities out of poverty, and bring down global C02 levels.
The disconnect of the executive training programme
Many management and leadership development programmes take great satisfaction in the positive responses received from individual participants on the 鈥渟miley鈥� sheets they hand out at the end of their course. And for the most part these programmes do make a good impression on that manager or leader who leaves the programme feeling full of great ideas about how they will change themselves and their organisations.
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Jill Russell completed a master鈥檚 in management straight after her undergraduate degree. So two decades later, when the 43-year-old started thinking about boosting her qualifications to embark on her next career step, she felt that the most obvious choice 鈥� an MBA 鈥� would be like going over old ground.
Why Analysis Is Not Enough And Passion Is So Important - A Story From Henry Mintzberg
In the Analytic module of our International Masters In Practicing Management and our Advanced Leadership Program for executives, my colleague Henry Mintzberg likes to use this story to show how analysis can get in the way of really understanding an organization and its purpose.
Developing the international management mindset
Despite the relative slowdown in its rate of growth recently, it seems more than possible that China can expect to become the world鈥檚 leading economic power at some point in the foreseeable future.
Finding happiness the MBA way
These days, when Jesper Hornberg goes to work he's likely to be stepping into a mud hut in Kenya, checking on a solar lamp. He's the founder of an NGO called Givewatts, which is trying to reduce dependence on kerosene lamps. Rather than having to work in the poor light given off by kerosene, children whose families have his lamps can now see well enough to do their homework. In some cases, their school test scores have increased by 50%.
