/desautels/taxonomy/term/3535/all en /desautels/channels/news/making-most-meetings-isnt-exact-science-357714 <p>UUֱ�� Desautels Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande Chan</strong></a> is an engineer by training, but when it comes to running meetings, she sees herself more like an orchestra conductor, listening carefully to ensure harmony and hopefully rise to a crescendo, writes columnist <strong>Harvey Schachter</strong> in The Globe and Mail. Meetings need agendas and objectives, but too much rigidity can be counterproductive. Participants need to carefully consider the circumstances before coming to decisions.</p> Thu, 13 Jun 2024 18:22:12 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 1194452 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgills-black-grad-gala-celebrates-class-2024-357244 <p>On May 1, UUֱ��'s 6th annual Black Grad Gala, hosted by the Black Students’ Network, honoured the Class of 2024's Black graduates. Approximately 50 graduates from various faculties were celebrated on stage, each receiving Kente stoles in recognition of their achievements. Notable speakers included <a href="/expmed/dr-momar-ndao"><strong>Associate Professor Momar Ndao </strong></a>and Black Grad Valedictorian <strong>Yasmine Elmi,</strong> a McCall MacBain Scholar in the Faculty of Science and incoming UUֱ�� medical student.</p> Mon, 06 May 2024 16:36:38 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 1154337 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/mcgill-desautels-faculty-members-and-researchers-celebrated-bravo-gala-356258 <p> </p> <p>UUֱ�� hosted its annual Bravo Gala on Thursday, March 21, which honours its faculty members and researchers who have won special awards, memberships and prizes over the past year. UUֱ�� Desautels is proud to announce 14 of its faculty amongst the distinguished honourees this year. Congratulations to our deserving laureates! Full list below.<br /> #Bravo2024</p> <p>· <a href="/desautels/genevieve-bassellier"><strong>Geneviève Bassellier</strong></a>, Best AMCIS Emergent Research Forum Paper, Americas Conference on Information Systems</p> Thu, 21 Mar 2024 17:55:09 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 1063860 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/dean-yolande-chan-leads-global-higher-ed-transformation-2024-efmd-conference-amsterdam-355727 <p><a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Dean Yolande Chan</strong></a> chaired the 2024 EFMD Conference for Deans and Directors General, that brought together nearly 500 leaders in higher education from across the globe to Amsterdam, Netherlands from February 6-7, 2024.</p> Tue, 27 Feb 2024 16:07:41 +0000 arsh.prakash@mcgill.ca 989804 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/growing-your-career-financial-sector-skills-needed-advance-and-succeed-black-heritage-erg-bnp-355160 <p>The <a href="/desautels/initiatives-institutes/equity-diversity-and-inclusion-edi">UUֱ�� Desautels' EDI</a> and <a href="/desautels/initiatives-institutes/laidley-centre-business-ethics-lcbe">Laidley Cent</a></p> Thu, 01 Feb 2024 14:05:58 +0000 john.sawaya@mcgill.ca 872189 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/yolande-e-chan-professor-information-systems-winner-ais-leo-award-353818 <p><img alt="" src="/desautels/files/desautels/chan-yolande-20210819_400x400.jpg" style="width:220px; height:220px; float:left" /></p> <p>Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande E. Chan</strong></a> has been chosen by the Association for Information Systems (AIS) as a 2023 recipient of the prestigious AIS LEO Award. The awards were announced at the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) on December 11, 2023, held in Hyderabad, India.</p> Wed, 20 Dec 2023 19:44:01 +0000 john.sawaya@mcgill.ca 641058 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/graduates-and-outstanding-achievements-celebrated-spring-convocation-2023-348578 <p>The UUֱ�� Desautels Faculty of Management proudly celebrated its Spring 2023 Convocation on Wednesday, May 31. The event served as a special recognition for the exceptional accomplishments of students who have successfully completed their degrees in the Undergraduate and Postgraduate programs during the academic year of Fall 2022 and Winter 2023. Addresses were made bt UUֱ�� Principal <strong>Deep Saini</strong>, Chancellor <strong>John H. McCall MacBain</strong>, Faculty Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><strong>Yolande E.</strong></a></p> Fri, 02 Jun 2023 16:23:13 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 98717 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/dean-yolande-chan-seeks-foster-inclusivity-generate-future-successes-346084 <p>The Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Management wants to give out keys to doors that were once locked. “The hope and dream is to create opportunities for others,” <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande Chan</a> told Bill Brownstein in an interview for the Montreal Gazette. “As a Black dean, I’m not about exclusion. I’m about inclusion. We want to be representative of the markets we serve as businesses. Diversity inclusion is a core, high strategic priority for this faculty, as well as throughout UUֱ��. It isn’t just race.</p> Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:34:38 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 88148 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/digital-platform-model-gig-economy-can-also-create-social-good-347230 <p>Digital platforms like Uber and Airbnb bring buyers and sellers together and create gig economy opportunities that did not exist before them. But they have problems too, and have been criticized for exclusionary practices, digital surveillance, and other questionable policies. However, this type of platform also has the potential to create social value. The Platform Commons Foundation is an Indian non-profit that seeks to build these platforms to address global grand challenges, writes Desautels Dean <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande E.</a></p> Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:00:35 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 88303 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/official-launch-laidley-centre-business-ethics-343807 <p>On November 14, the <a href="/desautels/about/laidley-centre-business-ethics">Laidley Centre for Business Ethics</a> hosted students, faculty, staff, donors, alumni and friends of UUֱ�� Desautels for the official launch of the Centre.</p> <p>The Laidley Centre for Business Ethics will serve as a hub for UUֱ�� researchers across disciplines, from law and religion to economics and engineering, to work toward solutions for the most pressing ethical issues of our time.</p> Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:24:33 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87915 at /desautels /desautels/article/supporting-desautels/laidley-centre-business-ethics-will-help-foster-ethical-leaders-challenges-future <p>Elizabeth Holmes sold investors on a vision of a machine that could run hundreds of blood tests with a single drop of blood. It is a tantalizing dream that would have revolutionized health care, and Holmes’ company Theranos had a market capitalization of more than $10 billion, at its peak. But there was a problem with Holmes’ product - called the Edison Machine. It didn’t actually work.</p> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 20:06:52 +0000 UUֱ�� Advancement 87909 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/faculty-matters-discussion-series-343746 <p>Please join us for our Faculty Matters session on “A Day in the Life of a Dean” which will be held on <b>Monday, Nov. 21, 12 – 1 pm</b>, via Zoom. All are warmly welcome!</p> <hr /> <p>Our panelists for this session include:</p> Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:48:48 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87906 at /desautels /desautels/channels/event/empowering-impact-edi-innovation-and-entrepreneurship-343372 <p><strong>Date & Time</strong>: Thursday, November 10, 2022, 6 PM to 8 PM PST</p> <p><strong>Location: </strong>Fragomen, 2755 Orchard Pkwy,  San Jose, California  U. S. A.</p> Tue, 08 Nov 2022 17:22:32 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87857 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/dean-yolande-e-chan-appointed-advisory-panel-342785 <p>Congratulations to Dean and James UUֱ�� Professor, <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan">Yolande E. Chan</a>, who has been appointed to the Government of Canada’s Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System.</p> Thu, 13 Oct 2022 19:02:26 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87769 at /desautels /desautels/channels/news/public-participation-policy-making-evidence-citizen-advisory-panel-342407 <p><strong>Authors:</strong> <a href="/desautels/yolande-e-chan"><b>Yolande E. Chan</b></a>, R. Krishnamurthy, J. Mann and R. Sabherwal</p> <p><strong>Publication:</strong> <i>Public Performance & Management Review,</i> Forthcoming<br /> Published online April 2022</p> <p><strong>Abstract:</strong></p> Mon, 26 Sep 2022 20:58:26 +0000 angela.l.williams@mcgill.ca 87724 at /desautels