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聽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聽: 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聽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聽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.
Customer Centric Metrics rescue retailer from Strategic Eccentrics: Customers take care of The Profits
Tom Peters has long argued the case for Customer Centricity. At the 2011 Progress Conference he said; 鈥淭he magic formula that business has revealed is to treat their customers like guests and their employees like people.鈥� So what is his 2013 take on strategy and leadership? Think of this as 鈥淭om Peter鈥檚 Balanced Scorecard鈥�.
La semaine de trois jours pr么n茅e par Carlos Slim
La proposition de Carlos Slim d鈥檜ne semaine de travail de trois jours semble folle. Mais beaucoup, en 1922, pensaient Henry Ford fou quand il a annonc茅 que son personnel travaillerait cinq jours par semaine.
World鈥檚 second richest man calls for three-day working week
Carlos Slim鈥檚 proposal that we work a three-day week sounds crazy. But many, in 1922, thought聽Henry Ford聽crazy when he announced that his staff would work a five-day week.
Combine hard and soft data
We tend to admire leaders who proclaim, 鈥淚f you can鈥檛 measure it, you can鈥檛 manage it.鈥� But what if that鈥檚 not necessarily true?
The End of Thinking?
Francis Fukuyama revisited his influential "End of History?" article recently and聽told readers of the聽Wall Street Journal聽(on June 6) that he was right after all.
Why Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are so successful, in one word
When Bill Gates first met Warren Buffett, their host at dinner, Gates鈥� mother, asked everyone around the table to identify what they believed was the single most important factor in their success through life.听Gates and Buffett gave the same one-word answer: 鈥淔ocus.鈥�
Re-building Lac-Megantic
麻豆传媒网站 students Cecile Branco and Bernard d鈥橝rche [winners of the聽麻豆传媒网站 Dobson Cup] tell Camille Ross about their innovative plan to help re-build Lac-Megantic after the devastating train accident.
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MOOCs and GROOCs on the move
麻豆传媒网站鈥檚 initial experiment with Massive Open Online Courses, or MOOCs, has been a success and the first offering, Food for Thought, will be repeated next year.
