Africa: Why It's Time for Business Schools to Radically Rethink the MBA
Employers love business school graduates. That's not just a wild claim: 96% of employers globally polled by the Graduate Management Admission Council in January 2016聽said聽that hiring such graduates creates value for their companies.
But that most-sought-after of business qualifications, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), is not above criticism. It has been accused聽by some聽of not meeting the needs of a changing market.
Why it's Time for Business Schools to Radically Rethink the MBA
Employers love business school graduates. That's not just a wild claim: 96% of employers globally polled by the Graduate Management Admission Council in January 2016聽said聽that hiring such graduates creates value for their companies.
But that most-sought-after of business qualifications, the Master of Business Administration (MBA), is not above criticism. It has been accused聽by some聽of not meeting the needs of a changing market.
3 questions 脿 se poser pour bien cerner son nouveau r么le de gestionnaire
Apr猫s quelques ann茅es de loyaux services au sein de votre entreprise, vous venez d鈥櫭猼re promu gestionnaire. Bien que vous soyez du genre confiant et que vous ayez l鈥檋abitude de tout prendre en charge rapidement, vous avez soudainement l鈥檌mpression de perdre pied. Comment apprivoiser ce nouveau r么le?
The real (and shocking) story of Kevin O'Leary's business career
Buried in the back pages of the financial press last October was a story about the sale of his mutual fund company, O鈥橪eary Funds, to Canoe Financial, an investment firm run by former Dragons鈥� Den cast member and entrepreneur Brett Wilson.
芦Manager w盲lzen Kosten auf die Gesellschaft ab禄
Henry Mintzberg ist ein BWL-Doyen. Mit den heutigen Managern und Business Schools geht er hart ins Gericht. Die Gier der VW-Manager sei nur die Spitze des Eisberges.
In einer losen Reihe widmet sich die 芦Handelszeitung禄 den Gurus der Business Schools. Wie sehen sie die Welt? Was l盲uft falsch in der Wirtschaft? Und was muss sich 盲ndern? Den Auftakt macht Henry Mintzberg.
The bull in the China shop: Money managers short on history and long on panic
The money managers have started 2016 in a blue funk 鈥� but most are too young to remember what kicked off at the end of the 1980s and the fact that, with the exception of the instigator, we weren鈥檛 then doomed to years of economic gloom.
...Of course, professor Henry Mintzberg described the Davos gathering as the event "where the people who spend all year causing our problems take a few days prentending to fix them."
Communityship
The moment I typed the heading, the Word spellchecker highlighted that there was no such word. It is in a way correct. It is refreshingly new. I came across it after reading the inspiring book, 鈥楽imply Managing鈥� by one of my all-time favourites, Henry Mintzberg. Today鈥檚 column is an elaboration of it in relation to the Sri Lankan context.
Read full article: DailyFT, January 16, 2016
Canada Welcomes The Return Of Liberal Democracy
In 1962, Saturday Night, the quintessentially Canadian magazine, was bought by a right-wing zealot who immediately shifted its content. He could change the script but not the institution, and so, in a year, the magazine was collapsing. As Arnold Edinborough resumed control, he opened the next issue with the line: "Before I was so rudely interrupted..."
How to Manage Workers Like a 鈥楶eople Artist鈥�
Imagine a workplace where people don't care. Imagine spending eight hours a day working in anonymity. Imagine being told that the only recognition you need is your salary. We hope you would only have to imagine this, not experience it.
These Four Letters Could Make You the Best...Boss...Ever
The modern workplace is full of abbreviations: KPI, ROI, SWOT. But it鈥檚 a bit of alphabet soup from decades ago that could prove most critical to the success of managers in the digital age.
End of hierarchy boosts front line managers' power
The transition of work structures from 20th century hierarchical org structures to the more flexible, collaborative, networked work structures emerging in various organizations may herald the end of hierarchy but it does not mean a flat world of work, nor does it mean the end of management.
Rescuing Capitalism from Itself
Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg.聽
In 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell alongside communism in Eastern Europe, pundits in the West proclaimed the triumph of capitalism. The American historian聽Francis Fukuyama聽even declared 鈥渢he end of history,鈥� writing in聽National Interest鈥榮 summer 1989 issue that he saw聽鈥渢he universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.鈥�
Rescuing Capitalism from Itself
Article written by Professor Henry Mintzberg.聽
In 1989, as the Berlin Wall fell alongside communism in Eastern Europe, pundits in the West proclaimed the triumph of capitalism. The American historian聽Francis Fukuyama聽even declared 鈥渢he end of history,鈥� writing in聽National Interest鈥榮 summer 1989 issue that he saw聽鈥渢he universalization of Western liberal democracy as the final form of human government.鈥�
Thinkers50, les oscars des id茅es les plus stimulantes
Le palmar猫s Thinkers50, 茅tabli tous les deux ans, encourage une saine 茅mulation entre les experts en management du monde entier. Et s鈥檈mploie 脿 relayer quantit茅 d鈥檌d茅es novatrices aupr猫s des dirigeants d鈥檈ntreprise et de la soci茅t茅 civile. Oscar du management, la c茅r茅monie Thinkers50 comporte un 芦鈥塵ur des c茅l茅brit茅s鈥壜� et nombre de r茅compenses sp茅cifiques, dont une distinction d鈥檋onneur, cette ann茅e, pour l鈥檌nt茅gralit茅 des travaux du professeur Henry Mintzberg.
Trois programmes dans l'air du temps
Des milliers d'茅tudiants de partout dans le monde suivent gratuitement le cours en ligne Social Learning for Social Impact, travaillent en 茅quipe et apprennent 脿 r茅aliser des initiatives sociales qui auront des retomb茅es. C'est la proposition du MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) de groupe, une premi猫re 脿 l'Universit茅 缅北强奸.
