One of the biggest growth areas in research in management is the role of emotions at work. When I was working at IBM in the 1980s, if anyone got emotional during a meeting, we’d stop the meeting and have coffee, until everyone calmed down. This seemed to happen whenever emotion “reared its’ugly head”. Of course, there was plenty of emotion back then, but we undervalued it. Analysis was sovereign. Things are different today.
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at speaks to Neal Ashkanasy, a professor from Australia’s University of Queensland.
Read full transcript: , July 31, 2013
Professor in the Desautel Faculty Management Program at Karl Moore tells us about some of the problems an eastbound oil pipeline might face in Quebec.
Listen to full interview: , August 2, 2013
So we’re all going to have mHealth, it seems. A major March 2012 report by consultancy PwC and representatives of the global mobile operator industry predicted the worldwide mhealth market is expected to reach $23 billion (EUR 18 billion approximately) by 2017, with Europe the biggest sector ahead of Asia Pacific. Meanwhile, one supplier estimated to us that there are at least 12,000 ‘health’ mobile apps on the Apple iTunes store already.
Professor Vedat Verter analyzes the latest instructions from Transport Canada.
Watch full interview: , July 30, 2013
In an interview last week, President Barack Obama correctly emphasized both that "upside mobility was part and parcel of who we were as Americans" and also that such mobility has been "eroding over the last 20, 30 years, well before the financial crisis". The question is: What can Washington do to remedy the situation?
-Article by Reuven Brenner
On a tort de considérer comme des héros les médecins qui travaillent en zones de conflits, estime la nouvelle dirigeante de Médecins sans frontières (MSF), la Québécoise Joanne Liu, de l’hôpital Sainte-Justine. Le véritable courage est ailleurs, selon elle, mais il ne nous intéresse pas assez.
La médecin de 48 ans réprime une pointe d’exaspération quand on lui demande pourquoi elle a dû dormir bottes aux pieds dans le Nord-Kivu. Elle avait peur des cambrioleurs et gardait près d’elle un baluchon pour pouvoir s’enfuir rapidement.
The demands in today’s healthcare environment require those clinically prepared to have managerial and leadership skills that are not learned in traditional training. The delivery of healthcare services is ever more complex, interactive and team-oriented. A thorough understanding of the whole field and all aspects of delivery are critical to contain costs and errors as well as to improve patient outcomes.
According to the Economist’s recent EMBA ranking, the EMBA -HEC Montréal has the best quality of students in Canada, and 4th in the world.
The Economist today provided a more detailed breakdown of the EMBA ranking released last week, and the news is good for the -HEC Montréal EMBA Program.
Read full article: , July 24, 2013
"I've never managed to get used to seeing people die." - Dr. Bernard Rieux, from The Plague by Albert Camus (and one of Joanne Liu's favourite books)
She has treated people near death from a cholera epidemic in Haiti. She was quick to respond to injured tsunami survivors in Indonesia in 2004. She braved war conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan's Darfur region.
Głosować na prawicę, czy lewicę? To prawie bez znaczenia, gdy wyborcy szybko mogą rozliczyć polityków. Dobrobyt nie zależy od wyniku wyborów, ale od tego, czy funkcjonują mechanizmy egzekwowania odpowiedzialności rządzących przed obywatelami i czy ludzie z pomysłami mają dostęp do kapitału – uważa prof. Reuven Brenner.
Read full article (in Polish): , July 22, 2013
19 juillet 2013--The Economist a publié son tout premier classement des programmes d’Executive MBA, dans lequel l’EMBA -HEC Montréal se retrouve au 29e rang mondial.
Lancé en 2008 en tant que premier programme d’EMBA véritablement bilingue au monde, l’EMBA -HEC Montréal est issu d’un partenariat entre la Faculté de gestion Desautels de l’Université et HEC Montréal.
July 19, 2013--The Economist issued its first-ever global EMBA rankings, placing the -HEC Montreal EMBA program 29th in the world.
Launched in 2008 as one of the world’s first truly bilingual executive programs, the -HEC Montreal EMBA is a partnership between ’s Desautels Faculty of Management and HEC Montreal.
Professor Karl Moore of the Desautels Faculty of Management at talks to Professor Martin Kilduff of Cambridge University.
Watch full interview: , July 16, 2013

As part of a small but growing collaboration between and the World Bank Institute, the International Management Institute in the Bronfman Building played host to Parliamentary Budget Officers, parliamentarians, academics and other experts from over a dozen countries for the "Seminar on Open Government, Information and Budget Transparency", held between June 17-19, 2013.