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Updated: Thu, 02/13/2025 - 09:17

Due to today’s storm, º«¹úÂãÎè classes are cancelled. Please note that campuses remain open, including Libraries, according to their schedules. For details, see the Alert email.


En raison de la tempête, les cours à º«¹úÂãÎè sont annulés aujourd’hui. Veuillez noter que les campus restent ouverts, y compris les bibliothèques selon leurs horaires. Pour plus de détails, voir le courriel d'alerte.

Obsessing over leadership can lead to a world full of followers. Prof. Henry Mintzberg has identified 52 qualities of effective managers, and no one person has all of them. No matter how competent a manager is, they will always have strengths and weaknesses.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Strategy and Organization (T)
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

Canada’s largest integrated network of medical clinics is using technological innovation to improve the patient-physician experience, and Bensadoun School of Retail Management Prof. Maxime Cohen will help them do it. ELNA Medical recently announced that Cohen will be their first Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer. The Professor of Retail and Operations Management will use his expertise AI to help ELNA Medical achieve better health outcomes for their patients.

Classified as: Maxime Cohen, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Operations Management (T)
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

Workers in the service industry have often endured low wages, few benefits, and poor treatment. The pandemic has changed what they are willing to accept, and employers can no longer afford to treat workers like they can be easily replaced, says Charles de Brabant, the Executive Director of the Bensadoun School of Retail Management. With workers in high demand, many will simply move on from a bad situation, but companies can help reduce the strain on their workforce through measures like reduced operating hours.

Classified as: Charles de Brabant, Bensadoun School of Retail Management
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

The transition to a clean energy economy is only beginning, but its reverberations are already being felt in global markets. Institutional investors like the Caisse de dépot et placement du Quebec are divesting from fossil fuel companies, and divestment strategies are one factor in the drop in the share prices of fossil fuel companies, according to Sebastien Betermier, Associate Professor of Finance at Desautels.

Classified as: Sebastien Betermier, finance, Sustainability
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

Black leaders carry extra burden. Organizations often expect them to take on advocacy roles in equity, diversity and inclusion, but that should be everyone’s responsibility, argued panelists at the Desautels Faculty of Management’s Black History Month virtual event. Moderated by Lysie Salomon (BCom’17), the panel considered authenticity, leadership, and allyship in the workplace. It featured Dr.

Classified as: equity, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Patricia Hewlin, bertrand cesvet, Martin Laguerre, Desautels Global Experts, BCom Alumni, MBA Alumni, Sustainability
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

In conventional accelerators, start-ups seek venture capital to scale their business, but that doesn’t work for every type of business. For social enterprises, community connections can be more valuable than money.

Classified as: Anna Kim, Strategy and Organization (T)
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

Delinquent payments are a major challenge for small businesses – but collecting each individual debt is a difficult and thankless task. To make it easier, Dimitri Raziev (BCom’10) co-founded Kolleno. This fintech start-up helps businesses manage their accounts receivable by sending customers email and text reminders to settle unpaid bills, and directing them toward a payment portal. Kolleno uses machine learning to determine which approaches will yield results - from the method of contact to the tone of voice.

Classified as: BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 17 Mar 2022

For International Women's Day last week, Poets and Quants spoke with a number of female business school graduates who have successfully started their own enterprises. Aurélie Hélouis (MBA’16), Founder and CEO of infinityQ, a quantum analog computing start-up, shared how her time at Desautels helped her discover how to apply the skills she acquired as a former senior officer and CTO in the French Navy to her entrepreneurial endeavours and develop her own business.

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), MBA Alumni, alumni, entrepreneurship, Women in Business
Published on: 15 Mar 2022

Narrative theory is about looking at worlds, from their construction and governance to the real people living within them. This perspective is useful for understanding the complexities of not only literature, but the mechanisms of medicine, law, management, and economics. In the process, questions arise around established paradigms—the answers have the potential to bring about concrete disciplinary, practical, and policy-oriented outcomes.

Classified as: delve, Thought Leadership, Lindsay Holmgren, Strategy and Organization (C)
Published on: 11 Mar 2022

A generous donation from the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) will support the Retail Innovation Challenge at the Bensadoun School of Retail Management by contributing to the development of the next generation of retailers. This partnership will help to deepen the Bensadoun School’s ties with Québec’s business ecosystem and further shape the future of retail.

Classified as: Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Retail Innovation Challenge
Published on: 11 Mar 2022

On International Women’s Day we highlighted some of the outstanding and accomplished women within the Desautels community, who positively impact our students through their teaching, research, guidance, or mentorship. 

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), Nadia Marley, Marie Josée Lamothe, Desautels Global Experts, MBA Alumni, BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom), alumni, Women in Business, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, º«¹úÂãÎè Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurship
Published on: 10 Mar 2022

The Desautels Global Experts program connects current students with alumni experts across industries, providing valuable learning and networking opportunities to help students thrive in their academic and professional careers.

Classified as: Desautels Global Experts, experiential learning, Christine Décarie, Adrian Brown, alumni, BCom Alumni
Published on: 7 Mar 2022

Students enrolled in the º«¹úÂãÎè Desautels Master of Business Administration program weigh in on what aspects of the program have provided the most value. Ebuka Obiakor (MBA’21) and Husham Hajhamid credit the program’s small class sizes, diverse cohort, and experiential learning opportunities for shaping them into professionals who are equipped to lead in a changing business environment.

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA), experiential learning, Sustainability
Published on: 4 Mar 2022

A recent Explorance report highlights Desautels as a global leader in using student feedback to improve course offerings and other university programming. According to Angela Guadagno, Academic Associate, Teaching and Learning Services, at Desautels, faculty can actively adapt their methods to meet student needs by taking the time to gather student perspectives mid-semester.

Classified as: Teaching & Learning
Published on: 4 Mar 2022

In a conversation with Professor Karl Moore and Wáhiakatste Diome-Deer, Jennifer Robinson provides insight on how communities can promote Indigenous leadership in public healthcare. As a resident physician at º«¹úÂãÎè Health Centre, Robinson plays a central role in breaking down systemic barriers and helping Indigenous peoples heal from historical traumas within the Canadian health system.

Classified as: Karl Moore, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Strategy and Organization (C), Sustainability
Published on: 4 Mar 2022

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