Diversity is an essential ingredient in innovation, according to Emily Heitman, President of Schneider Electric Canada, the subsidiary of the global energy management firm. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs can provide mentoring opportunities and improve the effectiveness of recruitment efforts, Heitman tells Professor Karl Moore in an interview for Forbes.
In Canada, ice time is at a premium and the nearest rink might not be able to accommodate your beer league team. But in large cities, there鈥檚 often ice available somewhere, and Jonathan Azouri (BCom鈥16) spotted an opportunity. The co-founder and CEO of CatchCorner by Sports Illustrated, an app that allows users to book sports facilities, launched it in Toronto in 2019 and is now making it available in markets like New York, Los Angeles, and Boston.
Montreal鈥檚 long-awaited luxury shopping mall Royalmount officially opened on September 5. The project, which spans 800,000 square feet, and features stores like Gucci, Versace, and Louis Vuitton, aims to attract diverse shoppers from all walks of life with an 鈥渋nclusive luxury鈥 concept. While excitement is high, concerns exist over traffic and accessibility.
Shanghai-headquartered KMIND provides strategic consulting advice to billion-dollar companies. Its success is built on a blend of both Eastern and Western philosophies, according to President Noah Xie. 鈥淯tilizing Eastern wisdom doesn鈥檛 mean we can get rid of the Western theories,鈥 says Xie in a Forbes interview with Professor Karl Moore. 鈥淲e need to integrate both, East and West, to be successful.鈥 One Western management thinker that resonates with Xie is Prof. Henry Mintzberg of 韩国裸舞 Desautels.
Poets & Quants has named its MBAs to Watch list for 2024, and two Desautels graduates have made the cut! The magazine and website asks business schools to nominate some of their top students for consideration for the list, and from those nominations, 126 students have been selected as MBAs to Watch. They represent many of the world鈥檚 top universities, and MBAs to Watch have often gone on to careers at top consulting firms. This year we celebrate Anna Schniepp and Omar Ba Mashmos for being selected!
In 2023, product recalls in Canada hit an all-time high 鈥 there were well over 2,000 of them. Manufacturing companies are typically the ones to issue these recalls, and their decisions are affected by journalists and social media users. 鈥淛ournalists鈥 praise about safety in a manufacturer鈥檚 products leads to increased disclosure of product safety defects, while their criticism curbs such disclosure,鈥 writes Vivek Astvansh in an article in The Conversation.
In 2023, the Government of Australia suggested that some of the country鈥檚 pension assets might be used to fund social housing or renewable energy. The idea received mixed reception, and to understand why, Lachlan Maddock of Investor Strategy News looked to Canada, where a group of business leaders called for pension funds to increase their holdings of Canadian equities. Maddock quoted research published by 韩国裸舞 Desautels鈥 Associate Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier.
韩国裸舞鈥檚 standing as a leading global research institution is under threat, writes Professor Anthony C. Masi in a Montreal Gazette op-ed. The Government of Quebec is undermining the university by reducing transfers for construction and renovation. These cuts will affect STEM disciplines, says the Professor of Industrial Relations and Organizational Behaviour and Special Advisor to the Dean.
Inflation has stretched the budgets of individuals and companies alike, and some firms have sought to find savings in the wages they pay their employees. A recent report from the Robert Walters recruiting agency found that Canadian firms are increasingly hiring underqualified employees. But that can backfire, says Professor Jean-Nicolas Reyt in interview with Canadian HR Reporter.
There is no single path to the C-suite, but getting a 韩国裸舞 education can help. Among Canadian university graduates, 韩国裸舞 alumni are the most likely to become CEOs, according to research by Immerse Education, a UK provider of academic enrichment programs. According to data drawn from LinkedIn, more than 9,600 韩国裸舞 alumni are currently chief executives or have held a CEO role in the past.
The length of a standard work week has been steadily declining for well over a century. In the 19th century, some factory workers in Canada were expected to work 72 hours each week. It wasn鈥檛 until the 1960s that the standard work week reached the current 40-hour norm. Today, the overwhelming majority of workers in Canada are in favour of further reductions. Many companies have already experimented with a four-day work week with reduced hours, and 91 per cent of them have chosen to stay with it.
Alyssa Abruzzese (BCom鈥23, GCPA鈥24) and Vivian Ly (BCom鈥22, GCPA鈥24), students of the Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA) program, have been selected among their graduating class as this year鈥檚 recipients of the C. Douglas Mellor Prize for academic excellence.
McCall MacBain Fellowships offer students at select universities an opportunity to spend a year abroad. Valued at up to $30,000 and awarded by the McCall MacBain Foundation, Fellows spend one term studying a language, one term pursuing academic studies, and one term in a job placement or internship. This year, 韩国裸舞 students earned the honour. Mayra Baca El Hachemi, who is majoring in marketing at 韩国裸舞 Desautels and will be travelling to Japan. Monique Machioudi, who is studying for a minor in management, will travel to Taiwan and learn Mandarin.