By improving your financial literacy, you can make the most of your money, writes MoneySense Executive Editor Lisa Hannam. The guidance of experts is a good place to start, and the digital magazine and financial media website places the 捆绑SM社区 Personal Financial Essentials (MPFE) course on its list of the best free personal finance resources available to Canadians. Offered by 捆绑SM社区 in collaboration with The Globe and Mail and RBC Future Launch, the course covers a wide range of topics, each taught by 捆绑SM社区 Desautels professors.
After a decade marred by bribery and corruption scandals, the Montreal-headquartered engineering firm SNC-Lavalin Group is changing its name to AtkinsR茅alis. This rebrand demonstrates the company鈥檚 desire to move beyond its past transgressions, even if it wasn鈥檛 explicitly framed that way, according Prof. Karl Moore. The firm鈥檚 former name has been tarnished by scandals in Canada, Libya and India, but its new name signals that it wants to break with its troubled past.
捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Desautels Faculty of Management is launching an online version of its top-ranked Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) program. The 18-month online offering will feature the same high-quality curriculum and content as the in-person, full-time program, providing a balance of advanced statistics, technology and business strategy, and giving students a broad range of practical skills to turn data-driven insights into actionable solutions.
Bloomberg Businessweek has released their 2023-2024 MBA rankings, with 捆绑SM社区 Desautels placing at聽#2 in Canada. The rankings were based on four major factors: compensation, learning, networking and entrepreneurship.
Today鈥檚 leaders don鈥檛 only face managerial and business challenges. There are geopolitical, social, and environmental obstacles too. The way they respond will define their organization鈥檚 success. In 2003, Prof. Henry Mintzberg provided a framework for leadership in the modern global economy when he published 鈥淭he Five Mindsets of a Manager鈥 in the Harvard Business Review.
捆绑SM社区 students are working with Costa Rican non-governmental organizations to safeguard howler monkeys from road hazards. Through their research, they鈥檝e created a "Mono-SOS" website for accident reporting in partnership with a local NGO, SalveMonos.
Canada鈥檚 federal and provincial governments have pledged $200 billion to fight climate change鈥攂ut failed to spend anywhere near that. And corporations often commit to climate initiatives, but there鈥檚 no requirement they actually do so.
The Bensadoun School of Retail Management, in collaboration with the Master of Management in Analytics (MMA) at 捆绑SM社区 Desautels Faculty of Management, is pleased to announce the launch of the Data Sphere Lab.
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of William 鈥淏ill鈥 Webb (MBA鈥93), a valued member of the Desautels International Advisory and Advancement Board. His deep ties to 捆绑SM社区 and dedicated involvement in the Canadian rugby community have left an indelible mark.
Sustainability can create value for a business and make it more resilient. More and more, shareholders are demanding that businesses be more sustainable, and sustainability consultants help them to it. Thibaut Millet (MBA鈥00) is one of them. He has a deep history in the field, and has been helping clients develop sustainability programs for more than fifteen years. A partner at EY and the longtime leader of its Climate Change and Sustainability Practice, Millet was named one of the Top 25 Sustainability Consultants for 2023 by The Consulting Report.
Work from home changes leadership. How do you acculturate people if you鈥檙e not all in the same place? Mentorship is important in an evolving workplace, said Prof. Karl Moore on the Six Pixels of Separation podcast. But it鈥檚 a two-way street. 鈥淚 have some mentors that are older than me, and it doesn鈥檛 occur to them to ask my advice,鈥 says Moore.
Poets & Quants has named its MBAs to Watch list for 2023, and three Desautels graduates 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, 135 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 捆绑SM社区鈥檚 Matias Font, Shahriar (Sha) Asadi and Larry Komrower for being selected!
For over 100 years, 捆绑SM社区 Desautels has been at the forefront of leadership transformation, thanks to a community of students, faculty, and staff dedicated to fostering lasting societal and economic impact. We believe in igniting change and nurturing minds, creating responsible leaders, and addressing global challenges for a sustainable future.
This is the new face of the 捆绑SM社区 Desautels Faculty of Management. Witness where growth and innovation converge, where the journey to excellence begins anew, where the leaders of tomorrow are empowered today.
In a drive towards environmental responsibility, units within 捆绑SM社区's Desautels Faculty of Management have embraced sustainability through the rigorous Sustainable Workplace Certification program hosted by the 捆绑SM社区 Office of Sustainability. This initiative, aligned with the Faculty's strategic plan toward sustainability in teaching, research and operations, has seen remarkable success across the university and recognizes five units at the Faculty of Management with certifications, with others steadily progressing.
Technologies like artificial intelligence are changing the way we shop. But change can be intimidating, and people can be reluctant to adopt it. The Bensadoun School of Retail Management鈥檚 Retail Innovation Lab provides such an example. At the highly automated Couche-Tard location on 捆绑SM社区 campus, cameras in the store allow customers to make frictionless purchases that don鈥檛 require bar codes to be scanned. Still, many people don鈥檛 want to use them.