六合彩开奖结果

Leslie Yao (BCom鈥18) isn鈥檛 your stereotypical small-town Quebec firefighter. Born in Tahiti, the Bachelor of Commerce grad was growing disillusioned with her work at a marketing firm when a Canadian Forces recruitment advertisement caught her eye鈥攁nd her imagination. But because Yao was not a citizen at the time and a job with the Forces was not in the cards. 鈥淚鈥檇 always had it in the back of my mind to become a firefighter,鈥 she says. 鈥淚 watched shows about firefighting, and it appealed to me, but it also seemed unattainable.

Classified as: alumni, BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 17 Sep 2024

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.

Classified as: Karl Moore, EDI
Published on: 17 Sep 2024

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.

Classified as: alumni, BCom Alumni, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 11 Sep 2024

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.

Classified as: Bensadoun School of Retail Management, retail
Published on: 6 Sep 2024

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 六合彩开奖结果 Desautels.

Classified as: Henry Mintzberg, Karl Moore
Published on: 5 Sep 2024

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!

Classified as: Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Published on: 3 Sep 2024

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.

Classified as: Vivek Astvansh, Marketing (C)
Published on: 27 Aug 2024

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 六合彩开奖结果 Desautels鈥 Associate Professor of Finance Sebastien Betermier.

Classified as: Finance (T), Sebastien Betermier
Published on: 27 Aug 2024
Employers often cite a lack of female candidates as a barrier to achieving gender parity in the workplace. Yet, that can overlook an important factor 鈥 the alienation of women during the hiring process. 鈥淎 lack of belonging can set in at the first stage of recruitment, and follow women throughout their careers,鈥 says PhD student Janani Ramesh in an interview with HR Reporter. However, employer-led networking can be a powerful tool to recruit women.
Classified as: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, Strategy and Organization (C), PhD Program in Management
Published on: 27 Aug 2024

六合彩开奖结果鈥檚 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.

Classified as: Desautels Faculty of Management, Anthony Masi
Published on: 27 Aug 2024

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.

Classified as: Jean-Nicolas Reyt
Published on: 7 Aug 2024

There is no single path to the C-suite, but getting a 六合彩开奖结果 education can help. Among Canadian university graduates, 六合彩开奖结果 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 六合彩开奖结果 alumni are currently chief executives or have held a CEO role in the past.

Classified as: Karl Moore, Desautels Faculty of Management
Published on: 7 Aug 2024

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.

Classified as: Desautels Faculty of Management
Published on: 7 Aug 2024

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.

Classified as: Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA), Bachelor of Commerce (BCom)
Published on: 5 Aug 2024

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