Finding inspiration in the EMBA Sustainability Module and turning a final paper into a business
From EMBA 麻豆社-HEC聽Montr茅al, July 26, 2016:
Desautels Alumni Giving Back: Yalmaz Siddiqui, BCom 鈥�92 and Senior Director of Sustainability for Office Depot
On March 17-18, 2016, Yalmaz Siddiqui, BCom '92 and Senior Director of Sustainability for Office Depot Inc. visited his alma mater聽to impart his knowledge and lessons learned through leading global sustainability efforts. Mr. Siddiqui spoke in several Desautels classes, providing insight on聽understanding the B2B Green Marketing and Purchasing Landscape to strategies for stakeholder engagement and community consultation when introducing sustainability into operations.
BCom Managing for Sustainability Program Wins Catalyst Award
On April 14, 2016,聽Desautels鈥� Bachelor of Commerce Managing for Sustainability (MSUS) Major and Concentration Programs were awarded the Catalyst Award
Minoring in entrepreneurship, majoring in success
Popular culture loves the mythology of the self-made success, the boot-strapping individual who eschews formal education to blaze a path to success. But, while superstar dropouts can capture our imaginations 鈥� think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg 鈥� they are the exceptions, not the rule.
Sustainable Innovation through Green Chemistry: Engaging Graduate Students Outside of Disciplinary Silos
Green chemistry is a rapidly growing area of interest for industry as companies face increased regulatory requirements, supply constraints, and consumer demands for sustainable products. Business innovation is a powerful means to achieve sustainable development, but challenges associated with marketability of clean technologies must be considered for effective implementation.
Multidisciplinary Pre-COP21 Gathering of 麻豆社 Researchers
On November 12, 2015, researchers from across 麻豆社 campuses convened to聽promote connection and collaboration on the topic of climate change in advance of the potentially historic Conference of Parties (COP)聽in Paris, France.
The Possible Nation: Social Innovation and the Art of Unleashing Human Potential
On October 23, 2015, the 麻豆社 community welcomed David Bornstein聽to speak to a captive audience on social entrepreneurship, social innovation, and the power of solutions based journalism. Part of 麻豆社's Homecoming events, this 4th installment of the SEI Keynote was entitled "The Possible Nation: Social Innovation and the Art of Unleashing Human Potential".
Bringing 鈥榠ntegrated management鈥� to students across 麻豆社 through new Integrated Management Essentials courses
In September 2015, MDIIM launched the first of two new courses for undergraduate non-management students:聽INTG 201 (Integrated Management Essentials 1) & INTG 202 (Integrated Management Essentials 2).聽The courses聽present the essentials of management (accounting, finance, information systems, marketing, operations, organizational behaviour and strategy)聽using an integrated approach, highlighting how organizations function as a whole and the importance of b
MDIIM Student Associates Program: Call for 2015-16 Applications
Full-time Desautels students are invited to apply to the 2015-16聽MDIIM Student Associates Program.聽Each fall, a select few MBA and BCom students receive an award of $5,000 and become formally affiliated with M
MDIIM Associate Director Awarded 2015 Best Published Paper in Organization and Management Theory
MDIIM Associate Director, Professor Saku Mantere, was recently awarded the聽2015 Best Published Paper聽in Organization and Management Theory for his paper "The contraction of meaning: The combined effect of communication, emotions and materiality on sensemaking in the Stockwell shooting鈥� with co-authors Joep P.
Desautels' New Programming in Managing for Sustainability Wins Page Prize Award
We are pleased to announce that the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) and Desautels faculty members were recently named recipients of the 2014 Dr. Alfred N.
New Undergraduate Program Wins Award for Sustainability in Business Curricula
The Desautels Faculty of Management congratulates the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) and Desautels faculty members who were recently named recipients of the 2014 Dr. Alfred N. and Lynn Manos Page Prize for Integration of Sustainability Issues in Business Curricula, for conceiving and implementing the new Managing for Sustainability Major and Concentration (MSUS) programs for Bachelor of Commerce students at 麻豆社.
MDIIM Faculty Fellow Awarded Grant to Study Flow of Emergency Department Patients through the Continuum of Care
The Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM) would like to congratulate Professor Beste Kucukyazici on her successful application to FRQS - Programme de subvention - Recherches sur l鈥檜rgence et le continuum des soins, for her project entitled 鈥淩echerchez au-del脿 des murs de l'unit茅 d'urgence pour les facteurs de retards dans l'unit茅 d'urgence: Mod茅lisation des associations avec l'h么pital et les soins post-aigus et exploration d鈥檌nterventions prometteuses鈥�.
Risk Management and the Game-Changing Role It Can Play for Green Chemistry
On March 3rd, 2015, Professor Steve Maguire, Director of the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Management (MDIIM), and Professor of Strategy & Organization in the Desautels Faculty of Management, presented as an invited lecturer at UCLA鈥檚 Global Business and Policy Forum.
Health Initiative Hosts MD MBA Alumni Event
In November 2014, the Marcel Desautels Institute for Integrated Managment (MDIIM)'s Health Initiative hosted its first formal MD MBA Alumni event. Entitled "Technology and Innovation in Health Management: MD-MBA Alumni Share their Experience",聽the full day event featured opening remarks by Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg, CEO of the Jewish General Hospital, and presentations by alumni Dr. Sacha Bhatia, Dr.
