2020 ENTRY POSTPONED TO SEPTEMBER
Due to the pandemic and the continued restrictions on international travel, the 2020 entry for the McGill MBA Japan program has been postponed until September 19, 2020. McGill MBA Japan and McGill University Desautels Faculty of Management are monitoring the situation daily and are committed to the health and safety of our students, instructors and […]
McGill moves up in both QS and CWUR world university rankings
McGill has been named the world’s 31st best university, according to the seventeenth edition of the QS World University Rankings, released today by global higher education analysts QS Quacquarelli Symonds. The University jumped four spots from last year’s rankings. QS use six indicators to compile the ranking. On top of its overall rank, the University moved […]
EXTROVERTS & INTROVERTS: Leading in Today’s World
Online Sunday, May 31, 20:30 JST Professor Karl Moore from the Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University is a thought leader in CEO’s and Leadership. Join Prof. Moore, and Tokyo based entrepreneur and McGill MBA grad Robert Heldt, for an hour as these two extroverts talk about personality and leadership styles. When: May 31, […]
Delve: COVID-19 as an Organizational Learning Opportunity
Organizations learn constantly. They would not survive in the face of competition if they didn’t. Yet this learning is often gruesomely slow. Organizational practices and routines tend to stick and organizational structures tend to persist. But all this seems to change when there is a crisis like the COVID-19 pandemic—and herein lies a possibility for […]
A Call for Social Reinvention (While Keeping our Distance)
Social distancing is on everyone’s lips and is well on its way to becoming the phrase of the year. The practices recommended under the social distancing banner offer our best chance to slow the progress of the COVID-19 virus and reduce the impact of this pandemic. However, the term itself, “social distancing,” is the wrong […]
Breathing exercises to reduce stress and anxiety
During times of high stress, it is important to become familiar with simple techniques that centre and refocus the mind. In this blog post, I will walk you through a technique commonly found in yoga and meditation practice. Students often find success using this technique to calm the mind when facing stressful tasks like presenting […]
A glowing victory at Net Impact Case Competition
A team of MBA students from McGill University’s Desautels Faculty of Management took the top prize at the Net Impact Case Competition on February 29. The first virtual round was held over a week in November, where the McGill MBA team competed against 75 teams for a place in the finals. Teams were asked to […]
Asian business schools see surge in demand
According to the Graduate Management Admission Council, applications to business schools in the Asia-Pacific region are on the rise. David Hackett, course director of the MBA Japan program, notes that the spike in MBA applicants corresponds with recent changes in the fabric of Japanese business. Read more
