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Years ago Graduation 101 started out as just a student meeting to kick off the Class Giving campaign and to pick up regalia for Investiture. It has evolved since then into a formal congratulations to the #RiceMBA graduating class!
"Only recently are you seeing stronger actions from the #DOJ," says #RiceMBA's Gustavo Grullon in today's #Houston #Chronicle
Antitrust: After years of quiet, Department of Justice is fighting consolidation across U.S. industries …
“Your current way of thinking about your job and yourself is exactly what’s keeping you from stepping up.”
Professor Herminia Ibarra explains how most professionals approach the cultivation of leadership qualities the wrong way.
Conventional leadership journeys are deeply flawed, says INSEAD business school professor Herminia Ibarra — outstanding leaders need ‘outsight’ not insight.
Lauranne Bardin, one of our Development Managers, discusses the HEC Paris MBA part-time option.
The HEC Paris MBA Part-Time option is unique in the way that it allows participants to earn their MBA, whilst still actively pursuing their professional careers. Here, we chat with Lauranne Bardin, one of the HEC Paris MBA Development Managers about aspects of the program. What are the advantages o…
Did you miss the RSM Sustainability Forum in April? Here’s a recap of the keynote speaker’s presentation about investing in the social aspects of sustainable business at Unilever:
Investing in the social aspect of sustainability makes a solid business case, according to Truus Huisman, vice-president of sustainable business and...
Never miss an opportunity to vote! BSc and MSc students have a voice on the RSM Faculty Council through their elected representatives, and it’s time to vote now until 28 April at 12:00 noon. There are nine candidates for five student seats. Find out more at www.rsm.nl/elections, where you will also find a link to the voting platform.
Find out more about the 2016 election for faculty council members!
Before you apply, get a complimentary preliminary evaluation based on your LinkedIn profile. It's easy, fast, and you'll know where you stand from the get-go - http://esade.me/1PUhunE
Well done to our MSc Strategic Marketing students who have been working with Sainsbury's on a consultancy project - the winning team were crowned today and the whole group received some fantastic client feedback...
http://www.americasquarterly.org/content/brazils-economy-explained-pair-flip-flops
Havaianas is to Brazil what Apple is to the United States. More than a pair of flip-flops, they are part of the country’s self-image, a product that embodies the idea of Brazil as a carefree country of surf, samba and soccer.
Learn how Kellogg's Corporate Innovation and New Ventures course is solving real-life business challenges for Visa — and driving the future of commerce http://kell.gg/1qZPlXN
Students will be assigned to one of five challenges and craft an innovative solution to present to Visa executives on May 23.
"In some basic sense the narrative for why trade and globalization are good is lost right now. So what happens come January, 2017?"—Dean Matthew Slaughter
Leading candidates have tried to channel Americans' frustration when they talk about trade, but on the whole polls show Americans think trade has been good for the U.S.
At the #Singapore Heartland Enterprise Seminar on 30 March 2016, #NBS students along with NBS’ Adjunct Associate Professor of Marketing and International Business, Dr Lynda Wee, shared the challenges of today’s #heartland enterprises and offered suggestions to encourage young people to revitalise a dying sector.
SINGAPORE - Extending shop opening hours to 2am, diversifying one's services and setting up business management committees - these are some ideas floated by a group of university students to help heartland shops in Singapore survive and flourish.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
After completing their Executive MBA in 1999, twin brothers Justin and Michael Aniballi found more time to pursue the hobbies they love: skydiving, track racing, snowboarding, surfing and scuba diving, to name a few.
The Macau Tower Bungy Jump is 764 feet high, the highest in the world. Erwin Szeto, HBA ’02, is very afraid of heights. On the day he did the Jump,...
Work-life balance can be challenging. And yes, keeping your job, home life, and studies in sync when you’re enrolled in an executive MBA program is even more so. But: Students tell us that strengthening their time management skills and honing a razor-sharp ability to prioritize are among the abilities they gain in the process.
And, this juggling act is one you don’t have to manage alone. Here are some ways the Berkeley MBA for Executives Program helps you make EMBA studies work for you.
We offer advantages that smooth the way. One of the most important, according to our students, is block scheduling. You’re on campus for three days every three weeks, in addition to five immersion weeks. Knowing your class schedule well in advance makes it easier to organize your calendar.
“The block scheduling allows me to better compartmentalize," says Alf Cheng, director of pharmacological sciences operations for BioMarin. "Three days in-residence allows me to focus completely on learning in class and from my Haasmates.”
It helps that the program is 19 months in duration as well. "The short format is aggressive," says Roshini Das, sustainability specialist with the Los Angeles Unified School District, "but better for working women professionals with a full-time job and family to juggle. The structure and timing were perfect for me."
Student tell us that being on campus frees you to focus solely on your studies. They unplug from other concerns and plug into dynamic classroom discussions and even more invigorating after-class sessions back at the hotel or in one of the area’s acclaimed restaurants.
These often late-night meet-ups are where long-lasting friendships are formed, life philosophies are debated, and startup ideas explored—just one way in which your scholarly life becomes a social life.
And with the Program Office handling all hotel reservations and shuttling you to campus, all you have to do is get to Berkeley (or wherever your Immersion Week is happening). Plus, our convenient location gives you your choice of three airports if you’re commuting for your EMBA.
Family MattersFor many of our students, going through the Berkeley MBA for Executives Program is a family affair—especially since they are here, in part, to make a better life for their families.
“My wife and family thoroughly support my decision to, in effect, take a sabbatical from family life while I’m in the program, says Sandeep Garg, a physician with the Northwest Cardiovascular Institute in Lake Oswego, Oregon. "It helps that my daughter is a Cal student. I see her during block. My older son aspires to be an entrepreneur. Now that I’m more aware of that space, it gives us a whole new way to connect. It’s a family affair.”
We work to support that as much as possible, with special events such as picnics and end-of-term celebrations. Events like these give everyone the opportunity to see where mom or dad disappears to every few weeks.
And students find they bond through the shared experience of finding balance. “ As the mother of a 17-month-old daughter, it’s been rewarding to find fellowship and camaraderie with my classmates who are in similar situations,” says Cristy Johnson Limón, executive director of the Destiny Arts Center.Take Your Learning to Work
Most of our students find that the line between work and school soon starts to dissolve when they begin taking classroom learning to work. Here’s what Mike Alter, chief of staff at Napa’s Huneeus Vintners, says about that, “So much of my coursework informs what I do every day. I’m able to leverage the lessons about mergers and acquisitions and investing I learned from in Corporate Finance. The Entrepreneurship class has helped me think through how to employ entrepreneurial approaches even in a mature business environment.”
“This is much like a laboratory environment, where we test and try different approaches,” says Sally Allain, director of external alliances, immunology, with Janssen Research & Development in San Diego.“We learn from our mistakes and from each other, and can then take it back to our businesses.”
When what you’ve learned starts to affect how you work, the work/life balance shifts once more, and you start to realize an early return on your investment in your studies and yourself.
As Roshini Das says, "The executive MBA program is a stretch, intellectually, emotionally, and in practical matters like the commute and juggling work and family. But when you work hard for something, it means that much more.”
We’ve updated this post, first published in January 2015, just to make sure everything is as fresh as possible and that the links are still good.
Just what is Big Data? And how is it used to make real business decisions? Anyone interested in the burgeoning field of business analytics should check out this story in the Wall Street Journal on how the Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania is expanding its offerings in this area and will now offer an MBA major in the subject.
The move comes as fewer students head to b-school with a career in finance in mind after graduation. According to the WSJ, 306 students in Wharton’s 2008 MBA class entered the financial-services industry right after graduation; last year, the school reports that number was 219.
While many professionals understand the technical side of business analytics, they don’t know precisely how to frame their business strategy. Companies need people who can also understand the business side and offer data-based solutions.
Wharton Professor Adam Grant tells WSJ that the strengthened focus on analytics will train students in rigorous thinking and decision-making based on large data sets, rather than the isolated scenarios students encounter in a case study.
“We want to create a hub where evidence-based management is the norm rather than the exception,” says Grant.
But Wharton isn’t the only elite business school upping its Big Data game. NYU Stern School of Business and USC Marshall School of Business also offer specialist masters courses in business analytics.
In March, MIT Sloan School of Management announced the launch of a new, specialized Master of Business Analytics program designed to prepare students for careers in business analytics. The inaugural class will enter MIT Sloan in fall 2016.
“The professional opportunities for our graduates will be extensive,” says MIT Sloan Professor Dimitris Bertsimas, the co-director of the MIT Operations Research Center. “Companies from IBM to Dell to Amazon to Google are collectively investing billions of dollars in data collection to build models that help them make better, more informed decisions. This is a transformational moment in business and management science.”
Wharton administrators, meanwhile, have said the school has no plans to create a separate degree program, and aims instead to further integrate analytics content into its full-time MBA program.
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