Executive Education In Canadian Firms

Author : Bruce G. R. Fowler
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781426925894

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Executive Education in Canadian Firms by Bruce G. R. Fowler Pdf

A doctoral dissertation about Executive Education involving case study research, and comprising data from interviews with executives in Canada; information about nine universities in Canada, the USA and Europe; and the author's own experience of executive learning. This data and the resulting conclusions and recommendations that flow from them will be of useful interest to practising executives, consultants and business schools providing executive education. "Bruce Fowler's dissertation tackles an important topic, the further education of executives in important Canadian companies, with a view to understanding better what actually goes on in programs designed to make executives better at what they do, keep them up to date, and encourage their imagination on the job. In this he succeeds admirably. His use of Alfred North Whitehead's educational philosophy as a background theoretical vantage point for his work is unusual and very wisely chosen. It enables him to organize his thoughts around a simple, clear and plausible view of the aims and dynamic structure of education at its best" (Dr. Ian Winchester, University of Calgary). "This dissertation's originality and contribution to the discipline lie in the adoption of Whitehead's philosophical framework as a lense through which to reach a synthesis about executive education, which when combined with the author's own business experience give the reader a unique perspective on the issues involved (Dr. H. Woodhouse, University of Saskatchewan). "This research has the potential to make a valuable contribution to the field of executive and business education" (Dr. N. Dudley, University of Calgary).

Author : Keith Newton,Canada. Industry Canada
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business education
ISBN : UCSD:31822021491444

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Management Skills Development in Canada by Keith Newton,Canada. Industry Canada Pdf

This paper focuses on management education, training and development. It examines the contention that there are worrisome deficiencies in management skills in Canada. After briefly describing the context within which this challenge to competitiveness arises, the question of adequacy is addressed. Evidence that suggests deficiency is presented, and the particular problems of small- and medium-sized enterprises are highlighted. The hypotheses that Canada lacks a training culture and that management development is not an integral part of doing business in Canada, are examined.

Author : Richard Ivey School of Business, The,Carol Stephenson
Publisher : John Wiley and Sons
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-12-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780470963531

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Cross-Enterprise Leadership by Richard Ivey School of Business, The,Carol Stephenson Pdf

In today's world of business where organizational boundaries are blurry, intense competition dictates rapid change, and complex issues and relationships cut across departments, business units, and even companies, the old hierarchical command-and-control management approach is no longer sufficient. Distributed leadership approaches are necessary and no one individual can do it all. In fact, an enterprise is more than just the traditional organization. Value today is often created not just within a company, but also across a network of companies. Being able to connect the various components and to work collaboratively within the network is essential to maintaining competitive advantage. Leaders today must be capable of identifying potential partners, initiating and maintaining relationships, resolving conflicts, and reconfiguring their relationships. Cross-Enterprise Leadership is a new model for success in today's world of complexity and ambiguity. Leaders who adopt this approach will be more comfortable dealing with ambiguity, uncertainty, complexity and time pressures, and with creating value through networks of relationships. Small, domestic, entrepreneurial companies are, by their very nature, cross-enterprise focused. Entrepreneurs will tell you that they live in a world of uncertainty and ambiguity and that they constantly need to adjust on the fly. Equally, large multi-national companies like Wal-Mart, Nestle, or Coca-Cola are inherently complex and issues and relationships cut across functions, levels, geographies, and companies. Cross-Enterprise Leadership goes beyond a functional perspective to understanding the complexity of business issues from all angles and how they can be integrated, how leaders can rely almost entirely on influence when they may be operating without power or authority, and how they can develop the capacity to make decisions and implement them in an environment filled with uncertainty and complexity. Most managers operate like the traditional orchestra-waiting to do their written part. But there is no tidy score for business today. CEL enables today's leaders to be more like a jazz band, improvising and building off of one another, creating music in real time and in relationship to one another.

Author : Education International
Publisher : Education International
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1894122224

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Guide to Graduate and Executive Management Programs in Canada by Education International Pdf

Features In-Depth Profiles of MBA, Executive MBA, MPA, PhD, executive development and specialized programs such as industrial relations, agriculture and aviation. Provides information on full-time, part-time and distance education opportunities. Includes detailed industry and career descriptions contributed by leading Canadian corporations, institutes and professional associations.

Author : Chris Clearfield,András Tilcsik
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2018-03-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780735233331

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Meltdown by Chris Clearfield,András Tilcsik Pdf

Winner of the 2019 National Business Book Award A groundbreaking take on how complexity causes failure in all kinds of modern systems—from social media to air travel—this practical and entertaining book reveals how we can prevent meltdowns in business and life. A crash on the Washington, D.C. metro system. An accidental overdose in a state-of-the-art hospital. An overcooked holiday meal. At first glance, these disasters seem to have little in common. But surprising new research shows that all these events—and the myriad failures that dominate headlines every day—share similar causes. By understanding what lies behind these failures, we can design better systems, make our teams more productive, and transform how we make decisions at work and at home. Weaving together cutting-edge social science with riveting stories that take us from the frontlines of the Volkswagen scandal to backstage at the Oscars, and from deep beneath the Gulf of Mexico to the top of Mount Everest, Chris Clearfield and András Tilcsik explain how the increasing complexity of our systems creates conditions ripe for failure and why our brains and teams can't keep up. They highlight the paradox of progress: Though modern systems have given us new capabilities, they've become vulnerable to surprising meltdowns—and even to corruption and misconduct. But Meltdown isn't just about failure; it's about solutions—whether you're managing a team or the chaos of your family's morning routine. It reveals why ugly designs make us safer, how a five-minute exercise can prevent billion-dollar catastrophes, why teams with fewer experts are better at managing risk, and why diversity is one of our best safeguards against failure. The result is an eye-opening, empowering, and entirely original book—one that will change the way you see our complex world and your own place in it.

Author : Colleen Moorehead
Publisher : Barlow Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1988025389

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The Collective Wisdom of High-Performing Women by Colleen Moorehead Pdf

Examines the 10 key characteristics of today's winning leaders. Includes the voices of experience, some 70 women who have participated in the Judy Project, a leadership program run by the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto that has trained 400 women for future leadership positions. These women tell compelling, first-person stories about ambition, courage, and the hard choices they've made to manage their personal and professional lives in the real world of business.--Book jacket.

Author : Barbara J. Austin
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0802042341

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Capitalizing Knowledge by Barbara J. Austin Pdf

The history of eight Canadian business faculties are examined through a series of essays in their search for professional legitimacy.

Author : Barry L. Cross,M. Kathryn Brohman
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781040082669

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Project Leadership by Barry L. Cross,M. Kathryn Brohman Pdf

Look around your organization: can you identify who owns project management? Would that person appreciate that they own responsibility for your projects? Project Leadership: Creating Value with an Adaptive Project Organization highlights the importance of these questions underlining the importance not only of the project team but on the culture of

Author : Frederick A. Starke,Robert W. Sexty
Publisher : Scarborough, Ont. : Prentice-Hall Canada
Page : 804 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 013292160X

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Contemporary Management in Canada by Frederick A. Starke,Robert W. Sexty Pdf

Author : Council of Canadian Academies
Publisher : Council of Canadian Academies
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781926522432

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Improving Innovation Through Better Management by Council of Canadian Academies Pdf

Improving Innovation Through Better Management explores ways to provide innovation management training to a large, diverse population of students throughout their careers. The report identifies the competencies that are likely to enhance innovation management, describes what’s currently known about where and how to effectively teach these competencies, and outlines the implications for academic institutions, industry, and government.

Author : Stéphanie Dameron,Thomas Durand
Publisher : Springer
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-01-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137560919

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The Future of Management Education by Stéphanie Dameron,Thomas Durand Pdf

This book discusses the new challenges facing Business Schools around the world with potential scenarios that may be envisioned for 2030 and strategies for stakeholders. Based on documented descriptions of competitive dynamics in the ‘business’ of business schools in a variety of countries, the authors highlight the fact that the ‘industry’ of management education is going through major changes such as new governance and business models, mergers and acquisitions, internationalization of faculty and students coexisting with entrenchment in local markets, ever more needs for financial resources, development of distant and blended learning, and increasing pressure for research output to boost rankings. With concerns surrounding the sustainability of current trends in faculty salary inflation, social acceptability of higher fees, cost of distance learning and the risk of an academic-industry divide around knowledge produced by management research, The Future of Management Education develops an analysis of business models and institution regulation. The two volumes cover the context of Business Schools in ten countries and grapples with the challenges they currently face. They specifically discuss foresight scenarios and strategic implications for stakeholders (Deans, faculty, students, prospective students, alumni, local businesses, corporations, government, accreditation bodies).

Author : Ruth Hayhoe,Julia Pan,Qiang Zha
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Canada
ISBN : 9780773547308

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Canadian Universities in China's Transformation by Ruth Hayhoe,Julia Pan,Qiang Zha Pdf

Canada was one of the first Western countries to sign an agreement to provide development aid to China in 1983, and the Canadian International Development Agency invited universities to cooperate in ways that would facilitate "the multiplication of contacts at the thinking level." In Canadian Universities in China's Transformation, leading scholars from Canadian and Chinese universities elaborate on the historical experience of collaboration in areas as different as environmental science, marine science, engineering, management, law, agriculture, medicine, education, minority cultures, and women's studies. Contributors use theoretical frames such as dependency theory, human capital, the knowledge economy, and Habermas's theory of communicative action, to facilitate a striking dialogue between Canadian and Chinese perspectives on common questions. They provide insights into factors that ensured the long-term success of some partnerships, as well as barriers that hindered others, and vivid lessons for current collaboration. Case studies include a project that began with the training of Chinese judges developing into reciprocal programs in legal education in China, Canada, and Latin America, and an examination of how joint environmental research has had policy impacts at national and international levels. Presenting the story of universities working together in the era after the Cultural Revolution, Canadian Universities in China's Transformation is a unique account of partnerships in knowledge production and application and their resulting impacts.

Author : Khan, Mohammad Ayub
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781466664500

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Diverse Contemporary Issues Facing Business Management Education by Khan, Mohammad Ayub Pdf

In today’s society, it is not only desirable but essential for a business to take on a global edge. The best way to ensure a successful future is to educate business students about global policies currently at play. Diverse Contemporary Issues Facing Business Management Education discusses the issues that are facing both large and small corporations and the students who are seeking employment there. Questioning not only what changes globalization has brought to the business world, but what ways our education system will have to change to keep up, this book is an essential reference source for business owners, educators, students, or anyone interested in the future globalization of the business market.

Author : AACSB International
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780857249418

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Globalization of Management Education by AACSB International Pdf

In this comprehensive report, the AACSB Task Force explores broad globalization trends in management education that command the attention of any individual or institution striving to navigate in today's environment.

Author : Mervin Daub,Bruce Buchan
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773520074

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Getting Down to Business by Mervin Daub,Bruce Buchan Pdf

The year 1919 saw the death of former Prime Minister Laurier, the birth of future Prime Minister Trudeau, and at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, the introduction of Canada's first degree-based program in business, the Bachelor of Commerce by economist and later architect of Canada's public service O.D. Skelton .