Posts Tagged ‘DEI’
Building diverse and inclusive doctoral ecosystems
How are doctoral ecosystems supporting the diversity, inclusion, and well-being of doctoral students? What networks, support systems, and interdependencies can enable doctoral students in business school ecosystems to feel a sense of belonging and flourish?
Read MoreInclusivity matters!
Inclusivity is having an impact on how successful higher education is at preparing students for the society and work environment of today and tomorrow.
Read MoreWomen courageous
Michael Page, Madeleine van der Steege and Diane Coetzer discuss the importance, and progress, of embedding gender equality into business education.
Read MoreWinter is…going? A gradual thaw in gender equality
Anna Ginès and Victoria Cochrane report on progress developing and implementing gender equality plans in business schools.
Read MoreMothers doing doctorates part-time – why do we make it harder than it needs to be?
If universities really want mature students with families to succeed they’ll need to completely rethink the traditional image of the “doctoral student”. Widening access isn’t enough, say Sue Cronshaw, Peter Stokes, and Alistair McCulloch
Read MoreCreating a transformative leadership culture
Established in 1863, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) is an independent, neutral organisation operating worldwide, helping people affected by conflict and armed violence and promoting the laws that protect victims of war.
Read MoreThe making of the modern elder marketplace
This demographic shift to older workers is the next tsunami in the future of work – large scale, anticipated in the abstract, but a blind spot for most leaders.
Read MoreUnlocking human potential through learning English
From 2015 to the present day, ArcelorMittal, alongside EF Education First, has sought to break down these barriers of understanding to unlock human potential and business growth.
Read MoreThe future of diversity and inclusion: Can leaders scratch beneath the surface?
How do you entrench diversity into the business value chain and take into account the organisation’s diversity of thought, an individual’s belief, their values and diverse personalities?
Read MoreMotivations: Balancing the differing needs of students
Diversity is not just about gender and nationality it is also about the reasons that students study an MBA. Stuart Robinson explains.
Read MoreThe case for women
Lesley Symons has 10 years of research on gender representation in business case studies. The results are astounding.
Read MoreDiversity, rhetoric and reality: How HR can be a game changer
Viki Holton and Linda Holbeche explain how professional expertise can help make diversity initiatives successful. Is diversity valued as it should be by business? How committed are companies in creating an inclusive workspace that truly welcomes and values every different diversity group? These are key questions in today’s business world. Diversity and inclusion have…
Read MoreBeyond misogyny: Our pathologically mean leaders
The #MeToo movement has unleashed a maelstrom of reports of inappropriate sexual behaviour. But, says Mark Lipton, what he calls the “Mean Men” syndrome has been responsible for equal, and sometimes even worse, wrongdoings.
Read MoreWhy language matters
There is a gap between language-sensitive IB research and international management education. Philippe Lecomte calls for increased research and an interdisciplinary approach to the subject.
Read MoreBuilding a human rights framework for business education
Businesses face an increasing range of human rights issues that can directly impact their core business strategies. But, argue Dorothée Baumann-Pauly and Michael Posner, business education needs to catch up with this emerging field.
Read MoreMoving towards internationality
Universities and business schools are international bodies by their nature. But, says Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger, in troubled times they need to make a stronger stand for ‘internationality’ and diversity.
Read MoreWorking women: A path to success
Women have undoubtedly begun to make progress in their struggle for equality in career progression. But there is still a long way to go say, Fiona Dent and Viki Holton.
Read MoreRefugees welcome
Edeltraud Hanappi-Egger describes how Vienna University of Economics and Business and other Austrian universities offer a wide range of activities and initiatives for refugees.
Read MoreGender: Ms—ed opportunities for business schools?
Gender equity has been an issue in business schools (and many other places) for a long time. But Dianne Bevelander and Michael Page wonder why it has taken so long to address it and what the way forward might be.
Read MoreLiberal education key to business success
A new form of business education that links business competences with a grounding in liberal arts and sciences is essential, argues a new book.
Read MoreWhat does business want from business schools?
Sir Richard Lambert suggests four key issues. What does business want from business schools? The answer is: “exactly what it has always wanted” – great graduates and relevant ideas.
Read MoreHow women can navigate to become global leaders
Fiona Dent and Viki Holton detail how organisations can help more women to become business leaders.
Read MorePressures to conform
Peter McKiernan and David Wilson argue that business schools should stop copying each other and start rediscovering their diversity.
Read MoreThis time it’s personal
Baback Yazdani describes how one UK business school has embraced the concept of the ‘personalisation’ of business education.
Read MoreMind the gap
Research shows that the gender gap in faculty in European business schools is not closing. Lynn Roseberry suggests some reasons why and what can be done to improve it.
Read MoreEquipping managers to help the world
Alexandra Santos and Mathabo le Roux explain how a UN initiative is encouraging business schools to prepare students for tackling poverty and other development challenges equipping managers to help the world.
Read MoreTime to say: “Je suis diversity”
Global migration has introduced us to new communities, and new religious practices. Edwina Pio asks how we can best reconcile them.
Read MoreDiversity is dead. Long live diversity!
An increasing number of pundits argue that the business school sector has entered a process of homogenisation – that diversity as we know it is dying a slow and inescapable death.
Read MoreEnhancing talent development and talent acquisition
Amber Wigmore Alvarez and Boris Nowalski, describe current changes to the way companies and business schools manage talent.
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