Vol.12 Issue 01 – ’18
Responsible research
Imagine a world in which business schools, management scholars and social scientists worldwide have transformed their research toward producing useful and credible knowledge that addresses problems important to business and society.
Read MoreThe business of business schools
Kai Peters, Howard Thomas and Rick Smith suggest that while much has been written about business schools from historical and critical perspectives not enough has emerged from an additional viewpoint – the lens of the business of business schools.
Read MoreA conversation with Nick Lovegrove
David Grayson talks to Nick Lovegrove, the author of The Mosaic Principle and a key speaker at EFMD’s Conference for Deans & Directors General, Munich, January 2018.
Read MoreTime for a digital detox?
Peter Thomson points out that our stressful work patterns are not caused by technology but by leaders who have allowed their organisations to develop unhealthy work patterns and are ignoring culture instead of managing it.
Read MoreDeveloping a ‘growth mindset’
As the EFMD Global Network’s Executive Academy welcomes its third cohort and prepares for its first stop in Asia, Jordi Diaz and Ulrich Hommel reflect on the achievements and learning points after one year of operation.
Read MoreSeven drivers of learning
While educators are facing an onslaught of new technologies and ways of teaching, Arun Pereira and John Mullins argue that there are seven simple but well-established drivers of learning that, regardless of technology, are forgotten at our peril.
Read MoreEOCCS Symposium 2017
Ginny Gibson analyses the first EOCCS Symposium, where over 50 delegates from business schools and other corporate organisations that have achieved or are working towards EOCCS accreditation shared their views.
Read MoreLeadership: Person or purpose?
Forget about romanticised and heroic leaders. Today’s leadership, says Georgia Sorenson, is all about purpose-led companies that are organised or branded around an idea.
Read MoreHow partnerships can add a competitive advantage
Stuart Robinson explains how one UK business school has found that partnerships can lead to increased differentiation in a competitive market.
Read MoreInsights from an EFMD corporate member survey
Learning and development specialists suggest that the learning function is purposefully evolving from a learning provider to a learning enabler, Martin Moehrle reports.
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 MoreKeeping the customer satisfied
Mark Colgate describes how a business school and a small Canadian resort combined to create a world-class customer service training programme.
Read MoreEPAS network: Forerunner of changes
Mario Spremić describes how a Croatian business faculty has used EPAS (EFMD Accredited) both as a way to develop itself and also as an international framework and proactive platform for exchanging experiences and ideas.
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