Archive: Management
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Georgetown University Announces Partnership with General Curia of the Society of Jesus to Deliver Certificate in Discerning Leadership
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has developed a new certificate in Discerning Leadership for the General Curia of the Society of Jesus, in partnership with Le Moyne College and E
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New Faculty Bring Expertise in Fintech, Decision-Making, Diversity and Inclusion, and More
Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business welcomed 11 new faculty for the 2019-2020 academic year. Tenured and tenure-track faculty Jennifer Logg, assistant professor of management, examines wh
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Tinsley’s Research Recognized In HBR’s 10 Must Reads On Diversity
Catherine Tinsley, Raffini Family professor of management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and director, Georgetown University Women’s Leadership Institute, has been recognized for her research and thought leadership on gender and diversity by Harvard Business Review (HBR).
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Holtom’s Antarctica Trip Marks Research on All Seven Continents
With a recent consulting trip to Antarctica, Brooks Holtom, professor of management and senior associate dean for strategy, finance, and organization, has now conducted research on all seven continents — and this time, he got to see penguins, sea lions, calving glaciers, and enjoy the 28-degree Antarctic summer during his 10-day expedition to the continent last December.
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Civil Actions
Rudeness at work can have a devastating effect on performance, Georgetown McDonough researchers have found. Thankfully, civility can do the opposite.
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Thirteen Faculty Join McDonough in 2018-2019
Georgetown McDonough welcomed new tenured and tenure-track faculty members, as well as visiting faculty members, teaching professors, lecturers, and faculty fellows, in the 2018-2019 academic year.
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#Trending: North Korea Negotiations
Faculty experts from Georgetown McDonough discuss the diplomatic relationship between the United States and North Korea on the eve of the historic meeting between the two country’s leaders.
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Trump-Kim: What Can MBA Students Learn About The Art Of Negotiation?
Cathy Tinsley, professor of management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, agrees. “Negotiations are best served if the negotiator and their team do a lot of preparation ahead of time,” she says. It’s also good to change up the players, she adds. “I think the fact that this is taking place in the context of several failed negotiations [by past Presidents] shows that all negotiations have linkage effects.”
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In Projects for AARP, McDonough Students Pitch Innovations
Undergraduate and MBA classes partnered with AARP to develop new ways to reach consumers who do not necessarily view themselves as part of an older demographic.
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What Most People Get Wrong About Men And Women
An article by Cathy Tinsley, professor: “The conversation about the treatment of women in the workplace has reached a crescendo of late, and senior leaders—men as well as women—are increasingly vocal about a commitment to gender parity. That’s all well and good, but there’s an important catch. The discussions, and many of the initiatives companies have undertaken, too often reflect a faulty belief: that men and women are fundamentally different, by virtue of their genes or their upbringing or both. Of course, there are biological differences. But those are not the differences people are usually talking about. Instead, the rhetoric focuses on the idea that women are inherently unlike men in terms of disposition, attitudes, and behaviors. (Think headlines that tout ‘Why women do X at the office’ or ‘Working women don’t Y.’)”
Category: In the News item