Archive: Management
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How Stopping Rudeness in Its Tracks Can Make Work a Safer Place
And that means conversations about issues either don’t happen or are closed down with a short response and a glare. Recent research from the US by management professor Christine Porath backs up the anecdotal evidence from what myself and fellow healthcare professionals have seen happening in our sector.
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Six Ways To Be A More Thoughtful Leader
Gibbings cited Georgetown University’s Associate Professor of Management Christine Porath who found that respect tops the charts for employees.
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New Research Reveals How to Reverse the Gender Imbalance Among Corporate CEOs: Join a Corporate Board
For decades, women have been entering the workforce at equal numbers as men, and many have risen to the highest ranks of their companies as senior vice presidents, presidents, and chief operating officers. There has been one exception to this progress however: Very few women have become CEOs.
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FT Masters In Management Ranking 2019: Analysis
Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business in Washington DC this year launched its first MiM, designing a curriculum with a focus on technology and innovation. The first cohort of 31 students started the 11-month program in July. Evelyn Williams, the course’s academic director, says the course was created because the school identified a need for students with bachelors degrees to learn the language of business in order to bridge the gap between school and the world of work.
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Ethic And Management, In Rome The Course In Discerning Leadership
The objective of the project drawn up by the General Curia of the Jesuits is to train leaders who act with spirituality. View broadcast with Jeanine Turner, associate professor.
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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 Research Shows The Career Path To CEO Is Different For Women
This doesn’t prove that board experience was the reason the women were hired as CEOs. But the researchers think there’s a strong case for correlation. “First, as board members these women get into the executive network, thus when companies are looking to create a candidate pool for an outside CEO appointment, these women’s names are more likely to be surfaced than if they had not been part of the board network,” Catherine H. Tinsley, a management professor at Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business, tells Quartz. “Second, board service gives these women opportunities to show their skills and leadership abilities to people outside their own firm.”
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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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Better Ways To Predict Who’s Going To Quit
An article by Brooks Holtom, senior associate dean and professor of management: “Companies know that employee turnover is expensive and disruptive. And they know that retaining their best and brightest employees helps them not only save money but also preserve competitive advantages and protect intellectual capital.”
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The Case For Gender Equality In Male-Dominated Industries
An op-ed by Brooks Holtom, professor of management at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and academic director of its Engendering Utilities program, offered in partnership with USAID: “Despite years of attention to the gender gap in employment, and many years of women entering and graduating from college at higher rates than men, disparities remain. While many organizations have eliminated blatant discrimination, fewer actively devote resources to uncovering and overcoming the unconscious and unintentional biases in perceptions and practices that perpetuate inequities. This reality is often even harsher in the developing world, particularly in traditionally male-dominated industries.”
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