COVID-19
Dean of the Sprott School of Business on the role of business schools in social impact
On 23 April, EFMD Global hosted an online panel discussion called Reflections on Social Impact During a Global Pandemic. The panel brought together leaders from business schools worldwide to talk about their view of social responsibility, their institutions’ goals and actions to make a positive impact, and how the COVID-19 pandemic affected those things. Dana…
Read MoreGrenoble Ecole de Management ready to share its GEMHyflex classroom solution with all
As a ‘Societe à Mission’ and a Business Lab for Society, Grenoble Ecole de Management (GEM), has decided to share its GEMHyflex solution with all of its peers that wish to leverage it. This comprehensive solution, developed by GEM in 2020, enables teachers to simultaneously deliver classes to students in person and remote, providing all of…
Read MoreWe are all in this together
I have been writing about, and promoting, the concept of interconnectedness for several years. It first came up in my academic life as I was conducting research into the mindset of sustainability champions. In several interviews with the respondents, I observed that the growth of their awareness that we are all interconnected always came as…
Read MoreShare your experiences of moving case teaching online during COVID-19
Calling all case teachers! As part of #WorldCaseTeachingDay 2021, The Case Centre is running a survey designed to help the case community learn from the experience of moving case teaching online during the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll be sharing the results on 5 February 2021. Complete the survey Head over to www.worldcaseteachingday.org/survey to take part. Help…
Read MoreReconfiguration of the Enrollment Funnel for B-schools: New GMAC Survey Research
Applications for graduate management education (GME) increased by 2.4 per cent based on the weighted absolute change analysis of 731 programs that responded to the 2019 and 2020 Application Trends Survey. This is a reversal from a decline of 3.1 per cent in the applications last year. This reversal of trends is in line with…
Read MoreTop 3 Ways COVID-19 Has Changed the Workplace Forever
The coronavirus outbreak at the beginning of the year 2020 has taken the world by storm. With an unexpected turn of events, people have come to the realisation that many things that we considered mandatory previously, can be done rather conveniently. We have been complicating our lives for years and carrying out our works without…
Read MoreFrom Adaptation to Innovation: How the Corona Pandemic Changed Business Education
Written by Andreas Rasche, Associate Dean of Copenhagen Business School and EFMD Executive Academy Alumni and Jordi Diaz, Dean of EADA Business School and Director of EFMD Executive Academy How did the Corona pandemic affect business schools around the world? How do schools prepare for an uncertain Fall Term? Seeking answers to these questions, EFMD…
Read MoreCorporate Recruiters Survey Shows Optimism for the Hiring of B-School Graduates
The global economic outlook reversed its course to pessimism and uncertainty in a matter of months due to COVID-19. This shift has also reset the demand and supply of talent at many levels. How has COVID-19 impacted the skill demand and hiring projections for MBA and Business Master’s graduates? The Graduate Management Admission Council™ (GMAC™)…
Read MoreGrenoble Ecole de Management focused on the key principles of agility and security to organize the 2020/2021 school year.
Grenoble Ecole de Management focused on the key principles of agility and security to organize the 2020/2021 school year. Up until December 2020, classes will be taught online using a two-month cycle that will be re-evaluated according to the evolution of the epidemic. Interview with Jean-François Fiorina, Deputy Director and Program Director at GEM. Why did…
Read MoreTime for change says Dana Brown, Dean of Sprott School of Business, Carleton University
Stephanie Mullins, Associate Director at specialist business education PR consultancy, BlueSky Education, spoke with Dana Brown, Dean of the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University in Canada, about the coronavirus pandemic’s impact on the institution and the wider industry for an upcoming podcast. “We don’t want to go back to the way things were, we want…
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