Written by: Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business Published by: Georgetown University MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business has announced a new initiative to address how the rapid pace of technological change is driving both economic and social transformation in the workforce. The AI, Analytics, and the Future of … [Read more...] about AI, Analytics, and the Future of Work Initiative to Address the Effects of Technological Advances on the Workforce
Future of college will involve fewer professors
Written by: Patricia Young Published by: The Conversation MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: At a large private university in Northern California, a business professor uses an avatar to lecture on a virtual stage. Meanwhile, at a Southern university, graduate students in an artificial intelligence course discover that one of their nine teaching assistants is a virtual avatar, … [Read more...] about Future of college will involve fewer professors
The Politics of Influence in Top Management Team Meetings
Written by: Michael Jarrett, Feng Liu, and Sally Maitlis Published by: INSEAD Knowledge MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Top management teams (TMT) have been studied since at least the 1980s for insights into how chief executives and their deputies make the strategic decisions that can make or break organisations. But little is known about what exactly happens in the … [Read more...] about The Politics of Influence in Top Management Team Meetings
Inside the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Tomorrow’s Business Leaders
Written by: Katie Reilly Published by: Time MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Tima Bansal begins every new course with a cautionary statistic for her business school students. A 2008 study found that MBA candidates enter business school with more community-oriented values, but graduate with more selfish ones. “They come in caring about the world, and they leave caring more about … [Read more...] about Inside the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Tomorrow’s Business Leaders
MIT’s ‘Beer Game’ Shows Humans Are Weakest Link in Supply Chains
Written by: Enda Curran and Brendan Murray Published by: Bloomberg Businessweek MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Prospects that the world’s snarled supply chains may become less tangled were dealt a setback last month when a couple of MIT students bought 10,000 cases of beer. The purchase order wasn’t real. It was part of a role-playing exercise called the Beer Game that’s … [Read more...] about MIT’s ‘Beer Game’ Shows Humans Are Weakest Link in Supply Chains
Is The Four-Day Working Week The Future Of Work?
Written by: MBA News Australia Published by: MBA News Australia MBA News Digest Comment: None. Extracted Content: Dr Jane Menzies MBA from Deakin Business School makes the case that a four-day work week is “associated with less stressed and more empowered workers.” Click Here to Read More Via Original Source … [Read more...] about Is The Four-Day Working Week The Future Of Work?