Delve: Where Artificial Intelligence Meets Management Insights and Solutions
How can Artificial Intelligence augment and even improve management of and within organizations? In the interdisciplinary arena of management, AI is being applied to big-picture issues of organizational strategy and supply chain operations, as well as the ethical details of human resources and the many moving parts of the retail industry.
Dean Yolande E. Chan appointed to Advisory Panel
Congratulations to Dean and James McGill Professor, Yolande E. Chan, who has been appointed to the Government of Canada’s Advisory Panel on the Federal Research Support System.
Professors Cohen, Khern-am-nuai awarded SSHRC Insight Grant
Congratulations to Maxime Cohen, Professor in Retail and Operations Management and Warut Khern-am-nuai, Associate Professor in Information Systems who were awarded a 2022 SSHRC Insight Grant.
“Understanding Fairness in Fair Machine Learning”
The impacts of industry environment on software insourcing, outsourcing, and buying
Authors: Xiaowei Liu, Wen Guang Qu and Alain Pinsonneault
Publication: Industrial Management and Data Systems, Volume 122, Issue 7, June 2022, Pages 1541 - 1559
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Public Participation in Policy Making: Evidence from a Citizen Advisory Panel
Authors: Yolande E. Chan, R. Krishnamurthy, J. Mann and R. Sabherwal
Publication: Public Performance & Management Review, Forthcoming Published online April 2022
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Delve: How Cities Can Make Ride-Hailing Services Environmentally Sustainable, with Animesh Animesh
What if using a ride-hailing app like Uber or Lyft could help decrease a city’s carbon emissions? Combined with public transit use and municipal policy changes, that’s beginning to happen. However, the bigger, less understood question is what motivates people to choose their cars over the bus, or Uber over walking to work.
Paolo Leone and Profs Mantere and Faraj's paper is Best Article Finalist
Congratulations to Paolo V. Leone, Saku Mantere and Samer Faraj, whose paper “Open Theorizing in Management and Organization Studies” has been named Best Article Finalist by the Academy of Management (AOM).
Prof. Faraj named CTO 2022 Distinguished Scholar
Congratulations to Samer Faraj, Professor in Strategy and Organization, who has been named CTO 2022 Distinguished Scholar by the Communication, Digital Technology and Organization - CTO (A Division of the Academy of Management - AOM).
Professor Yoo awarded 2022-2023 FRQSC New Academics Grant
Congratulations to Changseung Yoo, Assistant Professor, Bensadoun School of Retail Management with affiliation to Information Systems Area, who has been awarded the 2022-2023 FRQSC New Academics Grant (Soutien à la recherche pour la relève professorale) for his project titled “Social Media Content Creation Strategies and Engagement During Disasters” (“Stratégies de création de con
Delve: How Collaborative, Open-Minded Management Could Heal Healthcare
Walk into any hospital and you’ll witness a complex, multi-level system of personnel in action, interacting with each other, with patients, and with high-tech equipment around the clock. Healthcare systems naturally face management challenges—the COVID-19 pandemic amplified those and introduced new ones. How can management insights gleaned from the pandemic help healthcare move forward into sustainable systems that prioritize the well-being of both practitioners and patients?
Celebrating excellence in teaching at Desautels
Across programs and subject areas, the Desautels Faculty of Management recognizes the vital role that teaching plays in enriching the student experience and in inspiring the next generation of leaders.
Desautels’ event highlights innovative research and recognizes scholars
On Friday, May 13, members of the Desautels Faculty of Management gathered to celebrate the innovative and impactful research conducted by its scholars.
Fifteen professors were on hand to deliver two-minute presentations of their most interesting and research.
Delve podcast: How Information Technology Can Drive Efficiency and Spark Creativity, with Alain Pinsonneault
What do Cirque du Soleil, American Airlines, and Canadian Tire have in common? They’ve all shifted their perspective on the value of Information Technology. On the Delve podcast, Desautels Faculty of Management Professor Alain Pinsonneault discusses how the overall mindset towards Information Technology’s value is changing, especially in times of broader turbulence like the COVID pandemic.
Communities in the Global South found innovative ways to adapt technology during COVID
Access to technology is deeply uneven. Many of us take the internet for granted, but nearly 40 per cent of the world’s population has never even been online. When the pandemic closed schools, not everyone could just switch to online learning. But communities that lacked access to technology found other ways to stay connected. A new study co-authored by Desautels Dean and James McGill Professor Yolande E.
Uncovering a new form of digitally-enabled agility: an improvisational perspective
Authors: Nadège Levallet and Yolande E. Chan
Publication: European Journal of Information Systems, Forthcoming
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