Sport-life balance can help elite athletes perform and thrive

To achieve peak performance, many elite athletes become full-time professionals. But there can be benefits to keeping a day job, according to Anna-Maria Broomes, a doctoral student in organizational behaviour at McGill Desautels Faculty of Management. Sport-life balance can help athletes recognize their value as a person that exists beyond sport.

Montreal named top Canadian city for students

After naming McGill Canada’s top university earlier this month, Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) has ranked Montreal as the most desirable Canadian city to be a student, and one of the most soug

Tech giants' business ecosystems transcend traditional economic sectors

Technology is always evolving, and keeping up with the pace of change is an ongoing challenge for business leaders. Companies can be vulnerable to competition from entirely different sectors—consider how Apple made a MP3 player called the iPod and killed the compact disc forever. It was the first time the computer hardware company had even ventured into the music business.

Desautels alumnus named International Educator of the Year by the Academic of International Business

Resilience. Caring. Integrity. These are the habits that Arshad Ahmad (MBA’81, PhD’2000) seeks to instil in his students. They can make an immediate impact on students’ career – and a positive impact on the people in their lives. Ahmad has been named the International Educator of the year by Academy of International Business (AIB), an organization of international business and management.

Desmarais Faculty Scholar Awards reward leading finance research

First awarded in 2007 and generously supported by Paul Desmarais, Jr., the Desmarais Faculty Scholar Awards are given in three year cycles to leading Desautels finance researchers.

Research Proposal Presentation: Paolo Vincenzo Leone,

Mr. Paolo Vincenzo Leone, a doctoral student at McGill University in the area of Strategy & Organization will be presenting his research proposal entitled:

Please note that the presentation will be conducted via Zoom and only the student and committee members may participate.

Desautels Alumnus Appointed Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge

This fall, Kamal Munir (Ph.D.’00) will step into a new role as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (UK). Munir taught at McGill for four years before moving to Cambridge, where he has served as an instructor of policy and strategy at the Judge Business School for the past 20 years.

Conversations with the Class of Fall 2020: Meet Karla Sayegh

Beirut native Karla Sayegh (PhD’20) says that pursuing a PhD as a mother of two young children was the “single most challenging undertaking of [her] life.” We sat down with her to hear about the highs and lows of her journey to make a difference in the field of global healthcare management.

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From industry to academia: pursuing a PhD in Management

Former PhD student José Carlos Marques, who is now an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Telfer School of Management, is interviewed by Sara Mahabadi forTrace McGill about completing his PhD and the transition to academia.

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Broadening knowledge on AI in healthcare

Desautels doctoral student Rania Afiouni Monla has found herself in the right place at the right time: studying the impact of AI in organizational learning and healthcare in a city that has emerged as an AI powerhouse.

She sits down to share her journey so far, including her involvement in the Montreal declaration on responsible AI and the challenges of returning to school after many years.

Welcoming the next wave of management researchers

The Desautels Faculty of Management welcomed its new cohort of PhD students at a lunch reception in September organized by the Desautels Doctorate Student Society (DDSS).

This year’s cohort totals 65 students (26 women, 39 men) who originate from 16 countries across the world.

Meet the 2018 incoming PhD cohort

Professor Faraj awarded six research recognitions

Over summer 2018, Professor Samer Faraj received six recognitions for the excellence of his completed and forthcoming research.

In recognition of his published research with students and collaborators, Professor Faraj was presented with the following:

Great strides for PhD alumna

Congratulations to Pamela Lirio (PhD’11) who was recently promoted to Associate Professor in the School of Industrial Relations at Université de Montréal and was awarded with the “Prix d'excellence en enseignement – Professeurs,” the highest teaching honor conferred by the University.

Pamela will also begin her one-year sabbatical as a Visiting Professor in fall 2018 at ESSEC Business School in Paris.

Desautels PhD students recognized for teaching excellence

Congratulations to the following Desautels PhD students who were recognized for their outstanding performance with respect to teaching.

Dean Isabelle Bajeux, PhD Program Director, Professor Samer Faraj, and Evan Zhou, Desautels Doctoral Society President presided over the presentation of awards.