NEWS & INSIGHT
OneMBA RESIDENCY
LONG JOURNEY BEARS FIRST FRUIT COUNTRY: Canada SCHOOL: Telfer School of Management The Telfer School of Management, University of Ottawa, has celebrated its first PhD in management graduate – the culmination of a journey that began long before the programme’s official launch in 2016. François Julien, Dean of the Telfer School between 2011 and 2020 explained: ‘The prerequisite to creating a PhD programme was to build a research culture within the School... The School-wide research culture was built over the past 20 years through various incentives to stimulate research productivity and excellence, and through the recruitment of professors who were not only excellent in education and teaching, but who were also actively engaged in influential and impactful research programmes.’ The creation of the School’s first research-based programmes – an MSc in management in 2007 and an MSc in health systems in 2008 – were important steps along this path. The Telfer PhD Committee was then formed in 2010 ahead of the establishment of programme details, such as curricula and structure, in 2011 and 2012. The subsequent year, the necessary governmental approvals were obtained. The programme launched with five key fields of study in which students could specialise through their research and seminars: accounting and control; entrepreneurship; finance; health systems; and organisational behaviour and human resources. A sixth field, in organisation and strategy, has recently been added. Applicant and admission numbers to the programme are said to have grown each year, with current student numbers approaching 40. The first graduate, Vusal Babashov, focused on practical problems in healthcare analytics in his thesis. ‘This was the next step in the growth of the Telfer School; we had a roster of world-class professors who were eager for the opportunity to work alongside doctoral students and train the next generation of researchers,’ said Silvia Bonaccio, the PhD in management’s first Programme Director. ‘It [the programme] speaks to the academic rigour and excellence of its faculty members and allows us to attract and recruit talented professors, and students alike,’ concluded Julien. Telfer has also recently celebrated the start of the tenure of new Dean, Stéphane Brutus. / TBD
HEADS ONLINE COUNTRY: Mexico SCHOOL: EGADE Business School
The OneMBA is an executive MBA that incorporates five partner universities from around the world and features four immersive global residencies during the programme’s 21 months. These trips would usually be done in person; however, the Covid-19 pandemic has necessitated that they are offered online instead. In March, the North America residency took place, with 85 students from 21 different nationalities coming together to explore economic and financial perspectives from Mexico and the US. This residency was guided by faculty from EGADE Business School, Tecnológico de Monterrey, alongside faculty from Miami Herbert Business School. Participants took part in cultural experiences, talks and discussions with business leaders academics and opinion leaders from both countries on topics that include sustainability, innovation, Covid-19, and leadership. Bob Enofe, a OneMBA student who attends São Paulo School of Business Administration, Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), said: ‘A key component of thriving in the new normal produced by the Covid-19 pandemic is blending a deep level of resilience with professionalism. The two factors were brilliantly displayed throughout the residency, as was an astute demonstration of why the OneMBA programme academics are at the top of their respective academic games (the talk on negotiation was spot-on). My key takeaway from the North American residency, on the region’s business environment, is that the area is one of vast opportunities, but with deeply ingrained complexities and paradoxes.’ Alongside Brazil’s FGV-EAESP, Mexico’s EGADE and Miami Herbert Business School in the US, the remaining Schools in the OneMBA consortium are Rotterdam School of Management (RSM), Erasmus University in the Netherlands, and the School of Management, Xiamen University (SMXMU) in China. Launched in 2002, the programme now lays claim to a network of 1,400 graduates in leadership positions spread across 50 countries. / EB
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