Modern consumers often set out to purchase an item with a clear vision in mind. The process of research and comparison, however, frequently leads shoppers to buy a different model than the version they originally considered. In the digital age, buyers have become accustomed to quickly identifying the options available and choosing the best fit. Business programmes can benefit from this desire to research and compare...

For a successful return, expatriates need to plan in advance and maintain strong networks with colleagues back home By Joann S. Lublin Taking an overseas assignment can vault your management career into the next level and test your skills in unfamiliar territory. But coming home can be the hardest part. Companies typically provide expatriates with local housing subsidies, cross-cultural training and other perks...

To diversify its candidate pool, the company relies on software to sort applicants and targets potential hires on their smartphones By Kelsey Gee When Saniya Jaffer arrived for a job interview at Unilever PLC’s Englewood Cliffs, N.J., office last October, she was a finalist for a summer position in information technology. After three rounds of interviews and assessments, the Chicago-native was about to encounter...

From church management to fashion, business schools expand graduate offerings with shorter, more specialized courses. By Kelsey Gee To court a generation of M.B.A.-skeptics, business schools are creating narrowly tailored degree programs designed to help young professionals hone their skills for specific industries and job functions. At Villanova University, students can earn a master’s in church management...

A study finds a link between employees leaving for prestigious jobs and improved company status By Vanessa Fuhrmans Companies loathe losing top performers to rivals, but recent research suggests letting them go on to better things has its benefits. Young professionals are among today’s biggest job hoppers: A 2016 LinkedIn survey found millennials have worked at roughly four companies in their first decade...

To cut down on formal meetings and improve collaboration, companies keep tabs on workers’ emails, chat logs and face-to-face interactions By KELSEY GEE Social-media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter aren’t the only ones tracking how people connect and share with their peers. Employers are doing it too. Companies including Boston Consulting Group, and Microsoft Corp. are variously mining employees’...

Applicants are flocking to one-year graduate business programs, GMAC survey finds By DAHLIA BAZZAZ Graduate business programs offering one-year M.B.A.s and master’s degrees in specializations such as data analytics saw a marked increase in applications this year, according to a Graduate Management Admission Council survey of 872 programs around the world. Overall, business programs surveyed by GMAC in 2016...

AMBA’s membership has grown to more than 23,000 and with this growth we are keen to adapt to the needs of our expanding global network and support them with the challenges they face in a volatile business environment. Therefore, we would appreciate a few moments of your time to provide us with valuable feedback on the services we offer by completing our online AMBA Membership Survey 2017 . In addition, if you...

Jim Collins, business strategist, leadership thinker, and best-selling author of Built to Last, Good to Great, How the Mighty Fall and Great by Choice will present a powerful half-day seminar on what it takes to build an enduring great company. In this session, Collins will bring together over 25 years of research which asks the simple question: Why do some companies thrive in uncertainty and others do not? Collins...

When connecting with an audience, Hillary Clinton leads with the head while Donald Trump comes from the heart: both hold lessons for today leaders. Watching Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump during the U.S. presidential debates, it is striking to observe the difference in communication styles between the candidates; indeed they seem to use two diametrically opposing ways of connecting with their audience. The question...

App developers listen to their customers and competitors to learn how to succeed. Where “entrepreneurial ecosystems” exist, there are hotbeds of rapid entry and experimentation. These ecosystems consist of mostly small organisations that share a technological architecture and a set of norms. Take the Apple App Store, where app developers often rely on users who make concise suggestions on improvements, point...

International MBA Authority Partners with US-Based Graduate Application Management Service Provider to Offer Value to Global Business Schools FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LONDON (TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER 2016) – The Association of MBAs (AMBA) has embarked on a collaboration with Liaison International in a move to gain more insight into evolving enrollment trends for global MBA programs. Liaison, a leading provider of higher...

Collective outcomes soar when top performers mingle with less adept colleagues. Big data is helping us learn much more about what drives sales in the digital environment. The traditional service sector, however, remains very much a “black box”. A physical sales environment, such as a clothing store or restaurant, is subject to even more intangible elements than e-commerce sites or apps – perhaps chief...

During organisational change, play the radicals against the moderates to foster collaboration. Many firms that emerge or grow by making technological breakthroughs owe a lot – maybe everything – to their engineers, and in return give them benefits both formal (organisational power) and informal (status and gratitude). These days, however, innovations are metabolised quickly. As their technology’s wow...

Dr P Singh*, A Bhandarker** and S Rai*** Sage Response, November 2015 One of the biggest crises in contemporary societies is the crisis of leadership along with the environmental crisis and energy crisis, according to a study conducted by the authors on 157 management graduates from the millennial generation (2009). The leadership crisis is evident in all walks of life be it politics, academics or business. Institutions...

MIT electrical engineering and computer science professor Anant Agarwal was a guest on Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report” a few years ago. He told host Stephen Colbert about his online learning site, edX, saying, “You can take these great courses from MIT, from Harvard … and it’s free.” The comedian quipped, “[If] I go to an elite university — let’s say...

The Faculty of Economics & Business at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) has officially received accreditation from The Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the leading authorities on postgraduate business education. The Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education and is earned only by the best post graduate management programmes. AMBA...

Apple is forcing change on the market again and that’s no bad thing. It’s happened again. Tech bloggers are mourning the loss of yet another technology that Apple has mercilessly thrown out of one of its devices. This time it’s the 3.5mm audio jack, a 138-year old technology that allows users to connect any type of wired headphones to their iPhone to listen to their music. The alternative will be the...

Koç University has officially received accreditation from The Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the leading authorities on postgraduate business education. The Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education and is earned only by the best post graduate management programmes. AMBA accredits the Master of Business Administration (MBA),...

Keystone Academic Solutions and AMBA have announced a new partnership, comprising sponsorship of AMBA’s Global Conference for Deans and Directors and AMBA’s MBA Awards and Gala Dinner, as the Association celebrates its 50 th anniversary. Keystone Academic Solutions is the parent company of several lead generation brands including www.mbastudies.com . They are a Norwegian company based in Oslo, specialising...

While it’s true to sat that legislation on LGBT equality has made great strides over the past few years in more economically developed countries, research suggests that more than two thirds of openly LGBT students go back into the closet when they transition from graduate schools into the workplace. The Out in Business (OiB) Club was founded at London Business School (LBS), 20 years ago, as an LGBT affinity group...

Innovation is essential for sustainable growth. Countries should maintain their R&D investments and cooperate internationally to protect their innovation momentum in the face of low-growth scenarios. (Please visit the site to view this video) The Human Brain Project (HBP), a global, 10-year scientific research project aimed at advancing the understanding of neuroscience, brain-inspired computing and brain-related...

Rachel Bridge is the best-selling author of six books, a journalist, and a public speaker specialising in personal development, smart thinking and entrepreneurship. The former enterprise editor of The Sunday Times , Bridge now writes for The Times and The Telegraph . She also holds an MA in economics from Cambridge University. In this 2 part series, Bridge discusses ambition, strategy, leadership and self sabotage....

AMBA Chief Executive Andrew Main Wilson confirms attendance at The 6th International Business School Shanghai Conference (IBSSC) . Hosted by Antai College of Economics and Management (ACEM), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the conference will focus on the theme of 'Technology and Management', and will examine the interaction between the development of technology and management education. More than 50 deans and...

PRESS RELEASE: 26 th July 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia The Faculty of Economics, University of Ljubljana (the FELU) has officially received accreditation from The Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the leading authorities on postgraduate business education. The Association of MBAs (AMBA) accreditation represents the highest standard of achievement in postgraduate business education and is earned only by the best post...