Learning doesn't get more applied than the emlyon business school GIE Kickstarter program. Held at the beginning of the academic year as part of the school's recently launched MSc in Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the program sees groups of four students set up and pitch their own business ventures to potential investors via an online platform. Experiential learning at its best.
The COVID-stricken world in which many businesses have been operating since early-Spring 2020 doesn't have to be all doom and gloom. Whilst the hospitality industry has felt the financial squeeze as much as any other, the current crisis could just provide the ideal springboard for new talent to revive activity as never before. Martine Ferry, Director of the MSc in International Hospitality Management co-delivered by emlyon business school and the Institut Paul Bocuse, shares this optimistic outlook.
Held in April, the Product Design elective saw groups of IMBA students working in teams on developing a complete product design sprint for development and deployment of a given product and accompanying service, under the expert eye of External Learning Facilitator Rémi Edart. Students Sanchali Pyne and Shrijit Mazumdar recount the challenges posed by this intensive learning process and the insight provided into the role of Product Manager.
The decision to embark on a journey in higher education is not one to be taken lightly. It is no secret that there are commitments of time, money, work, and requires most people to find a new balance in their lives while working towards their degree.
The renowned journal Leadership Quarterly has awarded Philippe Jacquart and his co-authors the Decennial Influential Article Award for their article "On Making Causal Claims: a review and recommendations" (2010).
On the occasion of the start of the new school year, Lionel SITZ, the new EMBA Program Director, took part in a Q&A session.