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Not Business As Usual – TED

February 6, 2008 in Mgmt Knowledge, Technology, Variety by smcsc

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader. www.TED.com

TED

The annual conference now brings together the world’s most fascinating thinkers and doers, who are challenged to give the talk of their lives (in 18 minutes).

This site makes the best talks and performances from TED available to the public, for free. Almost 200 talks from our archive are now available, with more added each week. These videos are released under a Creative Commons license, so they can be freely shared and reposted.

The digital revolution has changed much more than technology, entertainment, and design — it has completely transformed business, in ways that could scarcely have been imaginable at the first TED conference, in 1984. And now, what’s next? Charles Leadbeater looks for a new generation of business innovation in the talented amateurs who suddenly have access to professional tools and markets. Juan Enriquez and Ray Kurzweil both look at way-new technology’s effects on our future economies and cultures.

Meanwhile, nonprofits and for-profits have begun to learn from one another. Iqbal Quadir argues that business and philanthropy need to overlap — and that to a poor farmer, a mobile phone is more empowering than a check. Sasa Vucinic says that solid business principles are the key to a truly free press, especially in repressive or anarchic countries. And Jacqueline Novogratz makes a case for investing in home-grown solutions to poverty.

Meanwhile, Malcolm Gladwell reminds us that, new or old, business will always be about selling a customer something they really, really want.

The Harvard Business Review Paperback Library

November 14, 2007 in Mgmt Knowledge by smcsc | No comments

THE HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW PAPERBACK LIBRARY contains articles packaged into readers that are indispensible resources of business knowledge. The topics covered include:

  • Harvard Business Review on Top Line Growth
  • Harvard Business Review on Women In Business
  • Harvard Business Review on Managing Projects
  • Harvard Business Review on Managing Yourself
  • Harvard Business Review on Doing Business in China
  • Harvard Business Review on Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Harvard Business Review on Marketing
  • Harvard Business Review on Leadership at the Top
  • Harvard Business Review on What Makes A Leader
  • Harvard Business Review on Top Line Growth
  • Harvard Business Review on Corporate Ethics
  • Harvard Business Review on Building Personal & Organ. Resilence

Each volume features a specially selected set of landmark articles from experts who have earned worldwide recognition for their ideas and research: Peter Drucker, John Kotter, James Collins, Chris Argyris and others whose work is setting the course for the future direction of private enterprise.

If you are focused on any of these topics in your studies or thesis/dissertation work you might consider purchasing them. They can be bought for approximately $20.00 US each at the following link:

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b02/en/hbr/hbr_paperback.jhtml

Enjoy!

iTunes University

October 27, 2007 in Mgmt Knowledge by smcsc | No comments

The student council would like to make its members aware of the management resources available on the iTunes University site. Many school’s business faculties are represented, including: Duke, Yale, and Stanford (top 3 biz resources) so have a look and download some interesting podcast. Most are free.

For instance:

1. At Duke in the business section you can listen to interviews with Michael Dell or specific topics such as Globalization and Its Effects or take part in its distinguished speakers series.

2. At Stanford you can listen to such topics as: Social Entrepreneurship, Business Leaders and Entrepreneurs, Business Management, Finance and Economics. Also available are contributions from Stanford’s Cente for International Development and their Centre for Social Innovation.

3. At Yale you can listen to topics such as: Challenges and Opportunities Facing Business Today, Yale Entrepreneurial Institute and Conducting Business in Contemporary Society.

4. You can download the management podcast from Wharton but you need to do a search under Knowledge @ Wharton Audio Articles, or follow their iTunes link from the Wharton site http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/

5. You can also subscribe to podcast from the famous Economist magazine for free.

All podcasts are downloadable to your Mac or PC computer or iPod. Naturally you will have to install iTunes on your computer first then simply follow the navigation to iTunes University. As Apple says, iTunes is the University that never sleeps, so take advantage.

Lastly, most schools have links back to their various departments which have further resources and articles available.

SMC Student Council

Eyes on China: The Cost of Progress

October 24, 2007 in Mgmt Knowledge by smcsc | No comments

Reprinted From Knowledge @ Wharton (University of Pennsylvania)

On August 1, Mattel recalled approximately 1.5 million toys made by a manufacturer in China because of dangerous levels of lead in their paint. The recall marks a continuation of the quality control problems that importers of Chinese-made exports have been experiencing over the past two months in products ranging from pet food to fish to tires. Four days earlier, the Chinese government ordered the country’s banks to increase their reserves and thereby reduce the amount of money they can lend to business — part of an effort to cool down an economy that is growing at its fastest rate in 12 years.

But quality concerns and rapid growth aren’t China’s only worries. There is also the government’s need to keep forging ahead on preparations for the Olympics next August in Beijing, despite some criticism about overdevelopment, human rights abuses and unsafe levels of pollution.

We recently interviewed Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel about his views on China’s growth. In this podcast, we asked Wharton management professor Marshall Meyer, who visits China about five times a year, for his perspective on how the Chinese government is handling its economy, and some of these other issues as well.

http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1788

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