200 countries, 200 years in 4 minutes
Video link As global economies converge in the upper quadrant of rich & healthy, there are infinite possibilities to prosper and coexist peacefully.
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New Program
A new program is launched at Universita Milano Bicocca called Master of ICT Management. It looks like a pretty well-rounded program to me – technology subjects, business and PEOPLE!!
New INFORMS Section – lunch November 8 at the annual meeting
Are you interested in how operations research and management science can be applied to systems with public impact? For example, an animal shelter with arrivals and adoptions is a service system, government agencies design processes that deliver services to taxpayers (e.g., building permits or justice and protection), and after disasters Non-Governmental Organizations provide health, food, …
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Iran restricts social sciences in education
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101024/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_iran_university_restrictions quote from the article: “The list includes law, philosophy, management, psychology, political science and the two subjects that appear to cause the most concern among Iran’s conservative leadership — women’s studies and human rights.” IMHO: By preventing people from learning about other perspectives I think small groups of people promote misunderstandings and raise barriers, …
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The Chilean way for innovation
In an article recently published at The Daily Best, the Chilean way for innovation is explained with the mega-rescue of the 33 miners last week. Here are 5 success factors for every innovation process: Fast decision process “First, a rapid decision to take action at a high level of intensity came from the top. In …
Accenture to Spend $100 Million on skills training
See article: http://www.vault.com/wps/portal/usa/blogs/entry-detail/?blog_id=1261&entry_id=11915
Wordle.net
We all know the challenge of trying to provide a nice overview of a complex area in a compelling manner. With http://www.worldle.net one can easily take a paper or a URL and turn it into a visually appealing overview of an area. For example, an IBM colleague recently sent me some material about work going …
Filling the Need for Skilled Workers Requires Smarter Education
Article link Diane Melley Diane Melley is a director in IBM Corporate Citizenship and Corporate Affairs. Posted: September 9, 2010 01:10 PM
Call for Papers, Frontiers in Service
June 30 — July 3, 2011 • Columbus, Ohio, USA Call for Papers SPONSORED BY: The Center for Excellence in Service, Robert H. Smith School of Business, University of Maryland, USA Initiative for Managing Services, Fisher College of Business, Ohio State University, USA The American Marketing Association ► Conference Committee ► Current Topics ► About …
2010 IBM Innovation Awards
New awards program at IBM Check it out! The IBM Innovation Awards is a worldwide program designed to encourage proposals that focus on teaching, research, or community building using key technologies. New! IBM is proud to announce the 2010 Industry Skills Award programs to encourage the developement of innovative courseware and curriculum that contribute to …