I just came across the video below lauding the WP Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and in particular the Supply Chain Management program. I happen to have a Bachelor of Science in Supply Chain Management from this very program. Of course it is good to hear that the program is maintaining it’s top rankings that existed while I was in school!
I’m also happy, and not in the slightest concern to be going against the trend, that top B-Schools admittance rates are nudging up a tad – I’ll be applying in the next few weeks.
If you’re like most and think “supply chain management” sounds like some corporate mumbo-jumbo, click the link below to read a little more and see some quick clear videos on what it means.
If you want to be up on the latest in management trends and buzz, the place to be is at MIX, Gary Hamel’s latest website – a derivation from MLab I think. For those not aware of who Gary Hamel is, think modern day Drucker.
MIX stands for Management Innovation eXchange, and the website is pretty quickly building up a lot of good management content.
The premise of the site is that management in its current form is getting stale, if not already outright rotten. Taking on the 25 Moonshots for Management, MIX aims to leverage its users to collaborate openly on how to reinvent management.
I love the idea of reinventing management. However I sometimes wonder if part of the problem with management is that us management nerds think that every leader in a business needs to be a good manager. What I mean is – when I work with my clients, often they are experts at their craft and captains in their industry, but I show up and immediately try to transform them into good business managers.
I could certainly argue both sides of this concept, but MIX could argue it better! Check it out…
Booz & Co (top tier global strategy consultancy) runs one of my favorite websites, Strategy + Business, where they share their latest thinking and tons of great business and industry analysis.
Recently they published an article entitled Putting Strategy into Practice which is good in and of itself, but it has an amazing bonus! Click the link just below the byline of the title to download Harvard Business Review’s “Must Reads on Strategy” anthology as pdf.
If I’m not mistaken, this anthology would normally cost a decent chunk of change, and until June 15, 2010 Booz is picking up the tab!
While I’m at it, here are a few more plentiful business management websites:
Knowledge @ Wharton – publishings from Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania
Focus – Ideo’s “thinkings” – if you don’t know who Ideo is, I suggest you learn – NOW.
Manager Tools – by the firm of the same name which has mastered executive coaching with a twist – it’s unbelievably practical. I HIGHLY recommend downloading and listening to their entire Manager Tools Basics podcast series.
A friend and I were talking about an experience he deals with in his business. Basically he finds that his customers fall into three categories: Happy Customers Unhappy Customers Effective at Rectifying their Unhappiness Unhappy Customers Ineffective at Rectifying their Unhappiness We were analyzing how customers control their own destiny in achieving their category, but [...]
I want to start a business. Usually that statement evokes one of two responses: Why don’t you? So do it! I respond similarly for both: I have a ton of business ideas that I think are viable and could be lucrative, but I don’t love them, and can’t imagine dedicating myself to them at this [...]
Meet Me At MIX – Management Innovation eXchange
by Rick Maher on May 21, 2010
If you want to be up on the latest in management trends and buzz, the place to be is at MIX, Gary Hamel’s latest website – a derivation from MLab I think. For those not aware of who Gary Hamel is, think modern day Drucker.
MIX stands for Management Innovation eXchange, and the website is pretty quickly building up a lot of good management content.
The premise of the site is that management in its current form is getting stale, if not already outright rotten. Taking on the 25 Moonshots for Management, MIX aims to leverage its users to collaborate openly on how to reinvent management.
I love the idea of reinventing management. However I sometimes wonder if part of the problem with management is that us management nerds think that every leader in a business needs to be a good manager. What I mean is – when I work with my clients, often they are experts at their craft and captains in their industry, but I show up and immediately try to transform them into good business managers.
I could certainly argue both sides of this concept, but MIX could argue it better! Check it out…
Thanks,
Rick Maher
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