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Michelle Hunter – Welcome to a Fall 2021

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Michelle Hunter
Acting Director
CEGE, Dalhousie University

On behalf of the Centre for Executive and Graduate Education (CEGE) Team, welcome to a new year of academic excellence.  Whether you are a new or returning student, we look forward to your contribution within our community.  You will be joining other like-minded individuals who share our vision of inspiring transformative solutions for society.

We are delighted for the opportunity to reconnect with our students, faculty, and the Dalhousie community.  A new school year always brings an excitement and enthusiasm of things to come whether it be taking a new course, exploring a new way of teaching and learning, to new connections, and new opportunities.

This past year and a half have taught us about the importance of kindness, hope, compassion, empathy, understanding and adaptation.   Thank you for your commitment to carry forward these things into the new year.

During the coming year, watch for our posts on these topics and much more on CEGE Connection, our platform to share, inform and most of all CONNECT.  These past five years, graduates, students, and professors have discussed themes ranging from virtual teams, and information management to scholarship and deeper learning. This demonstrates a values-based approach to management education and research. We are excited that Denise Hinds will be joining us at the incoming Blog Coordinator for CEGE Connection.

Thank you to our engaged alumni. You make us proud. As the leaders and managers in the business sector, public sector, and civil society, your influence within a complex global environment has been extraordinary.

We encourage you to reach out to us if you have any questions, ideas, stories you wish to share, or just to say hello.

We wish you all the best for the coming year!

Stay well,

Michelle Hunter
Acting Director, Centre for Executive and Graduate Education
Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University

 

 

 

 

Dr. Kent Williams: Bringing Real World Issues into the Classroom

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Michelle Hunter
Acting Director
CEGE, Dalhousie University

From the Desk of Michelle Hunter:
The Dalhousie MBA Corporate Responsibility, Ethics and Society course invites companies to bring forth complex problems facing their organization into the classroom for students to research, evaluate and present potential social and economic solutions to the company.  This is what is referred to as a live case study; a real-world issue for students to apply subject related academic concepts, theories and research coupled with their professional and personal experience that builds a solid case to be presented.  I was fortunate to be invited to view the group presentations and was extremely impressed by the level of dedication, commitment, and knowledge the groups demonstrated.  All the presentations were outstanding.
Michelle Hunter (She/Her)
Acting Director
Centre for Executive and Graduate Education
Dalhousie University, Faculty of Management

Kent Williams, DSocSci

“Considering the societal grand challenge of climate change, more than ever business schools need to move away from focusing on our theory-fetish and move towards applied action-oriented approaches with students that enable a deep engagement between the university, students, organizations, and community. We face many challenges where there is no readily available solution, and it is the inter-weave of the diversity of perspectives that can creatively generate ideas that can be considered and prototyped to bring positive impacts on society and the planet. Our collaborations with the MBA students and Canada Post are excellent examples of a ‘deep engagement’ for sustainability-as-flourishing futures that think about real strategies for fairness, prosperity, and sustainability in the organizational-societal space.”

Kent A. Williams, DSocSci (pronouns: he/him)
Assistant Professor in Climate Change Leadership
Rowe School of Business 
Dalhousie University

Michelle Hunter on the Intensive Season

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From the Desk of Michelle Hunter on the Intensive Season

Michelle Hunter
Acting Director
CEGE, Dalhousie University

Since last March, the Covid19 pandemic launched most educational institutions into online learning.

The Centre for Executive and Graduate Education has been delivering online/blended education for over 20 years.  While we were experienced in online learning, Covid19 impacted our Intensives.  What would normally be a face-to-face Intensive session for the MBA Financial Services, MBA Leadership, the MIM and MPA(M) programs, transitioned to an on-line classroom format.  At the end of each course, a 2–5-day intensive session would be held in person in Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver.  Since April 2020, all our intensive sessions have been delivered online using, Zoom, MS Teams and Collaborate Ultra.

In total, the CEGE programs will support 26 intensive sessions over a period of 3-4 weeks; each session may be delivered a little different; classroom studio style, Zoom, MS teams, and Collaborate Ultra. There will be online lectures, group work, presentations, live case studies, simulations, numerous guest speakers and of course networking and relationship bonding still occurring.

I was able to visit a few of the classes to say hello and wish them well.  The reports that we are receiving from the students and the instructors demonstrate the dedication and commitment of the participants.

“The energy that the students brought to the discussions energized me throughout the three intensive sessions” Dr. Teresa Cyrus

Thank you to Heidi and the TA’s, I really felt supported throughout the term.”  “I was able to apply the learning into the work immediately.”    Students in Leading in Complexity

Leading in Complexity (MBA Leadership)

Thank you for curating great content, pushing me to think differently and creating a forum for me to challenge my own perspective.  The live case with Canada Post was a great experience: Students in Corporate Social Responsibility

I really like the ability to do them online. It actually adds to the connection in some ways – for example, the chat function allows folks to connect in a way that would be disruptive in person. I feel we were able to do just as much collaborating and networking via distance – it just looked different.”  Student in the Economics class

 

Strategic Financial Management (MPA(M))

This term, Dr. Carolan McLarney proposed delivering the International Business using an intensive classroom style.  A studio was set up and resources for filming were put in place. Derek Tay and Irena Stropnik were on board to support the communication and technology. I was fortunate to be invited to join Session One of the lectures.  Without question, Dr. McLarney’s idea to structure the Intensive using the classroom method promoted rich discussions and fostered student engagement. The technology and the communication outreach went very well, and students felt comfortable in participating in the discussions.

“This method of delivery is working very well; the students like it and I feel that it is an improvement to other methods I have used in the past year; I will absolutely deliver the summer intensives using the same method and support system – Thanks Derek and Irena.” Dr. Carolan McLarney

 

International Business Intensives (MBA Financial Services and Leadership)

 

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