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August 2010

World's Most Admired Companies 2010 - Fortune magazine

Ranking

Flattery does get you somewhere - says Kellogg School study.

"Flattery will get you far" 

New research reveals seven types of ingratiation that increase boardroom prospects for top executives 

8/16/2010 - In the corporate world, board appointments are typically perceived as markers of success. However, new research from the Kellogg School suggests boardroom entrance strategies are rarely based on merit alone. 

According to the study, “Stealthy Footsteps to the Boardroom: Executives’ Backgrounds, Sophisticated Interpersonal Influence Behavior and Board Appointments,” corporate leaders are more likely to win board appointments at other firms when employing subtle, but sophisticated, forms of flattery and opinion conformity within their organizations. ..

...The researchers identified seven effective forms of ingratiation most likely to help executives win board seats:

• Framing flattery as advice seeking: Occurs when a person poses a question seeking advice as a way to flatter the subject (i.e. “How were you able to close that deal so successfully?”). 
• Arguing prior to conforming: Instead of agreeing immediately, a person will yield before accepting his/her manager’s opinion (i.e. “At first, I didn’t see your point but it makes total sense now. You’ve convinced me.”). 
• Complimenting manager to his/her friends: Praising manager to his/her friends or social network with hopes that word gets back to manager. 
• Framing flattery as likely to make manager uncomfortable: Positioning a remark as likely to be embarrassing (i.e. “I don’t want to embarrass you but your presentation was really top-notch. Better than most I’ve seen.”). 
• Engaging in value conformity prior to flattery or opinion conformity: Expressing values or morals which are held by one’s manager (i.e. “I’m the same way. I believe we should increase minimum wage.”). 
• Conforming to opinions expressed by one’s manager to a third party: Covertly learning of manager's opinion(s) from his/her contacts, and then conforming with opinion(s) in conversations with manager. 
• Referencing social affiliations held in common with one’s manager prior to flattery or opinion conformity: Mentioning an affiliation, such as a religious organization or political party, shared by both individuals. (i.e. “I watched the Republican National Convention last night. The keynote presented some great points.”).

Businessweek.com B-School Forum

http://forums.businessweek.com/bw-bschools/start/

FT: The careerist: Summer school

Click here for the article of the Financial Times, August 29, 2010

Prospective MBA students spend ages agonising over their career strategy, their goals and choosing the right school and course. But they often spend very little time thinking about what it will be like going back to university and living as a student again...

Research Assessment Exercise - UK

www.rae.ac.uk

Wikipedia "Research Assessment Exercise"

IBC - RAI Amsterdam - international research organisations at Europe's largest professional broadcast show

A Technological Hub for International Innovation

The New Technology Campus (NTC) is an exhibition space for international research organisations and developers to demonstrate their finest collaborative projects...

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Wikipedia entry: IBC is Europe's largest professional broadcast show

www.ibc.org

Since 1994, more than 1,300 exhibitors flock to IBC every year, filling 11+ halls, with 100+journalists and 45,000+ attendees. This makes it one of the prime destinations in the world for the unveiling of new technologies and products in the electronic media industry. Exhibitors throughout the easy-to-navigate halls showcase the cutting-edge technology that drives the industry forward, championing new workflows and new business opportunities as the industry continues to evolve beyond that of traditional broadcasting. 

Khan Academy as recommended by Bill Gates

www.khanacademy.org

The Evolving Internet: A look ahead to 2025 by Cisco and the Monitor Group's Global Business Network

August 25, 2010, Cisco Pressroom

...In four scenarios – the result of more than a year's worth of research, data collection and interviews – different potential pathways are described and detailed. The scenarios suggest how a range of critical factors might play out, such as net neutrality policies, infrastructure investments, consumer response to new pricing models, and technology adoption....

White Paper (PDF 52 pages): Full Report - the Evolving Internet

Hewitt - all their articles and reports.

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Tuck Today - "The Road Ahead" views of Dean Paul Danos and Sr. Assoc. Dean Bob Hansen

"I have learned from the crisis that one cannot know it all. But one can have the right critical mindset when confronting a difficult problem."–Dean Paul Danos.

 The Road Ahead article

Robert F. Bruner, Dean Darden School of Business - "Making a Start"

Post of August 15, 2010 (Kindly emailed-in yesterday by Darden Communications)

“There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth…not going all the way, and not starting.” –Hindu Prince Siddartha Gautama the founder of Buddhism

This is it: the end of summer. For my colleagues and me, the new school year formally begins tomorrow, when we gather together the new class of students. A farewell to summer is overwhelmed by the sense of anticipation that a terrific experience is about to begin. We are making a start. Doing this well entails at least two tasks.

First, a good start acknowledges the context. Certainly, the circumstances of the U.S. economy are bearish. There’s never been a recession without a recovery...

U.S.: Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act

The Senator Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act is a congressional initiative to greatly expand study abroad opportunities for U.S. undergraduates. The legislation has gained strong bipartisan support in Congress and has also been endorsed by more than 40 higher education and educational exchange organizations.

Why I decided to go to IE Business School - ft.com/mba-blog

Click here for the Post of August 23, 2010, by Miguel Suarez, IE Business School

Dragon NaturallySpeaking for Education - Best Voice Recognition to text software

Version 11 released this August, On Wikipedia, Product website, BestSellers Voice Recognition on Amazon,

Review ZDNet, July 29, 2010, Review PCWorld, July 28, 2010.

Scholarships - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Scholarships

Dean Mexico Roundtable 2010, March - revised

Download Mexican Round Table Revised 8 18 2010 (Word document)

Attendees:

Alvaro de Garay (EGADE Business School, Tec de Monterrey, México)
Irma Gómez (EGADE Business School, Tec de Monterrey, México)
Robert Edward Grosse (EGADE Business School, TEC de Monterrey, México)
Francisco Mazzuca (Fundaçao Getulio Vargas, Brasil)
Santiago Iñiguez (IE Business School, Spain)
Francisco Sananez (IESA, Venezuela)
Marlene Estrella (INCAE, Centroamérica)
Roy Zuniga, (INCAE, Latin America)
Carlos Alcérreca (ITAM, Mexico)
Paul Danos (Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth, USA)
María Lorena Gutierrez (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
Ernesto Gore (Universidad de San Andrés, Argentina)

Topics: Financial Models, Faculty, Curriculum Development, Corporate Relations, Fund Raising

"Major GRE® Milestone Means Good News for Students Planning for Graduate and Business School"

Princeton, N.J. (Aug. 18, 2010) – The highly publicized announcement of the GRE® revised General Test launch will get some added attention by students returning to campus, as ETS marks the “One Year to Go” milestone until the test’s August 2011 introduction. Students thinking about their graduate and business school options will begin to prepare in earnest for the upcoming changes.

Download ETS press release Major GRE® Milestone (Word document)

http://webcast.berkeley.edu

http://webcast.berkeley.edu

Eve - European Commision electronic platform

Eve is the single information point on European education, training, culture and youth projects. It showcases thousand of projects and their results, from the  Culture, Youth and Lifelong Learning Programmes (Erasmus, Leonardo Da Vinci, Comenius, Grundtvig, …).

Applying to B-School? Résumé Perils to Avoid (BusinessWeek)

The résumé may seem simple, but it's an application minefield. Handled carelessly it can dash any hope of landing a top B-school spot.

Article of BusinessWeek, August 9, 2010

The required résumé on the typical business school application is the first impression most MBA applicants make on the admissions committee, yet it is often their last priority.

US Best Colleges - U.S. News & World Report

Wednesday, August 18, 2010, http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges

+ Undergraduate Business Programs

World Universities Rankings, Top 500 - ARWU 2010 (Shanghai Jiao Tong)

August 13, 2010.www.arwu.org

Reuters, 18 August, 2010.

Wikipedia - "Academic Ranking of World Universities"

Harvard University								1
University of California, Berkeley								2
Stanford University								3
Massachusetts Institute of Technology								4
University of Cambridge								5
California Institute of Technology								6
Princeton University								7
Columbia University								8
University of Chicago								9
University of Oxford								10

CNBC bizography - Moguls, Mavericks and Empires

Moguls, Mavericks and Empires.

ere.net - recruiting intelligence & community

5 Tips for Getting Ready for College Recruiting in 2011, August 12, 210