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Public and Nonprofit Management
With a national mood focused on public service, and an increased interest among young people in the nonprofit sector, the time is ripe for business schools to design programs suitable for students who plan to work for government and nonprofits. This Closer Look examines public and nonprofit management coursework, and raises questions about how all students can benefit from the skills and attitudes it may impart. |
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Closer Look: Public and Nonprofit Management
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Aspen CBE's Work Featured in the New York Times
Judith Samuelson, Executive Director of The Aspen Institute's Business and Society Program (Aspen CBE's parent program), was featured in a recent New York Times article on the reform of business education. "Is it Time to Re-Train B-Schools?" mentions Aspen's Beyond Grey Pinstripes alternative ranking and Giving Voice to Values ethics curriculum, and quotes Ms. Samuelson. To read the whole article, please visit the New York Times website. |
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Aspen CBE's Recent Releases
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Call for Faculty Thoughts on Defining "Sustainability"
"Sustainability" is often used as a catch-all, short-hand term, but many believe that it should be better defined. Aspen CBE is seeking faculty thoughts on how "sustainability" and related environmental and social impact topics are defined and conceptualized by business scholars in their teaching and research. To share your point of view, please contact Rachel Shattuck at Rachel.Shattuck@aspeninst.org. |
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| The Aspen Institute's Center for Business Education encourages future business leaders to innovate at the intersection of corporate profits and social impacts. Our goal is bold and long-term: to radically re-orient the MBA degree to embrace the principles of corporate citizenship and sustainability. | |
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Aspen CBE and CWRU Collaborate on 2009 Global Forum
Aspen CBE and Case Western Reserve University will collaborate on the upcoming Second Global Forum on Business as an Agent of World Benefit (BAWB). The conference, to be held on June 2-5, 2009 at Case Western Reserve's Weatherhead School of Management in Cleveland, Ohio, will take the concept of "management-as-design" as its starting point. Defined as a "creative problem-solving" and "out of the box thinking" approach, management-as-design envisions large scale innovation to unleash human creativity and harness business to benefit people and planet. Click here for more. |
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Last Chance to Submit Nominations for the 2009 Faculty Pioneer and Dissertation Awards!
Nominations for Aspen CBE's Faculty Pioneer and Dissertation Proposal Awards will close March 27th. Called "the Oscars of the business school world" by the Financial Times, the Faculty Pioneer Awards recognize faculty doing leading research on the environmental and social impacts of business, while the Dissertation Proposal Awards support outstanding next generation scholars. For the first time this year, Aspen CBE will give the Shared Capitalism through Employee Ownership Award, which will recognize outstanding Ph.D. research on employee ownership. To nominate someone for a Faculty Pioneer Award, please visit the Faculty Pioneer award web site. To apply for a Dissertation Proposal Award, please visit the Dissertation Proposal Award web site. |
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Call for Faculty Thoughts on Low Wage Workers in the MBA Curriculum
Aspen CBE is working on a project that examines teaching about low wage workers in the MBA curriculum, and would welcome input from faculty. To suggest resources, or share thoughts on this topic, please contact Rachel Shattuck at Rachel.Shattuck@aspeninst.org. | |
