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'No More Ramen' Advises 20-Somethings About Work/Life Expectations
What do 20-somethings want? The so-called "Entitlement Generation" wants the same things as everyone else, according to Nicholas Aretakis' book "No More Ramen: the 20-something's Real World Survival Guide." The career consultant has written a no-nonsense but affectionate guide for the young and the still-unsettled on how to secure the four elements of a balanced life: freedom, accomplishment, money, and enjoyment.
Interview: Developing middle management through executive education
Companies that retain their competitive edge have learned how to raise up leaders in the ranks of middle management who have the skills to drive corporate strategy. Executive education and professional development programs are noted for developing individual potential, but some companies are finding that the classes can be laboratories where groups of employees can work out solutions and plan strategy. Management Professor Amy Hillman describes the progress she has observed in a class she teaches regularly for Executive Education at the W. P. Carey School of Business. "Leadership: Aligning Strategy, Talent and Culture" is offered regularly throughout the year. Click here to listen.
Effective leadership: Building a successful corporate culture
Year in and year out, cars manufactured by Toyota Motor Corp. are praised by automobile critics and lauded by loyal customers. The cars sell extraordinarily well and, come year's end, can almost always be found at the top of the rankings in reliability, quality and customer satisfaction. What's Toyota's secret? Surprisingly, according to management experts Gerry Keim and Angelo Kinicki at the W. P. Carey School of Business, it's not engineering.
Focus on Goals, Ethics for 'Me Inc.,' Stauth Urges MBA Grads
What's next? That's the first thing graduates hear after "congratulations." But the deeper question is one that graduates should continue to ask themselves throughout their careers: "what comes after 'next'?" After retiring as CEO of Fleming Foods, Bob Stauth spent the next eight years mentoring W. P. Carey MBA students. Speaking at the W. P. Carey School's recent graduate convocation, Stauth advised students to approach their careers as if they were managing "Me Inc." Pursue a forward strategy to make sure that your career plans match your passion, he advised, and when faced with questionable practices, hew faithfully to your ethical standards.
Successful Women Share Pathways to Empowerment
Working women face a plethora of issues in their lives: decisions about taking time off for family; whether to start their own company; if, when and how to advance their education. While navigating the path to success, women find many obstacles -- some in their environment, others within themselves. So, how does a woman define and achieve her own idea of success in her work, personal and spiritual life? Several successful women got together to speak on the subject at the recent Women's Empowerment Seminar hosted by the W. P. Carey School of Business.
Classics: Recommended Reading for Students, Entrepreneurs, Executives
A classic is defined as something that has lasting significance or worth. Knowledge@W. P. Carey offers a selection of books that have passed the test for a group of W. P. Carey School of Business faculty. Most of these works would not be filed under "business," yet they examine strategy, organization, technology, service and other topics, albeit through a variety of lenses. The lessons and ideas within these books win them a place on the required reading list of any business person who values a broad and deep perspective -- in private life as well as at work.
W. P. Carey Faculty Share Favorite Books of 2005
With 2005 drawing to a close, Knowledge@W. P. Carey takes a look back at the year's crop of books. With so many titles to choose from it would be easy to miss the best. Here, a group of W. P. Carey School of Business professors offer their picks and in some cases, a comment on the book. Topics range from biography to leadership, ethics, technology infrastructure and more.
Selling Services: A Brave New World
Selling and providing services is not what it used to be. Thanks to an ultra-competitive B2B services market and an increase in the number of companies contracting core functions to outsourced providers, purchasing departments have reinvented their services buying process. For salespeople, that means learning a whole new approach. In the end, sealing the deal for service providers today is less about savvy salesmanship and a product packed with bells and whistles, and more about demonstrating the ability to understand customer needs and correctly align the sales process with the purchasing process.
On Campus or Online: Can Universities Deliver Quality MBA Programs Both Ways?
Web-based higher education and distance learning has come a long way in recent years, and more professionals than ever before are pursuing their MBAs in cyberspace. What they often find there, however, is a confusing, crowded marketplace. Online MBA and other postgraduate degrees are booming, with hundreds of universities and for-profit institutions offering programs of varying types and quality worldwide. Students who choose traditional research universities can't help but ask: does an Internet-based MBA program offer the same level of excellence -- and carry the same cache after graduation -- as its on-campus sibling?
Corporate Culture as a Road Map to Success
Everyone knows the legendary success stories of corporate culture -- Southwest Airlines comes immediately to mind -- but research has not been able to pin down exactly how culture influences financial performance. Researchers at the W. P. Carey School of Business set out to find the link. The answer, they discovered, was in the realization that there is no one simple path leading from cultural values to outcomes. The reality is much more complex: The connection between corporate culture and financial success is actually indirect.
