Canadian Business Schools Struggle in Latest Financial Times MBA Rankings
The newest batch of rankings from the Financial Times has been revealed, and the results aren’t very encouraging if you’re a Canadian business school. In fact, only three schools out of Canada’s 22 Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) accredited schools made the 2017 ranking of the world’s best full-time MBA programs. Continue reading…
Hot MBA Jobs: Public Relations Manager
If you’re reading this, it’s likely you know that doing business is as much an art as it is a science. When a company develops a new product or platform to address the increasingly unpredictable demands of the marketplace, the public often needs a container—an image, a vague feeling—in order to connect with the company’s ethos and ultimately buy into what’s being sold.
Smith School Professor Chimes in On Recent Tax Court Ruling
According to the Wall Street Journal, a recent tax court overruling of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) marks “a big win for all MBA students”, in a decision that “should embolden more students enrolled in MBA programs across the country to deduct their tuition — especially if they are getting an executive MBA.” But Samuel Handwerger, an accounting professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, doesn’t necessarily agree with the Journal’s sentiment. Continue reading…
Smith School Issues Summer Reading List For 2016
Each year, faculty and administrators from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business puts out a list of their favorite books in the “Top-10 Summer Reading List for Business Leaders” for 2016.
This is the 13th year of reading recommendations from the Smith School, so if you’re heading off to business school as an MBA or you are already climbing up the corporate ladder, these books will keep you up-to-date on current trends. Here are a few of the books that made the list, you can find the full list here. Continue reading…
