Desautels Faculty of Management

Desautels Faculty of Management
Motto Beyond Business As Usual
Established 1906[1]
Endowment $1.37 billion (parent)
Dean Morty Yalovsky (interim)[2]
Academic staff
 97 (professors) [3]
Students 2,797 (2010-11) [4]
Undergraduates 2307 [4]
Postgraduates 490 [4]
Location Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Alumni 22,000 [3]
Affiliations McGill University
Website http://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/

The Desautels Faculty of Management is a faculty of McGill University. The faculty offers a range of undergraduate and graduate-level business programs including the Bachelor of Commerce, Master of Business Administration, and Doctor of Philosophy in management degrees and maintains teaching facilities in Montreal and Tokyo. It also offers a joint MD/MBA program with the Faculty of Medicine and a joint MBA/Law program with the Faculty of Law.

History

The Bronfman Building

Officially founded in 1906 as the Department of Commerce within the Faculty of Arts, the Faculty of Management originated from a two-year commerce program.[5] The Commerce program is named the School of Commerce, and the first Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degrees are awarded by McGill in 1915. The McGill School of Commerce was founded in 1920, independent of the Faculty of Arts. The faculty expanded in 1968 by incorporating the Graduate School of Business Administration which graduated McGill's first MBA class in 1963.

The Faculty of Management are in the Samuel Bronfman Building (built in 1972). The joint MBA/Law program received approval in 1978 and applications begin in 1979. In the 1980s, the Faculty established the Management Science Research Centre, Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies, Centre for Strategy Studies in Organizations, and Centre for International Management Studies. The Faculty also launched the Applied Investments Program, which was the first program of its kind in Canada.[1]

The McGill Institute of Marketing (MIM) was launched in 1992. In 1996, three new programs were established: the International Masters Program in Practicing Management (IMPM), the Joint MD/MBA program, and, in conjunction with the Faculty of Engineering, the Masters in Manufacturing Management (MMM). In 1998, the Faculty launched the MBA Japan program, the first Canadian degree program offered in Japan.[1]

In 2005, the Faculty of Management was named in honor of Marcel Desautels, a retired executive from the credit reference industry, who made several gifts of more than $32 million total to the faculty.[6] The Desmarais Global Finance Research Centre, made possible by a donation from the Desmarais family, was also established.[6] In 2007, Marcel Desautels received an honorary McGill doctorate in recognition of his outstanding contributions to business education. In July 2008, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the highest civilian honours bestowed by the Canadian government.[6]

In January 2012 the second floor of the Bronfman building reopened as the new "Business Intelligence Centre," featuring a trading room sponsored by the Desjardins Group.[7]

Undergraduate programs

The faculty offers the Bachelor of Commerce and currently offers 12 different majors, 13 different concentrations, 4 different honours, and 3 different minors as part of the BCom degree.[8] The BCom degree typically consists of 90 credits (for CEGEP students or students with sufficient advanced standing credits) or 120 credits (for all other students).[9] All BCom students (except for certain major/honours programs) take a 36 credit Management Core curriculum in a variety of business disciplines.[10] Undergraduate students may go on an exchange at over 70 different universities in the world[11] and the Faculty offers an international summer program for visiting undergraduates.[12] Undergraduate students in other faculties at McGill can elect to do a minor within Desautels.[13]

Graduate programs

The faculty graduate-level business programs include the Master of Business Administration, Doctor of Philosophy in management degrees, and other programs. The faculty also offers joint programs with the Faculties of Law and Medicine.

MBA

The Full-Time MBA is a two-year program. Students can concentrate in Finance, Marketing, Global Strategy & Leardership, Technology & Innovation Management, and choose over 50 electives courses. The 2011 class had an average age of 28, 5 years of experience and a GMAT score of 670.[14] In 2010-2011, 21% of the graduating class was employed in consulting, 37% in finance, and the average total compensation was CDN$112,000 [15] A part-time MBA program is also offered.[16]

The Faculty also offers a separate MBA Japan Program at Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo.[17] The program includes an Integrated Core curriculum consisting for four modules (Business Tools, Managing Resources and Value Creation, Markets and Globalization, Global Leadership) as well as an international study trip to McGill's main campus in Montreal.

Other Programs

  • EMBA
  • Master in Manufacturing Management (MMM)
  • Graduate Certificate in Professional Accounting (GCPA Program)
  • International Masters for Health Leadership
  • International Masters in Practicing Management (IMPM)
  • Advanced Leadership Program (ALP)
  • PhD Program

Executive Education

The McGill Executive Institute provides a variety of public business seminars as well as custom executive education and coaching for all levels of management.[18] Founded in 1956, the Institute has a full-time staff of learning design and program managers working with professors at McGill’s Faculties of Management, Law, Arts, Education and Medicine, external guest experts in specific fields, as well as visiting professors from universities worldwide. The Institute’s clientele includes businesses, not-for-profit organizations and government/public sector services.

Research Centres

The eight on-campus Research Centres and the three Business Consortia include:[19]

Admission

Desautels Faculty of Management is known for its high standard of admission, with less than 10% of its applicants being accepted.[20] The minimum entering grade was 93%.[21]

Student Life

The Management Undergraduate Society (MUS) represents all full and part-time undergraduate students enrolled at the Desautels Faculty of Management.[22] There are over 35 MUS committees and 11 MUS clubs that organize student activities every year.[22] The MUS also offers six student services and academic representation to the faculty and the university. The Bull & Bear is Desautel’s student-run campus news magazine operates on an unpaid basis by an editorial team of 12 members and a staff of approximately 75.[23]

Desautels has been host to the McGill Management International Case Competition, an international business case competition, since 2001.[24] Students from McGill and universities across the globe compete to solve a multi-disciplinary business case judged by a panel composed of 12 company representatives from a variety of fields.[25] The competition is held over a duration of 5 days and traditionally comprises social, networking, tourism and educational activities. The faculty also fields students team to compete in various other national and global case competitions, such as Jeux du Commerce, Financial Open, Happening Marketing, and other university case competitions around the world.[26]

The faculty is also host to several student-run consulting organizations. The McGill Not-For-Profit Consulting is a student run consulting initiative for nonprofit organizations.[27] The program, in partnership with McKinsey, matches McGill students with nonprofit organizations in the Montreal community to work on proposals to improve some aspect of their operations.[28] Junior Enterprise Desautels, in partnership with The Boston Consulting Group and the first of its kind in North America, and Accent on the Community, in partnership with Accenture, are also similar programs at Desautels.[29][30]

Desautels Capital Management (DCM), founded in 2009, is Canada’s first university-owned, incorporated, student-run registered investment firm.[31] Undergraduate and MBA students as part of the Honours in Investment Management program manage over $3 million in its Global Equity and Fixed Income funds.[32] DCM is one of the few student run investment firms in the world authorized to attract outside money from external investors.

The Dobson Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies hosts the annual McGill Dobson Cup. Teams composed of McGill students, faculty, alumnus, and the general population pitch their start-up ideas to seasoned experts for feedback, mentorship, and a chance to win up to $100,000 in start-up capital.[33] The McGill Dobson Cup has attracted over 1000 innovators and helped create 97 start-ups and approximately 500 jobs.[34]

Rankings

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 anonymous. "History". mcgill.ca.
  2. ↑ anonymous. "Meet Interim Dean Morty Yalovsky". mcgill.ca.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Desautels Faculty of Management (2011). "Quick Facts". McGill University. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Desautels Faculty of Management". McGill University. Retrieved 2012-01-27.
  5. ↑ History | Desautels. mcgill.ca
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 anonymous. "Marcel Desautels". mcgill.ca.
  7. ↑ Financial Post Staff (11 February 2011). "McGill’s Desautels given $1-million for state-of-the-art trading room - Financial Post". Financial Post.
  8. ↑ anonymous. "Majors, Concentrations, Honours and Minors". mcgill.ca.
  9. ↑ anonymous. "Program structure". mcgill.ca.
  10. ↑ anonymous. "Management Core". mcgill.ca.
  11. ↑ anonymous. "International Exchange Program". mcgill.ca.
  12. ↑ anonymous. "International Summer Program for Visiting Undergraduates". mcgill.ca.
  13. ↑ anonymous. "Minors for Non-Management Students". mcgill.ca.
  14. ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/mba/student-life/class
  15. ↑ http://www.mcgill.ca/desautels/career/mba/data
  16. ↑ anonymous. "Professional Part-time MBA". mcgill.ca.
  17. ↑ "Program - McGill MBA Japan". McGill MBA Japan.
  18. ↑ "Home - McGill Executive Institute". mcgill.ca.
  19. ↑ anonymous. "Research centres". mcgill.ca.
  20. ↑ "ImpactReport_Flipbook_Nov5". mcgill.ca.
  21. ↑ anonymous. "Admission standards (Ontario High School)". mcgill.ca.
  22. ↑ 22.0 22.1 "Governance". musonline.com.
  23. ↑ "About Us". bullandbearmcgill.com.
  24. ↑ "McGill Management International Case Competition". McGill Management International Case Competition.
  25. ↑ "New Case Competition Attracts Top Schools". poetsandquants.com.
  26. ↑ "About Us". musonline.com.
  27. ↑ anonymous. "McGill Not-For-Profit Consulting". mcgill.ca.
  28. ↑ "Profit not the only motive among today's business school students – social concerns on their minds". The Globe and Mail.
  29. ↑ "jed-consulting". jed-consulting.
  30. ↑ "Accent on the Community". consultingmcgill.com.
  31. ↑ "Company". mcgill.ca.
  32. ↑ CB Staff. "MBA students: Head of the (asset) class". Canadian Business - Your Source For Business News.
  33. ↑ ,Andrea Courey. "Hope and hustle at McGill University Dobson Cup competition". www.montrealgazette.com.
  34. ↑ anonymous. "McGill Dobson Cup (MDC)". mcgill.ca.
  35. ↑ "North America - Global 200 Business Schools Report 2013/14 - TopMBA.com". TopMBA.com.
  36. ↑ "University and business school ranking in 5 Palmes". eduniversal-ranking.com.
  37. ↑ "Rankings: The Global 100".
  38. ↑ "MBA 2013 » Las Mejores Escuelas de Negocios Globales 2013". americaeconomia.com. Archived from the original on 1 January 2014.
  39. ↑ "2013 Top 30 results". Corporate Knights.
  40. ↑ Kurt Badenhausen. "#7 McGill University's Desautels Faculty of Management - In Photos: The Most Satisfied Non-U.S. B-School Graduates". Forbes.
  41. ↑ "McGill University: Desautels Faculty of Management - Full-Time MBA Profile - Businessweek". Businessweek.com. Archived from the original on 29 November 2013.

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