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Green MBA Success: Meet Adam D. Granz, Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Willdan Energy Solutions

Before getting into energy efficiency, Adam D. Ganz worked in real estate. Since getting his MBA, Adam has taken on the role of Energy Efficiency Program Manager at Willdan Energy Solutions. Read about how he changed his career path to a green one with an MBA in sustainability.READ»

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Business School Ethics, The Clinton Global Initiative Way

"Everything has changed in society, except the classroom," says Vicky Colbert, founder of Escuela Nueva, at the Clinton Global Initiative earlier this week. While the rest of the world has begun to close the antiquated gap between ...READ»

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The Business School of Happiness or the Happiness School of Business?

Happiness is a choice, Dian and Tom Griesel say--one they can help you make with their Business School of Happiness.READ»

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"Happiness at Work"...Yes, Really--Q&A with Author, Srikumar S. Rao

When I was given the opportunity to interview Srikumar S. Rao, Ph.D., author of the new book, Happiness at Work, I jumped for a couple of reasons.  First,  I’d been hearing about the “Creativity and Personal Mastery” ...READ»

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A Test Prep Track That Serves You Well by Zeke Lee

A common trend to get ahead in the race to accomplish a superior GMAT score has seen GMAT aspirants spend thousands of dollars on books and resorting to expensive test prep sources like Kaplan and Princeton. But why expend on books ...READ»

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Gaming is Serious Business (even at IBM)

How Phaedra Boinodiris turned IBM on to Video GamesREAD»

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MBA, Your Green Card To Brilliance by Zeke Lee

The job market has become more stringent than before in today's precariously uncertain economic situation. Today it requires more than a mere graduate qualification to catch the eye of employers who are now looking to hire those with ...READ»

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Top 5 Green MBA College Programs in the US

What is a green MBA and how can you make it work for you? These top 5 green MBA colleges will show you how...READ»

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iTunes App Market shows GMAT Pill Application

'Time is money' ... and not just for Gates and Buffets and Obamas of the planet; but even for someone who, lets say, is entering and preparing for GMAT.By leaps and bounds, technology has outdone hopes. It is now possible to ...READ»

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GMAT Exam Preparation: Sentence Correction by Zeke Lee

The GMAT is an extensive exam that challenges student abilities in subjects of Mathematics, English sentence structure, understanding and reasoning. It would not be reckless to believe the English grammar section of the test to be ...READ»

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An Analysis of Problem Solving content on GMAT Exam by Zeke Lee

The GMAT or Graduate Management Admission Test is a basic deciding factor for admission acceptance to all Business Schools and schools of management. Designed to try the various skill sets like principal Mathematics, use of English ...READ»

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Kara Rosenfeldt

Kara Rosenfeldt was born in Fulton Maryland and completed high school at River Hill High School. She received her  B.S. degree in business at the University of Maryland. She received her MBA degree Tulane University in ...READ»

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shirleyf456

Shelly Green was born in Chandler AZ and completed high school at Chandler High School. She received her B.S. degree in business at the Arizona State University. She received his MBA degree at the University of Colorado in finance.She ...READ»

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MBA

Due to the economy, there has been a decrease in the amount of people seeking to obtain their MBA degree.  The decline may be due to the financial reason as the cost to obtain an MBA is expensive.  However, the return in the ...READ»

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Creating a Valuable Network of Business Relationships

“We all exist within this complex network of human development. Today, the human network’s reach and complexity have nearly exceeded our ability to understand what we are creating and how it affects us.” We have emerged from a period of excess and frivolity, where objects and things...READ»

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Dow 10,000 and 10% Unemployment: A Dangerous Reciprocity That Signals Need for Change

Recently, both the Dow and the unemployment rate almost simultaneously broke historical milestones, one good (Dow 10,000) and one bad (unemployment 10%). The lock step ascent of these two metrics has continued since the beginning of ...READ»

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Time To Reconsider Executive Education Courtesy of the Recession

As a result of the recession many organizations have instituted staff reductions and reorganizations at the management levels. In doing so, leaders have an opportune time to rethink management structure, leadership styles and involvement in executive education.READ»

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Cambridge Business School Moves to Topyx for Learning Platform

Executive MBA students at the University of Cambridge will be using an application from Interactyx that combines elements of a course management system with social networking. Over the next two years students in Cambridge's Judge Business School will be working with Topyx eLearning.READ»

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MBA Program Trashed on Harvard Business Podcast

What does it take to create an outstanding leader? Apparently, not a Harvard MBA. Based on a study by Henry Mintzberg of 19 Harvard trained CEOs identified as superstars in 1990, ten were outright failures and another four are mediocre at best. Only five of the 19 seemed to be doing all right. This year alone, another 150,000 MBA's step into leadership positions in corporate America. How do MBA's become leaders we can trust?READ»

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Looking to Hire the Most Creative Employees? Find the Candidates Who Lived Abroad

Cartoon Character by Tourist Republic Businesses battle to hire creative, productive employees. Management gurus have been happy to indulge that trend, offering all manner of "creativity courses." What if you ...READ»

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Time To Scrap the MBA to Prepare Leaders?

Few MBA programs or executive training programs adequately address the crux of developing leaders.Business school or executive training programs should focus more on developing individuals' personal growth with an emphasis on values, emotional intelligence and ethical behavior in business.READ»

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The Pan-Disciplinary Future of Creative Employment

Creatives today need to be "superpeople" who can write, be personable and--gasp!--talk finance as well. That's the takeaway from a panel of design professionals convened at SXSW by Coroflot, the design jobs site well-known ...READ»

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When MBAs Speak

Like it or not, MBAs influence a lot of what happens in the world.  They run major companies.  They lead innovative startups. They build the business plans and crunch the numbers that fuel a lot of our economy and culture. I ...READ»

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MBS vs MBA

MBA is a great program, but CEOs and Managers must "speak" MBS to lead their organizations.READ»

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MBA Media and Entertainment Conference

We all know MBAs love to network, and here’s yet another chance for business school students to hobnob with top-level executives, this time in media, sports and entertainment. Jeff Zucker, president and CEO of NBC Universal, and ...READ»