<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465</id><updated>2012-02-16T01:21:48.890-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Business Bum</title><subtitle type='html'>Some of us are beach bums, I am a business bum...

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Ce blogue est consacré à tout ce qui touche les entreprises.  Il est fortement recommendé de flâner et faire des commentaires.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>37</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-3845564869728475000</id><published>2009-05-07T06:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-05-07T06:42:04.287-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Loblaw, again....</title><content type='html'>In the news today: Loblaw Cos. Ltd. (TSX: L.TO) power to a 73 per cent profit increase in the first three months of 2009. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Canada's largest supermarket operator said Tuesday its net earnings climbed to $109 million for the quarter ended March 28, up from a year-earlier profit of $63 million. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Its share price gained more than eight per cent on the news. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well there you go.  It's great news to learn that a large company is able to post profits in this time of financial difficulties.  However, it's worrisome that these profits can be attributed to non-ethical and grossly irresponsible tactical moves.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the tip of the iceberg. More and more companies are gonna sweep under the carpet most of their socially responsible investments and green projects will be put on the backburner. It's no time to invest in a career in sustainable business solutions.  It's time to study business processes and optimization models.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sad.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-3845564869728475000?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/3845564869728475000/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=3845564869728475000' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3845564869728475000'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3845564869728475000'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/05/loblaw-again.html' title='Loblaw, again....'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-8348298098720663328</id><published>2009-04-27T08:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T10:50:00.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Je boycotte les épiceries du groupe Loblaws, et vous?</title><content type='html'>Hier, il était annoncé que les gouvernements du Québec et du Canada accordent 192 millions de dollars pour le secteur agricole et alimentaire, pour le rendre plus compétitif, plus innovant et surtout pour offrir plus de débouchés à des producteurs malmenés par la globalisation, la crise financière et les nouvelles habitudes alimentaires des consommateurs. À qui va aller cet argent?  Nos petits producteurs déjà plus durement touchés par la crise vont-ils en profiter?  Surtout, cet argent fera t'il une différence alors que le secteur privé fait tout pour consolider et centraliser la production au détriment de choix éthiques et environnementaux?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En effet, il y a quelques semaines l'un des plus gros clients de ce secteur, le groupe Loblaw a décidé &lt;strong&gt;d'empêcher les épiceries de son groupe de s'approvisionner localement&lt;/strong&gt;.  Tout devra désormais passer par les grands centres de distribution.  De plus les producteurs devront supporter des coûts supplémentaires pour faire accréditer leurs produits.  En clair, si vous aviez l'habitude d'aller au Provigo du coin car certains fruits, légumes ou fromages étaient toujours frais, il va falloir y repenser.  De plus, on peut facilement imaginer la perte de qualité inhérente à une telle décision. Prenons un exemple: le Loblaws de Granby est aux portes d'une des plus riches régions fromagères du Québec. En tant que producteur de fromage, si je veux continuer de vendre mon fromage de chèvre au Loblaws je vais devoir d'abord l'expédier par la route au centre le plus proche (vraisemblablement à Laval) pour qu'ensuite ces mêmes fromages reviennent à quelques encablures de leur lieu de production.  Le concept de fraîcheur devient très relatif (pour d'autres exemples voyez un &lt;a href="http://www.chefs.ca/feuille_chou/presse/archives/actualite1.html"&gt;article de l'Actualité &lt;/a&gt;de 2004).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une fois de plus, au Canada, nous oublions à quel point les enjeux environnementaux sont complexes.  Si le concept de kilométrage alimentaire vous intéresse, je vous conseille cet &lt;a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/vivre/consommation/200904/27/01-850783-pour-la-planete-manger-local-ou-vege.php"&gt; article de Stéphanie Bérubé&lt;/a&gt; et le &lt;a href="http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6064?emc=el&amp;m=227941&amp;l=4&amp;v=91ec374e75"&gt;rapport du Worldwatch Institute&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Loblaw contrôle près du tiers du marché de l’alimentation au détail au Canada et opère sous diverses bannières dont Maxi et Provigo. La semaine dernière le groupe était montré du doigt pour ce que je prendrai la liberté d'appeler du greenwashing:  Le groupe a annoncé fièrement que désormais les sacs de plastique seraient vendus à 5 sous l'unité.  Excellente motivation pour les rebelles qui refusent toujours de comprendre à quel point les &lt;a href="http://www.eausecours.org/public/Pollution/plastique/a007.htm"&gt;sacs d'épicerie en plastique polluent &lt;/a&gt; et formidable source de revenus additionnelle pour Loblaw.  Non seulement les épiceries du groupe vont encaisser les 5 sous mais en plus nombre de consommateurs vont préférer acheter les sacs réutilisables facturés plus cher.  Certains, comme Rona ou la SAQ, ont choisi de reverser 100% de ces revenus à des fondations luttant pour l'environnement. Pas Loblaw!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le groupe a annoncé fièrement qu'il fairait "un don" au WWF-Canada.  C'est l'exemple type du trop peu-trop tard.  Sous couvert de volonté environnementale, Loblaw va en fait mettre encore plus d'argent (il y a fort à parier que la vente des sacs jetables ou réutilisables génèrera beaucoup plus que les 3 millions promis) dans ses propre poches et non pas dans celles de groupes environnementaux qui au Canada ne survivent que grâce aux dons privés et dont les sources de financement se sont singulièrement taries depuis le début de la crise financière (voir l'excellent &lt;a href="http://is.gd/uTeK"&gt;article de François Cardinal &lt;/a&gt;de La Presse pour plus de détails).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je boycotte les enseignes du groupe dès à présent (et je suis tenace, j'ai boycotté Wal-Mart pendant 4 ans sans aucune rechute) et je vous encourage à en faire autant si l'environnement vous importe, la qualité de votre alimentation vous préoccupe et si en général vous n'aimez pas être traité en consommateur imbécile.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Avec quelques collègues et amis concernés, nous avons créé une &lt;a href="http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/boycottLoblaws"&gt;pétition sur internet&lt;/a&gt;.  Signez là et encouragez ceux autour de vous à faire de même.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-8348298098720663328?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/8348298098720663328/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=8348298098720663328' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8348298098720663328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8348298098720663328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/je-boycotte-les-epiceries-du-groupe.html' title='Je boycotte les épiceries du groupe Loblaws, et vous?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-8459698082687139978</id><published>2009-04-24T11:09:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-30T07:23:24.999-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Laissons les étudiants de HEC gérer les fonds de la Caisse</title><content type='html'>Certains moments ont un parfum de sucre.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cette &lt;a href="http://lapresseaffaires.cyberpresse.ca/economie/quebec/200904/24/01-849805-des-etudiants-des-hec-battent-la-caisse.php?utm_source=bulletinLPA&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=retention"&gt;semaine dans La Presse &lt;/a&gt;et hier à Radio-Canada: les étudiants de HEC Montréal se sont mieux débrouillés que les gestionnaires de la Caisse pour gérer les millions de dollars de Standard Life.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Martin Boyer, le prof qui les supervise propose à la Caisse les services de ses étudiants en garantissant même les résultats. Hmmm, croyons nous vraiment que ces braves gens vont le prendre au mot?  Martin Boyer dit ne se faire aucune illusion, Eh bien &lt;strong&gt;il serait temps que le gouvernement provincial bouge ses grosse miches et  impose ce choix&lt;/strong&gt;.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Les gestionnaires de la caisse se sont montré incompétents.  Il n'y a aucun doute à ce sujet.  C'est l'argent des contribuables québécois. Il devrait être géré intelligemment et efficacement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Non seulement la logique économique derrière une telle décision est inattaquable mais, de plus, la Caisse remplirait un peu plus son mandat (extrait de leur &lt;a href="http://www.lacaisse.com/fr/responsabilite/Pages/responsabilite.aspx"&gt;site internet&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;"La responsabilité d’entreprise de la Caisse se manifeste à travers les diverses facettes de son métier d’investisseur :&lt;br /&gt;- Adoption d’une politique d’investissement responsable en janvier 2005 &lt;br /&gt;- Souscription aux Principes d’investissement responsable de l'ONU le 27 avril 2006 &lt;br /&gt;- Adhésion au Carbon Disclosure Project pour responsabiliser les entreprises face aux gaz à effet de serre le 4 octobre 2006 &lt;br /&gt;- Allocation de 3 % de la masse salariale à la formation des employés annuellement"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bref, il n'y a strictement rien d'intéressant ni d'innovant dans ces engagements,  juste le minimum requis pour ne pas être trop emm....é.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est à nous, les victimes directes de l'incompétence des gestionnaires de la Caisse, d'exiger que ce soient des gestionnaires qui ont prouvés leur résultats, les étudiants de martin Boyer, qui désormais gèrent ces fonds.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-8459698082687139978?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/8459698082687139978/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=8459698082687139978' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8459698082687139978'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8459698082687139978'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/laissons-les-etudiants-de-hec-gerer-les.html' title='Laissons les étudiants de HEC gérer les fonds de la Caisse'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-1967913028366297662</id><published>2009-04-21T11:26:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-21T11:31:31.327-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Social media and marketing</title><content type='html'>So you are on facebook and/or MySpace, you linkedin, twitt, blog, maybe also Qik and probably been Wiki once or thrice... but what for?  Here is an &lt;a href="http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2208"&gt;interesting article &lt;/a&gt;on Knowledge@Wharton about why we should care to market ourselves through social medias. Or check out a Guerilla marketing class on Edufire.com.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I have discovered Knol @Google and I must say I'm dumbfounded. If you see how it is different from, and an improvement on, Wikipedia and Blogger, give me a holler. I'm lost. Must be age!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-1967913028366297662?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/1967913028366297662/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=1967913028366297662' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1967913028366297662'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1967913028366297662'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/social-media-and-marketing.html' title='Social media and marketing'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-7883737518492691852</id><published>2009-04-20T09:59:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-20T10:10:02.261-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bourse du Carbone - la pire des mauvaises idées</title><content type='html'>J'ai longtemps pensé, à l'encontre de nombres d'experts, que le concept de bourse au carbone est une mauvaise idée.  Nous créons là un marché littéralement basé sur de l'air.  Soi disant cette bourse devra être sévèrement encadrée si on veut qu'elle livre les bienfaits entrevus. Nous avons vu maintes fois ces denières années comme les bourses sont "sévèrement encadrées" et nous en payons tous chèrement les conséquences.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le pire est à venir et ce grâce à l'attentisme des politiciens canadiens.  Contrairement à ce que pense &lt;a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/le-soleil/actualites/environnement/200904/19/01-848227-la-bourse-ou-la-vie.php"&gt;Eric Moreault du Soleil&lt;/a&gt;, il n'est pas trop tard pour bien faire mais notre inaction aura des conséquences désastreuses et nous nous enlignons vers d'autres scandales financiers dans les 5 ans. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nous pourrons alors remercier les gouvernements libéraux qui n'ont rien fait ainsi que les conservateurs pour leur aveuglement chronique des vrais enjeux environnementaux.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-7883737518492691852?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/7883737518492691852/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=7883737518492691852' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7883737518492691852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7883737518492691852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/bourse-du-carbone-la-pire-des-mauvaises.html' title='Bourse du Carbone - la pire des mauvaises idées'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-5905081225126571903</id><published>2009-04-12T20:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-12T20:23:12.735-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Considering new criteria for business school selection</title><content type='html'>So we went through this and a lot of my students will go through it too in the coming years: selecting the right business school.  Whether it's for a BCom or MBA or (God forbid, a PhD), we have a long list of criteria we use to select the right school.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Often students come for advice and frankly my only answer is: go where they will pay you.  Indeed, financing is the one most important variable that determines if you will finish or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I discovered another important one that I have neglected all these years before making big decisions: which business school has a &lt;span style="font-weight:bold;"&gt;sense of humor&lt;/span&gt;?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a bunch of &lt;a href="http://www.zug.com/pranks/harvard-vs-mit/index02.html"&gt;people who found out&lt;/a&gt; that indeed Harvard people do not have a sense of humor.... &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hmmm, wonder how my school would fare....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-5905081225126571903?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/5905081225126571903/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=5905081225126571903' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/5905081225126571903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/5905081225126571903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/considering-new-criteria-for-business.html' title='Considering new criteria for business school selection'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-7268923923193792792</id><published>2009-04-08T06:32:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-08T06:41:20.764-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Qu'est-ce que la gouvernance?</title><content type='html'>En des temps de scandales financiers tout aussi multiples que variés (Madoff, les subprimes, etc.), beaucoup se demandent à quoi servent les conseils d'administration et autres organismes de vérification.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ces dirigeants qui se font prendre la main dans le sac sont-ils des imbéciles ou juste des pions tentant de survivre dans un système bien huilé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Êtes vous à l'abri dans votre organisation?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voici un petit extrait indiquant les trois causes principales d'un des derniers scandales financiers (légèrement modifié afin de ne pas tuer le suspense). À votre avis, de quelle organisation s'agit-il?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;  &lt;em&gt;Une mauvaise gestion des projets par X. Celui-ci a notamment proposé ces projets sans se soucier d’obtenir les garanties suffisantes quant à leur financement et une analyse sérieuse de leur rentabilité. Il en a confié la réalisation à deux gestionnaires, le Directeur aux ressources humaines (DRH) et le directeur des investissements (DI), qui n’ont pas rempli adéquatement leur rôle. Ni X  ni ces deux gestionnaires ne se sont préoccupés de l’impact de ces projets sur la situation financière de leur organisation&lt;br /&gt;  Une attitude irrespectueuse de la part de X, du DRH et du DI à l’égard des autres divisions. Ceux-ci ont manqué de transparence et ont fourni une information incomplète et souvent inexacte à ces instances; ils les ont aussi pressés pour obtenir des décisions rapides ou encore ils les ont mis devant des faits accomplis. Ce comportement a certainement réduit la capacité des instances à jouer pleinement leur rôle. &lt;br /&gt; Une gouvernance déficiente par le conseil d’administration (CA) et son comité de vérification. Ces instances n’ont pas rempli adéquatement leurs responsabilités, ce qui ne leur a pas permis d’empêcher ou de limiter les déboires financiers découlant des projets soumis par X.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-7268923923193792792?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/7268923923193792792/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=7268923923193792792' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7268923923193792792'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7268923923193792792'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2009/04/quest-ce-que-la-gouvernance.html' title='Qu&apos;est-ce que la gouvernance?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-2861854473263277591</id><published>2008-11-08T06:10:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-08T06:16:01.990-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Entre perception et réalité</title><content type='html'>De plus en plus nous assistons à un revirement d'image sur la responsabilité sociale corporative.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Entre les chefs d'entreprise qui veulent changer leur manière de faire mais se font taper sur les doigts au moindre faux pas et ceux qui veulent apaiser leurs actionnaires qui réclament des dividendes ET des programmes de développement durable, mon coeur balance!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À voir: un &lt;a href="http://blogs.bnet.com/ethics/?p=248"&gt;sondage&lt;/a&gt; intéressant de bnet.com sur les entreprises "percues" comme socialement responsables.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-2861854473263277591?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/2861854473263277591/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=2861854473263277591' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2861854473263277591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2861854473263277591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/11/entre-perception-et-ralit.html' title='Entre perception et réalité'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-6467377124031941558</id><published>2008-10-28T06:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T07:02:16.329-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sustainability is out the door</title><content type='html'>I have said it numerous times: Sustainability is a fading fad.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for any management fad, most of us refuse to see it as such as long as we're in the middle of it. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Proof in case: A Forbes &lt;a href="http://www.forbes.com/2008/10/16/csr-doesnt-pay-lead-corprespons08-cx_dv_1016vogel.html"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; (thanks Pat for forwarding it) that dares to be un-PC in its portrayal of sustainability.  Read the article by this Vogel, a prof from Berkeley and do read the comments....&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-6467377124031941558?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/6467377124031941558/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=6467377124031941558' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/6467377124031941558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/6467377124031941558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/10/sustainability-is-out-door.html' title='Sustainability is out the door'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-8239099223598799205</id><published>2008-10-28T06:21:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-28T06:24:29.528-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chew on that one</title><content type='html'>Wikipedia has an extensive &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_social_responsibility"&gt;article on CSR&lt;/a&gt;.... check it out&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-8239099223598799205?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/8239099223598799205/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=8239099223598799205' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8239099223598799205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8239099223598799205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/10/chew-on-that-one.html' title='Chew on that one'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-561222751601519395</id><published>2008-02-23T10:45:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-02-23T10:47:41.085-08:00</updated><title type='text'>When you need the silliness</title><content type='html'>Give it a try. I was laughing so hard it actually brought tears to my eyes...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.djron.com/jokes/newname.html"&gt;Find your new name&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-561222751601519395?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/561222751601519395/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=561222751601519395' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/561222751601519395'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/561222751601519395'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/02/when-you-need-silliness.html' title='When you need the silliness'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4096034848921456227</id><published>2008-01-15T15:52:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-15T16:01:02.937-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Finally, we are going to stop giving</title><content type='html'>In the last Africa issue of &lt;a href="http://www.vanityfair.com"&gt;Vanity Fair&lt;/a&gt;, a great writer summonned Westerners to stop reducing African countries to charity cases.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Indeed, "giving" does more harm then good.  Fortunately our society now knows what microfinancing is.  Now &lt;a href="http://www.kiva.org"&gt;Kiva&lt;/a&gt; helps you get int the heart of it and become a microfinancer yourself.  This may be more interesting and satisfying than &lt;a href="http://www.theupdown.com"&gt;faking stock market investing&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So go along and loan.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4096034848921456227?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4096034848921456227/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4096034848921456227' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4096034848921456227'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4096034848921456227'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/01/finally-we-are-going-to-stop-giving.html' title='Finally, we are going to stop giving'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-194760841608287300</id><published>2008-01-13T14:19:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-13T14:41:10.486-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Do you like porn?</title><content type='html'>Last Thursday. Your usual strategy class.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I talk about companies' vision and mission statements and after a dozen different examples and a look at a few websites I decide to go on American Apparel's website.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Well, that just got us ahead on the game theory lecture: we got Tits for tat on the large screen.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Great.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I say tits I mean it literally: full size pic of a young woman half naked in a more than suggestive pose. Not too classy. But then again that's American Apparel. They don't do soft porn like Calvin Klein, they're more Hustler types.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is 2008 and companies still feel they need to use sex to sell. Even though we are inundated by sex, they still use it.  Considering how AmAp same store numbers sales have gone down in the past year, they may want to rethink their positioning altogether.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now that's the problem with porn, it's like chocolate.  Too much of it just...kills it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Even if it rocks your boat, you can't be rocking all day, everyday, that's just a one way ticket to getting sea-sick...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But porn is everywhere in our pro-consuming society. I discovered a new kind of porn: food porn! Big zoomed pics of mouth-watering stuff. &lt;a href="http://www.tastespotting.com"&gt;Check it out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But watch out! too much may have you feeling a tad queasy&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-194760841608287300?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/194760841608287300/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=194760841608287300' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/194760841608287300'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/194760841608287300'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/01/do-you-like-porn.html' title='Do you like porn?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-641253969101302740</id><published>2008-01-11T22:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-11T22:07:24.963-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Cool website</title><content type='html'>Here is one &lt;a href="http://www.theyrule.net"&gt;cool website&lt;/a&gt; to understand "the incestuous" relationships of large companies' directors.  Give it a little time to load and play around with it.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-641253969101302740?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/641253969101302740/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=641253969101302740' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/641253969101302740'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/641253969101302740'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/01/cool-website.html' title='Cool website'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-1573124735056206497</id><published>2008-01-06T17:17:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-01-06T17:23:38.514-08:00</updated><title type='text'>L'annee commence bien...</title><content type='html'>Intel fait très fort en se retirant du projet One Laptop (&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/intel-withdraws-from-one-laptop-per-child-program/2008/01/04/1198950059847.html"&gt;Voir article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Si je vois encore un essai de standardisation a la noix je vais vomir (voir &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/jan2008/tc2008014_928006.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_top+story"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et enfin, cerise sur le gateau, Businessweek nous fait une liste de ce qui n'Arrivera pas: (voir http://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif&lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/dec2007/db20071226_465312.htm?chan=rss_topStories_ssi_5"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En esperant pour des jours meilleurs...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-1573124735056206497?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/1573124735056206497/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=1573124735056206497' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1573124735056206497'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1573124735056206497'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2008/01/lannee-commence-bien.html' title='L&apos;annee commence bien...'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-6173924228232514835</id><published>2007-12-12T14:15:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-12-12T14:19:14.365-08:00</updated><title type='text'>I heart web 2.0</title><content type='html'>check out those guys: &lt;a href="http://www.uneetee.com/category/collections.asp"&gt;Unetee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and the always fabulous &lt;a href="http://geeksugar.com/"&gt;sugar network&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You want the idea of the decade to make money? Find web-2.0-ways of having others do your work and pay them nothing!!!  Up to now only tenured professors could do that with students.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-6173924228232514835?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/6173924228232514835/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=6173924228232514835' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/6173924228232514835'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/6173924228232514835'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/12/i-heart-web-20.html' title='I heart web 2.0'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-1293092271836475536</id><published>2007-11-25T18:28:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-25T18:34:54.028-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Oops, he did it again!</title><content type='html'>There it is. Harper convinced the Commonwealth that Kyoto is a thing of the past and that no one should be constrained by GHG emissions limits.  WoW! He also managed to congratulate himself for "bringing the US to discuss environmental issues" and congratulated himself for everything his government has done to attack the problem of global warming.  Check out the &lt;a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20071125/CPACTUALITES/71125051/6730/CPACTUALITES"&gt;first report&lt;/a&gt;. Considering he barely recognized the reality of global warming (recently, he announced it was just a socialist plot), I wonder what he refers to when he talks about all that was done by his government...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of you may want to make sense of all this and actually try to understand this pure insanity.  Only one thing to do: watch Idiocrasy.  We are governed by idiots who were elected by morons.  I suggest we pool our money and start shipping Omega3 pills to Harper, he obviously is losing brain cells by the minute!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-1293092271836475536?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/1293092271836475536/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=1293092271836475536' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1293092271836475536'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1293092271836475536'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/11/oops-he-did-it-again.html' title='Oops, he did it again!'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-3094720521263651837</id><published>2007-11-21T03:16:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:38.377-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's final exam time</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/R0QT12HVgyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uW6RbgGOnZM/s1600-h/Calvin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/R0QT12HVgyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uW6RbgGOnZM/s400/Calvin.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135251290889487138" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-3094720521263651837?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/3094720521263651837/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=3094720521263651837' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3094720521263651837'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3094720521263651837'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/11/its-final-exam-time.html' title='It&apos;s final exam time'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/R0QT12HVgyI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/uW6RbgGOnZM/s72-c/Calvin.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4717339996910167871</id><published>2007-11-21T02:59:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-11-21T03:02:26.364-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Je rempile</title><content type='html'>Je n'avais pas touché à ce blog depuis des lunes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est promis, c'est juré, je m'y remets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On commence tranquille avec le dernier numéro du très intelligent et fort bien connecté magazine Commerce qui, en ces temps de gouvernance et d'éthique, sort un grand dossier sur les dons d'entreprises.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;C'est bientôt Noël, avez-vous fait vos dons pour l'année?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4717339996910167871?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4717339996910167871/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4717339996910167871' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4717339996910167871'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4717339996910167871'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/11/je-rempile.html' title='Je rempile'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4925792089846875396</id><published>2007-05-31T07:19:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:38.757-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Environmental Defense</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZwtCsjHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/VyrAAiPd-ck/s1600-h/P1010056.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZwtCsjHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/VyrAAiPd-ck/s320/P1010056.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070729661213609074" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZltCsjGI/AAAAAAAAAD4/yqvGIprPS4w/s1600-h/P1010057.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZltCsjGI/AAAAAAAAAD4/yqvGIprPS4w/s320/P1010057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070729472235048034" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4925792089846875396?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4925792089846875396/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4925792089846875396' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4925792089846875396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4925792089846875396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/05/environmental-defense.html' title='Environmental Defense'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZwtCsjHI/AAAAAAAAAEA/VyrAAiPd-ck/s72-c/P1010056.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-3545869790319840341</id><published>2007-05-31T07:16:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:39.217-08:00</updated><title type='text'>SAP</title><content type='html'>The happy team&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7Y6dCsjEI/AAAAAAAAADo/naEfdXR3w5s/s1600-h/P1010073.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7Y6dCsjEI/AAAAAAAAADo/naEfdXR3w5s/s320/P1010073.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070728729205705794" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZFdCsjFI/AAAAAAAAADw/b9tKLqoRC3A/s1600-h/P1010072.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7ZFdCsjFI/AAAAAAAAADw/b9tKLqoRC3A/s320/P1010072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070728918184266834" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Their creation&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-3545869790319840341?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/3545869790319840341/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=3545869790319840341' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3545869790319840341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3545869790319840341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/05/sap.html' title='SAP'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7Y6dCsjEI/AAAAAAAAADo/naEfdXR3w5s/s72-c/P1010073.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4959232572963371443</id><published>2007-05-31T07:15:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:39.404-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YpdCsjDI/AAAAAAAAADg/A3qvAQH6MvE/s1600-h/P1010075.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YpdCsjDI/AAAAAAAAADg/A3qvAQH6MvE/s320/P1010075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070728437147929650" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4959232572963371443?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4959232572963371443/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4959232572963371443' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4959232572963371443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4959232572963371443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/05/blog-post.html' title=''/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YpdCsjDI/AAAAAAAAADg/A3qvAQH6MvE/s72-c/P1010075.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-51602874488734558</id><published>2007-05-31T07:14:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:39.567-08:00</updated><title type='text'>MARVEL COMICS</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YU9CsjCI/AAAAAAAAADY/nSl-Up7C6AY/s1600-h/P1010053.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YU9CsjCI/AAAAAAAAADY/nSl-Up7C6AY/s320/P1010053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070728084960611362" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-51602874488734558?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/51602874488734558/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=51602874488734558' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/51602874488734558'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/51602874488734558'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/05/marvel-comics.html' title='MARVEL COMICS'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YU9CsjCI/AAAAAAAAADY/nSl-Up7C6AY/s72-c/P1010053.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-1466438173027013412</id><published>2007-05-31T07:06:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:39.731-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Playing with Strategy...</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YJtCsjBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-_UM3iWT_q0/s1600-h/P1010054.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YJtCsjBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-_UM3iWT_q0/s320/P1010054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5070727891687083026" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In an effort to add 3D practice to the too-intellectual work they have been doing, I had my McGill Strategy students build models of the companies they work.  Here are some of them at work...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-1466438173027013412?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/1466438173027013412/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=1466438173027013412' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1466438173027013412'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1466438173027013412'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/05/playing-with-strategy.html' title='Playing with Strategy...'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/Rl7YJtCsjBI/AAAAAAAAADQ/-_UM3iWT_q0/s72-c/P1010054.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4011316723906965946</id><published>2007-03-23T08:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-11-06T18:37:40.099-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Geniuses, I tell you...</title><content type='html'>Okay so my HEC Advanced Management (Management- Analyse, Outils et interventions) students are blowing me away.  A few days ago, class on KM and competencies.  I just start them off by asking possible definitions of knowledge and they went right ahead and redesigned my PhD dissertation.  Next day, same session, different class they went a totally opposite direction and looked at environmental conditions.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tuesday class is black board. Wednesday class is green board.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6XceqCYI/AAAAAAAAACY/C8ev1YhtM9I/s1600-h/P1010042_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6XceqCYI/AAAAAAAAACY/C8ev1YhtM9I/s320/P1010042_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045151288273799554" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6NMeqCXI/AAAAAAAAACQ/drqUiD8qzb0/s1600-h/P1010039_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6NMeqCXI/AAAAAAAAACQ/drqUiD8qzb0/s320/P1010039_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045151112180140402" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6A8eqCWI/AAAAAAAAACI/Pj-Qe05on9s/s1600-h/P1010038_2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6A8eqCWI/AAAAAAAAACI/Pj-Qe05on9s/s320/P1010038_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5045150901726742882" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;That confirms that a class is only as good as its students, the instructor does not matter much.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Way to go guys!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4011316723906965946?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4011316723906965946/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4011316723906965946' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4011316723906965946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4011316723906965946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/03/geniuses-i-tell-you.html' title='Geniuses, I tell you...'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/RgP6XceqCYI/AAAAAAAAACY/C8ev1YhtM9I/s72-c/P1010042_2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-1516419309644754114</id><published>2007-02-28T11:44:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-28T11:54:41.441-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Business disguised as art</title><content type='html'>Academy awards are just over and it's time for the bill!  While actors' salaries are dangerously on the rise, film budgets overinflate and Tinseltown is in shambles trying to catch its second wind as technology and P2P scrambles signals of incoming cash.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;An interesting article from USA Today (never thought I'd actually write an oxymoron like that...) details how much it costs to walk down the red carpet.  So, is that a niche strategy or what?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the USA today &lt;a href="http://www.usatoday.com/life/movies/movieawards/oscars/2007-02-21-oscar-costs_x.htm"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; and don't forget to use their Oscar look cost simulator on the left-hand side&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-1516419309644754114?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/1516419309644754114/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=1516419309644754114' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1516419309644754114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/1516419309644754114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/business-disguised-as-art.html' title='Business disguised as art'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-3889400789648568552</id><published>2007-02-14T04:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-14T04:21:56.291-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dans ces temps d'accommodement raisonnable...</title><content type='html'>...mes étudiants brillants mais à la peau foncée ou au nom trop exotique ne trouve pas de travail. Cause: la bétise humaine, trait universellement partagé et dû à une paresse intellectuelle prononcée combinée d'un manque de confiance en soi. On appelle ca le racisme mais c'est une bien bonne excuse. C'est toujours l'autre qui est raciste...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;D'un autre côté, on est constamment emmerdés par les soi-disant religieux de tout bord qui éprouvent le besoin d'étaler leurs choix manière tellement insupportable qu'ils me font l'effet de ces imbéciles aux voitures trafiquées (les kékés Civics comme les appele mon mari) qui ont tant besoin qu'on les regarde et qu'on les entende qu'ils en oublient le sens du ridicule.  Ou encore ces nabots, propriétaires de pitt-bulls dressés pour être agressifs, qui veulent inspirer la peur parce qu'ils sont incapable de susciter le respect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dans le tas il y en a qui se rebellent.  Lisez la &lt;a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20070211/CPSOLEIL/70209165/0"&gt;lettre&lt;/a&gt; de Mohamed et n'hésitez pas à dire comme lui...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-3889400789648568552?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/3889400789648568552/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=3889400789648568552' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3889400789648568552'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3889400789648568552'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/dans-ces-temps-daccomodement.html' title='Dans ces temps d&apos;accommodement raisonnable...'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-2938928629280804111</id><published>2007-02-11T18:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-11T18:36:21.518-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Hydro-Québec sent le vent tourner</title><content type='html'>Après avoir fait des concessions importantes dans le dossier des éoliennes, voici notre fournisseur d'électricité préféré dans ses petits chaussons... Le vérificateur général du Québec a été appellé par son vérificateur interne.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oops!  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis le temps qu'on parle de gouvernance dans les entreprises privées il serait temps de passer les sociétés d'état (je pense surtout à la SAQ) au même filtre.  Pensez-vous que Sheila Fraser a réellement fait des émules chez nous?  Je vous parie ma ration de M&amp;Ms de la semaine qu'ils vont s'en sortir avec une toute ch'tite tape sur la main.  Après tout personne ne se soucie plus des graves irrégularités de gestion à la SAQ.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Finalement c'est ça l'accomodement raisonnable: les gestionnaires des sociétés d'État s'accommodent et nous, pauvres pêcheurs (ou "mere mortals" comme aime à le répéter Steve Jobs), on doit être "raisonnables."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour plus de détails:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.radio-canada.ca"&gt;Radio-Canada&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cyberpresse.ca"&gt;La Presse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et comme d'habitude... n'oublions pas que Harper ne devrait pas passer l'hiver.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-2938928629280804111?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/2938928629280804111/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=2938928629280804111' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2938928629280804111'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2938928629280804111'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/hydro-qubec-sent-le-vent-tourner.html' title='Hydro-Québec sent le vent tourner'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-145383245687694543</id><published>2007-02-09T09:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-09T10:00:37.093-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Mechanical turk?</title><content type='html'>Amazon.com has been tapping a new trend: Generation C.  Consumers creating content on the Net.  Anyone is now a blogger, poster, web creator of some kind and companies are using this new power force to create products or services that they had to pay full-time workers to do before.  Intrigued? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out the businessweek.com &lt;a href="http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_46/b4009008.htm?chan=search"&gt;article&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;and to delve deeper, here's some interesting research in the &lt;a href="http://paylancers.blogspot.com/"&gt;demographics of MT&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-145383245687694543?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/145383245687694543/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=145383245687694543' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/145383245687694543'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/145383245687694543'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/mechanical-turk.html' title='Mechanical turk?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-2686122009950369042</id><published>2007-02-07T10:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T10:13:43.942-08:00</updated><title type='text'>CEO Compensation - Take 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;span class="title"&gt;P-D-G américains les mieux payés (en millions de $, 2005) salaires et, entre parenthèses, valeurs de leurs actions détenues (selon Forbes).  &lt;p&gt; &lt;/span&gt; Richard D &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744102)"&gt;Fairbank&lt;/span&gt; (55 ans, Capital One Financial) 259,42 (187,5). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Terry S Semel (63 ans, Yahoo) 230,55 (61,1). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Henry R Silverman (65 ans, Cendant) 139,96 (159,1). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Bruce Karatz (60 ans, KB Home) 135,53 (124,7). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard S Fuld Jr (60 ans, Lehman &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744106)"&gt;Bros&lt;/span&gt; Holdings) 122,67 (642,2). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ray R Irani (71 ans, Occidental petroleum) 80,73 (38,6). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lawrence &lt;span class="index" refnum="(11816302)"&gt;Ellison&lt;/span&gt; (61 ans, Oracle) 75,33 (16 702,4). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;John W. &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744109)"&gt;Thompson&lt;/span&gt; (57 ans, Symantec) 71,84 (25,1). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edwin M &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744111)"&gt;Crawford&lt;/span&gt; (57 ans, Caremark Rx) 69,66 (3,9). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Angelo Mozilo (67 ans, Countrywide Financial) 68,95 (46,3). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Chambers (56 ans, Cisco Systems) 62,99 (70,5). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;R Chad &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744113)"&gt;Dreier&lt;/span&gt; (58 ans, Ryland Group) 56,47 (33,2). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Lew Frankfort (60 ans, Coach) 55,99 (148,9). Ara &lt;span class="index" refnum="(18744114)"&gt;Hovnanian&lt;/span&gt; (48 ans) 47,83 (260,9). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;John Drosdick (62 ans, Sunoco) 46,19 (28,3). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert Toll (65 ans, Toll Brothers) 41,31 (674,7). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Robert U Ulrich (63 ans, Target) 39,63 (52,4). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Rollins (53 ans, Dell) 39,31 (0,5). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Clarence Cazalot Jr (55 ans, Marathon Oil) 37,48 (25,8). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;David Novak (53 ans, Yum Brands) 37,42 (30,5). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mark Papa (59 ans, ECG Ressources) 36,54 (54). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Henry Termeer (60 ans, Genzyme) 36,38 (43,8). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Richard Adkerson (59 ans, Freeport Cooper) 35,41 (30). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kevin Sharer (58 ans, Amgen) 34,49 (9,2). &lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Jay Sugarman (43 ans, IStar Financial) 32,93 (110,6).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Source: Quid.fr&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-2686122009950369042?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/2686122009950369042/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=2686122009950369042' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2686122009950369042'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/2686122009950369042'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/ceo-compensation-take-2.html' title='CEO Compensation - Take 2'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-7412062455341868587</id><published>2007-02-07T10:18:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-10T10:12:16.018-08:00</updated><title type='text'>L'Oréal s'achète une conduite</title><content type='html'>Le grand méchant loup des cosmétiques tente de se faire passer pour &lt;a href="http://www.lapresseaffaires.com/article/20070206/LAINFORMER/702060560"&gt;Blanche Neige&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Il est temps de penser à l'engagement social et à sa responsabilité environmentale. Une vrai démonstration d'une entreprise qui n'a plus le choix.  Il est vrai qu'après avoir acheté BodyShop ils avaient dans leur giron une compagnie qui pouvait leur apprendre comment ça marche.  Il en aura fallut du temps pour qu'ils comprennent.  D'ailleurs la vie commune avec BodyShop n'est pas si rose qu'ils le déclarent dans l'article de La Presse.  Depuis plusieurs semaines, des rumeurs de mécontentement commencent à monter chez BodyShop.  Quelle surprise!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je boycotte les produits l'Oréal depuis plusieurs années (et croyez moi ce n'est pas facile car ils sont partout, c'est comme de vouloir boycotter Unilever) depuis un entretien de leur VP RH parut dans un magazine français.  Il déclarait que l'équilibre travail-famille c'est des conneries et que si certains voulaient travailler pour la firme il fallait s'attendre à tout sacrifier.  C'est comme ça qu'il avait fait et c'est comme ça que tout le monde doit faire.  Charmant personnage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le fait que l'Oréal est loin d'être une entreprise socialement responsable m'a été confirmé depuis par une &lt;a href="http://www.lexpansion.com/EMR/4230.32.145254.html"&gt;étude&lt;/a&gt; récente montrant que les salaires des femmes chez l'Oréal sont loin derrière ceux de leurs homologues masculins: &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tout ça sans compter les &lt;a href="http://www.voltairenet.org/article12751.html"&gt;rumeurs&lt;/a&gt; de collaboration pendant la guerre: &lt;br /&gt;À suivre...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-7412062455341868587?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/7412062455341868587/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=7412062455341868587' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7412062455341868587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7412062455341868587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/loral-sachte-une-conduite.html' title='L&apos;Oréal s&apos;achète une conduite'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-5139860242728561358</id><published>2007-02-06T13:08:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T13:12:16.492-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Id' hire them in a second</title><content type='html'>I am starting a new thread: people I know that I would hire in a second if I were still a manager.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some of them will be fresh graduates but most have not graduated yet. Some are students, others are colleagues, all are the future business gurus of their time. so snatch them before the competition does.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So under that heading, you'll find a profile of who they are, why I think they're so grrrrreat and a link to their CV.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Betty will open the series, so stay tuned.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-5139860242728561358?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/5139860242728561358/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=5139860242728561358' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/5139860242728561358'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/5139860242728561358'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/id-hire-them-in-second.html' title='Id&apos; hire them in a second'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-4362331576256904638</id><published>2007-02-06T13:02:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T13:03:35.884-08:00</updated><title type='text'>You got your blog yet?</title><content type='html'>I have about 12 different podcasts I listen do weekly (some daily, like Radio-Canada).  What are your favorite podcasts?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-4362331576256904638?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/4362331576256904638/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=4362331576256904638' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4362331576256904638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/4362331576256904638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/02/you-got-your-blog-yet.html' title='You got your blog yet?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-167425893318468786</id><published>2007-01-15T11:43:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T09:55:44.716-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Quand vont-ils comprendre?</title><content type='html'>Le lineaire est mort avec l'internet!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Voyez certains outils de soi-disant "e-learning" (je ne nommerai personne, mais franchement...) qui ne sont que des bases de données antédiluviennes reproduisant un linéaire artificiel totalement anti-pédagogique&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1ère étape: WebCT&lt;br /&gt;Comme disatima grand-mêre: c'est l'intention qui compte.  On peut en effet améliorer sa productivité et mettre rapidement à disposition des étudiants des infos supplémentaires.  Mias aucune possibilité pour les étudiants de devenir plus pro-actif et partager des ressources.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2ème étape: WSS&lt;br /&gt;Des forums, des listes de liens, des documents, finalement on retrouve les mêmes fonctionnalités qu'avec un Yahoo group. Pas plus! Pas de synchronisation avec les notes et les travaux.  Pas de copier-coller, pas de vrai travail collaboratif comme avec GoogleWrite.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3ème étape: Moodle.&lt;br /&gt;Yeah, baby yeah!&lt;br /&gt;Enfin on parle sérieusement. Est-ce que vous avez vu ça?!? Pas étonnant que ce soit déjà le choix de Concordia et UQAM.  J'ai l'impression d'avoir 15 ans et de reluquer un beau scooter italien rouge et chromé... Envie quand tu nous tiens...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-167425893318468786?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/167425893318468786/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=167425893318468786' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/167425893318468786'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/167425893318468786'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/01/quand-vont-ils-comprendre.html' title='Quand vont-ils comprendre?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-8224137584550937292</id><published>2007-01-15T10:24:00.002-08:00</published><updated>2007-02-06T12:59:46.415-08:00</updated><title type='text'>What in the world do you need that for?</title><content type='html'>Cynics of the world unite and rise to the occasion:&lt;br /&gt;Wall Street is getting concerned over CEOs compensation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puhlease!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Take a look at Home Depot's maverick 250 millions USD for the latest CEO on the loose.  What on earth is the need to make THAT kind of money.  Now that a look at Bill Gates, all his billions helped him put together a great foundation... that invests in highly questionable industries.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Read the latest issue of Commerce (excellent french business magazine).  The "PDG masqué" calls into question public companies executive compensation.  Indeed, here's an interesting concept in hypocrisy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;What do you think?&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-8224137584550937292?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/8224137584550937292/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=8224137584550937292' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8224137584550937292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/8224137584550937292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/01/what-in-world-do-you-need-that-for.html' title='What in the world do you need that for?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-3396679750975866019</id><published>2007-01-15T10:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-15T11:41:34.678-08:00</updated><title type='text'>By biases, we mean…?</title><content type='html'>Most of my colleagues come from management. They got an MBA. Some come from more exotic fields.  It is common belief that where you got your undergraduate degree influences what kind of researcher you become. Consider this: Igor Ansoff wrote a thesis on the “Dynamics of Rigid Bodies.” Hmmmmm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I come from communication but, strangely enough, I don’t believe that everything can ultimately be solved with “good” communication. I don’t even consider that one of my “biases.” I have seen very little solved by “communication.” However, the field of organizational communication is unbelievably rich in powerful theories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also come from corporate America, through several detours from corporate consulting to European SMEs. In my book, the aim of management research is finding answers to managers’ problems. Ways to go about this range from theory building (middle-range being certainly more useful than grand universal ones) to empirical testing and re-testing of existing theories.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Unfortunately, our field seems to value theory building over anything else. Some would say we value the creation of grand theories just for the sake of it. Maybe it is to be expected from a field impaired by a chronic inferiority complex: Management is “just” an applied science. Sigh. If only it could be taken as seriously as Economics… Sigh again. Have you heard of hte Nobel Prize in mangement? Didn't think so.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I guess the worse bias for me is that: research is for finding practical solutions and that rarely goes through theory building. However, when I present research results based on empirical testing of an existing theory (Have I told you about Taylor’s metaconversation model?), my dear colleagues smile condescendingly and say: “tsk tsk tsk, this is all nice but why didn’t you build your own theory?”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Disheartening, I tell you.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-3396679750975866019?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/3396679750975866019/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=3396679750975866019' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3396679750975866019'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/3396679750975866019'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/01/by-biases-we-mean.html' title='By biases, we mean…?'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3936187847823338465.post-7003821828508827982</id><published>2007-01-15T10:05:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2007-01-15T11:42:37.570-08:00</updated><title type='text'>It's snowing</title><content type='html'>It's mid-january and winter seems to be here. About time!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I feel like celebrating with the creation of this blog.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If I put as much effort into it as I did the many teenagers diaries I started, then the blogoshere will not suffer from my presence for long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Stay tuned.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;From Biz Bum&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3936187847823338465-7003821828508827982?l=stephaniebaron.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/feeds/7003821828508827982/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=3936187847823338465&amp;postID=7003821828508827982' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7003821828508827982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3936187847823338465/posts/default/7003821828508827982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://stephaniebaron.blogspot.com/2007/01/its-snowing.html' title='It&apos;s snowing'/><author><name>Stéphanie</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_A6jCdAlag_g/TPxfKw6ybjI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/TIGlcprr0oQ/S220/IMG_0231.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
