A New Year Beckons!

A New Year Beckons! Prof. Arfah SallehDean, Graduate School of ManagementUPM Happy New Year! Despite the challenges, we did well last year.  Both the MBA and Ph.D. programmes saw a marked increase in student intake.   This has been as much due to the hard work of the faculty and staff as it is of the students who have spread the reputation of GSM   through their academic excellence.  The quality of teaching, consulting and research has improved demonstrably.  We have brought industry experience into the classroom...

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Challenging existing business school paradigms

Challenging existing business school paradigms For a school to truly make a mark upon the broad arena of the business and management discipline, it has to maintain its relevance to the community that it is serving, cultivate the respect of not only other academics, but those in the corporate field and even your everyday Joe, as well as act as a focal point where questions...

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The Power of Synchronicity

The Power of Synchronicity By Prof. Arfah Salleh Dean, Graduate School of Management  UPM On June 10, 2000, the day the Millennium Bridge – a steel foot bridge for pedestrians to cross the Thames - opened, 90,000 people crossed the bridge with up to 2,000 on the bridge at any one time. To their surprise and dismay, as they crossed the bridge, these pedestrians felt...

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Moving towards a full-fledged business school

Moving towards a full-fledged business school Like a caterpillar preparing to emerge into the world as a radiant butterfly, Universiti Putra Malaysia’s Graduate School of Management is preparing to commence its transformation into an entity that not only propagates but also actualises human governance on...

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Human Governance: To thy own self be true…

Human Governance: To thy own self be true…Prof. Arfah SallehDean, Graduate School of ManagementUPM In his play “Hamlet”, as in his other plays, Shakespeare interjects his wise pronouncements on living a proper life. "To thine own self be true" is one of his kernels of wisdom.  It comes from the character in “Hamlet” – Polonius. It is Polonius's last advice to his son...

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The Mind of the Future

  The Mind of the Future Arfah SallehProfessor of Human GovernanceDean of the Graduate School of ManagementUniversiti Putra Malaysia Howard Gardner in his book “Five Minds of the Future” (Harvard Business School Press, 2006) talks of the five minds that are essential for anyone to measure up to what is expected of him or her, as well...

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Leadership with a Difference

  Leadership with a Difference Arfah SallehProfessor of Human GovernanceDean of the Graduate School of ManagementUniversiti Putra Malaysia[1] In contemporary wisdom, leadership has been defined as the art of delivering results for the organisation.  Effective leadership should, therefore, ensure...

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