Mike Beck

From time to time, people say unexpected things in the comments section below this column, but the other day one remark stood out. It came from a reader demanding something to be done about the parlous state of the business card.“I am sick…
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A guy from the team was supposed to meet me at the airport in Munich. It was the first week of August, 1996. Grown-up life was about to begin: my first real job. I had no address to go to and no phone numbers to call. The club had…
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Contractors rejoiced as chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng announced plans to repeal controversial reforms to off-payroll rules — known as IR35 — last week but experts highlighted the potential traps ahead. From April next year, IR35 will…
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At some businesses, “eating your own dog food” is a metaphor. One company takes the saying more literally: Mars, which owns the world’s largest pet food business alongside chocolate brands from M&Ms to Milky Way, expects its managers to…
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Regular listeners might be forgiven for thinking employees are mostly overwhelmed and overworked. But is the world actually full of people looking artfully busy? Employees who may be slipping under the radar in big organisations? Host…
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The directory is based on the most recently available published data. The Executive MBA, MBA, and Masters in Management information is taken from our 2022 and 2021 rankings.FT ranking positionsThis column shows which ranking the school…
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Due to Asia-Pacific’s increasingly important political and economic role, many recruiters value candidates with expertise in the region. Business schools there can offer quality education with lower tuition fees than rival institutions in…
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Hong Kong’s top-ranked business schools risk losing out to regional rivals as companies exit the Chinese territory amid Beijing’s zero-Covid policies and clampdowns on civil freedoms in the city.Enrolment by international students at…
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The author is assistant professor of organisational behaviour at China Europe International Business SchoolTransformational and empowering leadership styles dominate western discussion on management. But paternalistic leadership is…
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As he gears up for his next intake of students, Yuan Jing has no doubts about the surging appetite for high-quality business education in Asia — but rather more about how far constraints beyond his control will limit his ability to…
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