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How Robots and AI Are Changing Job Training

Harvard Business

Matt Beane, assistant professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, finds that robots, machine learning, and AI are changing how we train for our jobs — not just how we do them. He says this trend is emerging in many industries, from finance to law enforcement to education.

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It’s Time for Sustainability to Become a Core Part of MBA Programs

Harvard Business

While some accounting firms and trade associations are offering courses in climate finance, these efforts are insufficient compared to what a comprehensive, climate-focused MBA program could provide.

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Why Doctors Need Leadership Training

Harvard Business

Even though medical institutions have designated “leadership” as a core medical competency , leadership skills are rarely taught and reinforced across the continuum of medical training. In medicine, physicians not only begin managing and directing teams early in their careers, but they rise through the ranks uniformly.

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The COVID-19 Scalability Problem

CaseInterview.com

His foundation has decided to provide the financing to build seven vaccine manufacturing factories — one for each of the seven most promising vaccines currently in clinical trials. The time to cross-train medical staff is now, before we hit the entirely predictable staffing constraint.

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2 Years of Networking Results in Consulting Job at PwC

Management Consulted

I realized I didn’t have a future in football after college so that prompted me to focus more on my education and gaining experience in internships outside of the classroom. I then took another internship in finance with Merrill Lynch. This was a more traditional analyst training program located in Merrill’s Portland, OR office.

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Research: Business School Really Does Influence How Students Make Decisions Later On

Harvard Business

The overarching goal of most business schools is to train future leaders to lead. This reflected a broader shift in business education, as Rakesh Khurana meticulously described in From Higher Aims to Hired Hands , as financial economics became the dominant discipline in business schools in the 1970s. Andy Roberts/Getty Images.

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Bates White Economic Consulting Interviews and Culture

Management Consulted

Though antitrust remains Bates White’s largest practice area, the firm is recognized as an expert in environmental product liability, healthcare and life sciences, energy, and finance. BATES WHITE ORGANIZATION. headed by Chairman & Senior Partner Charles E Bates. Practice Areas. Antitrust & Competition. Intellectual Property.