When a top team fails to function, it can paralyze a whole company. Here's what CEOs need to watch out for, from the latest McKinsey Quarterly.... More

At the core of strategy: seeking, creating, keeping competitive advantage. Four seasoned industry strategists cut through the PowerPoint slides to the key questions each CEO needs to ask...... More

UCD Business Alumni's recent conference explored the online opportunity for businesses. For those who missed it, view videos here.... More

The current global recession has highlighted many lessons in exemplary leadership - McKinsey Quarterly recently interviewed 14 global CEOs and chairmen of major companies to shed light on leading through tough times. ... More

Professor Patrick McNamee's podcast, one of a series based on his book "Strategic Management for MBAs" offers a succinct overview of the modern MBA course for those considering undertaking an MBA and for current students alike.... More

With the global economic slowdown, the need for innovation is even greater today. If you're looking to maintain your market share, and perhaps post growth despite the recessionary environment, innovation is key, say the authors of a new book from Insead Business School. ... More

To foster and commercialise innovation, managers should afect a serious mind-set shift, and learn to think like market rebels. In this adaptation from Hayagreeva Rao's new book, courtesy of McKinsey Quarterly, he explains the role of activists in making or breaking new markets, products, and services.... More

Web 2.0 tools present a vast array of opportunities — for companies that know how to use them. Michael Chui, Andy Miller, and Roger P. Roberts of McKinsey demonstrate how in the latest edition of McKinsey Quarterly.... More

The much anticipated publication of the MBA Association sponsored collection of case studies from contemporary Irish business, Irish Management 2.0, is scheduled for early November, and editors Denis Harrington and James Cunningham will deliver MBA Association Masterclass events in Waterford, Galway and Belfast in the coming months...... More

Consumers' growing expectations of companies make corporate philanthropy more important than ever. But many respondents to this McKinsey Global survey say their companies aren't meeting social goals or stakeholder expectations very effectively. Companies that are doing well are taking a more strategic approach.... More

Technology alone is rarely the key to unlocking economic value: companies create real wealth when they combine technology with new ways of doing business.McKinsey Quarterly recently identified eight technology-enabled trends that will help shape businesses and the economy in coming years.... More

Newsflash: if you want to be really great in business, you have to be AUTHENTIC. So say Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones, ranked amongst the world's top thought leaders, co-authors of business bestseller "Why Should Anyone be Led by You, and headline speakers at the MBA Association of Ireland's 2006 annual conference, held in partnership with Enterprise Ireland. Here they share the highlights from that event, and the wisdom of three decades of experience as leaders and advisors to entrepreneurs and organizations.... More