Cross-Functional Themes

Two cross-functional strategic themes focus the Faculty’s collective efforts to compete and lead across critical areas of management scholarship and practice.

Innovation, Entrepreneurship, and Managing Disruption

• Champion intrapreneurship and facilitate the creation and continuity of novel businesses and social enterprises
• Guide management practice to generate and harness opportunities that arise from emerging technologies and industry disruptions, such as AI and analytics
• Equip students to be innovative leaders— today and tomorrow—by providing transformative experiences that build future- readiness.

Sustainability, Ethics and Equity

• Improve the long-term management of human, societal, organizational, economic, and environmental challenges
• Advance management with integrity and equitable outcomes, along with workplace wellness and diverse, inclusive cultures

For each theme, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ Desautels will:

• Strengthen existing programming and develop new materials for our academic offerings
• Use institutes and initiatives to create new student projects, fund actionable faculty research, and partner with others at ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ and externally
• Be known for our expertise in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ, Montreal, Canada, and the wider global community