Graduates generated 11 projects on disability inclusion in the workplace to be implemented in their organizations.

By VALENTINA FLORES CÁCERES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

With participants from 11 companies committed to inclusion, the tenth generation of the +Talento Diploma Course graduated on September 14 in a virtual ceremony. 

This program, offered in a partnership between the EGADE Business School's Center for Conscious Enterprise, Movimiento Congruencia and Éntrale, focuses on preparing specialists to design disability inclusion in the workplace projects.

During the diploma course, 21 participants from the companies BBVA, Caterpillar, CEMEX, Coppel, Flex México, Goodyear, John Deere, PepsiCo, Polaris, Proeza, and Viakable acquired the tools, knowledge, and guidance needed to generate 11 projects on disability inclusion in the workplace to be implemented in their organizations.

"Today we are bringing a months' long process to a close; I was delighted to see that companies are seeking to generate these spaces and promote inclusion in the workplace, which will produce new opportunities in our society," said Christiane Molina, Academic and Research Director of the EGADE Business School's Center for Conscious Enterprise.

The guest speaker was Maryangel García-Ramos Guadiana, Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator at the Tecnológico de Monterrey Center for the Recognition of Human Dignity, and EGADE Business School alumna. 

"You should feel very proud of yourselves for having completed this diploma course, for your enthusiasm, and for wanting to achieve transformation through your work, since this is a pact you have with people," she stated.

The event was also attended by Francisco Javier Fernández González, Executive Director of the EGADE Business School Center for Conscious Enterprise; Melissa Oyervides Vázquez, Manager of Movimiento Congruencia; Fernando Estrada Franco, Director of Éntrale, alliance for disability inclusion in the workplace; Daniel Maranto Vargas, Director of EGADE Business School, Monterrey site; Jaime Martínez Bowness, Director of EGADE Business School, Mexico City site, and Raúl Francisco Montalvo Corzo, Director of EGADE Business School, Guadalajara site.

The tenth edition of the 20-week +Talento Diploma Course was offered 100% online, addressing the following themes: 

• Knowledge and understanding of disabilities. 
• Project design. 
• Organizational culture. 
• Internal and external inclusive communication. 
• Regulatory framework. 
• Accessibility and reasonable adjustments. 
• Safety strategies. 
• Inclusive home office. 
• Inclusive talent management. 
• Inclusion in the Sustainable Development Goals.

Talent diversity in organizations is a potential source of competitive advantage, and its management requires the sensitivity, understanding, and knowledge provided by the +Talento Diploma Couse for projects on disability inclusion in the workplace.

Coming from business schools in Germany, Canada, France, Spain and Switzerland to the EGADE Business Monterrey site

By VALENTINA FLORES CACERES | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL 

EGADE Business School has welcomed 25 international students from 13 business schools who arrived for exchange studies during the September-December 2021 term.  

The event in their honor took place on September 7th at the EGADE site in Monterrey. 

Armida Lozano, Director of International Programs at EGADE Business School, and Daniel Maranto, Director of EGADE Business School in Monterrey, presented to the exchange students the HyFlex+Tec model, which includes classes in face-to-face and hybrid modalities. 

The international students, from five countries, come from the following schools: 

Germany 

    EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht 

    Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Pforzheim  

    Hochschule Ravensburg-Weingarten 

    Hochschule Reutlingen 

    International School of Management 

    Technische Universität Kaiserslautern   

    Universität Mannheim 

Canada 

    Université Laval 

France 

    ESCP-Europe 

    ESSEC Business School 

Spain 

    IE University  

    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid - Banco Santander 

Switzerland  

    Universität St Gallen 

EGADE Business School Professor receives distinction from UANL for his contributions to the private, public, and academic sectors in support of the economic and social well-being of the country

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Everardo Elizondo Almaguer, academic leader and Professor of Economics at EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey, was invested Doctor Honoris Causa by Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL).

This distinction recognizes his contribution to the private, public, and academic sectors in support of Mexico's economic and social well-being.

In his acceptance message, Elizondo Almaguer warned that, although extreme poverty has decreased worldwide by more than half in the last 30 years, millions of human beings still live in conditions of vulnerability and marginalization, and income distribution inequality has grown.

"(These challenges) need rational, vigorous responses. Science offers some solutions, others must be sought in more efficient public policies, and still others, the most important, will have to be found in the field of philosophy," said the recipient.

Elizondo Almaguer has a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from UANL and a Master's and Ph.D. Studies in Economics from the University of Wisconsin.

In the private sector, he was Manager of the Department of Economic Studies at General de Aceptaciones-Grupo Serfín; Director of Economic Studies at Grupo Industrial Alfa; and Director of Economic Research at Grupo Financiero Bancomer.

He was appointed Deputy Governor of Banco de México in the administration of President Ernesto Zedillo and ratified by President Vicente Fox, where he participated in the design and management of a monetary policy focused on stability.

In the academic field, he was a founder and Director of the Graduate School of the UANL Faculty of Economics.

He is currently a professor at UANL and EGADE Business School and a visiting researcher at the Institute for Latin American Studies at the University of Texas. 

In addition, he participates as a columnist on economic and financial issues for the newspapers El Norte and Reforma. He belongs to various advisory councils in the public and private sectors.

The Doctor Honoris Causa was bestowed upon Everardo Elizondo on September 10th in a solemn session of the UANL University Council, chaired by Rogelio Garza Rivera, Rector of the Institution.

In the same ceremony, the Minister of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, Ana Margarita Ríos Farjat; the U.S. physicist, Bennett B. Goldberg; and the Mexican academic, Francisco Javier Marmolejo Cervantes, were also invested Doctor Honoris Causa.

The rankings include EGADE Business School’s Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management programs, and highlight the employability, entrepreneurship, and outcomes of EGADE Alumni across the world.

By JOSE ANGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey once more reaffirmed its leadership with the #1 Full-time MBA and the top graduate degrees in Finance and Management in Mexico and Latin America, within the 2022 rankings published today by the highly prestigious international ranking agency Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

In the region, our School headed, for the fifth consecutive year, the Global MBA Rankings and Masters in Finance Rankings, and, for the second year, the Masters in Management Rankings.

The EGADE Business School Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship, Master in Finance, and Master in Business Management programs evaluated in these rankings achieved the following results, respectively:

QS GLOBAL MBA RANKINGS 2022
The Full-Time MBA in Innovation & Entrepreneurship program was rated:

#1 in Mexico and Latin America for 5 consecutive years
#51 worldwide out of 286 programs from 45 countries
#1 in Entrepreneurship and Alumni Outcomes in Mexico and Latin America, and #17 worldwide

QS BUSINESS MASTERS RANKINGS: FINANCE 2022
The Master in Finance program was rated:

#1 in Mexico and Latin America for 5 consecutive years
#39 worldwide out of 179 programs from 35 countries
#16 in Employability worldwide

QS BUSINESS MASTERS RANKINGS: MANAGEMENT 2022
The Master in Business Management program was rated:

#1 in Mexico and Latin America for the second consecutive year
#40 worldwide out of 159 programs from 33 countries
#21 in Employability worldwide

“The results obtained in the QS Business Masters Rankings 2022 fill us with great pride, since they are the product of the impact of our extraordinary global community of alumni and their achievements as business leaders and as entrepreneurs, of our faculty who are internationally renowned for their exceptional teaching and research work and for being agents of transformation, and of our outstanding students and the wider EGADE community,” commented Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School.

The QS Business Masters Rankings highlight the best graduate programs in the world. All qualifying schools must be accredited by AACSB, AMBA or EQUIS (EGADE Business School has earned all three accreditations, known as the “Triple Crown”).

The indicators evaluated by QS include alumni employability; entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes; thought leadership; return on investment; and class and faculty diversity. As a whole, the QS rankings cover the programs in greatest demand by employers from all over the world.

EGADE Business School’s top results can be found in the categories Entrepreneurship and alumni outcomes, in which the Full-Time MBA ranked #1 in Latin America and #11 worldwide, and Employability, with the Master in Finance in 16th place and Master in Business Management 21st globally.

The methodology of the rankings is based on four factors. The first –employer reputation– is a global survey of more than 53,000 employers, who identify the institutions from which they source their highest-impact employees; the second –global academic reputation– surveys over 42,000 academic leaders and deans from across the world; the third –alumni impact– consists of an evaluation of more than 27,000 successful alumni; and the fourth –academic information– corresponds to the information provided by the institutions themselves.

The complete results can be viewed here: 

• QS Global MBA Rankings 2022
• QS Masters in Finance Rankings 2022
• QS Masters in Management Rankings 2022

Raj Sisodia, global leader of the conscious capitalism movement, joins as Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise and gives keynote at the inaugural event.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL 

Tecnológico de Monterrey, committed to the preparation of conscious leaders as part of its vision towards 2030 and 2025 strategic plan, is launching the Conscious Enterprises Center (CEC), the purpose of which is to develop a new consciousness in leaders, companies and organizations, contributing to human flourishing and attaining a more prosperous, fairer and more inclusive society.

CEC forms part of EGADE Business School and the Tec School of Business, and transversally promotes the principles of conscious capitalism, enriching this model and adapting it to the Mexican and Latin American context.

In order to drive these efforts further, Raj Sisodia, co-founder and global leader of the conscious capitalism movement, is joining Tec as a Distinguished University Professor of Conscious Enterprise. In addition, Francisco Fernández will be the Executive Director and Christiane Molina the Academic and Research Director of CEC.

Fernández highlighted the purpose of the Center and described the dream that will guide its efforts towards 2025. “The Center is an effort that joins a worldwide movement. We endeavor to be an actor that will accelerate and amplify the impact on even more organizations and individuals in Mexico and Latin America. With CEC, Tec has confirmed that it is a highly effective platform, a means of society for society that seeks to have a positive impact on the lives of millions of people.”

During the inaugural event, Dr. Sisodia offered a keynote address titled "Towards Conscious Capitalism," in which he explained that the nature of CEC is to provide mutual orientation and learning opportunities between companies that pursue the evolution of business in favor of conscious capitalism, thereby contributing to the development of institutions and business practice policies. He added that: “Tecnológico de Monterrey has the capacity and the opportunity to transform the nature of business in Mexico, Latin America and beyond.”

Molina explained that the Center, to invigorate the role of leaders, companies and organizations as generators of a positive impact, performs its work on the basis of the following four areas:

1. Specialized accompaniment for companies, based on applied research, to implement the conscious management model. A project along this same line is the “Decent Wage Calculator” and, additionally, the first book on conscious capitalism in Mexico is being prepared.

2. International community of conscious leaders and organizations to reinforce this network by promoting Tec de Monterrey’s philosophy and platform. At present, CEC has forged close ties with Conscious Capitalism Mexico Chapter, Sistema B, Alianza por la Inversión de Impacto, Iniciativa Capitalismo Social, PRME and the Global Compact, and will continue to incorporate more strategic allies.

3. Learning experience design to develop the mindset and knowledge that will translate into actions and impact. In this regard, more than 900 students nationwide have completed the course Conscious Leadership in Businesses.

4. Faculty with thought leaders who propel conscious leadership and culture. To this end, the first generation of 30 professors specialized in Conscious Enterprise have completed their training. Tec has strategic focus research groups aligned with the center’s topics of interest, in particular the Social Innovation and Sustainability Research Group and the group of experts in “Sustainable Wealth Creation.”

“The challenges we are facing nowadays are both numerous and complex. The leaders, companies and organizations of Mexico and the world play a fundamental role in finding solutions that will lead us to a better future. In this way, through the Center, we will be promoting a series of projects and initiatives to achieve a significant impact and renew the current development model, enabling us to build more prosperous, fairer, and more inclusive societies,” Dr. Molina commented.

Apart from the aforementioned personages, the event was also attended by David Garza, Rector and Executive President of Tecnológico de Monterrey; Juan Pablo Murra Lascurain, Rector for Undergraduate and Graduate Education; Ignacio de la Vega, Vice-Rector of Academic Affairs, Faculty and Internationalization; Arturo Zapata Guizar, Member of the Tecnológico de Monterrey Board of Directors, Mexico City Region, and Chairman of Corporación Zapata; and Eduardo Garza T. Junco, Board Member of the School of Engineering and Science, and Chairman of the FRISA Board of Directors.

CEC will soon be announcing new projects, reporting on developments, and disseminating the research findings around conscious capitalism.

View the broadcast of the event at live.tec.mx.

In a multi-author book that addresses perspectives for Mexico in relation to energy challenges and the transition to a low-carbon economy, Alejandro Ibarra Yúnez analyzes the growing use of non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE), among other topics.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

Alejandro Ibarra Yúnez, emeritus professor of EGADE Business School - Tecnológico de Monterrey, shares his vision of the energy economy and the growing use of non-conventional renewable energy in the multi-author book Energy Issues and Transition to a Low Carbon Economy. Insights from Mexico, published by Springer.

Edited by Tec de Monterrey Professors Francisco Lozano, Arturo Molina and Alberto Mendoza, the work brings together contributions from various areas of knowledge in a scientific response to the challenge of integrating energy sources and technologies that contribute to the urgent objective of developing sustainable economies with a low carbon footprint.

Ibarra Yúnez collaborates with other authors in the book’s initial chapter: "Historical Context and Present Energy Use in the Global Economy" and contributes with two other chapters entirely of his authorship: "Energy Market Evolution in Lieu of Fossil Fuels Use and Renewables Penetration Due to Regulatory Changes" and "Market Restructuring Due to Renewable Sources Evolution and Penetration."

In one of his chapters, the professor analyzes the dynamics of the development of an energy market with regulators that promote the participation of many companies, load centers and users, and at the same time assure energy supply for basic services, in reference to two markets close to Mexico: the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) in the United States.

“(The chapter) shows how regulations are adapting to the dynamics of these markets, taking into account all participants, and reflects on the possible ambivalence between energy policies and environmental-protection policies, and how to establish bridges between the two regulatory branches,” he explained.

In his other chapter, Ibarra Yúnez generates a flexible reference framework, emphasizing that markets must make a clear separation between the parts of the market that are natural monopolies, such as electricity transmission, and the competitive parts, such as electricity generation, part of distribution and marketing, with growing renewable sources and aggregators in the market.

Similarly, it highlights the crucial role of the wholesale market for electrical energy products, such as large-scale generation, significant demand or load centers, and the importance that said market, in the case of Mexico the National Energy Control Center (CENACE), contain other marketable products in bilateral contracts, but increasingly in the wholesale market.

"These products are power hubs, short and medium-term markets, Clean Energy Certificates (CECs) and Financial Transmission Rights (FTRs), as well as traders or aggregators," he commented.

The book is available here. 

Co-organized by EGADE Business School, the 56th CLADEA International Congress will present the latest cutting-edge research on business and the future of education.

By JOSÉ ÁNGEL DE LA PAZ | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

The central theme of the CLADEA Virtual International Congress 2021, co-organized by EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey, will be “Innovation, conscious business and the future of education.”

The 56th edition of the most important annual academic event of the Latin American Council of Management Schools (CLADEA) will take place from October 25 to 27.

The program brings together rectors, deans, business program directors and faculty, and researchers from across the world in plenary sessions, conferences, panels, workshops, scientific paper presentations, and social activities.

“It gives our school great pride and satisfaction to host CLADEA 2021, where the latest cutting-edge research in the areas of innovation, conscious business and the future of education will be presented,” commented Osmar Zavaleta, Interim Dean of EGADE Business School.

In addition, Manuel Ortiz de Zevallos, Executive Director of CLADEA, affirmed that, in the current scenario, entrepreneurship, innovation, and disruption in the way of doing business have become the focal points for reinventing teaching methods and management policies in business schools.

"Business schools have a responsibility to prepare conscious, entrepreneurial, innovative leaders who are capable of reinventing themselves and their organizations in order to respond to the challenges of the environment and circumstances,” added Nancy Matos, Academic Chair of CLADEA 2021.

The presentation of scientific papers during the congress will encompass 11 tracks, seeking to integrate academic knowledge and the business reality:

1. Economics, finance, and accounting
2. Leadership, human capital management, and gender
3. Ethics, social responsibility, and sustainable development
4. Entrepreneurship and SMEs
5. Project management, operations
6. Marketing
7. General management and strategy
8. Innovation and innovation management
9. New perspectives on management and teaching in business schools
10. Digital transformation and non-linear company management
11. Cases

Moreover, the CLADEA XIX Doctoral Colloquium and XVIII Meeting of the Directors of Information Centers Group will be held within the framework of this event.

The congress will close with a mariachi serenade representative of the state of Jalisco, where EGADE Business School’s Guadalajara site is located.

CLADEA is an international network that brings together higher education institutions and organizations committed to management education and research.

At present, CLADEA has 237 member institutions, both private and public, from 30 countries in America, Europe, and Oceania. EGADE Business School is a member of CLADEA.

This collaboration will apply AI Class Analyzer, a solution that uses video and audio from conferences or virtual classes as input data to examine participation and information delivery patterns.

By INSTITUTIONAL COMMUNICATION | EGADE BUSINESS SCHOOL

EGADE Business School at Tecnológico de Monterrey and Analytikus, one of the most innovative educational technology companies in Latin America, today announced their collaboration to implement an artificial intelligence-based analysis of educational content in the field of business. 

This project embraces AI Class Analyzer, an Artificial Intelligence solution developed by Analytikus, which uses video, audio and text from virtual conferences or classes as input data to examine participation patterns and information delivery during the sessions, seeking to optimize learning in higher education institutions. 

EGADE Business School will contribute the recordings of over 40 webinars presented as part of the series A la altura del desafío: liderazgo en el contexto de COVID-19, produced between March to June 2020, and the ongoing EGADE Future Forum. 

The aim is to explore and obtain data quickly and accurately, enabling informed decision-making regarding the optimization of the content of the webinars and, ultimately, of the EGADE Business School graduate programs. 

"AI Class Analyzer uses session recordings to analyze class participation and delivery patterns. This AI solution generates a systematized analysis of patterns and behaviors from the sessions taught, and is a cognitive artificial intelligence-based solution for the visual and audio analysis of text and videos, respectively. The results of these cognitive models are visualized through PowerBI reports on the class content and student interaction and participation analyses," explained Miguel Molina-Cosculluela, Founder of Analytikus.

Applied in virtual classrooms, this AI solution manages content through class transcripts and captures the topics and words most often mentioned by students. 

This is achieved through a systematized analysis of information, allowing teachers and academic directors to identify opportunities to optimize content and redesign classes, strengthening meaningful learning and student performance, motivation, and participation. 

"At EGADE, we are constantly seeking to reinvent the business education experience, and these types of initiatives propel our innovative approach, allowing us to understand how students filter and interpret what they learn through the teacher in his or her role as a facilitator," commented Lucía Romo García, Educational Innovation Coordinator at EGADE Business School. 

This confirms EGADE and Analytikus' commitment to innovation and educational transformation towards improving the quality of learning. The solution is expected to come into operation at the end of the third quarter of 2021.

About Analytikus

Analytikus is an organization selected by Holon IQ in 2020 as one of LATAM's most innovative educational technology companies, also a winner in LATAM and a finalist in the Global EdTech Awards (GESAwards) in 2017. Based in Miami and clients in more than 15 countries, builds innovative artificial intelligence solutions for higher education that empower educational institutions, anticipate and mitigate persistence challenges, and ensure student academic success. For more information, visit: https://es.analytikus.com/