École des Hautes Études Commerciales

Montreal's École des Hautes Études Commerciales, Canada's first management school, was founded in 1907 by the Chambre de commerce de Montréal. The school is affiliated with the University of Montreal and is considered to be one of the country's top business schools, and is AMBA accredited. École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, view from ch. ... École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, view from ch. ... {{Canadian City/Disable Field={{{Disable Motto Link}}}}} Motto: Concordia Salus (Salvation through harmony) Ville de Montréal, Québec, Canada Location. ... Management (from Old French ménagement the art of conducting, directing, from Latin manu agere to lead by the hand) characterises the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business, through the deployment and manipulation of resources (human, financial, material, intellectual or intangible). ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The University of Montreal (Université de Montréal, UdeM for short) is one of four universities in Montreal, Quebec. ... In the USA a business school is a graduate school which offers an Masters of Business Administration. ... AMBA is an international organisation that accredits mostly international elite business schools and MBAs, similar to the AACSB in the US. Among the schools accredited by AMBA are: University of Wales, Aberystwyth Ashridge University of Auckland University of Bath University of Birmingham Bocconi University University of Cambridge, The Judge Institute...

The school has officially been known as HEC Montréal since 2002; the name was changed to differentiate it from institutions such as HEC Paris and HEC Lausanne, and to enhance the schools profile on the world stage. 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The École des Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) is a business school, one of the most prestigious French Grandes Écoles. ...

(HEC has jokingly been said to stand for "Highly Educated Crooks", and this rendition has been seen in the HEC Montréal student newspaper over the years.)

On a more serious note, HEC Montréal has been turning out managers for close to a century and was the first business school in Canada to offer evening classes for adults, in 1917. In the last three decades it has undertaken several research programmes, in addition to training its students in the craft of administration and management. 1917 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Wiktionary has a definition of: Administration Organisational use In some organisational analyses, administration can refer to the bureaucratic or operational performance of mundane office tasks, usually internally oriented. ...

The language of instruction at HEC Montréal is French (although some courses are offered in English and Spanish) and the business culture is North American. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... World map showing location of North America A satellite composite image of North America North America is the third largest continent in area and in population after Eurasia and Africa. ...

In 1997 HEC Montréal was also one of the first schools to make the use of laptop computers mandatory to all new students in the Bachelor of Business Administration program. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Laptop with touchpad. ...

External link

• HEC Montréal (http://www.hec.ca/)