News and analysis curated by QUT Business School.

23 February, 2024
Filed under: MBA, Postgraduate, Graduate School of Business, Leadership and management

Being a director of any organisation comes with a raft of responsibilities and obligations that can be daunting for the uninitiated. One of the best ways to gain the skills required to be a director is with a Master of Business Administration (MBA).

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1 December, 2020
Filed under: Marketing

Feeling pressured to buy Christmas presents? Read this (and think twice before buying candles)

Novelty items, candles, pamper products and pyjamas top the list of unwanted Christmas gifts. So why not choose a better, greener option?

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26 November, 2020
Filed under: Marketing

Starting a business in a 'new' country in the middle of a pandemic

Hear from Bachelor of Business (Marketing) alumnus, Aaron Stubbings who went from being Vice President of Marketing at Flight Centre Canada to Co-Founder & Director of his own marketing agency in Australia, during a global pandemic.

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4 November, 2020
Filed under: Marketing

3.2 billion images and 720,000 hours of video are shared online daily. Can you sort real from fake?

In an age of democracy via social media, platforms are struggling to combat visual mis/disinformation such as 'spliced' images and deepfakes. Digital media literacy has never been so important.

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2 November, 2020
Filed under: Marketing

The suburbs are the future of post-COVID retail

CBD retailers were already struggling before the pandemic. The contrast in fortunes with suburban retail activity is stark, and there are good reasons to think the shift could be permanent.

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30 October, 2020
Filed under: Marketing

How COVID all but killed the Australian CBD

City by city, the data on CBD visitors vary with the severity of COVID-19 outbreaks and restrictions. But none of the CBDs has recovered former activity levels, and some might never fully recover.

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28 October, 2020
Filed under: Marketing, Innovation and technology

Artificial intelligence making waves in the cruise industry

While you sit there dreaming of your next holiday or planning your next cruise, you may be surprised to know Artificial Intelligence (AI) plays a bigger role in your trip then you thought.

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28 October, 2020
Filed under: Strategy

Truth telling: Rethinking frameworks

What role can non-Indigenous people and institutions can play in driving change? How can Euro-centric institutions to truly recognise the systematic barriers that are inherent to their colonisation? And how do we determine success and progress?

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27 October, 2020
Filed under: Strategy, Nonprofit and philanthropy, Marketing, Indigenous business

Go out and yarn: community engagement insights into progressing reconciliation

Hear from Bachelor of Business (Marketing) alumni and Community Engagement leader, Bianca Graham on reconciliation and community engagement insights.

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26 October, 2020
Filed under: Accounting

Gaming the board: Crown Resorts shows you just can't bet on 'independent' directors

Cosy personal relationships among the corporate elite abound. So what makes an independent director actually independent?

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