News and analysis curated by QUT Business School.
23 February, 2024
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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
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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?
26 November, 2020
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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
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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.
2 November, 2020
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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
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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.
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?
27 October, 2020
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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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