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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30 June, 2020
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Economy, Innovation and technology
COVID-19 has changed the future of retail: there’s plenty more automation in store
Australian supermarket giant Woolworths has announced its single biggest investment in logistics infrastructure, spending A$780 million to replace up to 1,300 workers with robots.
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29 June, 2020
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Environment and energy, Innovation and technology
Closing the loop for system change
Seljak co-founders and QUT Business School alumni, Karina Seljak and Samantha Seljak share their insights and experience in closing the textile waste loop.
16 June, 2020
Filed under:
Leadership and management
Hire for experience or potential
When hiring the right fit for the job, do you look at experience or potential? Tim Reed, President of the Business Council of Australia shares with us his international experiences.
15 June, 2020
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Marketing
Watch yourself: the self-surveillance strategy to keep supermarket shoppers honest
To curb opportunistic shoplifting, supermarkets want you to know you are being watched. But they're also hoping for self-reflection.
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8 June, 2020
Filed under:
Leadership and management, Organisational behaviour
Leading for the future – Navigating the new normal through COVID-19
With predictions that the next 20 years will bring about more change than we have experienced over the last 300, what do future-thinking leaders need to consider?
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5 June, 2020
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Marketing
Brands backing Black Lives Matter: it might be a marketing ploy, but it also shows leadership
Corporate support for the protests against institutional racism in the US signals the rise of 'political corporate social responsibility'.
3 June, 2020
Filed under:
Leadership and management, MBA
Rankings are important (but not always equal)
When choosing an MBA program that will suit you, industry rankings can be valuable source in selecting the right course. But not all rankings are equal. Hear from our Director of MBA program on how to decipher an MBA ranking.
28 May, 2020
Filed under:
Entrepreneurship, Strategy
Making decisions as an entrepreneur – the role of entrepreneurial risk management
Successful entrepreneurs master risk management in their decision making. By seeking non-traditional solutions, entrepreneurs develop their abilities and mindset to make calculated decisions.
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14 May, 2020
Filed under:
Organisational behaviour, Leadership and management
Not all doom and gloom: even in a pandemic, mixed emotions are more common than negative ones
Things may seem all doom and gloom. New data reveals it’s surprisingly rare for a person to experience purely negative emotions. More commonly, people are instead experiencing mixed emotions, even during the COVID-19 pandemic.