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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3 June, 2020
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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
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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
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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.
7 May, 2020
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Entrepreneurship
Parallels of extreme adventure and isolation
Hear from QUT’s Entrepreneur-in-residence and extreme adventurer, Eleanor Carey on the mindset life cycle of physical isolation and then life returning back to normal.
6 April, 2020
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Entrepreneurship
Doom and gloom for Australian businesses, but maintaining our entrepreneurial spirit may be the silver lining
The entrepreneurial spirit of Australians can be the antidote against the economic downturn anticipated in the aftermath of Covid-19, says Martin Obschonka and other researchers.
27 March, 2020
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Leadership and management
Trust deficit disorder: Do we trust the news media in Australia?
How much do Australians trust the news media? The Centre for Behavioural Economics, Society and Technology and the News and Media Research Centre investigate.
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19 March, 2020
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Nonprofit and philanthropy
How a time of panic buying could yet bring us together
Panic buying and other behaviours in times of crisis may bring people together, say Gary Mortimer, Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at QUT, and Jana Bowden, Associate Professor of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour at Macquarie University.
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25 February, 2020
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Nonprofit and philanthropy
Modern philanthropy and the Gospel of Wealth
In the early 20th Century, Andrew Carnegie led us into the ‘Gilded Age’ of philanthropy with his seminal work the Gospel of Wealth. Since then, a lot has changed in the world of philanthropy.
22 February, 2020
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Politics
Each for Equal: Clearing a path for women to enter politics
This year, the theme for International Women's Day is Each for Equal. We've asked Ruth McGowan OAM to reflect on what this theme means to her and to women in politics.
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