QUT - Business insights

Discover how QUT Business School students and alumni have transformed their lives and careers through business studies. Then, meet the academics and industry practitioners who bring these programs to life, making an impact both in and beyond the classroom.

23 February, 2024
Filed under: MBA Suite, Postgraduate, Graduate School of Business, Leadership, Career outcomes

How A QUT MBA Equipped Michelle To Expand Her Career Into The Boardroom

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).

23 September, 2021
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Big Brother is watching

PhD candidate Irena Bukhshtaber explores the implications of technology and AI in recruitment.

How Rica Lacey paved her own way into leadership

Director of Indigenous Health at Darling Downs Health, Rica Lacey has built her career by paving her own way. Now studying her Executive MBA at QUT, Rica shares her exceptional career journey with us and how she wants to inspire others.

20 September, 2021
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Is the best customer experience always the right customer experience?

Jennifer Arnold explains why you should align customer experience with customer expectations.

11 September, 2021
Filed under: Thought leadership

Can accounting help solve the political problems of energy and climate change?

Drawing on the recent Finkel Review, Dr Annette Quayle explores how accounting offers techniques for reducing political complexity around climate change.

8 September, 2021
Filed under: MBA Suite, Postgraduate

What to consider when applying for an Executive MBA

For those considering studying QUT's Executive Master of Business Administration in 2022, MBA program manager Sally McLean outlines what to consider when contemplating studying an Executive MBA.

7 September, 2021
Filed under: Leadership, Thought leadership

Emotional intelligence in business

Emotional intelligence has been associated with improved job performance, efficient work teams and superior work outcomes. We talk to Associate Professor Peter O'Connor on cultivating emotional intelligence in business.

7 September, 2021
Filed under: Pathways to Politics, Pathways to Politics

Program Helps Inspire Leigh on Her Pathway to Politics

She shares her rich learnings from the program which have paved her way to take on a significant leadership role in the LNP and to make a difference as a party leader and future politician.