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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24 July, 2020
Filed under: Leadership and management, Strategy, MBA

Creating a positive business solution out of personal hardship

When Mark and Julie Wallace were looking for professional support after their daughter was a victim in the 2017 London Bridge terror attack, they found there is no one size fits all approach.

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21 July, 2020
Filed under: Organisational behaviour

The interchangeable office of 2020: Working from home and returning to work arrangements

With the rise of employees and employers looking to embed regular work from home arrangements once they’re able to return to the office, what are the positives and negatives?

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2 July, 2020
Filed under: Organisational behaviour

Disagreeability, neuroticism and stress: what drives panic buying during the COVID-19 pandemic

What motivates people to panic buy and stockpile goods like toilet paper? The COVID-19 pandemic has given us the chance to find out.

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30 June, 2020
Filed under: 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
Filed under: 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.

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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.

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15 June, 2020
Filed under: 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
Filed under: 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'.

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