Autumn 2016
-
Accounting collides with botany
A unique collaboration between scientists and accountants will help business go green.
-
The Next Recession We Have to Have
The only uncertainty surrounding an impending recession in Australia is when it will happen. How we prepare now will map the future of our economic sustainability.
-
Investing in global leaders
University meets industry in a partnership to identify and accelerate future leaders.
-
When delinquency becomes a career choice: and what we can do about it
New research supports the use of school-based intervention programs to reduce delinquency among teenage boys, decreasing their propensity to choose crime as an alternative career path to education.
-
Business as usual is no longer good enough
Women’s human potential is being tapped on the cheap, or in the developing world simply denied as they come second in the fight for education.
-
Why women are still doing it all
Australia has a long way to go before all employees are equally able to follow career and family goals.
-
Workplace implications of gendered toy marketing?
It has been argued that the ‘pink for girls, trucks for boys’ toy sloganeers reinforce gender stereotypes and inequality, and can ultimately contribute to issues as serious as domestic violence. Cordelia Fine finds out what the research tells us.
-
Celebrating the value of education
Melbourne Foundation for Business and Economics Dinner 2016.
-
Undergrad students solve global business challenges
Textbook theory meets real-world business problems in the Australian Undergraduate Business Case Competition (AUBCC). Bachelor of Commerce student, Laura Foo was at the most recent event, held in Sydney, to watch problems tackled, leadership lessons learned, and global networks hatched.
-
Corporate Pay and the Power to Manipulate
Powerful CEOs can manipulate performance targets to undermine corporate reforms designed to rein in excessive CEO compensation.
-
Rebuilding foundations for economic and social reform
The 2015 Outlook conference delivered thought-provoking debate on the key issues facing Australia today.
-
Personal space: where social media natives draw the line
Social media has blurred the already fine line between work and personal lives. In an ‘always on’ world is privacy a thing of the past?
-
Do Australian business leaders have what it takes?
The largest survey of Australian business leadership in 20 years reveals that only 57 per cent of workplaces are achieving their profit targets. The Study of Australian Leadership (SAL) also found that executive managers are over-confident in their leadership ability.
-
HIV Treatment: An Anti-Depressant Driving Economic Growth
Can a medical treatment affect the lives of people who do not have the disease? Research on the indirect effects of AIDS treatment in Malawi suggests that this is the case.
-
In Focus: Human Resources
Managing and developing human resources is pivotal to the success of any modern organisation, and its development as an industry in its own right is increasingly acknowledged by local and global players alike. So if HR has such a prominent role to play, how should those pursuing a career in the sector prepare? I interview three of our alumni to find out more.
-
Trading in the Dark
The market has always had lit and dark elements, which serve equally important and valuable roles, but technology has changed how the two interact.
-
A Leaner Bill of Health
Complex, fractured, expensive... but micro-economic changes to our health system could boost value and save lives.
-
Locked Out: How the Great Australian Dream Hit Reality
With ever-growing numbers of Australians locked out of the housing market, research identifies three key factors that determine housing affordability. But what can we do about it?
-
Accessible education delivering increased financial literacy
The University of Melbourne’s new online corporate finance specialisation overcomes geographical, social and economic barriers to make quality business school education available to everyone.