Education
Linc up at a masterclass
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BRW is offering three readers the chance to do a masterclass with Rich 200 member Peter Bond.
Richard Branson: Rethinking education
| Richard BransonSmart Talk | The Virgin founder sees business opportunities in the tertiary learning sector.
Accidentally on purpose
| Michael Bleby
Building 20 at MIT was never intended as a creative centre but ended up as a big ideas hub.
Lack of staff training a liability
| LEO d’aNGELO FISHERLack of professional development programs is a false economy for employers.
Hospital check-up
| Jackie RangeThe University of Adelaide will lead a study on the quality and effectiveness of hospital service.
Time for confessions
| Jackie Range
Academic institutions should be more rigorous about declaring staff interests, a public health professor warns.
Take the initiative, middle management hopeful
| Leo D'Angelo FisherEmployees with management ambitions should take the effort to keep their skills up to date if their employers won’t dedicate resources to nurturing emerging talent.
WA workplaces foster a ‘fair go’
| Georgina Dent
WA employers have been praised for their commitment to disability employment and workplace safety.
The ‘little Buddha’ principle
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Is there a correlation between inconsiderate behaviour on the train and poor performance at work?
Think for the long term
| Georgina Dent
Business and government need to commit to developing and training the workforce to a much greater extent than they are doing now.
A matter of principals
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
The diverse skills needed to run a big secondary school are not unlike those of a corporate chief.
Bachelor in backstabbing
| David James
David James | Some suggestions for making business schools more relevant.
Wellcome to science
| Jackie Range
The Wellcome Trust is joining the campaign to make scientific research available for free.
Boom will benefit us all
| Damon Frith
A report from the Minerals Council argues that the structural changes will benefit all Australians.
Beyond the boom
| Michael Bleby
Unprecedented prosperity has come to the Bowen Basin and some locals are working to ensure the good times last.
Students head off to uni
| Michael BlebyCoalmining joint venture BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal has started offering university scholarships.
Here and now ignores the future Management update
|It’s not unusual for corporate chief executives to take a short-term view, especially when they have analysts and shareholders breathing down their necks. However, many chief executives are using the uncertainty of the global economy and Australia’s own two-speed economy to justify delivering maximum results in the here and now. The executive director of AGSM Executive Education at the Australian School of Business, Rosemary Howard, warns that chief executives who have “an obsession with immediate results” risk doing long-term damage to their companies and themselves. “If CEO’s don’t lead sustainably, they burn out, lose staff, create a toxic environment and miss out on innovative ideas,” she says. Focusing on immediate objectives also can be at odds with the importance of meeting vital long-term challenges. “The problem with this approach is that we’re crippling our long-term growth capabilities,” Howard says. “There is no question that organisations are becoming more complex, either growing larger or restructuring themselves in many different ways to deal with the escalating change and turbulence in their environment.”
RMIT gets ‘F’ for employee relations
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
D'Angelo Fisher | Far from being a cradle of free thinking, RMIT has chosen to hop aboard the bandwagon of management humbuggery.
An education: Glyn Davis
| David James
Running an Australian university is a bit like running a very complex utility provider.
CEO Q&A: Vanessa Gavan
| Samantha Hutchinson
The managing director of Maximus recalls the worst deal of her career and why its important to support young talent.
Bottom-up innovation
| Tony Featherstone
For innovation to flourish we need to encourage entrepreneurs.
Building a new facade
| Michael Bleby
Australia needs to train many more engineers and recognise the skills they have to offer in a variety of roles.
Think outside the technical box
| Georgina DentTechnical competence is not enough, says the dean of a leading Sydney business school.
UTS changes tack
| Leo D’Angelo Fisher
UTS has created a business advisory board comprising 14 prominent chief executives and company directors.
Naomi Simson: Inspirational leadership
| Naomi SimsonSmart Talk | I have been watching the leadership stoush at the Labor party with, well, open-mouthed horror.
Improve apprenticeships
| Leo D'Angelo FisherThe apprenticeship system is ill-equipped to provide the high-skilled labour manufacturing needs.
Early childhood teachers
| Jessica GardnerLegislation brought in at the beginning of 2012 will boost demand for childcare workers in general.
Better ways to learn
| Leo D’angelo fisherThe Australian Business Deans Council wants to shake up management training.
Speak up for yourself
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
Many people have mastered the scary art of public speaking – often thanks to courses.
Outpost not outclassed
| Samantha Hutchinson
The structure of this online course enables this MBA student to vary her study and enrolment according to the ebbs and flows of her professional workload.
Melbourne Business School in top 10
| Georgina DentMelbourne Business School has been named as a world leader for teaching marketing. It’s among the Financial Times global top 10 schools for marketing education.
Indian connection
| Michael Bailey
The founder of Tibra Capital, Danny Bhandari, wants to connect Indian-born entrepreneurs.
Global course all hands-on
| Samantha Hutchinson
Bank chief John Keith chose an MBA path that immersed him in real-life situations.
Keith on the MBA
|The best bit: “It makes you really humble,” Keith says. “It breaks the idea that you can look for heroes to solve things.”
Change of focus
| Samantha Hutchinson
Worldly reach was more than a fair exchange for this Melbourne MBA student.
Use theory to get practical
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
An MBA program can now give you many more real-life skills as well as valuable knowledge.
Instant cities and the aerotropolis
| Kath Walters
In a globalised world, will we live in cities built around airports?
Why creativity should be taken seriously
| John Lyons
Lyons | If we think that creativity is an important resource, why don’t we take it seriously?
More to motivation than cash
| Georgina DentAn RMIT survey of 253 fastest-growing SMEs shows that encouraging open communication, experimentation and risk-taking among employees boosts creativity more than bonuses or higher pay.
I am beautiful
| Kath Walters
The Dove Campaign for Real Beauty is a fantastic example of corporate social responsibility (that awful catchphrase).
Why I call myself a feminist
| Kath Walters
To call myself a feminist is to identify with other women.
Young dreams
| Leo D'Angelo Fisher
Today’s school students are tomorrow’s leaders: on reflection, we’re in good hands.
Venture forth unto the web
| Jeanne-Vida Douglas
The 2011 BRW Entrepreneur of the Year, Matt Barrie, is passing his skills on to the next generation.