Business and Economics News and Events

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November 19th, 2009

  A total of 51 prospective postgraduate students attended a panel discussion with current students, alumni, academics and industry professionals at Caulfield Campus.

Chancellor gives keynote address at Management alumni event

November 19th, 2009

  Graduate and postgraduate Management alumni recently reunited for an evening of networking and entertainment at the Department of Management’s Inaugural Alumni Cocktail Party at Caulfield Campus.

Union urges action on sham contracts

November 18th, 2009

 

The construction union says it is rescuing hundreds of non-union labourers by recovering their wages as building projects go sour, prompting a renewed call for a crackdown on sham contracting in the industry.

[The Sydney Morning Herald - 16 November 2009 featuring Dr. Tui McKeown, Department of Management > read full article]

Tourism Research Unit showcases a diversity of projects

November 10th, 2009

  The Tourism Research Unit held their tenth and biggest seminar on Thursday 5 November 2009 at the Clayton campus. The seminar was attended by approximately 50 academics, higher degree research students and practitioners in tourism and other related fields.

MBA students won Enterprise Challenge

November 5th, 2009

  Three MBA students won the Monash New Enterprise Challenge (MNEC), a competition for postgraduate students throughout the university, to develop their entrepreneurial capabilities.

Marketing expert visits department

November 5th, 2009

  How to put marketing at the centre of the company plate was the message from Tony Palmer, Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Kimberly-Clark Corporation in the USA during his recent visit to the Department of Marketing. Tony addressed a group of Monash alumni, students and industry guests at the RACV Club in the CBD.

VC emphasises importance of multidisciplinary research

November 5th, 2009

  The importance of cross-campus collaboration between members of the Early Career Researcher Network (ECR Net) was further emphasised by the Vice-Chancellor Professor Ed Byrne’s address to members of ECR Net during an interactive video discussion with Monash Malaysia, Monash South Africa and Monash Gippsland at Clayton Campus.

Management and Marketing to join forces with conference

November 5th, 2009

  The primary professional bodies for management and marketing educators, researchers, students, scholars and practitioners in Australia and New Zealand, join forces for the first time to host their 2009 conferences in one outstanding event entitled “Sustainable management and marketing”.

ARC Grant Success

November 5th, 2009

  In the latest round of funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) researchers within the faculty were awarded nine Discovery grants and two Linkage grants. For Discovery grants this represents a success rate of 34.6% for the faculty compared to the Monash overall average of about 27.8%.

Monash MBA tops in the world in personal development and educational experience

October 16th, 2009

  The Monash University Master of Business Administration (MBA) was placed first in the world in the category ‘personal development and educational experience’ in the Economist’s 2009 MBA rankings.