UQ Business School hosts or sponsors numerous events each month. Our signature events include:
We also provide a workshop series featuring new research from visiting academics. For more information on our suite of professional development courses, please visit Corporate Education.
2009 Calendar of Events
November
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 2-6 |
MBA Capstone |
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| 4 |
Information Evening |
UQ Business School MBA Information Evening at UQ Business School Downtown |
Detail |
| 9-13 |
Corporate Education |
Managing People, Managing Projects 9-13 November 2009 at UQ Business School Downtown |
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| 19 |
Honours Event |
Honours Graduation Evening at UQ Business School Downtown |
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| 20 |
Workshop Series |
Anabelle Mark, Professor, Middlesex University, UK, What do we know of the quality of working life in Europe? - Results from an 8 country study |
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| 23-27 |
Corporate Education |
Advanced Innovation Leadership: 23-27 November 2009 at UQ Business School Downtown |
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| 25 |
Top MBA Awards |
Friday 6.00-9.00pm at Customs House |
Detail |
| 26 |
Alumni event |
Annual Alumni General Meeting and Christmas Wine Tasting |
Detail |
| 27 |
Workshop Series |
Douglas Dow, Associate Professor, University of Melbourne |
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December
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 7 |
Workshop Series |
Michael Kleinaltenkamp, Professor, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany - Title TBA |
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| 9 |
Workshop Series |
Alison Konrad, Professor, Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario, Canada - Is using work-life flexibility benefits a career-limiting move? An examination of women, men, lone parents, and parents with partners |
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| 21 |
UQ Options |
UQ Options for Undergraduates, Monday at UQ Centre Lecture Theatre |
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Past Events from 2009
January
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 14-15 |
MBA Full time cohort |
Orientation on Wednesday & Thursday at St Lucia campus |
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February
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 21 |
MBA Orientation PT |
MBA Orientation for part time cohort on Saturday at St Lucia |
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| 23-27 |
O Week |
O Week Semester 1 |
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| 25 |
UG Welcome |
Undergraduate welcome, Wednesday 2.00-3.00pm at UQ Centre Lecture Theatre |
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| 26 |
PG Welcome |
Postgraduate Welcome, Thursday 5.45-7.00pm at UQ Centre Lecture Theatre |
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| 26 |
Workshop Series |
Asst Professor Stefan Thau, London Business School - Treatment quality and harmful employee behaviors: The roles of self-esteem enhancement and uncertainty reduction motives |
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| 27 |
Seminar |
Professor Mats Alvesson - Organizations as rhetoric. Knowledge-intensive firms and the struggle with ambiguity: A retrospective account |
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| 28 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Presentation Skills Workshop on Saturday 9.00am-12.00n at Room 103 Colin Clark Blg No 39. Presenter, Barry O'Sullivan |
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| 28 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Library Skills Workshop on Saturday 1.00-3.00pm at eZone3 Level 2 Duhig Blg No 2. Presenter Dale Drysdale |
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March
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 1 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Presentation Skills Workshop on Sunday 9.00am-12.00n at Room 103 Colin Clark Blg No 39. Presenter, Barry O'Sullivan |
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| 6 |
Workshop Series |
Kelly Chan, University of Technology Sydney - Accounting-based composite market multiples and equity valuation |
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| 7 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Assignment Writing Skills Workshop on Saturday 9.00am-12.00n at Room 116 Level 1 General Purpose North 4 Blg No 14. Presenter, Bernard McKenna |
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| 7 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Library Skills Workshop on Saturday 1.00-3.00pm at eZone3 Level 2 Duhig Blg No 2. Presenter, Dale Drysdale |
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| 8 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Assignment Writing Skills on Sunday 8 at 9.00am-12.00noon at Room 116 level 1 General Purpose North 4 Building No 14. Presenter, Bernard McKenna |
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| 9 |
PG Skills Workshop |
Postgraduate Library Skills Workshop on Saturday 4.00-6.00pm at eZone3 Level 2 Duhig Blg No 2. Presenter, Dale Drysdale |
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| 10 |
Seminar Series |
Seminar with Mats Alvesson & Jorgen Sandberg - Ways of generating research questions: Gap-spotting or problematization? |
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| 13 |
Workshop Series |
Michael Ryall, Associate Professor, Melbourne School - Causal ambiguity, complexity and capability-based advantage |
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| 20 |
Workshop Series |
Sudipto Dasgupta, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Debt reclassifications under revolving facilities: Determinants and real impact |
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| 20 |
Workshop Series |
Sukanto Bhattacharya, Postdoctoral Fellow, UQ Business School - An artificial neural network-based analytical review procedure for detection of manipulated datasets |
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| 20 |
Workshop Series |
Bob McDonald, Associate Professor, Texas University - Toward competence retention: The role of triangulated isomorphism as a threat to competence efficacy |
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| 27 |
Workshop Series |
Shigero Ono, Professor, Otsuma Gakuin University, Japan - A new aspect of diversification and a strategic action on it |
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| 30-3 |
Corporate Education |
Innovation Leadership 30 March - 3 April 2009 at UQBS Downtown campus |
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April
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 1 |
UQ Careers Fair |
Wednesday 11.00am-4.00pm at UQ Centre |
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| 3 |
Workshop Series |
Dirk Hovorka, Bond University, Gold Coast, Objects, concepts, and discourses: Conceptual convergences in information systems |
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| 3 |
Workshop Series |
Janet Spitz, Professor, Faculty of Business, College of Saint Rose, Albany, New York - Ideology and Business globalizations: Bounding Free Trade? |
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| 6 |
Workshop Series |
James R Barker, Professor, Waikato Management School, NZ, Journal targeting and paper conversion |
Detail... |
| 15 |
Alumni Event |
UQBS Alumni Association Private Viewing of Margaret Olley's Life's Journey Exhibition |
Detail... |
| 17 |
Workshop Series |
Andrew Stephen, Lecturer, Columbia University, USA - Deriving value from social commerce networks |
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| 21 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 1 - Explorations Through Self Assessment, Tuesday 5.30pm at UQ, Trevor Roberts and Associates |
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| 24 |
Brown Bag Presentation |
The Relative Importance of quantitative and qualitative Capital Investment Appraisal Techniques in Hotels: 24 April 2009 |
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| 28 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 2 - Career Strategy and Planning, Tuesday 5.30pm at UQ, Trevor Roberts and Associates |
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| 27-1 |
Corporate Education |
Valuing Human Capital: 27 April - 1 May 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
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| 30 |
Seminar |
Queensland - Emerging Stronger: Chris Rodwell, Qld Director Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) |
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May
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 1 |
Workshop Series |
Sandra Wallace, Lecturer, Department of Accounting & BIS, University of Melbourne - Non-linear influences of price competition on cost accounting system sophistication |
Detail... |
| 1 |
Workshop Series |
Clive Warren, Associate Professor, UQ Business School - Title TBA |
Detail... |
| 5 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 3 - Managing Your Professional Search Strategy, Tuesday 5.30pm, UQ, Zanetti Recruitment Consultants (ZRC) |
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| 7 |
Corporate Education Info-Evening |
Invitation to Corporate Education Information Evening on Thursday 7 May 2009 from 6pm - 8pm at UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19 Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane. |
Detail... |
| 8 |
Workshop Series |
Mark Borman, Senior Lecturer, University of Sydney, A multi-dimensional framework to assist in the design of successful shared service centres |
Detail... |
| 12 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 4 - CV Development, Tuesday 5.30pm, UQ, Zanetti Recruitment Consultants (ZRC) |
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| 12-14 |
CeBIT Australia |
UQ Business School is proud to sponsor CeBIT's premiere networking event Innovation Nation. |
Detail... |
| 15 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Joey George, College of Business, Florida State University - Treatment quality and harmful employee behaviors: The roles of self-esteem enhancement and uncertainty reduction motives |
Detail... |
| 15 |
Workshop Series |
Nicolae Garleanu, University of California, Berkeley, USA - The demographics of innovation and asset returns |
Detail... |
| 18-22 |
Corporate Education |
Strategy in Action: 18-22 May 2009 |
Detail... |
| 19 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 5 - From Interviews to Job Offers - MacGillivrays Solicitors |
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| 22 |
Workshop Series |
Jeff Coulton, University of New South Wales, Corporate payout policy in Australia and a test of the life cycle theory |
Detail... |
| 26 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 6 - How to market your qualifications to the business community - Rio Tinto |
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| 27 |
Corporate Education |
Industry Breakfast with Professor Mark Dodgson "Understanding Innovation" at UQ Business School Downtown, Level 19 Central Plaza One, 345 Queen Street, Brisbane. |
Detail... |
| 28 |
Information Evening |
UQ Business School Postgraduate Information Evening |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Ed O'donnell, Assistant Professor, University of Kansas, USA - Increasing consistency in audit risk assessments: An intervention for remediating contrast bias |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Kevin Voges, Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, NZ - Rough clustering of destination image data using an evolutionary algorithm |
Detail... |
| 29 |
Workshop Series |
Ray Zammuto, Professor, UQ Business School - Untangling the effects of cultural content, strength and hierarchical subcultures on change implementation |
Detail... |
June
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 4 |
Corporate Education Event |
Enhanced Supply Network Management Summit - UQ Business School Downtown. Registration required. |
Detail... |
| 4 |
Supply Network Management
Summit |
UQ Business School presents a one-day supply network management summit to debate issues confronting senior executives managing domestic and international supply networks. Participants will learn how to align their business models to achieve optimum performance and how to prepare for the future in an environment characterised by uncertainty. |
Detail... |
| 5 |
Workshop Series |
Michael Turner - WORKSHOP CANCELLED |
Detail... |
| 5 |
Workshop Series |
Neal Stoughton, Professor University of New South Wales - Intermediated investment management |
Detail... |
| 10 |
Buzz with Business Conference |
This conference is an initiative of Education Qld, Business Educators Association of Queensland and the UQ Business School. The conference is open to all year 10s not just those currently studying business. |
Detail... |
| 15-19 |
Corporate Education |
Women Executive Leaders: 15-19 June 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
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| 16 |
Business Plan Writing Workshop |
FREE Business Plan Writing Workshop, Tuesday 16 June 2009 4pm-5.30pm in Joyce Ackroyd Boardroom (37-430) |
Detail... |
| 30-3 |
Asia FA Conference |
Asia FA International Conference, Tuesday 30 June - Friday 3 July 2009 at St Lucia campus |
Detail... |
July
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 6-10 |
Corporate Education |
Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector: 6-10 July 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Allan Kleidon |
A Return to 19th Century Banking - with Honorary Professor Allan Kleidon |
Detail... |
| 17 |
Conference |
The Annual University of Queensland Property Conference |
Detail... |
| 18-19 |
TSXPO |
Saturday & Sunday at RNA Showgrownds |
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| 20 |
Research Colloquium |
Annual Research Colloquium @ UQ Business School Downtown |
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| 20-24 |
O Week |
Semester 2 |
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| 21 |
FINSIA event |
Young Finance Professionals Panel Series @ UQ Business School Downtown |
Detail... |
| 23 |
UQ Business School Postgraduate Welcome |
5.45pm for 6.00pm concluding by 7.30pm, Lecture Theatre Level 2, Sir Llew Edwards Building (#14) |
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| 23-24 |
Engaging Business Conference |
The UQ Business School is proud to host the 2009 Engaging Business Conference. Run over two separate days this event gives students the opportunity to attend "a day at university" and take part in presentations and workshops on the latest issues in the business world today. Student will also be in the running to win the coveted "Engaging Business Award" for most innovative group. |
Detail... |
| 24 |
Workshop Series |
Professor John Lastovicka, Arizona State University, USA - The influence of material love on consumer behaviors |
Detail... |
| 25 |
PG Assignment Writing |
Postgraduate Student Assignment Writing Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 25 |
PG Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 26 |
PG Assignment Writing |
Postgraduate Student Assignment Writing Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 27-31 |
Corporate Education |
The Leadership Challenge: 27-31 July 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
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| 31 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Shah Jahan Miah, Griffith University - Industry practitioner as application developer for decision support |
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August
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 1 |
PG Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 6 |
PG Library Skills |
Postgraduate Student Library Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 6 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Management Workshop - Session 1 - Thursday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm - Exploration through Self Assessment and Career Strategy and Planning by Greg Tomlinson from Greg Tomlinson Coaching |
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| 7 |
Workshop Series |
Professor Peter J Danaher, Melbourne Business School - Forecasting television ratings |
Detail... |
| 8 |
PG Presentation Skills |
Postgraduate Presentation Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 9 |
PG Presentation Skills |
Postgraduate Presentation Skills Workshops - Bookings essential |
Detail... |
| 13 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 1 - Design Your Career, Thursday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown - Edwin Trevor Roberts from Edwin Trevor Roberts Associates |
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| 14 |
Workshop Series |
Bruce Grundy, Professor of Finance, University of Melbourne - Charitable fund-raising—matching grants or seed money: An application to employee matching grant schemes |
Detail... |
| 14 |
Workshop Series |
Hazel Moir, Australian National University - Patent facts and patent fallacies: Implications for innovating firms |
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| 17-21 |
Corporate Education |
Financial Management at Work: 17-21 August 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
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| 20 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 2 - Advance Your Career, Thursday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Trevor Roberts from Edwin Trevor Roberts Associates |
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| 21 |
Workshop Series |
Andrew Ferguson, Professor, University of Technology, Sydney - Voluntary disclosure in gold mine feasibility studies |
Detail... |
| 21 |
Workshop Series |
Nicole Gillespie, Melbourne Business School - Developing and repairing trust in organizations |
Detail... |
| 26 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Management Workshop Series - Session 2 - Managing Your Professional Search Strategy, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 26 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 3 - Managing Your Professional Search Strategy, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 28 |
Workshop Series |
Felix Tan, Professor of Information Systems, Auckland University of Technology - Making sense of IT in organisations: The repertory grid technique in information systems research |
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September
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 2 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Management Workshop Series - Session 3 - CV Development, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 2 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 4 - CV Development, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 4 |
Workshop Series |
Xiaowen Tian, Associate Professor, Bond University - Corporate Managing FDI technology spillovers: A challenge to TNCs in emerging markets |
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| 4 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Jon Heales, UQ Business School - Factors underlying individual outcomes for accountants in a telework environment |
Detail... |
| 4 |
BSPA |
Volunteer Workshop 3.00-5.30pm at the Graduates' Club |
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| 4 |
BSPA |
Network Social 5.30-8.00pm at the Graduates' Club |
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| 7-11 |
Corporate Education |
Corporate Sustainability: 7-11 September 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
| 10 |
MBA & Postgrad Expo |
Thursday 12.00n-7.00pm at Brisbane City Hall |
Detail... |
| 10 |
Employment Services |
Your Boardroom Potential - John Lyons, State Councillor, AICD @ UQ Business School Downtown |
Detail... |
| 11 |
CEO Summit |
Friday at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Workshop Series |
Sian Owen, University of New South Wales- Corporate governance and the long-run performance of firms issuing seasoned equity: An Australian study |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Gail Ridley, University of Tasmania - Theoretical Approaches to Gender and IT: Examining some Australian evidence. |
Detail... |
| 11 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Don O'Sullivan, Melbourne Business School - Does customer satisfaction influence the relationship between earnings and firm value? |
Detail... |
| 15 |
Seminar |
Alexander Stathakis - The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Its impact on Australia and lessons learned from Europe |
Detail... |
| 16 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Management Workshop Series - Session 4 - From Interviews to Job Offers, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 16 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 5 - From Interviews to Job Offers, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 16 |
Information Evening |
UQ Business School MBA Information Evening at UQ Business School Downtown |
Detail |
| 18 |
Workshop Series |
Anoop Madhok, Professor of Strategy, Schulich School of Business, York University - Overcoming the liability of emergingness through internationalization by acquisition: Learning and competitive catch-up by emerging multinationals |
Detail... |
| 21-25 |
Corporate Education |
Advanced Leadership for the Not for Profit Sector: 21-25 September 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Management Workshop Series - Session 5 - How to market Yourself and Your Qualification, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 23 |
Employment Services |
PG Career Management Workshop Series - Session 6 - How to market Yourself and Your Qualification, Wednesday 5.30 for 6.00pm start - 9.00pm @ UQ Business School Downtown, Aaron McEwan from Lee Hecht Harrison |
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| 28-2 |
Corporate Education |
Strategic Marketing and Communication: 28 September-2 October 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
October
| Date |
Event |
Title |
Link |
| 2 |
RHD Event |
Professional Development sessions and Milestone information for candidates pre and post-confirmation |
Detail... |
| 5 |
Employment Services |
MBA Career Panel: Monday 5.30-8.00pm, Seminar Room West - UQBS Downtown, MBA Career Panel |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Workshop Series |
David Smith, Monash University - Social capital and management control systems: A study of a non-government organization |
Detail... |
| 9 |
Workshop Series |
Neal Ashkanasy, Professor, UQ Business School - Research on emotions in organizations: A multi-level perspective |
Detail... |
| 14 |
UQ PG Advice Night |
Postgraduate Advice Night, Wednesday at Customs House (TBC) |
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| 16 |
Enterprize |
Enterprize Pitch Day: Friday 16 October at UQ Centre Exhibition Hall |
Detail... |
| 19-23 |
Corporate Education |
Negotiation Skills for Today: 19-23 October 2009 at UQBS Downtown |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Workshop Series |
Wynne Chin, Professor, University of Houston - An Introduction to Partial Least Squares analysis using PLS-Graph |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Workshop Series |
Jacob Sagi, Professor of Finance, Vanderbilt University - Information content of public firm disclosures and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
Detail... |
| 23 |
Workshop Series |
Dr Kai Riemer, University of Sydney - Dynamic awareness theory: Awareness in mediated communication as pools fed by streams of practice |
Detail... |
| 30 |
Workshop Series |
Yee Shih Phua, Lecturer, University of New South Wales- Exploring the influence of controls on the modification of outsourcing relationships |
Detail... |
| 31 |
BSPA event |
BSPA 2009 AGM and Semester Wrap-up Social, Saturday 31 October, 2009 @ UQ Club |
Detail... |
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