My thoughts, and those of the Melbourne Business School community are with our neighbours in New Zealand  and the students, staff and families of MBS affected by the recent tragic earthquake. I’m from Christchurch myself and had some anxious hours this week until my family were able to get through on the phone lines to let me know that they were safe.

There are many ways in which the Melbourne Business School is linked to New Zealand: through students and alumni, staff and faculty, executive education clients and many colleagues and friends. We have more than 500 alumni in New Zealand with 22 of those located in Christchurch. We extend our sympathy and thoughts to them. I have written to my counterpart at the University of Canterbury and offered our help to their faculty and students. If there is any way that we can help you, our alumni, during this tragic time, I would only be too glad to hear from you and assist in any way we can.

Jennifer

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Despite the long history of widespread ethical education, the incidence of ethical failures remains as prevalent as ever. In modern business, the magnitude of the problems consequent on ethical failures has grown with the increasing size, opaqueness and potential impact of the modern corporation.

Vibrancy, quality, cutting edge research, and global business leadership, are what gives MBS its international competitive edge. To maintain, enhance and add to these strengths, MBS - like other international business schools - needs the support of its current students, donors, alumni, staff, friends and affiliates to sustain its student and research activities on an annual basis. Read more

Geoffrey (Boyce) Pizzey (MBA 1977) and Joanna Pizzey (MBA 2010) are a father and daughter who have both completed the MBA at Melbourne Business School.  We asked them to spend some time looking back on their time at MBS, why they decided to take the MBA, the highlights, inspirational faculty, and keeping in touch with fellow classmates.  Read more.
 

Mid February saw more than 100 delegates gather to attend the 2011 Australian Net Impact Conference, which was again hosted by Melbourne Business School.

Delegates took the opportunity to mix with leading professionals to debate and discuss issues of corporate responsibility and engage with the conference theme: ‘Growing. Together. Sustainably.’  Read more.

Entrepreneurs are the heroes of today’s marketplace. Growing a company from initial concept to industry leader requires a special breed of individual. Individuals who recognise opportunities that others fail to see. They are catalysts for change, they start companies and create jobs. Do you know an outstanding entrepreneur?  Read more

The steady rise of quantitative analysis in modern business practice is documented in a number of books. But there have been few books that outline exactly what type of analysis is providing dividends in practice. Bayesian Statistics and Marketing is one book that fills such a gap.  Read more

Australia is a country renowned for its unpredictable climate. These erratic weather patterns have directly contributed to Australia being recognised as having the most variable rainfall of any country in the world. At its worst Australia’s extreme climate has the capacity to manifest as severe weather events. Read more

MBS Associate Professor of Marketing, Mark Ritson will join retail and marketing experts as they share their insider knowledge on what global retailers are doing to access new markets and develop a sustainable competitive edge in today's volatile commercial landscape. Read more

Professor Bob Wood, Director, MBS Centre for Ethical Leadership, is pleased to invite you to the third event in the Vincent Fairfax Speaker Series, with keynote speaker Mr Danny Gilbert AM, co-founder and Managing Partner, Gilbert + Tobin. Mr Gilbert will speak on 'Leading an ethical life.'

The development of this program has been made possible through a generous grant from the Vincent Fairfax Ethics in Leadership Foundation. Read more

Network with your fellow alumni in the first Melbourne 4Seasons for 2011. The Autumn event will be at Red Hummingbird, 246 Russell Street, Melbourne 3000.
Register online.
We look forward to seeing you there!

Gill Cashion, Richard Columbine, Greg Green and Jo Pizzey
The 2011 4Seasons Organising Committee