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Online MBA programs have exploded in popularity in the last five years. The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) reports that 45,038 students enrolled in online MBA programs in the United States during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Whether it’s the neighborhood grocery store, the weekend farmer’s market, an auction or even an online marketplace like Amazon or your state’s health insurance exchange, markets work to bring together interested buyers and sellers so mutually beneficial transactions can take place.
Traditional forms of marketing blossomed in the middle and late parts of the 20th century, although the roots stretch much further back. In this post, you’ll learn about the differences between traditional and digital marketing, the advantages offered by digital marketing and where the future of marketing is heading.
It can be a mixed blessing to have multiple interests and talents: You face the opportunity—and responsibility—of making complex, interesting choices. In looking for a graduate program that best fits your unique combination of skill, curiosity and achievement, you owe it to yourself to get a clear picture of what each program offers and how it can shape your future.
People who learn about financial concepts can make more informed financial decisions at work and home. Read on to learn about five principles of finance and discover how the William & Mary Online MS in Finance can prepare you for the challenges you’ll face as a financial manager or C-suite leader in today’s evolving business landscape.
Getting an MBA is an achievement that can lead to great things for your career, but mastering the material and finishing assignments requires both hard work and time. But exactly how long it takes to get an MBA depends on a number of factors. Read more here.
Traditional economic theories assume that people act rationally when making financial decisions. So, what is behavioral finance?
Every day, over 338 million terabytes of data are created as people engage with the internet for business and personal use.1 Data analysts and other data professionals can leverage this data to gather business insights and drive business decisions. However, data-driven insights are only as good as the data behind them.
A sense of belonging is very important to us as humans. It’s so important that it’s included as one of the five levels on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs along with survival essentials like food, water, shelter and safety. It should be no surprise, then, that it is also important to cultivate belonging at work.
During each month of 2022, an average of four million U.S. workers quit their jobs. Even as more layoffs are being seen in early 2023, employers can benefit from understanding the mindset of workers coming out of the pandemic. Companies that want to retain high performers need to design jobs and work environments that offer better value.
It’s fairly obvious when someone isn’t actively listening to you. When telling a story, asking a question or giving instructions, your words fall flat. The person on the receiving end isn’t engaging, is doing something else entirely or is visibility checked-out of the conversation. This has an expanded set of implications in work environments, not just on productivity and quality, but on morale, culture and team connection.
In the world of sports, we honor and recognize the most valuable players. If a team wins a national championship, players take home a trophy, earn positive media coverage about their achievements and are celebrated with parades. In the world of work, not so much.
Today’s world involves an enormous amount of digital data. By the end of 2021, internet users were creating 2.5 billion gigabytes of data daily. It’s estimated that by 2025, more than 200 zettabytes of data will live in the cloud.
Only 36% of employees report feeling engaged with their work and workplace. Pair this with the recent trend of “quiet quitting,” and this statistic should cause some alarm for managers, leaders and business owners, as engagement has a considerable impact on morale, productivity and retention.
If you’re thinking about earning an MBA to advance your career in business or finance, you may be wondering about the career paths available to MBA graduates and how they differ. Private equity and management consulting are two areas in which you could be highly successful upon earning your MBA, but which career path is right for you?
There's no question that earning an MBA is challenging. The good news is that you aren’t alone when it comes to tackling the challenges of business school. Not only are your fellow students facing many of the same issues, but you also have access to a great deal of support and resources to help yo...
If you’re currently working in the financial sector, you may be looking to advance and take your career to a new level. But you don’t want to have to put your career on hold and give up your personal life to pursue an advanced degree.
William & Mary’s Raymond A. Mason School of Business is launching an Online Master of Accounting (MAcc) program.
As a graduate student, you’re going to be fielding a lot of advice. It starts before you enter the program—with application tips and strategies for how to craft the perfect essay—and it carries right on through to graduation. Graduate school interview preparation, in particular, is a topic prospective students sh...
Sometimes the hardest thing an emerging and even established business professional can do is sell themselves. Whether the struggle stems from humility or self-doubt, nothing embodies this challenge greater than the resume, that one-page summary of your years of life lessons and work experience.
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