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Female bank workers leave due to unfriendly work practices

6 Oct 2009, 10.22 AM
Female bank workers leave due to unfriendly work practices

Mergers, management changes and unfriendly work-family practices were the main reasons behind women leaving the workforce today a new survey has found.

The survey of 44 bank workers in Australia found that despite the popular assumption that professional women ‘opt out’ of the workforce to focus on family – “choosing to forgo top management aspirations to fulfill the traditional role of homemaker” - it was unlikely to be the main reason for their departure. 

Proposed merger will create a Business and Economics powerhouse at Melbourne

31 Jul 2009, 6.46 PM

The University of Melbourne and the Melbourne Business School Limited (MBS Ltd) have agreed upon a proposal to merge the Melbourne Business School and the Faculty of Economics and Commerce to create a new Faculty of Business and Economics at Melbourne.  The new Faculty will be operated by MBS Ltd.

China’s integration into world economy has led to a safer world

23 Jun 2009, 9.46 AM

The rise of China in the new global economic order has made for a more prosperous and stable world, according to Associate Professor Mark Crosby from the Melbourne Business School.