Posts Tagged ‘Leadership’
Women’s Business Ethics Forum Luncheon: Is “Too Much” Ever “Not Enough” in Executive Pay?
By Tho Nguyen—Every six months, the Houston Women’s Business Ethics Forum along with Murray Hill Institute(Texas), host Business Ethics Forums to discuss and develop philosophical and actionable frameworks for ethical and effective business management. In addition, the forums are designed to empower women to transform culture through strong and ethical leadership. On behalf of UST…
Read MoreBecoming a Leader in a Changing World
By Patricio Torres-Palacio, Ph.D.– “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other” (John F. Kennedy) There are so many things that have been said about leadership. How many times has the question been asked “is a leader made or born?” I believe that both cases are possible. Perception of Leadership Times and environments affect leadership…
Read MoreCreating Firm Value as a Team: A New Case Study From Turkey
By Dr. Gulfem Bayram–Executive compensation has been one of the most researched topics in business literature. There is even a sub-discipline within corporate finance that investigates corporate governance and executive compensation issues. Finance literature reports that corporate governance and executive compensation practices are closely related to firm value. While there are many different perspectives to…
Read MoreThe UST Academic Mall and My Teaching Philosophy
By Dr. Shuoyang Zhang–Being an educator is a noble profession. Human civilization depends upon the transcendent transmission of wisdom from generation to generation. It is an honor and a privilege for me to play a small role in this grand process. This is the 11th year of teaching since I first started in the summer…
Read MoreEffective Leadership is About Personal Growth
By Ally Montillo–Our life experiences and responses to them are of critical importance in how our leadership skills are formed and the type of leaders we will become. Think of turning points in your career or academic path, ones that shaped you as a leader, a significant moment of clarity, adversity or diversity that changed…
Read MoreBETA GAMMA SIGMA
By Dr. Margaret L. Shelton—- Beta Gamma Sigma [BGS] is the premier Honor Society and highest recognition for business students world-wide who are pursuing degrees at AACSB accredited business schools, such as our own Cameron School of Business. Membership in BGS is permanent with no fees required other than the initial acceptance fee. The benefits…
Read MoreExpert Advice on Leadership: Words of Wisdom From UST President
By Denily Acosta Izzo—When you are studying business, you feel a certain inclination to develop leadership skills because it makes you a better candidate when applying for a job. Leadership may come easily for an extroverted, social, and passionate individual or it may be a hard target to achieve for an introverted, shy, and a…
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