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Between scrolling through social media and searching on the web, we are bombarded with video ads every day.
In the next few months, workplaces across the country will celebrate some of the best-known holidays in North America, including Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Today’s office-holding, business-owning, C-suite-level women are fulfilling the dreams of turn-of-the-century activists from the women’s suffrage movement.
It’s been called the Information Age, the Computer Age, and the Digital Age, but whatever the name, the last few decades have brought a whirlwind of change. Computers combined with the internet and technology offer unprecedented access to the world.
The return on wellness programs is worth the investment, but organizations still have a hard time getting people fully engaged. New BYU Marriott research digs into which incentives are tied to the best wellness outcomes.
The blow-by-blow on how to promote peace in the workplace and negotiate through conflict.
Of the approximately one thousand cars, trucks, and SUVs on display at last year’s Los Angeles Auto Show, not one car featured the distinctive blue and silver logo of the Swedish automaker Volvo. Instead, visitors to the Volvo booth found a curiously empty stage, a banner that read, “Don’t buy our cars,” and a warm invitation to explore the company’s new subscription service, Care by Volvo.
BYU is a special place. I go to a lot of universities, and there is nowhere else like this. I grew up here on this campus. My father was part of the BYU Marriott faculty for thirty years. There isn’t one part of the Tanner Building that doesn’t have a Smith mark on it somewhere.
For perhaps the first time in modern history, five generations are coming together in ways that significantly impact how we live. Differences between generations (both real and perceived) have existed since the beginning of time, but the study of those differences has never been more scrutinized and researched than it is currently—and for good reason.
In “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” T. S. Eliot wrote, “‘Do I dare?’ . . . ‘Do I dare?’ . . . Do I dare / Disturb the universe?” Although I haven’t always recognized it, this simple question has been one that has guided my journey through life.
Choose your words wisely. Research from two BYU professors shows that violent language is causing us to play fast and loose with ethics — and even become more aggressive in our personal interactions.
Walking timidly into the Tanner Building for her first class of her freshman year, Melissa Trautman didn’t know what to expect from the class or from her future BYU experience. She hoped the course title, Creating a Good Life, would come to literal fruition, but she had no idea the significant impact the class would have on her life.
Dean Brigitte C. Madrian often stands in the hallway leading to her new digs on the seventh floor of the Tanner Building and observes the atrium below.
By the time a new smartphone lands in your hands, it has likely completed a journey around the globe that would make even the most well-traveled passports look skimpy.
Just as sherpas in Nepal assist mountaineers, BYU Marriott MPA sherpa program helps first-year students on their climb through the MPA program.
Four students from BYU Marriott's Global Management Center won second place in the NU-CUIBE International Business Case Competition in Boston, taking home more than just hardware.
In only four short years, Cougar Strategy Group has already begun opening doors for BYU Marriott MBA graduates and students.
Cadets and faculty in BYU's Air Force ROTC and Army ROTC programs commemorated Veterans Day last month with activities that focused on both honoring the 212 fallen soldiers on the Memorial Wall in BYU's Wilkinson Student Center.
Students from across the country traveled to BYU Marriott to compete in the Global Management Center's two-day Business Language Case Competition in November 2019.

Four seniors in the BYU Marriott global supply chain management program took third place at the 2019 Bowersox Undergraduate Supply Chain Management Challenge hosted at Michigan State University.
Hosted annually by BYU’s Ballard Center, the Peery Film Festival is presented to students to make them aware of a number of current social issues and invite them to consider possible solutions.
Dreams turned to reality for BYU Marriott Society of Human Resources student team on 14 November 2019.

Two BYU Marriott MPA graduates became recipients of the Rumsfeld Foundation Fellowship and received $10,000 along with priceless networking opportunities.
By the time college starts, most students have gotten rid of their childhood toys. But for BYU Marriott's Experience Design and Management (EXDM) program, professors encourage students to play with toys.