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Human Resources Strategy 2019 2016
A new study from researchers at BYU reveals that perceptions of impostorism are quite common and uncovers one of the the best — and worst — ways to cope with such feelings.
Nine new faculty members joined the ranks of the Marriott School of Management as the 2016-17 school year began this month.
In only four short years, Cougar Strategy Group has already begun opening doors for BYU Marriott MBA graduates and students.
What question are you living? Hal Gregerson asked more than 250 attendees.

At first glance, musical theater, business strategy, and chemistry don't seem to have much in common, but BYU Marriott senior strategy student Connor Workman thinks the three pursuits are more similar than you might think.
Dreams turned to reality for BYU Marriott Society of Human Resources student team on 14 November 2019.

Whether the characters are mysterious aliens, troll-like teenagers, or raging toddlers, Susan Harker Bohnet can write a book about them, leaving her readers laughing and crying out loud. Bohnet’s knack for understanding both people and marketing has helped her turn her writing skills into a lifelong career of penning novels and magazine columns.
A new study by BYU Marriott professors shows barely making a top 100 corporate ranking list may actually be worse for your company's financial future than being left off altogether.
When the BYU Marriott Inclusion Committee gathered data about students’ experiences in the business school, the committee discovered many individuals desired further guidelines on developing inclusive behavior that they could carry with them into the workplace.
For the second year in a row, the Society for Human Resource Management awarded BYU's SHRM chapter with the Student Chapter Merit Award, signifying the chapter's excellence and achievements during the 2018-19 academic year.
As BYU Marriott's own Napoleon Dynamite, assistant professor Mark Hansen credits his involvement with the Future Farmers of America as one step that led him to where he is today.
In a world of endless job listings requiring extensive qualifications, pursuing a career can seem overwhelming. But for Natalie Nyman, helping people land their dream jobs is her dream job.
Following her grandpa and father, Itza Miller came to BYU bright-eyed and cougar-tailed. As her BYU experience recently came to a close, Miller says she has appreciated the moments that guided her towards the people she calls her strategy family.
With a background in law and research interests in the NFL, assistant professor Taeya Howell brings a unique perspective to BYU Marriott.
Rex Facer, BYU Marriott associate professor of public service and ethics, may change the entire organization of Utah County government as he serves as vice-chair of the newly formed Utah County Good Government Advisory Board.
Kurt Sandholtz, BYU Marriott assistant professor of organizational behavior and human resources, has learned the importance of moving forward in faith with a decision, without completely understanding what lies ahead.
Getting published in the Harvard Business Review is difficult, but BYU Marriott School of Business strategy professor Jeff Dyer seems to have successfully faced the challenge.
Rachel McDougal entered BYU and was indecisive about which program to pursue. Through the BYU Student Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) club, McDougal discovered what she wanted to study.
Keith Olsen was looking for real-world experience when he arrived at BYU. This semester, Olsen found what he wanted by leading a team of five students in a case competition hosted by the Strategy Club. The team worked together for almost three hours a day to prepare a corporate strategy for LucidChart, a local software company.
Whether it be climbing the tallest mountains in Europe and Africa or climbing the ladder toward a successful business career, Charles Barrett, a 2009 graduate from the Marriott School strategy program, reaches the top one step at a time.
In 1997, Lisa Jones Christensen took a break after a decade of working in business development to travel the world and work on her Spanish. While in Guatemala, she lived with low-income families in their homes. One night, when the father of one of the families came home from work rejected, mistreated, and empty-handed, she realized she needed to re-evaluate the paradigm she had grown to know about the relationship between business and quality of life.
As Kelly Andrews began his freshmen year at BYU, he participated in activities offered by the Society of Human Resource Management’s student OBHR chapter. But after noticing only a handful of people in attendance at each meeting, Andrews was determined to make a change.
When two young missionaries lost the trail while hiking Mont Pelée, a volcano on the French Caribbean island of Martinique, Reid Robison had to act quickly. After receiving the news that the two young men had gone missing, Robison, then president of the West Indies Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, immediately flew to Martinique from mission headquarters in Trinidad and brought in twenty additional missionaries from surrounding islands in the mission to help search alongside the local police force.
Marriott School programs are notorious for having limited enrollment and low acceptance rates. Every summer, hopeful Marriott School applicants anxiously await the news of whether they’ve been accepted into their prospective majors.