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Gender Pay Gap on the Soccer Field: A Sure Case for a Red Card Across almost all industries and business sectors, men still score a significantly larger paycheck than women with comparable qualifications. But nowhere is the playing field less level than in soccer. Salary expert Martina Ernst and WU researcher and soccer buff Jonas Puck explore the underlying reasons and potential approaches to narrowing the pay gap in both business and soccer.
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"Turn It Into a Project": Project Management as a Career Boost More and more companies are handling their business endeavors, irrespective of their size and complexity as a series of projects; companies are now hiring people with skills in project management more than ever across all industries and jobs. Find out more about the unprecedented opportunities project management offers not just for experts specialized in the field, but also, and especially for, newcomers and high potentials in companies: here are two real success stories from graduates of the Professional MBA Project Management.
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2021 Industriemagazin MBA Ranking: WU Executive Academy Takes 1st Place Following its top placement in the recently published “2021 ranking of seminar providers,” the WU Executive Academy now also took the lead in the current Industriemagazin MBA ranking. The independent survey among 300 Austrian managers showed that the WU Executive Academy’s MBA programs are not only highly reputed across all industries but also recommended by HR managers most often.
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Inspiring Content in a New Format: the WU Executive Academy Podcast is Out Now The WU Executive Academy has now launched its own podcast series: real stories from our community and inspiration from leaders and entrepreneurs around the world. As the host, Čedomir Pušica says, “it is my task to ask the right questions so that you can learn more about the person, their industry, their mindset, and how they managed to bring positive change to businesses and their communities.” In our first episode, he speaks with the CEO of Fairo, Olena Khlon on her leadership style, turning the impossible into the possible.
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Getting Ready for the Future of Work With the Professional MBA Digital Transformation & Data Science The coronavirus pandemic has accelerated digital transformation for many businesses, showing just how important digital skills are for companies across industries. According to the Graduate Management Admission Council (GMAC), 68% of companies that hire MBA graduates say the ability to navigate the challenges of technological disruption has become more important since the start of the pandemic. Read an inspiring article on businessbecause, one of the world’s leading MBA portals, to find out how MBA graduates can handle these digital challenges with real finesse.
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Cyber Security - A Very Human Problem Can you define the terms ‘Accounting Legend Code’, and ‘Secure Sockets Layer’? The chances are that you can’t, and you are certainly not alone. The overwhelming majority of IT users have little or no knowledge of the technology that drives and secures their devices - all they want is an experience that is fast and convenient. Richard Knowlton, Director of Security Studies at the Oxford Cyber Academy, explains why humans themselves are the greatest cyber security risk.
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WU Executive Club: The Real Value of the Network Networking with a capital N is ingrained in every part of the WU Executive Academy, providing students and alumni with unprecedented career opportunities, substantial personal development and new learning experiences. Barbara Stöttinger and Mae Leyrer, President of its International Advisory Board, present the wide selection of career services and topics as well as the different events that are available to all MBA and Master of Laws students from day one of their studies.
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The Top 5 Skills in the Age of BizTech High tech, foodtech, biotech, fintech, cleantech, proptech – there’s tech in virtually everything. Experts around the world predict that a sizeable chunk of new business will be generated at the interface of technology and commercial activities in the future. But what does that mean for companies? Barbara Stöttinger and tech expert Thomas Funke have identified 5 key skills executives will need to gain a solid understanding of technology and how it will impact their respective livelihoods.
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