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Full-Text Articles in Business
Environmental Awareness Is Leading To A Troubling Future For The Airline Industry, Ashlyn K. Unga
Environmental Awareness Is Leading To A Troubling Future For The Airline Industry, Ashlyn K. Unga
Marriott Student Review
Global warming is not only causing climatic temperatures to rise— it is also heating up the socio-political scene across the globe. Caught in the crossfire is the airline industry, targeted by environmental activists who categorize flight as an unnecessary mode of travel. As this movement gains traction, how will air fare in this age of flight-shaming? Ashlyn Unga explores anticipated governmental regulations and measures the airline industry must take as a result of this movement.
Podcast Review: Amy Antonelli On Vision And Purpose, Mckayla Lindman
Podcast Review: Amy Antonelli On Vision And Purpose, Mckayla Lindman
Marriott Student Review
A review of Amy Antonelli's podcast.
Book Review - Contagious: Why Things Catch On, Christy Swatling
Book Review - Contagious: Why Things Catch On, Christy Swatling
Marriott Student Review
In his New York Times Bestseller, Contagious: Why Things Catch On, Jonah Berger delves into what makes products and ideas go viral. Through hundreds of intriguing and sometimes jaw-dropping stories, Berger identifies six key components to make everything—from a YouTube video to a new tech gadget—become contagious.
Putt Yourself Out There! Golf As An Upper Hand In The Business World, Allysha M. Mateo
Putt Yourself Out There! Golf As An Upper Hand In The Business World, Allysha M. Mateo
Marriott Student Review
Most everyone is aware that networking and relationship building hold the keys to success within the business world. But just how are these networks so carefully cultivated? Recent statistics suggest that golf is a major player in cutting behind-the-scenes business deals. Approximately 90% of Fortune 500 CEOs play golf, and executives who play golf earn 17% more than those who don’t. Golf is a networking tool available to virtually anyone: the old and young, male and female, athletic and unathletic alike. It aids in building relationships with clients, customers, vendors, and colleagues, simultaneously advancing the golfer’s career and helping to …
Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Throughout The Year, Sarah Romney
Buzzwords: Jargon That Will Keep You Going Throughout The Year, Sarah Romney
Marriott Student Review
Five buzzwords including advertainment, "go live," pivot, customer journey, and mashup.
Learning From The Swiss, Aubrey Wright
Learning From The Swiss, Aubrey Wright
Marriott Student Review
The trades are in trouble. With less students choosing a vocational education, the United States is facing a rapidly growing gap in skilled vocational labor. The answer: the mighty apprenticeship program, courtesy of the Swiss. The Swiss model of apprenticeships help the bottom line of companies. It also trains students for promising careers. By taking clues from the Swiss, the US can begin solving its vocational trade woes.
Fashion Copycats And Copyright Law, Rowena Natasha
Fashion Copycats And Copyright Law, Rowena Natasha
Marriott Student Review
Is fashion an art? Or a utilitarian part of our life? Thanks to US copyright laws, "fast fashion" companies like H&M and Zara are making windfall gains by copying new designs, even at the expense of small start-ups. But don't start writing legislation yet. Without "fashion copycats" making affordable yet trendy products, the fashion industry would be left dependent on a small-pool of upper-class consumers.
Building Information Modeling: Risks, Benefits, And Trends In Construction, Tanner Duron
Building Information Modeling: Risks, Benefits, And Trends In Construction, Tanner Duron
Marriott Student Review
Welcome to the information age. Building Information Technology (BIM) offers the construction industry a way to manage everything, from sourcing to construction to maintenance. BIM has significant risks, but also boasts enough benefits to make every firm in the AEC industry ready to start integrating its use. As digital natives, it is up to the rising generation of workers to spearhead the wide-spread use of BIM.
Interior Design In The Workplace, Bryce Cindrich
Interior Design In The Workplace, Bryce Cindrich
Marriott Student Review
While people generally spend much of their time in their home, time spent in the workplace is usually a close second. Why should people care less about how their office is set up than their home? A well-designed interior at the workplace can help promote employee productivity and support their well-being, build a sense of community, improve team collaboration, and attract and retain talent.
Editor's Letter: Expectations
Marriott Student Review
This issue of Marriott Student Review (MSR) is all about developing greater expectations for the future, finding new ways of accomplishing our dreams, and fostering relationships, even in the digital world of Zoom and Team meetings. Even though our expectations have been unexpectedly altered, in the end, the shape of our lives may be ultimately better.
Mindfulness: A Promising Practice To Reduce Accountant Stress, Abigail Anderson
Mindfulness: A Promising Practice To Reduce Accountant Stress, Abigail Anderson
Marriott Student Review
This article considers the practice of mindfulness as an approach to reduce stress within the lives of accountants. Mindfulness has existed for centuries as a Buddhist tradition and has only recently become popular in the Western world as a stress-reduction technique that can lead to improved mental and emotional well-being. This article also examines the prevalence of mindfulness within the Top 10 accounting firms in the United States and some results regarding employee performance. As more and more firms begin to utilize mindfulness as a low-cost method to better employee performance and well-being, university accounting programs should consider incorporating the …
Make Amazon Your Servant, Not Your Master, Lisa Takabori
Make Amazon Your Servant, Not Your Master, Lisa Takabori
Marriott Student Review
This article explains how consumers can make better purchasing decisions by recognizing how benefits of local brick-and-mortar stores, such as Target, surpass the perceived benefits of e-commerce giant, Amazon.
The Problem With Government Bailouts, Nathan Scott
The Problem With Government Bailouts, Nathan Scott
Marriott Student Review
Americans are told to have 6 months of expenses saved for difficult times, but businesses are told not to worry; the government will take care of them. Past bailouts have set a nasty precedent that must change; government bailouts need reform if they are to continue in the future.
Values Create Values, Chase M. Geertsen
Values Create Values, Chase M. Geertsen
Marriott Student Review
The days of companies focusing solely on maximizing shareholder value are over. In today's world, profitable companies create value by meeting the needs of their stakeholders.
Internships Shape Students' Future Career, Maria F. Arrayan
Internships Shape Students' Future Career, Maria F. Arrayan
Marriott Student Review
Finding an internship has been more difficult than before due to COVID-19. For many, the search for an internship may be frustrating or pointless during this difficult time. Students need to empower themselves with the right tools to find an internship. Maria Fernanda Arrayan talks about the benefits of an internship and four ways to find one. Read this article to find motivation in your search for an internship and try a new way to find your next internship!
Go Green: Make Green, Sam Montague
Go Green: Make Green, Sam Montague
Marriott Student Review
While cost might seem like an obstacle to some, adopting sustainable practices can turn out to be profitable for most companies. Recent research find positive correlation between business efforts and the consumer response, showcase direct benefits to the business, and provide suggestions to put the findings into practice.
Navigating Corporate Social Responsibility, Benjamin Bates
Navigating Corporate Social Responsibility, Benjamin Bates
Marriott Student Review
In this article, Ben Bates provides future business leaders with an introduction to the tools necessary to navigate difficult issues surrounding corporate social responsibility. HIs article outlines the two main theories on corporate social responsibility and discusses how business leaders can decide which theory to apply in a given situation.
Ethical Branding, Lane Gibbons
Ethical Branding, Lane Gibbons
Marriott Student Review
In this article, BYU senior Lane Gibbons outlines the details of ethical branding and emphasizes the importance of corporate social responsibility in the modern era.
Specialization: Do Your Job Well Helping Students Who Are Considering A Career In Programming Know How To Invest Their Time., Scott Pulley
Specialization: Do Your Job Well Helping Students Who Are Considering A Career In Programming Know How To Invest Their Time., Scott Pulley
Marriott Student Review
The article examines the effects of specialization on the hiring process for undergraduates studying programming whether in information systems or computer science.
Lgbt+ Discrimination In The Workplace, Rachel Winters
Lgbt+ Discrimination In The Workplace, Rachel Winters
Marriott Student Review
Although nearly everyone has faced some kind of unfair treatment in the workplace, members of the LGBT community often deal with much worse treatment—to the point of discrimination. After learning about the benefits of anti-discrimination policies for your employees and the company, you will realize that there is no reason you shouldn't—and every reason you should—implement LGBT-supportive policies at your company. The benefits include increase profitability, productiveness, work satisfaction, and employee retention.
How To Take Advantage Of Your Entire Group And Avoid Groupthink, Ian Belloli
How To Take Advantage Of Your Entire Group And Avoid Groupthink, Ian Belloli
Marriott Student Review
Brainstorming solutions as a group is a great idea, but often falls prey to groupthink, in which group members agree to the first idea that is presented to avoid conflict. Groupthink can be avoided using specific phases during the brainstorming process: divergence and convergence.
The Growing Importance Of Customer Experience, Cassidy Jones
The Growing Importance Of Customer Experience, Cassidy Jones
Marriott Student Review
In order to retain and satisfy customers, the modern business must refine it's customer experience (CX). Good CX occurs when a company focuses on the needs of its customers as individuals, allowing each person to have a positive experience. This dedication to the customer is rewarded through positive reviews and continued success.
Millionaire Secrets, Jonathan Chia
Millionaire Secrets, Jonathan Chia
Marriott Student Review
Many people want to be rich, but don't know how real millionaires manage to amass wealth. In order to become rich, many people live extremely frugally, actively invest their net worth in a variety of places, and maintain an attitude of carefully planned perseverance in their busy and risk-filled careers. Every person who strives to do these things is on the path to become a millionaire themselves.
Unpopular Opinion: Employees Don't Need Ping Pong Tables To Be Motivated, Katelyn Poulson
Unpopular Opinion: Employees Don't Need Ping Pong Tables To Be Motivated, Katelyn Poulson
Marriott Student Review
Waking up in the morning is difficult. The Sleep Review reported that 57% of Americans hit the snooze button and stay in bed for at least five extra minutes a day. If we struggle to motivate ourselves, how do we even begin to understand how to motivate others? Many businesses have resorted to placing large amounts of money into building fun and interactive break rooms, providing unlimited snacks and drinks, and even offering unlimited vacation days. Read this article to find out why companies should ditch the new, “innovative” way of motivating employees and turn to intrinsic motivators instead.
Trading Up: Exchanging Our Data For A Better Life, Nathan Turner
Trading Up: Exchanging Our Data For A Better Life, Nathan Turner
Marriott Student Review
We live in a data-driven economy. Many people feel like consumers are on the losing end of an economic data-battle with tech giants, but this is simply not true; our data can drive innovation. That’s right—personal data collected from you and me can influence new technologies that will improve our lives. This should excite us, but our fear of losing data privacy can quell our excitement for progress and even restrict innovation. Our quality of life has already begun to improve through data driven innovation, and technological progress is not slowing down. If we let our fear of losing data …
“For Richer Or Poorer” Impact Of Marriage On Career Outcomes By Kaden Lefevre, Kaden Lefevre
“For Richer Or Poorer” Impact Of Marriage On Career Outcomes By Kaden Lefevre, Kaden Lefevre
Marriott Student Review
Discussion of affects of marriage on career outcomes.
Your Home: The Workplace Of The Future, Lewis Larson
Your Home: The Workplace Of The Future, Lewis Larson
Marriott Student Review
With more technology at our fingertips than ever before, remote working seems to be the direction many businesses are heading. In this article, Lewis Larson discusses how offering remote working opportunities is one way that business managers can boost productivity in their company.
Emotional Intelligence Trumps Your Gpa, Gage Poulson
Emotional Intelligence Trumps Your Gpa, Gage Poulson
Marriott Student Review
What does it truly mean to be intelligent? While success is commonly measured by our GPA, our ACT scores, and how many high-level courses we can manage, emotional intelligence is measured by the ability to motivate oneself, control impulses, regulate moods, empathize, and hope. In this article we explore how emotional intelligence should be valued equally, if not more, than academic achievements within the business world.
Six Steps To Starting A Successful Business, Chandler Allen
Six Steps To Starting A Successful Business, Chandler Allen
Marriott Student Review
For anyone who is interested in starting their own business, Chandler Allen provides a clear and concise overview outlining how successful startups are founded and managed. We all know that entrepreneurship is risky and that startups often fail, but following Allen’s formula can help entrepreneurs avoid potential pitfalls and achieve sought-after success in just six steps.
New Policies Give Solar Users An Economic Boost, Olivia Fowler
New Policies Give Solar Users An Economic Boost, Olivia Fowler
Marriott Student Review
The future looks bright for Solar Energy, as more States and Territories in the United States commit to moving to 100% renewable energy. What are the different states and territories committing to exactly, and what economic incentives are they bringing? Find out in this article by author Olivia Fowley.