ORGB 300 (Organizational Culture) is a three-credit, upper-level business and administrative studies course that deals with issues and concepts in organizational culture and focuses on the impact of organizational culture on individuals in North American work organizations. The course introduces the tools you will need for conceptualizing and understanding culture. The goal of this course… Read more »
Dear Barb: Merry Christmas! I am a gay guy in my early twenties. I recently came out to my family and they reacted better than I thought they would. Although my dad seems a little distant, my mom is pretty good with it. I am one of three siblings. My brother and sister are married… Read more »
Graduate Student Research Series: A Gaybourhood Begins: Settlement and Community Building in Vancouver’s West End Mon, Dec 16, 2:30 to 3:30 pm MST Online, Hosted by AU Faculty of Graduate Studies www.eventbrite.ca/e/fgs-presents-the-graduate-student-research-series-featuring-tara-diakow-mais-2019-tickets-84612318723 Register online at above link AUSU December Council Meeting Mon, Dec 16, 5:30 to 6:30 pm MST Online, Hosted by AUSU www.ausu.org/event/december-council-meeting-5/ No… Read more »
I saw a near death experience (NDE) where a woman became selfish afterward. Most people who come out of an NDE become more selfless. Not this female. When she spoke she emphasized the word “I.” She wore her self-esteem like armour, like a deep pride. Her husband had left her, so she made a shopping… Read more »
The more Friday the 13ths I’m exposed to, the less likely I am to believe they’re unlucky. You, for instance, are lucky to get this issue of The Voice Magazine because I’m thinking it’s going to be one of our stand-outs of the year. The only unlucky thing about it is that it’s coming out… Read more »
By choosing AU we’ve activated those essentially expansive impulses within us that make us who we are: special beings becoming something new and more with each day, year, and course. Without risking sentimentality, what are dreams but concrete expressions of our pursuit of excellence? It’s worth defining ourselves, after all, according to who we want… Read more »
Laura Szabo lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia and works as a full-time administrative assistant. She is currently enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Administration program at Athabasca University. This is her story. Can you give us a little bit of background information about yourself? Who are you? Where do you live, where do you come… Read more »
You’ve probably never heard of the travelling student, and I lay little claim to the title given how Athabasca has empowered so many students to study toward their degrees while travelling. But, between 2014 and 2016, I travelled across Quebec, Australia, and Thailand while working toward my degree in Professional Communications from Athabasca. During that… Read more »
Most often, when I come across an advice column, the words of wisdom promise to help the reader become more “successful” in some way. If you follow these suggestions, the implication goes, you will become wealthier / achieve higher grades / improve your job prospects / lose weight / gain more energy / reduce stress/… Read more »
