Rice University MBA student Coco Ma knows it’s risky to leave her house amid the coronavirus pandemic, as the number of Houston area confirmed cases increases and the peak is yet to come.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, colleges are learning about the extra assistance and needs of disabled communities with online learning. For the deaf and hard of hearing, captioning services and other accommodations are paramount.
During these tough times, there is solid cause for optimism, because Houston companies are battle-tested and uniquely poised to win the war against COVID-19. Here are five strengths of Houston businesses that will help them bounce back.
John Barrios and Yael V. Hochberg used cellphone-tracking data and internet searches to find that Trump voters were less concerned about the virus than others, as measured by searches about the virus, distance traveled and visits to nonessential businesses.
Even Larry Stuart, a practicing board-certified labor-and-employment lawyer with Stuart PC and adjunct professor in management Rice University’s Jones School of Business, admits it can be perplexing. “There’s a lot of confusion, there’s a lot of action, there’s a lot of change and there’s a lot of stuff in flux,” he says. “People are understandably confused.”
“Joy at Work,” Marie Kondo’s new collaboration with organizational psychologist and Rice University business professor Scott Sonenshein.
The school with the highest proportion of minority MBA students in 2019 was Rice University Jones Graduate School of Business, the No. 25-ranked school, with 35%; only four schools have 30% or more.
I’ve studied creativity for more than two decades, and my research shows that times of disruption and upheaval can lead us to new insights and nudge us to innovate in ways we’d never have considered before. In many ways, it’s an opportunity in disguise.Â
As an organizational psychologist and business school professor at Rice University, I’ve been studying resourcefulness for nearly 20 years, both in times of crisis and times of prosperity. The scientific evidence on resourcefulness shows that constraints activate the flexibility and creativity we need to overcome hard challenges.
Vikas Mittal, a marketing professor at Rice University, said repurposing operations during a crisis can help businesses in the long term in several ways, including boosting a brand’s reputation and recognition, and improving employee morale.Â
Bill Arnold, a former Shell executive who teaches energy management at Rice University, reckons Occidental and many of its peers face a fight for survival. Occidental's focus now will be on managing its remaining capital. But the oil crash is not without its silver linings, Arnold noted. As drilling slows, industry executives will have more time for strategic planning.
“When we lose control over any significant aspect of our lives, as is happening right now, it is natural to want to find opportunities to exert control over something else,” Utpal Dholakia, professor of marketing at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business, told HuffPost. “Doing so makes us feel less helpless.”
