All Outputs (8)

Popular careers as seen on screen. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Popular careers as seen on screen. Press and journal: business [online], 19 December 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1109679/rita-marcella-popular-careers-seen-screen/

Over many years in academia I have pondered how and why particular careers seem overwhelmingly attractive to young people, in particular of course university applicants, while others seem to languish and require constant efforts on the part of well-m... Read More about Popular careers as seen on screen..

Politics and the era of uncertainty. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Politics and the era of uncertainty. Press and journal: business [online], 21 November 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1082017/rita-marcella-politics-era-uncertainty/

And so again this month many of us woke to an unexpected election outcome: and the deep irony is not that you and I did not expect it but that governments, pollsters and political experts all over the world did not expect it. As with Brexit, we woke... Read More about Politics and the era of uncertainty..

Ten tips for working the network. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Ten tips for working the network. Press and journal: business [online], 17 October 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1051727/rita-marcella-ten-tips-working-network/

We all have networks - they are natural phenomena that we encounter from our earliest days, membership of which begins in early childhood and is nurtured (though also sometimes damaged) through participation in nursery, at dance classes, in Brownies... Read More about Ten tips for working the network..

To see ourselves as others see us. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. To see ourselves as others see us. Press and journal: business [online], 19 September 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/1022069/rita-marcella-see-others-see-us/

There is general consensus that Aberdeen and the north-east more widely need to diversify and grow our sources of revenue across a range of sectors, one of the prime of which is tourism.

Redefining the concept of social work/life balance. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Redefining the concept of social work/life balance. Press and journal: business [online], 15 August 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/997021/rita-marcella-redefining-concept-social-worklife-balance/

As we might have expected 30 years ago, the Internet, the proliferation of electronic means of communication and the advent of social media have revolutionised how we live life today. I can vividly remember giving a breakfast presentation then to a l... Read More about Redefining the concept of social work/life balance..

Random acts of unkindness. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Random acts of unkindness. Press and journal: business [online], 20 June 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/942691/rita-marcella-random-acts-unkindness/

I was intrigued to read a statement by the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently that mental health is more than the absence of mental disorders in the same way that health is not just freedom from illness.

Leader, know yourself. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Leader, know yourself. Press and journal: business [online], 16 May 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/913578/rita-marcella-leader-know/

Over the last fifteen years as Dean of Aberdeen Business School at Robert Gordon University I have been asked many times for my thoughts on leadership.

Asking the right questions about Europe. (2016)
Newspaper / Magazine
MARCELLA, R. 2016. Asking the right questions about Europe. Press and journal: business [online], 18 April 2016. Available from: https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/business-opinion/887189/rita-marcella/

The European Debate - do we know the right questions to ask?