Mr Rajendra Shirole the Kent MBA Director will be speaking at the next IoD Kent International Business Forum.

Using Discrete Choice Modelling to Estimate the Relative Importance of Quality Attributes
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Unfortunately due to the proposed tube strike on 4 October we had to take the difficult decision to postpone the Business Alumni event in London. We will be rescheduling the event for a date later in the year and hope to see you all then.

Event info: Professor Keith Mander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Professor Paul Phillips, Director of Kent Business School to host London Business Reception. Read more»

You are warmly invited to the first Network612 of the new academic year:

Network612 is pleased to work in association with KAYE (Kent Association of Young Entrepreneurs, Institute of Directors) and bring you a talk from Julia Russell from Flecto on ‘Time Management’

Refreshments will be available.

Tracy Crowther Student Enterprise Officer 01227 823733 tsc@kent.ac.uk

The network is a collaboration between KBS and KIE

Background information on the network: The core of the network is students studying KBS undergraduate modules CB612, New enterprise start-up, and CB613 Enterprise which have around 200 students in Canterbury and 100 in Medway.

Our friendly and informative Open Days are a perfect opportunity to get to know us better.

Speaker: Vanessa Brown, Dynamic Reasoning

Vanessa Brown, Managing Director of Dynamic Reasoning has a strong background in sales and marketing having previously worked for Pepsi and Nestle, ultimately heading up their ambient food business.

Dynamic Reasoning has been successfully helping a broad range of food and drink businesses to achieve profitable sales growth since 2005. As one of Kent Business School's partners in the dunnhumby scheme for small food producers, Dynamic Reasoning is committed to helping companies use insight to add value for all stakeholders.

Seminar Synopsis

It is well understood that people have to buy before they consume. As a result FMCG companies and multiple retailers dedicate significant resources (man power as well as financial) in the pursuit of shopper marketing, encouraging more shoppers to buy more, and more often. But is this necessarily resulting in increased sales for both parties in the long term? You only have to look at the long list of categories in decline to realise it's not always that effective.

So who should these brand owners or brand facilitators be focusing their efforts on, is it the shopper or the sometimes forgotten consumer?

Our friendly and informative Open Days are a perfect opportunity to get to know us better.

Event info: Professor Keith Mander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor to host London Business Reception. Read more»

Kent Business School will host a series of Business Clinics at the ‘Business Week Live’ event at the Kent County Showground.

Seminar Open to Staff and Students

Speaker

Dr Jawad Syed is a Senior Lecturer in Human Resource Management at Kent Business School, University of Kent, UK. His main academic interests include gender and diversity in organisations, international HRM, strategic HRM and organisational knowledge.

Seminar Synopsis

This seminar is based on one of my conceptual papers on theorizing diversity management in the 21st century. In this paper, I challenge the hegemony of US-centric perspectives in the diversity management literature by explaining how non-Western histories and cultures may provide alternative contexts for understanding and managing diversity. In pursuit of this, I describe how a Muslim ruler, Jalaluddin Muhammad Akbar, conceptualized multiculturalism in the 16th century India, and how his principles of sulh-i-kul, rah-i-aql, and rawa-i-rozi may be adopted to develop a socio-political environment conducive to managing cultural diversity in organizations, an environment which is currently lacking even in the majority of democratic countries in the world today.

Seminar Open Staff and Students only

Peter B. Seddon is an associate professor in the Department of Information Systems at The University of Melbourne, Australia. His major research interests are in the areas of IT management, IT outsourcing, packaged enterprise application software, business intelligence, and evaluating information-systems success. Dr Seddon has published over 80 papers in journals and conferences, including in journals such as MIS Quarterly, Information Systems Research, The European Journal of Information Systems, Information Systems Journal, and Communications of the Association for Information Systems. He is currently an elected representative for the Asia-Pacific region on the AIS Council (the global association for Information Systems academics) and Program Co-Chair for PACIS 2011. During 2005-2008, Dr Seddon was a Senior Editor for MIS Quarterly.

Seminar Synopsis

This paper presents a framework for justifying generalization in Information Systems (IS) research. The paper is structured in three parts. Part 1 provides evidence that the treatment of generalization in many empirical papers in leading IS research journals is unsatisfactory. Part 2 presents the new framework. Part 3 shows how the framework may be applied by practicing researchers. In addition to helping researchers achieve improved understanding of the role of generalization in IS research, it is argued that following the pathways in the framework will lead to both improved rigor and research that is more relevant (and understandable) to practice.

If you would like to attend, please email Paul Verrion at p.m.j.verrion@kent.ac.uk

Seminar Open to All

Alan is a Visiting Professor at Cranfield University in the UK. He is a regular speaker at conferences, and the author of many papers and articles. He is also the Chairman of LCP Consulting, which he founded in 1985. In more than 20 years he has helped to take the company to be the leading independent consultancy in supply chain and logistics, working internationally and receiving world recognition in its specialisation.

He is a thought leader and educator and has worked with the LCP team to develop innovative new analytical and design tools including Cost-to-Serve®, Time-to-Serve® and Carbon-to-Serve® to identify the value potential in clients’ supply chains.

In his career he has consulted for more than 300 clients across every industry sector. He applies the key principles of the Supply Chain in all functional areas from manufacturing, purchasing and supply to distribution, retailing, logistics and customer satisfaction.

Alan holds an MSc in Business Administration from the London Business School and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University.

Seminar Synopsis

This seminar will offer three complementary frameworks for designing sustainable supply chains in the food and drink sector. Starting with the business context of competitive forces in the industry, we will explore a performance improvement hierarchy, a risk management framework and a carbon reduction methodology. There will be opportunities for discussion of the issues and approaches in the context of established supply chain thinking.

If you would like to attend, please email Jackie Ziya at j.ziya@kent.ac.uk

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

Spencer Dale, Chief Economist, Bank of England will be key note speaker at our special 21st anniversary dinner on 1st December 2010.

Invitees only

The open events give you the opportunity to meet academic staff from all our schools and learn about Kent's postgraduate programmes in Canterbury and Medway as well as the opportunities available at Brussels, Paris, and Athens, and with our European partners.

You can discuss, on a one-to-one basis, your specific study needs and raise any questions you may have about postgraduate study. Kent staff will be available to explain the application process and funding opportunities.

There will also be tours of Woolf College postgraduate accommodation and study facilities.

Seminar Open to All

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Seminar Open to All Staff

Barry Cotgrave, creator of Mediterranean Direct Ltd, importers and distributors of Italian gourmet products, will be sharing his experiences in managing the challenges faced by young businesses.
Based in Whitstable, Kent, and Bologna, Italy, Mediterranean Direct Ltd specialises in the import and distribution of high quality, artisan produced Italian food and wine.

Founded over a good bottle of San Giovese on a balmy Appennini night, the business is driven by a passion for authentic Italian cuisine. Each of their products is individually handpicked by the Italian-based team, led by Umberto Carboni, the renowned chef.
Refreshments will be available. An opportunity to come and talk with like minded people about business ideas and developments, and to enjoy a relaxing drink. We look forward to seeing and meeting you again and indeed welcoming new members.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

This is the second seminar in the series of business events being held by Burgess Hodgson and Kent Business School.

Each event is being hosted by senior members of Kent Business School and external consultants and gives participants the opportunity to learn the latest business research and techniques as well as top tips in each area designed to enhance and grow their business. The series of events are aimed at senior managers of small and medium enterprises and is restricted to 45 participants by invitation only.

Visit www.kent.ac.uk/courses/visit/postgrad/index.html for more information.

Online registration is required for the event.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

By invitation only.

Full details.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

By invitation only.

Fifth seminar in the Economic and Social Research Council-Funded Seminar Series: Strategic Thinking in Family Business

For a full agenda and description of this seminar click here

Please visit the seminar series website for more information:

www.ecg-kent.com/esrc-family-firm.html

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

This is the third seminar in the series of business events being held by Burgess Hodgson and Kent Business School.

Each event is being hosted by senior members of Kent Business School and external consultants and gives participants the opportunity to learn the latest business research and techniques as well as top tips in each area designed to enhance and grow their business. The series of events are aimed at senior managers of small and medium enterprises and is restricted to 45 participants by invitation only.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

This event will aim to develop your understanding of how leading firms confront and solve growth and performance
challenges. Detailed research highlights that the majority of businesses, even prior to recessionary pressures, are not
achieving their aspirations for growth and performance. Assisted by leadership and change specialists, the session will
provide participants with valuable tips for improving performance, as well as an opportunity to network and learn from
the experiences of other business leaders.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.

This is the final seminar in the series of business events being held by Burgess Hodgson and Kent Business School.

Each event is being hosted by senior members of Kent Business School and external consultants and gives participants the opportunity to learn the latest business research and techniques as well as top tips in each area designed to enhance and grow their business. The series of events are aimed at senior managers of small and medium enterprises and is restricted to 45 participants.

Event by invitation only.

Our friendly and informative Open Days are a perfect opportunity to get to know us better.

Strategy is about obtaining superior performance rather than putting up with mediocre results. It is about bridging the
gap between the goals of the owners and the threats of the business environment. In the ultimate, strategy is about
making the tough decisions and ensuring that these are carried out effectively.

This event will point to the need to have acute analysis of the current situation and to develop business models which
will be robust enough to deliver success not just for today but for a variety of possible futures. The ideas discussed will
be both practical and proven; opportunity will be provided for exploration of topical issues confronting participants’’ own
organisations.

This session is designed to provide information you may require about joining the Kent MBA which is hard to distinguish from a brochure or a website. 

For further information and how to book your place please visit our Briefings web page.