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Summer 2012 - Volume 4 - Issue 1

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From the Dean’s DeskWelcome to our third edition of the KBS Chronicle.

One of the real lessons of recent years has been the need for business schools to stay alert to rapidly changing market demands. Here at the KBS, we continue to review our programmes and to develop new programme offerings that are proving very attractive to the market. At undergraduate level, we will be commencing our new BA in International Business next September. This is a pioneering and innovative new degree that allows students to spend one year of their study overseas in a combination of work placement and study at a university. Demand for the programme has been very high; indeed at a time when demand for undergraduate business programmes remained static at a national level, demand for KBS programmes increased by a remarkable 22%. At postgraduate level, we are also launching new programmes in Taxation, Economic Analysis, Risk Management & Insurance and Finance & Information Systems. I invite you to visit our new website, www.ul.ie/kbs, for more information on these new programmes and on our full suite of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

The past six months has also been a time of change in KBS. After a distinguished and hugely influential time as Dean, Prof Donal A. Dineen retired from the University at the end of December 2011. During his time as Dean and, prior to that, as Associate Dean, Donal was a key contributor to the life and culture of KBS. He leaves behind a significant legacy, not only in the form of the new Kemmy Building, but also in the more intangible (but equally important) form of a generation of business leaders whom he has helped to shape.

The Dean’s Office has also lost the services of another early retiree, Mary Humphreys, who worked alongside not only Donal, but also his predecessors, Prof Barra O’Cinneide and Prof Noel Whelan. A wonderful PA who matched elegance with loyalty, she will be sorely missed.

The last few weeks has also seen the retirement of Prof Tom Kennedy, a man who epitomises all that is good about KBS and who, over a period of almost thirty years, helped to embed a culture of excellence and respect in all that we do. We thank them sincerely for their significant contributions to KBS and wish them all the best in their future endeavours.

As we near the end of the academic year, we are looking forward to welcoming our colleagues on the KBS International Advisory Board to the school. We are also planning celebrations to mark twenty-five years of MBA education at the KBS, making it one of the longest established MBA programmes in the country. In addition, we continue to re-establish links with KBS graduates. In this context, the Chronicle has proven invaluable as a means of re-connecting with our alumni. So, if you are a graduate, please feel free to email the editor and let us know what you are doing.

Dr Philip O’ReganDean, KBS

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Distinctive Undergraduate Experience with the BA in International BusinessThe Kemmy Business School is delighted to launch its new BA in International Business degree. This pioneering new programme provides a distinctive undergraduate experience and accepts its first cohort of students in September 2012. Aiming to attract creative and critically-engaged students, this degree broadens the curriculum available to business undergraduates, facilitating student-centred learning and choice. This programme responds to EU, Government and University objectives of achieving greater student mobility and internationalisation as well as adopting a student-centred approach to learning.

Providing students with strong technical knowledge in a number of key business disciplines, the BA also includes modules that encourage students to understand how business decisions are and should be

undertaken in a globalised world that is shaped by political, social and legal issues. Choice and flexibility are central to the BA in International Business as the programme structure allows students to design their own degree by selecting subjects from a suite of relevant and interesting modules. A comprehensive range of business modules are on offer from the subject areas of Economics, Marketing, Organisational Behaviour, Mathematics, Human Resources, Management, Accounting, Communications, Risk and Insurance. In addition, students can select modules from the disciplines of Politics, Sociology, History, Cultural Studies and Law. Students may also opt to take a language option – French, German, Japanese or Spanish - as part of their degree. Thus, throughout the programme, students can choose modules that reflect the subject areas they deem necessary and most interesting for their academic and career

goals. Students of the BA programme will spend their third year abroad, thereby fostering personal development and building important cross-cultural communication and critical-thinking skills. In a globalised, rapidly-changing business environment, graduates with specialist knowledge supported by a broader understanding of business and society will be well positioned to succeed in the business environment. Students graduating with a BA in International Business are also prepared to pursue a wide range of taught and research postgraduate programmes. Crucially, it is a programme that situates business in an international framework, exploring its political, social, cultural, legal and ethical contexts. If you would like to find out more, please see the KBS website: www.ul.ie/business or contact the course director, Dr. Caoilfhionn Ní Bheacháin: [email protected]

The Corporate MBA programme at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the graduation of its first cohort of graduants. In 2009 the MBA programme was redesigned with a new form of business leader in mind. The programme has five key learning themes that run through the two years of the programme and they include:

internationalisation; managerial vision and competencies, entrepreneurship and innovation, strategic thinking and leadership. These themes cover the full range of general management issues relevant to contemporary business practice. The MBA has a greater focus on integrative teaching methodologies including networking; mentoring and an international summer school. The MBA programme emphasises

core academic qualities of critical thinking, insightful analysis and learner-centred pedagogical outcomes while developing the management and leadership skills required by MBA graduates in the modern world.

International workshops are a key element of the Corporate MBA programme at UL. The 2011 international workshop took place in Beijing, China. The workshop included visits and talks given by senior level management of: IBM, BMW, Ericsson’s; Novo Nordisk; Crowncork; and Rainbow Labs. Guest lectures were given by Dr Brendan Smith (LSE); Mr Dirk Laermans (CRH and Orientas) and Mr Ernest Yeung (Changsheng Fund). Cultural events included visits to the Great Wall of China; Jingshan Park, Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City.

We look forward to you being part of the planned celebrations of the MBA programme and if you wish to join us, please contact the MBA Course Director, Dr Naomi Birdthistle at [email protected].

25 Years of MBA Education at the KBS

Pictured above are the 2011 Corporate MBA students in Beijing China during their International Workshop.

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KBS Marketing Students Raise Awareness of Student Volunteering in ULStudents of the MSc in Marketing, Consumption and Society programme at the KBS have been commended for their recent marketing campaigns promoting student volunteering on campus. This live marketing project, which is an integral part of the module Marketing & Society, focused on the themes of employability, personal learning, supportive communities and connectedness to raise awareness of volunteering among

UL students. It also promoted the recently launched UL President’s Volunteering Award (PVA) where UL students receive an award from the President of UL for their volunteering efforts.

During the autumn semester, MSc students launched and ran creative and impactful campaigns on campus using print & electronic media, promotions and events

to raise awareness of volunteering to UL students. The campaign was primarily funded and supported by UL Student Affairs with Snap Printing generously contributing to the printing costs. As part of the evaluation process, the students formally presented their campaigns to a panel of experts including representatives from the Student Affairs and the UL President’s Volunteer Award Working Group and the winning campaign Volunteering within Supportive Communities was selected. Using the slogan “Volunteer with Support”, MSc students Joanne Dunne, Neil Fennell, Sophie Mitchell, Ruslan Mustafajev and Lizzy O’Halloran developed a highly creative and imaginative campaign raising awareness of the supportive nature of volunteering communities and organisations to UL students.

“This live project represents an innovative and impactful method of engaging students to develop meaningful and effective campaigns to promote the value of student volunteering to their peers on campus” states Dr Deirdre O’Loughlin, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the KBS.

The campaigns were showcased at a recent prize-giving exhibition in UL and selected campaign material will be directly used in future promotional initiatives to market student volunteering in UL.Pictured above is the Student Volunteering Campaign winning team with faculty from UL.

(L-R): Lizzy O’Halloran, Joanne Dunne, Dr Deirdre O’Loughlin, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, KBS, Neil Fennell, Dr Bernadette Walsh, Director of UL Student Affairs, Dr Philip O’Regan, Dean, KBS, Rulan Mustafajev and Sophie Mitchell.

May 2012

Dr Stephen Kinsella, KBS, speaking at the recent Irish Times Innovation Roadshow at the Kemmy Business School. With the theme of ‘Innovating Cities and Communities of Practice’, this event provided a unique forum for entrepreneurs, industry partners and researchers to explore how leading Irish cities, in particular Limerick City, can harness their creative energies to become more competitive, sustainable and innovative.

IT Innovation Roadshow

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Flannery, D. and O’Donoghue, C. (2011) ‘The Lifecycle Impact of Alternative Higher Education Finance Systems in Ireland’, The Economic and Social Review, 42 (3), 237-270.

Garvey, J. and Gallagher, L. (2011) ‘The Realized-Implied Volatility Relationship: Recent Empirical Evidence from FTSE-100 Stocks’. Journal of Forecasting (DOI: 10.1002/for.1244).

Lenihan, H. (2011) ‘Enterprise policy evaluation: is there a ‘new’ way of doing it?’ Evaluation and Program Planning, 34 (4), 323-332.

McNally,C.R., Akdeniz, B. and Calantone, R.J. (2011) ‘New Product Development Processes and New Product Profitability: The Mediating Role of Speed to Market and Product Quality’, Journal of Product

Innovation Management, 28, (S1), 63-77.

Palcic, D. and Reeves, E. (2011) ‘Privatisation, Employee Share Ownership and Governance: The Case of Eircom’, Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 82 (4), 437-454.

Rasdi, R. M., Ismail, M. and Garavan, T. N. (2011) ‘Predicting Malaysian Managers’ objective and subjective career success’. The International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22(17), 3528-3549.

Sirr, G., Garvey, J. and Gallagher, L. (2011) ‘Emerging markets and portfolio foreign exchange risk: An empirical investigation using a value-at-risk decomposition technique’. Journal of International Money & Finance, 30, 1749–1772.

Refereed Journal Articles

Velupillai, K.V., Zambelli, S. and Kinsella, S. (2011) Computable Economics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Press.

Bailey, D., Lenihan, H. and Arauzo-Carod, J.M. (2011) ‘Industrial Policy after the Crisis’, Guest Eds of Policy Studies, 23(3), 303-478.

McNally, C. R. and Schmidt, J.B. (2011) ‘The Special Issue on Decision Making in New Product Development and Innovation’, Guest Eds of Journal of Product Innovation Management, 28(5), 619-622.

Books and Guest Edited Journals Special Issues

Research at the Kemmy Business SchoolThe research focus of the School is centred on the broad theme of ‘Organisation Science and Public Policy’. Under this umbrella theme, we have 4 sub-research themes as follows:

Work Knowledge and Employment; Services Economy and Tourism; Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Marketing and Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance and Sustainability.

The following is a list of some of our recent quality publications:

Further queries on research-related issues should be addressed to the Assistant Dean Research. Dr Helena Lenihan. E-mail: [email protected]

PhD scholarships were awarded as follows to students at the KBS Graduate Research Centre

Student Name Department Research Theme

Sarah Kieran Dept. of Personnel & Employment Relations Work Knowledge and Employment Stephen Murphy Dept. of Management & Marketing Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Marketing Michelle Dunne Dept. of Management & Marketing Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Marketing Leonie Lynch Dept. of Management & Marketing Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Marketing

Killian O’Leary Dept. of Management & Marketing Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Marketing

Each scholarship is for a period of 3 years and is valued at €14,000 per year plus EU fees.In early 2012, the KBS Graduate Research Centre will advertise 3 more PhD scholarships. Further details will be available on the KBS website:www.ul.ie/business

PhD Scholarships Awarded

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Enterprise Ireland Think Outside the Box AwardsEnterprise Ireland recently launched a major drive to spur entrepreneurial students to develop innovative business proposals as part of the 30th ‘Think outside the Box Awards’ competition at the Kemmy Business School. This is a great opportunity for ambitious and enterprising students to build a real-world business venture and at the same time be in with a chance to win a prize from the overall €30,000 cash prize fund, and €30,000 consultancy fund, which includes a €10,000 first prize. The ‘Think outside the Box’ competition, which is co-sponsored by Invest Northern Ireland, Cruickshank Intellectual Property Attorneys, Mammoth Advertising and now Grant Thornton, is open to all full time third level students in the island of Ireland.

Launching the competition, Jerry Moloney, Enterprise Ireland’s Director Mid West Region, said: ‘We encourage them to team

up with their colleagues and friends from other faculties to think outside the box, innovate and collaborate on coming up

with business proposals that will help them explore their ideas and own appetite for going into business for themselves’.

Prof Donal Dineen Retires as KBS DeanProfessor Donal A. Dineen retired as Dean of the KBS in September 2011. Prof Dineen joined the institute in 1973 when it opened as the National Institute of Higher Education, Limerick (NIHE,L) and has been Professor of Public Policy Analysis since 1997. He had been a head of department in the Business School since 1984. For almost 40 years, Prof. Dineen has been at the centre of business education in Limerick at the University of Limerick.

As Dean of the KBS since 2002, Donal has overseen a multi-million euro transformation of the Kemmy Business School with the addition of state of the art facilities which includes specialist laboratories and the first simulated trading floor in Ireland. He also led the School’s drive towards international accreditation across a number of programmes.

Prof. Dineen was Chairman of the National Committee for Economics and Social Sciences (of the Royal Irish Academy) and served on Ireland’s first Social Sciences Research Council. He also chaired the Economics Committee of the National Economic

and Social Forum and was a member of Ireland’s first Aviation Appeals Panel (both of these were Ministerial appointments). He is member of the Irish Economic Association and a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Arts, Manufactures and Commerce. In 1990, Prof Dineen was awarded the EU Commissioner’s ERASMUS Prize for Ireland for outstanding contribution to the ERASMUS programme in its first phase of operation, 1987 to 1990. His research interests include tourism policy evaluation, economic impact studies and issues relating to the social economy.

Prof. Dineen said “It has been a privilege to be part of the process of building Ireland’s first independent university in the history of the state. Since university status was granted in 1989, the Kemmy Business School has been transformed in terms of the quality and diversity of its faculty and programmes, while retaining its uniqueness for being innovative, entrepreneurial and attuned to the needs of the business community and society. The School is well placed to build an enviable international reputation as one of Ireland’s leading business schools”.

Pictured at the presentation of a painting by local artist Brenda Andrews on the occasion of his retirement as Dean of the KBS are Prof Donal Dineen and Acting KBS Dean, Dr Philip O’Regan.

Pictured at the launch of the competition are Jerry Moloney, Enterprise Ireland’s Director Mid West Region and Dr Naomi Birdthistle, KBS.

May 2012

In December 2011, the Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance and Sustainability (PPEGS) Seminar Series at the KBS, hosted a seminar on “The Euro Crisis – Capital Markets versus Politics”. The participants were John Walsh, Editor of Business and Finance magazine, Lorcan Roche Kelly, TrendMacro, Hedge Fund Advisor, Dr. Stephen Kinsella, Department of Economics and Dr. Finbarr Murphy, Department of Accounting and Finance. The session was chaired by Dr. Martin Mullins, Department of Accounting and Finance. The aim of the seminar was to

examine the apparently vexed relationship between States and financial markets. The panel members were unanimous is dismissing this binary relationship between politicians and markets as a gross over-simplification and sought to lend a degree of precision, in the main absent from media coverage, as to the nature of market participants involved in sovereign debt markets. The panel was also sceptical of the more doom laden predictions of the demise of the Euro. The consensus was that the Euro project was too far advanced and too important to fail.

Euro Crisis Seminar at the KBS

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KBS Community Communication Workshops The KBS is working with community development organisations in Limerick faced with the challenges of communicating their work to a wider audience as well as enhancing internal organisational communication. Developing good communications strategies is an issue which is particularly significant for marginalised communities in the non-profit sector faced with increasing financial and personnel constraints.Dr. Matthew Cannon, Lecturer in Communications at the KBS, developed a series of Communications Workshops to assist local community groups in developing a range of communication skills. His KBS colleague, Dr. Caoilfhionn Ní Bheacháin also contributed to the development and running of the workshops. The workshops are used by local organisations such as Doras Luimni, the New Communities Partnership and the Northstar Family Support Project in Moyross

and are tailored to meet the needs of each organisation. The topics covered include interpersonal communication, communication strategies, active listening skills and conflict management/resolution. The workshops can be run as a stand-alone to address specific communication needs, as was the case for the Northstar Family Support Project which wanted to focus on aspects of conflict resolution through two programmes: one for staff and one for clients. They have also been run as part of a larger programme, as was the case with the Doras Luimni workshop which was part of an overall programme on Leadership for entrepreneurs from new communities.The KBS has a strong commitment to community development in the region which is evidenced in the time and commitment of its staff to improving local development projects. Community groups interested in

KBS Lecturer Dr. Matthew Cannon with a participant from the Doras Luimni Communication workshops.

KBS Lecturer Dr. Matthew Cannon with participants in the Doras Luimni Leadership/Communication Programme.

May 2012

Pictured at the Euro Crisis seminar are (L-R) Mr Lorcan Roche Kelly, TrendMacro, Hedge Fund Advisor and Dr. Stephen Kinsella, Department of Economics at the KBS.

conducting similar workshops can contact Dr. Matthew Cannon in the Department of Management & Marketing about developing their communication skills and strategies.

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Research Collaboration between KBS and MSSI on European FP7 ProjectSANOWORK is a European partnership research project funded under the Seventh Framework Programme for Research and Technological Development (FP7). As partners on the project, researchers at the KBS will work in collaboration with researchers in the Materials and Surface Science Institute (MSSI) at UL to examine issues around the insurability of nanotechnology.

After consultation with the industry, the project aim is to generate a model which will overcome the attitudinal and legal issues which represent hurdles to insurability at present. A combination of methodologies from material science, financial mathematics and toxicological data for accidental and acute exposures to nanomaterials will be used to overcome the problem of quantifying risk associated with exposure to nanomaterials

In terms of risk management, SANOWORK will create risk reduction strategies for the nanotechnology sector and generate data that will assist in the transfer of risk to the insurance industry. The second task is seen as key for the sustainability of industrial scale nanotechnology based production. In this part of the project, the goal is to create a more objective underwriting process through the utilisation of data sets based upon an analysis of the application of nanomaterials and insights from the field of financial/actuarial mathematics. To this end, the group will bring together the three main stakeholders namely, the regulatory bodies, the insurance industry and the nanotechnology sector. Given that, in insurance terms, the project is examining new and emerging risks the work is considered to represent an important step

towards ensuring that the risks associated nanotechnology can be more objectively assessed and ultimately become manageable within the insurance paradigm.

One of the principal aims of this project is to develop and validate a quantitative model for the risk assessment of nanomaterials in order to facilitate the underwriting of nanotechnology related activities. The main focus is on the underwriting of compensation of workers exposed to nanomaterials production, processing and handling. By providing precise risk characterisation of nanotechnology processes, SANOWORK will potentially play an important role in facilitating the underwriting of athe nanotechnology sector. This achievement would represent a major step forward both in terms of the sustainability and the competitiveness of European based nanotechnology companies. For more information on the project, contact Dr Martin Mullins at the KBS.: [email protected]

A costs/benefits analysis of both risk reduction and risk transfer strategies will be undertaken in close consultation with nanotechnology industry stakeholders. Whilst it may be possible to reduce the risk around production and therefore make some gains in term of health and safety and risk transfer costs (insurance premiums), attention needs to be given to the effectiveness of nanomaterials. There is a need to develop risk control strategies that do not simply displace health and safety risk toward operational risk. Ultimately, the economic well-being of the organisation and indeed the industry needs to be protected. In considering cost/benefits, there is also a need

to factor in legal/regulatory requirements. The work of SANOWORK in characterising risk in nanotech production will make it more possible to arrive at objective judgements on the balance between the costs and the benefits associated with any changes in production protocols.

May 2012

The first Division of Work and Organisational Psychology (DWOP) seminar to be held in Limerick was hosted by the KBS on 8th November 2011. Prof. Jeanette Cleveland from Colorado State University presented an interesting and thought provoking seminar the topic of “The Ageing Worker”. She

Division of Work and Organisational Psychology Seminar

discussed current issues facing organisations and employees and how to manage issues regarding ageing in the workplace, including attitudes and stereotypes, career aspirations. She made suggestions for ways in which Human Resource practices could contribute to meaningful work for older

workers. The seminar was open to all, being of particular interest to professionals and students in the area of organisational psychology, organisational behaviour and human resources.

The KBS is delighted to announce that Prof. John Fahy, Department of Management & Marketing at the KBS, is the recipient of this year’s Shannon Consortium Regional Award for Excellence in Higher Education Teaching.The Consortium also acknowledged the considerable achievement of being among those short-listed for the award and the KBS is delighted that Dr. Deirdre O’Loughlin, also of the Department of Management and Marketing at the KBS, was one of 5 short-listed candidates in the region.The Shannon Consortium, a collaborative alliance between UL, MIC, LIT and IT Tralee, through the Shannon Consortium Regional Teaching Award process aims to showcase and champion outstanding practice in higher education teaching from across the Shannon Region.

Frontiers oF empirical Finance and macroeconomics symposium at the KBs

This November symposium brought world leaders in the field of empirical finance to UL to examine the issues for economic modelling of finance in the wake of the economic crisis. The papers presented at the symposium will form the core of a special issue of Research in International Business and Finance, guest-edited by Stephen Kinsella. An expanded selection of papers will be worked up into chapters, and published as an edited book entitled ‘Frontiers of Empirical Finance’ in the Routledge Series on Experimental and Computable Economics. The symposium was supported by UL’s seed funding programme.

ppeGs seminar series Prof. Frank Barry, Chair of International Business and Economic Development, Trinity College Dublin, presented a seminar at the KBS entitled “Politics (Bureaucratic, National and International) and the U-Turn in Business Policy in 1950s Ireland” in November 2011.

A round table discussion was held in the KBS in December on The Euro Crisis – Capital Markets versus Politics with Dr. Martin Mullins (chair), Department of Accounting & Finance, KBS, John Walsh, Editor of Business and Finance magazine, Lorcan Roche Kelly, TrendMacro, Hedge Fund Advisor, Dr. Stephen Kinsella, Department of Economics, KBS, and Dr. Finbarr Murphy, Department of Accounting and Finance, KBS. WKe seminar series

Dr. Deirdre O’Shea, Department of Personnel & Employment Relations at the KBS, presented a seminar entitled “Capturing Events and Emotional States: The Potential of Diaries as a Research Methodology” at the KBS in October 2011.

Prof. Jeanette Cleveland, Professor of

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Industrial & Organizational Psychology at Colorado State University, presented a seminar entitled “Top Tips for Getting Published in Top Tier Journals” in November 2011 at the KBS.

Dr. Cheryl Travers, Senior Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the School of Business and Economics, Loughborough University, presented a seminar at the KBS entitled “Using reflective diaries to explore the lived experiences of stress and coping” in December 2011

Jim Kemmy BooK launch at the KBs

The Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade, Mr Eamonn Gilmore TD, launched a new biography on the life of politician, historian and trade unionist, Jim Kemmy at the Kemmy Business School on the 25th October 2011. Minister Jan O’Sullivan, representatives of the trade union movement in Ireland, the Labour Party, friends and family of Jim Kemmy attended the event. The book titled “Jim Kemmy: Stonemason, Politician, Historian” was written by Brian Callanan. This launch was featured in the Limerick Leader and Live 95FM.

launch oF audit oF the irish national deBt

Dr Sheila Killian together with Dr John Garvey and Frances Shaw of the department of Accounting & Finance at the KBS, launched An Audit of the Irish National Debt in Buswell’s Hotel in September 2011 to an audience of press and members of the Oireachtas. The audit, which was commissioned by a group of NGOs and trade unions will be published and disseminated by the Debt and Development Coalition, whose members include Oxfam, Christian Aid, Trocaire and Afri.

FundinG success at the KBs

Dr Stephen Kinsella from the Economics Department of the KBS has been awarded USD160, 000 by the Institute

for New Economic Thinking (www.ineteconomics.org) to build a new macroeconomic model for Ireland. The project is the only INET funded project in Ireland and one of only 23 funded worldwide. The INET was created by George Soros to broaden and accelerate the development of new economic thinking that can lead to solutions for the challenges to the 21st century.

cpm launch neW proGrammes

The Centre for Project Management (CPM) at the KBS launched two new programmes in September 2011: a full time MSc in Project Management and a part-time MSc in Project and Programme Management.

corporate mBa proGramme international WorKshop

The 2011 Corporate MBA students at the KBS visited the People’s Republic of China for a week-long International Workshop in early September 2011. The workshop included visits to a number of local and international companies as well as guest lectures and cultural visits.

mBa in aviation manaGement international WorKshop

Students on the Corporate MBA in Aviation Management at the KBS attended an International Workshop in Toulouse in September 2011. The workshop is a one-week residential programme which is designed to develop international perspectives of aviation management.

eim seminar series Professor Leon Zurawicki, of the Department of Management and Marketing at the University of Massachusetts-Boston, presented a seminar entitled “NeuroMarketing: How to Use It Wisely” at the KBS in November 2011.

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May 2012

Turlough Ryan, graduate on the BA in International Insurance and European Studies, won the annual Dublin International Insurance and Management Association (DIMA) Undergraduate Essay Award for his essay on financial regulation. Pictured above are Course Director Dr Martin Mullins, KBS and Susan Goddard, DIMA presenting a cheque for €1,000 to Turlough.

DIMA Award

The International Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM) 2012 World Congress will be hosted at the Kemmy Business School at UL from June 26th to June 29th, 2012.

IFSAM 2012, under the theme “Management Re-imagined” will bring together 8 Distinguished Keynote Speakers, along with 22 Thematic Tracks, 8 Regional Forums, a Doctoral Consortium and an Early Career Consortium, all of which are being convened by a cohort of over 80 scholars from around the world.

While IFSAM typically attracts business school academics, it also offers a platform for scholars working in a range of other fields including arts, engineering, health, innovation, logistics, pedagogy, psychology and sociology.

Prof. Michael Morley, Department of Management and Marketing at the KBS, is the Chair for IFSAM 2012.

Project Management Institute (PMI) Research and Education

Conference, July 2012

The Project Management Institute (PMI) Research and Education Conference will take place on 15-18 July 2012 at the University of Limerick. The conference is a premier international project management research and education event. It brings together the audience of scholars, senior practitioners and students of project management and allied disciplines. The event provides an opportunity for attendees to present and discuss new project management research findings and teaching methods. This network of conference attendees will reach out to others in project management to discuss the status and challenges facing members and stakeholders of the community, forming a contact point for collaboration among researchers and practitioners.

2012 World Congress of the International Federation of

Scholarly Associations of Management (IFSAM)

Upcoming Conferences

KBS/Northern Trust Outstanding Scholars AwardsWith generous sponsorship from Northern Trust, forty high achieving University of Limerick business and management students were honoured at the annual KBS/Northern Trust Outstanding Scholar Awards. This is the 8th year of the awards which recognise the most outstanding scholars in the School each year. Dr Philip O’Regan, Dean of the KBS and Mr Clive Bellows, Ireland MD, Northern Trust, presented the students with their awards. The Louise Newman Memorial Prize was also presented at the ceremony by Fiona Brosnan from the Insurance Institute of Ireland and this year’s recipient is Niamh Tobin from Fedamore, Co Limerick. This is a prestigious accolade given to the top University of Limerick insurance graduate each year. The inaugural Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Award was also presented at the ceremony by Karen Greene, CIMA and the recipient was Patrick Doherty, Newcastlewest.

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Full-Time Programmes (EPAS Accredited)• Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS)• BBS with French, German or Japanese

Joint Programmes with other UL Faculties• BA in International Insurance and European Studies• BA in Economics and Sociology• BA in Law and Accounting• BSc in Economics and Mathematical Sciences• BSc in Production Management

New Degree in 2012-13 • BA in International Business

Part-Time ProgrammesBA (Hons) in Human Resource Management BA(Hons) in Health Services ManagementBA (Hons) in Management PracticeBA(Hons) in Applied TaxationBBS (Hons) by Flexible Learning

Diploma in ManagementDiploma in Applied TaxationCertificate in ManagementCertificate in Personnel PracticeCertificate in Health Services Management

KBS Undergraduate Programmes

• Corporate MBA• MBA (Aviation Management)• Masters in Project Management (PMI Accredited)• Masters of Taxation*• MSc in Financial Services• MSc Finance and Information Systems (Joint UL/NUIG programme)• MSc in Economic Analysis*• MSc in Computational Finance• MBS in International Entrepreneurship Management• MSc in Human Resource Management (EPAS and CIPD Accredited)

• MSc in Organisational and Organisational Psychology/Behaviour (PSI Accredited)• MSc in International Management & Global Business• MSc in Marketing, Consumption & Society• MSc in Project & Programme Management*• MSc in Risk Management and Insurance*• MA in Business Management• MA in International Tourism• Research Masters & PhD programmes

KBS Graduate Programmes(Full-Time, Part-Time, Distance Learning Mode)

For further information on all our programmes, please visit: http://www.ul.ie/business


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Honours Bachelor Degrees

* New programmes for 2012-13

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