Academic Position |
Associate Professor |
Academic Qualifications |
Doctoral Degree in Managing Leisure & Service Organizations, Temple University (1995), Philadelphia, PA, USA Master’s Degree in Managing Leisure & Service Organizations, Temple University (1991), Philadelphia, PA, USA |
Office | L. Sofou Building, 7th floor |
Office Hours |
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Telephone | 2310 536544, 2310 528450 |
d.nikolaidis@york.citycollege.eu | |
Skype | dimitri.nikolaidis |
Dr. Dimitrios V. Nikolaidis is a Senior Lecturer in Marketing. From 2010 until 2017 he was the Head of the Business Administration and Economics Department. He has been teaching at CITY College since 2001, in undergraduate, postgraduate and executive levels. He has studied at Temple University, Philadelphia, USA, where he received a master’s and doctoral degrees in managing leisure and service organizations. Along with his teaching in subjects such as Innovation and New Product Development, Marketing and Management of Services, and Public Relations Strategies, he has published a number of articles in national and international journals. Dr. Nikolaidis have been invited as a guest lecturer or keynote speaker in more than 100 events and seminars, discussing topics of managing service organizations, public relations and communication strategies, and innovation and development of new products. He has also been involved with training seminars and consulting for various companies.
Dr. Nikolaidis has been working in various corporations for more than 25 years acquiring middle and higher managerial positions in US and in Greece. From 2000 until 2009 he was working for DEMCO group of companies. During that period he was the General Manager in North Greece for Alpha Media Group (2003-2009), Director of Marketing and Development for Alpha Digital Synthesis (2002), and Marketing & Administrative Director for ARIS Football Club (2000-2001) where he organized the marketing and commercial departments on a professional basis introducing new and innovative ideas for both B2B and B2C communications while he was introducing for the first time in professional sports the notion of Corporate Social Responsibility by establishing a separate department for Community Relations. Earlier in his career, while still studying, he founded the Hellenic American Academy of Aristotle (1992), an educational and cultural institution, in Philadelphia, USA, offering a great service to the community by educating kids and being involved in many community and youth projects where he served as the General Director for more than 7 years (1992-1999). He was the Director of Communications and then General Manager of Philadelphia Flames Soccer Club, USA (1991-94). He did his practical training, for the doctoral requirements, working as an assistant to the Director of Information, for the Philadelphia SIXERS Basketball Club (1991-1992). Currently he holds the position of CEO at Embryolab IVF, a leading clinic of human reproduction in Europe.
Teaching philosophy
"Tell me and I will forget; Show me and I may remember; INVOLVE me and I will understand" (Confucius).
Dr. Nikolaidis has been in education for many years teaching in US and European institution of all levels. He strongly believes that the TEACHER can contribute much in people’s life. Dr. Nikolaidis has also realized that there are certain fundamental elements which define and determine the relationship between the teacher and the students: one is care, another is trust and a third one is good and clear communication.
From time to time he asks the students a simple question which help him much to re-orient in terms of learning and teaching: “What do you expect from a teacher”. It is so simple what students want from a teacher. They want the teacher:
• To be well informed on the subject
• To be next to the students and understand them better
• To create a positive environment in class
• To care about them and to respect the students
• To create an interest and involve us more
• To have good communication with students
• To be cooperative and helpful
• To make to class alive and interesting and funny sometimes.
• To be friendly; with good communication; participation and engagement in class
• To make the class interesting and the students willing to participate
• To encourage; to collaborate with students
• To be creative in teaching
And this is what he is doing all these years! He strongly believes that the teachers' role is far beyond delivering the theory; their role is much more significant. An educator has an obligation towards society to lead the students in developing good and useful personalities; in learning how to learn, in becoming good professionals with high standards of ethics. Dr. Nikolaidis, in all the modules he teaches, uses innovative delivery methods. He has developed workbooks for every subject so that students in teams have the opportunity to apply what they learn in class. By applying such a method students are highly engaging themselves and they are able to better understand the theoretical framework delivered in class.
Subjects
Book
Book Chapter
Refereed Journals
Refereed Conference Papers
Nikolaidis, D., Lazou, Α., Papanikolaou, Ζ., Gissis, Ι. (2003). Sports and Risk: Aristotle’s University of Thessaloniki . 6th Scientific Symposium, 6-7 December 2003, Serres, Greece.
Nikolaidis, D., Antoniadou, S., Koliakou, Α., Athanailidis, Ι., “Analysis of Organizational and Administrative Structures of Professional Sports in Europe and US”, 11ο International Conference of Physical Education and Athletics, 16-18 May 2003, Komotini, Greece.
Nikolaidis, D., Antoniadou, S., Koliakou, Α., Athanailidis, Ι., “The Necessity of Developing a Risk Management Plan in Sporting Events”, 11ο International Conference of Physical Education and Athletics, 16-18 May 2003, Komotini, Greece.
Antoniadou, S., Nikolaidis, D., “The Representation of the Olympic Athlete: The Emerge of a Profesison”, 3rd International Conference of Panhellenic Association of Sport Economists and Managers, February 24-26, 2003, School of Economics, Athens, Greece.
Antoniadou, S., Nikolaidis, D., Valvi, L., “The influence of the Olympic Games of 2004 in the Greek corporate attitudes towards sport sponsorship” 3nd International Conference of Panhellenic Association of Sport Economists and Managers, February 24-26, 2003, School of Economics, Athens, Greece.
Nikolaidis, D., Antoniadou, S., “Television and media in sports” 2nd International Conference of Panhellenic Association of Sport Economists and Managers, February 26 2002, School of Economics, Athens, Greece.
Antoniadou, S., Nikolaidis, D., “Sport sponsorship: Objectives and motives affecting sponsorship selection by Greek corporate sponsors”, 2nd International Conference of Panhellenic Association of Sport Economists and Managers, February 26 2002, School of Economics, Athens, Greece.
Antoniadou, S., Nikolaidis, D., “Sport Sponsorships in Greece: A Study of the Corporate Sponsors”, 3ο National Conference of the Hellenic Association of Sports Management, 4-6 October 2002,Thessaloniki.
Nikolaidis, D., Tzetzis G., Antoniadou, S., “The influence of Media in the Evolution of Sports ”, 3ο National Conference of the Hellenic Association of Sports Management, 4-6 October 2002, Thessaloniki.
Nikolaidis, D., “Promotional licensing and trademarks”, 1st International Conference of Panhellenic Association of Sport Economists and Managers, February 19-20 2001, School of Economics, Athens, Greece.
Non-Refereed Abstracts, Reports & other Publications
Invited as a guest lecturer or key note speaker
INDICATIVE GUEST Lectures - Presentations
INDICATIVE TRAINING Seminars - Workshops
CONSULTING to:
COMMUNITY Involvement