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HR Seminar by Prof. Szamosi in Kyiv on Managing Remote Employees
Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA delivered an insightful seminar on how to work and engage remote employees during a pandemic for the HR Committee of the European Business Association. The seminar took place 17 September in Kyiv with HR Directors of different companies attending. Employees working remotely during the pandemic created a new employment environment that requires different management. Prof. Szamosi underpinned the challenge of keeping employees engaged while working remotely. In his presentation he discussed different ways on which management and engagement styles can adapt to the new pandemic reality and also referred to the hybrid models of work that have emerged. Participants had the opportunity to gain a clearer understanding of how to manage and engage remote employees.
24/09/2021
Executive MBA Annual Study Week 2021 in Thessaloniki
Managers and professionals, attending our Executive MBA delivered in 8 countries across the region, enjoyed week full of joint classes, networking and activities at our main campus in Thessaloniki! An amazing opportunity for international educational experience and networking MBA students gained specialised knowledge in their chosen management area by attending specialisation units The 10th Strategic People Management Workshop on ‘Remote Work’ took place in the context of the Study Week An amazing MBA Study Week 2021 took place successfully at our main campus in Thessaloniki with its second year Executive MBA students from all eight cities (Thessaloniki, Belgrade, Bucharest, Sofia, Kyiv, Yerevan, Tbilisi and Baku) participating and attending joint classes. As always, the study week comprised classes, seminars, lots of networking, free time and exciting outings. Specialised Units The study week kicked off with students attending the first track units of the MBA specialisation they have chosen and gaining insights in the one of the six (6) specialised areas of the MBA (i.e. General Management, Marketing, Finance, Logistics, Healthcare Management, Human Resources Management). MBA participants had the opportunity not only to deepen their knowledge in their field but to also meet and network with managers and professionals from other countries working in the same industry sector. 10th Strategic People Management Workshop Themed ‘Managing Remote Workers’, the 10th Strategic People Management Workshop took place within the MBA Annual Study Week in Thessaloniki. The speakers’ presentations were focused on remote work, its implications and best practices, a topic that is particularly interesting during COVID-19 pandemic and the new working conditions it has created. Risk Management Seminar In the context of the Study Week in Thessaloniki, our MBA students had the opportunity to attend an insightful Management Development Seminar on 'Project Risk Management' by Mr Athanasios Fourtounas, Economist and Director of Logistics in JLSG NATO (Italy). Boat trip in Thermaikos Gulf The Study Week in Thessaloniki always combines work and pleasure. The boat trip in Thermaikos Gulf was a pleasant escape from classes for our MBA students. Our students enjoyed the beautiful city view of sunny Thessaloniki while sailing. They had the opportunity to admire the city and the warm weather. MBA students with Prof. Alexandros Psychogios, Professor of International HRM, Birmingham City University (UK), and visiting Lecturer at the Executive MBA programme. MBA students made the most out of the MBA Study Week and enjoyed their stay in Thessaloniki with joint classes and activities! The Annual Study Week in Thessaloniki is one of the programme’s key attributes during which MBA participants network, learn and have fun at the same time.
21/09/2021
10th Strategic People Management Workshop on Remote Work
The 10th Strategic People Management Workshop at CITY College, University of York Europe Campus took place on Wednesday 08 September. This in-person event centred on remote work, its implications, and best practices. After the opening presentations by Professor Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Pan-European Executive MBA and Professor of Human Resource Management & Organizational Behaviour, and Dr Giovanni Oscar Serafini, Assistant Professor in Human Resource Management & Organisational Behaviour, Ms Viktorija Damchevska, Head of People Operations at GrabIT, North Macedonia, shared online amazing insights on the application of remote work solutions. The floor was then opened to Executive MBA students of CITY College for a multifaceted discussion leading, among others, to the following main conclusions: (1) Organisations need to find the practices that work for them. It is a trial and error process until the optimal solution is found for the specific organisational context/case. (2) Empathy of managers is paramount: being 'aware' is key here in order to be compassionate and understand remote workers. (3) The peculiarity of remote work demands trust, transparency, and clarity of rules. With this backdrop, flexibility, giving choices, and decentralisation offer nimbleness to organisational structure and processes. Ultimately, organisations thus attain agile cultures thanks to agile management. The event took place in the context of the Annual Study Week of our Executive MBA programme and was attended by Executive MBA students from all 8 countries where the programme runs.
21/09/2021
Prof. Szamosi selected in the global judging panel for the prestigious Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards
Congratulations to Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus, on his selection as a member of the global panel of judges for the Wharton-QS Reimagine Education Awards, which are considered the ‘Oscars’ of education. Prof. Szamosi is among the top expert educators selected by The Awards Steering Committee to contribute their knowledge and experience to the evaluation of this year’s applications for the Awards. The panel brings together a wealth of international expertise in education. With an emphasis on sourcing a wide range of perspectives and insights, judges represent universities from across the world, including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Oxford, the National University of Singapore, Duke University, Australian National University, The University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, University of Hong Kong, and Trinity College Dublin. The full list of 2021’s judges can be found at: www.reimagine-education.com/judging-panel. The Reimagine Education Awards are co-organized by QS Quacquarelli Symonds – global higher education analysts and compilers of the QS World University Rankings – and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, one of the best business schools in the world. CITY College, University of York Europe Campus is proud of the selection of Professor Leslie Szamosi in this panel of distinguished academics across the world and wishes him best success in his role as a judge.
10/09/2021
Prof. Leslie Szamosi presents the Pan-European Executive MBA
Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Pan-European Executive MBA of CITY College, University of York Europe Campus presents the Pan-European Executive MBA , a world-class dual degree programme jointly offered by CITY College, University of York Europe Campus and the Faculty of Economics and Management of the University of Strasbourg. The programme presents a unique educational opportunity for today's executives and business professionals. On completion participants are awarded two MBA degrees from two leading universities from Europe: a top British university, the University of York and a prestigious French university, the University of Strasbourg. Students may choose between two available delivery modes: the Executive Mode (face-to-face delivery) or the Executive Mode Blended (synchronous online delivery plus study trips). The Pan-European Executive MBA
01/06/2021
Open Executive MBA seminar on Brain Drain by Prof. Szamosi in Bucharest
Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme of CITY College successfully delivered an Open Executive MBA seminar in Bucharest on Brain Drain. The event took place 5 March 2020 at the Hilton Hotel with many business professional and managers attending. In his presentation entitled ‘Brain / Talent Drain: How to Minimise It, Not Eliminate It’ Prof. Szamosi discussed one of the key issues organisations in Romania, and throughout the region, are dealing with, is the issue of loss of talent, including the loss of key people not only to other organizations in the country but also to those outside the country. Prof. Szamosi also focus on practical things that organisations can do to stem the lost of key talent and focus, most specifically, on the impact of how managers support employees inside companies. Participants had the opportunity to develop an understanding of the phenomenon of brain drain and the issues faced by companies affected. The seminar took place in the context of the Executive MBA programme successfully delivered in Bucharest by CITY College for 14 years now.
10/03/2020
My Executive MBA Day in Yerevan
Thursday, 27 February 2020 6:00 pm Armenia Marriott Hotel | Ararat Hall, Yerevan CITY College invites you to the presentation of its prestigious Executive MBA programme offered in Yerevan! Open MBA Class & Workshop Experience a real time Executive MBA class and join an exciting workshop! Agenda: 18.00 - 18.10 Short Presentation of Executive MBA Programme in Yerevan 18.10 - 18.55 My Open MBA class: "A Macroeconomic Approach of Armenia in the Context of Caucasus and Central Asia Oil-importing and Oil-exporting Countries” with Dr. Petros Golitsis, Lecturer in Economics, CITY College 19.00 - 20.00 Workshop: “Meet the CEO: A Journey to the Top” with Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme, CITY College Book your free attendance now! Join and share! Register now!
19/02/2020
Award Ceremony for our first Executive MBA graduates in Yerevan
• Congratulations to our fist graduates in Yerevan received the MBA degree from the University of Sheffield • The Charge d”Affairs of the British Embassy, Ms. Alison Chick and the Adviser to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Mr. Samvel Karabekyan, honoured the event with their presence. • The degree were presented by Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme Our first Executive MBA graduates in Yerevan celebrated the awarding of their MBA degrees in a ceremony that took place on 22 November. The degrees were presented to MBA graduates by Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme in front of The Charge d’ Affairs of the British Embassy, Ms. Alison Chick and the Adviser to the Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport of Armenia, Mr. Samvel Karabekyan, who also honoured the event with their presence. Prof. Szamosi commented: “Working with Armenian students is a wonderful experience for any academic and I am really proud of working in Armenia. During the last three years I worked with nearly 80 Armenian students. Without any compromise, our graduates today are advocates of quality education. They keep an interest towards new knowledge, constantly grow and want to improve. And this is a quality to be inspired from. For me, the biggest challenge is to keep alive the wish to overcome challenges in a student who is an employee and has the first specialisation. Armenian students constantly present us with challenges and as education is a world necessity, the more we learn from the student and teach him, the better”. After the awarding of their degree Ms. Astghik Berezovskaya and Ms. Rema Ohanyan, both MBA graduates also addressed a short speech about their accomplishments and their MBA experience. Among the awards there were two degrees with distinction and four with merit. Graduates families and friends joined the ceremony and proudly congratulated our graduates. MBA graduate, Anahit Shahmuradyan, said after receiving the MBA degree: “My decision to join the Executive MBA programme that was offered in Armenia was made at a turning point in my life, I realized needed to make a big change in my professional life. Being a linguist, and also having a scientific degree, I decided to take the risk and learn finance and accounting. That was an area which seemed to be extremely strange and unknown. Studying at the Executive MBA Programme was one of the biggest challenges in my life, and I can now say with pride that I did it. I managed to overcome something which seemed to be inaccessible and impossible. I am holding today the University of Sheffield MBA degree in my hands and besides deep knowledge, it offered me experience, self-confidence and a sense of belonging to the world, being the world's citizen.“ The event was successful overall and was widely covered by local media. CITY College warmly congratulates all MBA graduates in Armenia and wishes them every success in their future endeavors. Related article on MEDOAMAX
12/12/2019
An exciting MBA Social Gathering in Bucharest
CITY College MBA graduates and students joined a successful MBA social gathering that took place 7 November 2019 in Bucharest. Representing CITY College, Prof. Leslie Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA, Prof. Alexandros Psychogios, Professor of International HRM, Birmingham City University (UK), and visiting Lecturer at our Executive MBA programme and Mr. Nikos Lambridis, Head MBA student Coach for Career and Professional Development at the Executive MBA programme warmly welcomed all our graduates and students. Everyone who joined the event enjoyed the evening, reunited with old classmates and had the opportunity to catch up, share news and revive fond memories. MBA graduates also shared useful insights with students currently attending the Executive MBA programme in Bucharest. During the event a number of networking activities were planned - business card collection, playing card meet up and sentence fishing game - making the evening even more exciting and interactive. The evening was a wonderful opportunity to renew old acquaintances, network and make new friends. Everyone expressed their wish for another reunion to take place soon. We thank all those that attended! Photos To view more photos from the event please see the link below: MBA Social Gathering in Bucharest photo gallery
21/11/2019
Successful Training Programme on Port Management by our Executive Development Institute (EDI) and EXANTAS Institute
A group of executives and employees of the Thessaloniki Port Authority (TH.P.A.) had the opportunity to attend an innovative executive training programme on ‘Port Administration and Activities Management’ organised by the Executive Development Institute (EDI) of CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield in collaboration with EXANTAS Port Training Institute. The 7-day programme took place on 22-31 October 2019 at the main campus of CITY College in Thessaloniki and was completed with great success. Specifically designed for participants from the port industry the training programme introduced trainees to a range of contemporary issues related to global port industry and port operations, as well as logistics, port management, change management, leadership, innovation and maritime entrepreneurship. Mr. S. Theofanis, Chairman of the Board and CEO of ΤΗ.P.A. and Chairman of the Board of the Port Training Institute - EXANTAS The tailor-made programme was delivered by six instructors with significant professional experience in their fields (eg. management and leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, logistics as well as maritime studies) who covered a wide number of topics in their fields (Management and leadership, innovation and entrepreneurship, logistics as well as maritime studies). Prof. P. Ketikidis, Vice Principal - Research and Innovation of CITY College Participants found the programme particularly successful and gave very positive feedback on the quality of the programme and its organisational aspects. Brief overview of the programme 'Introduction to the Global Port Industry' Mr. S. Theofanis, Chairman of the Board and CEO of ΤΗ.P.A. and Chairman of the Board of the Port Training Institute - EXANTAS 'Introduction to Port Operations (Procedures, Systems and Equipment)' Dr. M. Boile, Associate Professor, University of Piraeus 'Logistics and Port Management' Mr. N. Rodopoulos, President of the Hellenic Society of Logistics 'Change Management and Behavioural Change Inside Organisations' Prof. L. Szamosi, Director of the Executive MBA programme, CITY College 'Leadership' Mr. N. Lambridis, Certified Trainer and Coach for Top Management Executives 'Innovation and Maritime Entrepreneurship' Prof. P. Ketikidis, Vice Principal - Research and Innovation of CITY College "The training programme on “Management of Port Services” was an exciting and rewarding learning experience for all participants. Managers from the Thessaloniki Port Authority had the opportunity to attend a number of seminars on “Port services management”, “Logistics”, “Organisational change” and “Leadership” from high ranking professionals and academics. This was a very well organised, high quality programme that added significant value and contributed to a better understanding of important elements of day to day operations of the Port Authority." Mr. Sotiris Theofanis President of EXANTAS Port Training Institute Chairman of the BOD & Managing Director of THPA S.A. About the Executive Development Institute (EDI) EDI, the Executive Development Institute, was formed by CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, as a dynamic response to the executive development needs of our times. Apart from its world-class Executive MBA, EDI has other unique high-quality services to provide its partners with, such as diverse training, consulting, coaching and research activities, by utilising our vast resources and network.
15/11/2019
Launching a strong industrial collaboration with INECOBANK at the MBA Induction in Yerevan
• A Memorandum of Understanding signed with INECOBANK, a leading South Caucasus bank in Armenia Thursday 17 October marked the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between CITY College and INECOBANK, one of the leading South Caucasus banks, headquartered in Yerevan, Armenia. The MoU was signed by Mr. Aren Naltakyan, CEO of INECOBANK and Mr. George Efstathiadis, Director of the Executive Development Institute (EDI) of CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield, at the Marriott Hotel after the Induction of the 4th year of our Executive MBA in Yerevan. The purpose of the MoU is to set forth increased levels of collaboration between the two parties and serves as a good foundation common activities, training initiatives, joint projects and many more. Mr. Aren Naltakyan, Inecobank`s CEO and also graduate of the Executive MBA programme, commented that the Executive MBA is a wonderful opportunity for managers wishing to obtain practical knowledge and apply it to their work. As he said, the idea to cooperate with CITY College was born during his studies. “This is the beginning of cooperation, through which we combine Inecobank`s success and knowledge with applied knowledge provided by professors teaching at the University of Sheffield Executive MBA programme. Due to this combination we will provide opportunities to many people – both Inecobank’ s employees and other induviduals to participate in training sessions, acquire new knowledge and new opportunities”- Mr. Naltakyan said. Mr. George Efsthadiadis, Director of EDI, placed emphasis on the value of the cooperation between universities and the industry and noted that due to such joint activities real challenges can be overcome. “The Executive MBA programme prepares Armenian managers become specialists and leaders, supports their professional growth so that they help their companies become more competitive, subsequently increasing the competitiveness of the Armenian economy. The industry’s development contributes to the development of people in Armenia. We have an aim to educate managers to secure and promote this development”, Mr. Efstathiadis added. INECOBANK management, employees and the corporate clients of the bank were present at the event. The event was also attended by The Charge D’ Affairs of the British Embassy, Ms. Alison Chick aiming at supporting the CITY Colelge and its activities in Armenia. Mr. George Efstathiadis - Mr. Chris Liassides Mr. George Efstathiadis Mr. Chris Liassides Within the framework of the Memorandum of Understanding the two parties will be organising a variety of activities such as training sessions, conferences, open classes and many more. Ms Anna Bannahyan, Head of Training and Development of Inecobank commented: “The cooperation also envisages that Inecobank employees will have the opportunity to join the Executive MBA programme, while CITY College’s Bachelors and Masters students will have internship and employment opportunities at Inecobank.” Dr Ioannis Asimakopoulos - Dr Kerry Sullivan Dr Ioannis Asimakopoulos Dr Kerry Sullivan The signing of memorandum was followed by presentations by academic staff teaching in the University of Sheffield Executive MBA, namely Dr Kerry Sullivan, Senior Lecturer of Finance, University of Surrey, UK, Dr Ioannis Asimakopoulos, Lecturer in Corporate Financial Management at CITY College International Faculty and Mr. Chris Liassides, Senior Lecturer in Marketing Management at CITY College. This recently launched cooperation is in line with CITY College’s philosophy to deepen the ties between academia and industry as well as to promote extroversion and internationalisation in education. The initiative took place in the frame of the Executive MBA programme offered with great success in Yerevan since 2016. Video - Signing of MoU with INECOBANK Related articles: Article in Banks Portal Article in Banks News Portal Announcement in INECOBANK website
31/10/2019
Open MBA Class on digital revolution by Dr Dimitriadis in Belgrade
CITY College organised a successful Open MBA Class that took place 9 October in Belgrade with Dr Nikolaos Dimitriadis, our Regional Director for Serbia, who discussed digital revolution. In his seminar “Stupid AI, Startup Bubbles and the Revolution that Never Was: Uncovering the Dark Side of Digital" questioned whether digital revolution includes diverse subjects such as the startup explosion, the shared economy, social media domination, online business models, AI and robotics. Dr Dimitriadis used economics, business data, case studies and neuroscience to prove that the digital revolution is not exactly what most people think and also spoke about an upcoming revolution for which we need to prepare. The event offered the opportunity to participants to get a feel of what an MBA class at CITY College, International Faculty of the University of Sheffield is like and get informed of the Executive MBA offered in Belgrade.
17/10/2019
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