Research Seminar by Prof. Sea Jin Chang

Date: 14 March 2019 (Thu) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Prof. Chang Sea-Jin is the Lim Kim San Chair Professor of Business Administration at National University of Singapore (NUS) Business School. Prior to joining NUS, he was a Visiting Professor at Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania and Kumho Asiana Group Endowed Chair Professor at the School of Administration at Korea University. Previously, he was a Professor at the Stern School of Business at New York University and had visiting appointments at Stanford University, New York University, INSEAD, London Business School and Hitotsubashi University. He is primarily interested in the management of diversified multinational firms. His current research focuses on understanding the process of creating operating synergies among diversified lines of business and building a strong local organisation after foreign entry. His other research interests include organisational learning, corporate growth through joint ventures and acquisitions, foreign direct investment, and comparative management studies of Japan, Korea, and China. His research work has been published in journals such as Strategic Management Journal, Academy of Management Journal, Organisation Science, Journal of Business Venturing, Journal of Management Studies,and Journal of Industrial Economics. He was an Associate Editor of Journal of International Business Studies, a leading academic journal in international business, and serves on the editorial board of Strategic Management Journal. He has written several books as well. His recent book, `Sony vs. Samsung: The Inside Story of the Electronics` Giants Battle for Global Supremacy,`(Wiley, 2008) compares and contrasts these two firms` global strategy. His new forthcoming book, `Multinational Firms in China: Entry Strategies, Competition and Performance,` (Oxford University Press, in press), examines the competitive dynamics between multinational firms and strong local firms in China. He has received several honours and awards for academic excellence. He was elected as one of fifteen National Scholars by the Korea Ministry of Education. He was awarded The Linsu Kim Memorial Award by The Korea Academy of Management and won a Grand Prize in Social Sciences from the 2004 Chung Jinki Memorial Cultural Foundation in Korea. In addition, he has received several research grants and won the Wharton School Dean`s Fellowship. He completed his Master of Arts in Economics at Seoul National University in Korea and Master of Science in Japanese Business Studies at the Japan-American Institute of Management Science in Tokyo and Chaminade University in Honolulu; as a part of Fujitsu Asian Scholarship Programme. He obtained his PhD in Organisation and Strategy at Wharton School at University of Pennsylvania.

8th Symposium of the Centre for Leadership & Innovation “The Future of Work: Driving Change in Organizations”

MM Research Centre "Centre for Leadership & Innovation" organized its 8th annual symposium, themed "he Future of Work: Driving Change in Organizations" on 1 March 2019 in Multi-function Hall, Alumni Atrium, Chung Sze Yuen Building. The event attracted more than 80 researchers, students and business executives from different universities, professional organizations and companies. This year, it has invited Prof. Mark Griffin, Director of the Future of Work Institute in the Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University, and Dr Chan Wing Li, Director of Li CW Consultant Limited, to be our keynote speakers. The keynote topics are "Optimal Uncertainty: Flexibility and Innovation for The Future of Work" and "The Future of Work: Changing Management Needs in the Greater Bay Area".   MORE DETAILS

FB Outstanding Student Award Ceremony - KALIYEVA Madina

Research Seminar by Dr Maryam KOUCHAKI

Date: 20 Febuary 2019 (Wed) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Dr Maryam Kouchaki is an Associate Professor of Management and Organizations at Kellogg School of Management. Maryam is an organizational psychologist who seeks to understand everyday moral encounters, particularly at work. Her research is organized around two conceptual themes that involve 1) understanding the dynamic nature of moral decision-making and 2) understanding how individuals psychologically experience everyday moral encounters. Maryam examines these with a particular emphasis on the consequences of these encounters for individuals and groups. Across a series of articles, she has uncovered novel and often counterintuitive forces that continually create widespread unethicality. Notably, she offers evidence that everyday moral encounters cannot be fully understood without a thorough consideration of the individuals’ psychological experience of them. Her work has appeared in scholarly publications such as Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, and Psychological Science, and has been featured in media outlets such as the Harvard Business Review, New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal, the Huffington Post, and BBC world radio.

Research Seminar by Prof. Mats ALVESSON

Date: 8 Febuary 2019 (Fri) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Professor Alvesson’s current research projects focus on leadership, functional stupidity in organizations and experiences of bureaucracy and managerial work in universities. My research interests include critical theory, gender, power, management of professional service (knowledge intensive) organizations, leadership, identity, organizational image, organizational culture and symbolism, qualitative methods and philosophy of science. My most recent books include Return to Meaning (Oxford University Press 2017), Reflexive Leadership (Sage, 2017, with Martin Blom and Stefan Sveningsson),The Stupidity Paradox (Profile 2016, with André Spicer), Managerial Lives (Cambridge univ Press 2016, with Stefan Sveningsson),The Triumph of Emptiness (Oxford University Press 2013), Qualitative Research and Theory Development (Sage 2011, with Dan Kärreman), Constructing Research Questions. (Sage 2013, with J Sandberg) Interpreting Interviews (Sage 2011), Metaphors We Lead By: Understanding leadership in the real world. (Routledge 2011, ed with André Spicer), Oxford Handbook of Critical Management Studies (Oxford University Press, edited with Todd Bridgman and Hugh Willmott). Understanding gender and organizations (Sage, 2009, 2nd ed with Yvonne Billing), Reflexive methodology (Sage, 2009, 2nd ed, with Kaj Skoldberg), Changing organizational culture (Routledge 2015 2nd ed, with Stefan Sveningsson), and Knowledge work and knowledge-intensive firms (Oxford University Press,2004). He currently teach courses on qualititative methods, knowledge work, and organizational change at the PhD and masters levels at Lund University.

Taught Postgraduate Programmes Information Seminars for 2019/20 Intake

Date: 12 January 2019 (Saturday) Time: 2:15pm - 3:00pm MSc in Human Resource Management           3:30pm - 4:15pm MSc in Marketing Management           4:45pm - 5:30pm MSc in Business Analytics Venue: Room FJ303, Chan Tai Ho Building, PolyU

Research Seminar by Dr Yufeng HUANG

Date: 8 January 2019 (Tue) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Dr Yufeng Huang is Assistant Professor of Marketing in University of Rochester Simon Business School. Before joining Simon, He obtained his PhD in Marketing and MS in Economics at Tilburg University (Netherlands). His research focuses on the intersection of Quantitative Marketing and Empirical Industrial Organization. His current research projects explore topics such as the evolution of consumer expertise, managerial quality and firm learning, the impact of product design on competition, and the emergence and impact of the e-commerce.

Research Seminar by Prof. Jason THATCHER

Date: 4 January 2019 (Fri) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802 Prof. Jason Thatcher is a Professor of MIS, Senior Editor of MIS Quarterly, University of Alabama. He is immediate Past-President of the Association for Information Systems. He served two terms as VP of Membership for the Association for Information Systems. He guided the strategic realignment of services to support more opportunities for the career development and recognition of our members. He has also served as an AIS representative on the Board of Partnership for Advancing Computing Education (PACE) from July 2012 through the present. PACE charter members are Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Association for Information Systems (AIS), Computer Science Teachers Association (CSTA), IEEE Computer Society (IEEE), National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT), and Computing Research Association.

Research Seminar by Prof. Derek D. RUCKER

Date: 11 December 2018 (Tue) Time: 10:30am – 12:00nn Venue: M802, Li Ka Shing Tower Prof. Rucker joined the Kellogg marketing department in Fall of 2005. Currently, he holds the Sandy & Morton Goldman Professorship of Entrepreneurial Studies in Marketing. His primary research focuses broadly on the topics of power, compensatory consumption, persuasion, and consumer behavior. His work asks, and seeks answers to, what makes for effective advertising and what motives underlies consumer consumption. To answer these questions Dr. Rucker draws on his rich training in social psychology. His work has appeared in numerous leading journals in psychology and marketing such as the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, the Journal of Consumer Research, the Journal of Marketing Research, and the Journal of Consumer Psychology. In addition, his research has been covered in major media outlets such as The New York Times, Time Magazine, and ABC News. He currently teaches Advertising Strategy at Kellogg. The course focuses on basic psychological principles to better understand how to plan and execute successful advertising. In recognition of his commitment to excellence in teaching, he was nominated as a finalist for the L.G. Lavengood Outstanding Professor of the Year Award and a recipient of the Top Elective Professor Award. In addition to his work in the classroom, he is a co-instructor of the annual Kellogg Advertising Superbowl Review. The review is in the spirit of Kellogg's focus on experiential learning and cultivates basic principals learned in the classroom to critically evaluate advertising in a real world and high stakes environment.

2018 Marketing Research Symposium of the Asian Centre for Branding & Marketing

Date: 3 December 2018 (Mon) MM Research Centre "Asian Centre for Branding & Marketing" organized its 2018 Marketing Research Symposium on 3 December 2018 in AG710, PolyU. It has invited 3 keynote speakers Dr Joowon Park, City University of Hong Kong, Dr Jooyoung Park, Peking University HSBC Business School, Dr Tao Tao, Hong Kong Baptist University this year to share their research insights.     MORE DETAILS