The PrOPEL Hub will be running an online half day workshop on December 9 - The Silent Majority: A deep dive on support for microbusinesses.
Over the course of a half day workshop, led by Professor Monder Ram, the workshop will be ‘deep diving’ the under-explored world of people management in micro businesses and asking the question: how can we design support structures for micro businesses to improve employee engagement and management practice?
Through a series of talks and panel discussions with leading academics and practitioners (including micro business owners, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development), the challenges facing micro businesses in accessing people practice support will be explored as well as the lessons academics, policymakers and businesses advisers can take from this to develop a more inclusive support ecosystem.
Participants will explore:
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Strathclyde Business School’s centre in Dubai hosted a hybrid panel discussion on November 29 with Ivan McKee MSP, Minister for Business, Trade, Tourism and Enterprise, on the panel.
The event was entitled “COP26 dialogue: Business perspectives in implementing sustainability” and speakers also included Dr Iain Cairns from the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship: Ayman Hegab, Director of Operations at Sawary Energy; and Scott Myers Well of Doctors Oilfield LLC.
Katerina Nicolopoulou, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation at Strathclyde, was the chairperson.
A major new journal with an international scope has been launched in the field of work and employment studies entitled, 'Work in the Global Economy’. The publication is closely aligned with long-standing intellectual traditions and research interests of members of the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation, being associated with the International Labour Process Conference.
Two members of the Department of Work, Employment and Organisation – Dr Kendra Briken and Professor Phil Taylor – are on the journal’s Editorial Advisory Board.
Professor Taylor has an article entitled ‘The petri dish and Russian roulette’: working in UK contact centres during the COVID-19 pandemic’ in the first double issue which is open access.
Strathclyde Business School has helped organise an event which will see the launch of a report from WEALL (Wellbeing Economy Alliance Scotland) which uses learning from the craft brewing sector to explore the role of local production in the transition to a Wellbeing Economy.
The event is titled, “Tapping into a Wellbeing Economy: lessons from Scotland's craft breweries” and this virtual event will explore whether the practices and values of crat brewers could be used by other businesses and sectors; their significance from an environmental, social and economic perspective; and the changes they face and how these could be addressed by policymakers.
Visiting Professor at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship Sarah Deas, will be on the panel. The event is on December 2, from 11am-12.30pm
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Professor Emeritus Richard Butler was the opening keynote speaker at the 3rd Pacific Asia Indigenous Tourism Conference (PAITC) organised in Chile from October 5-7. The virtual conference had an estimated attendance of over 2000 delegates. Professor Butler’s presentation was entitled “Research in indigenous tourism, challenges in global contexts”
Professor Butler also gave a keynote presentation at the 5th Bali Tourism Conference, “Suffering and Strategy: Tourism in the New Era”. The virtual conference was held over November 16-17, and his presentation was entitled “Destination development before, during and after the current problems in tourism”.