Is it possible to stay ethical in the business world?

Posted by John King on May 13, 2011 under Events | Be the First to Comment

Dr. Laura J Spence thinks so, and she will be giving a talk on Wednesday May 18th, 2011 at 6PM in the Management Auditorium about how her work on small and medium sized organizations was influenced by the research into ethics of Psychology Professor Carol Gilligan at Harvard University. Interviewed by Edith Hall as part of the ongoing Women in Research Lecture Series at Royal Holloway, this is a great opportunity to explore themes of ethics, inspiration and how research in fields such as psychology can help explain corporate culture. Plus there is a free reception afterwards to mingle and discuss these issues in greater detail.

Register in advance by emailing celia.mulderrig@rhul.ac.uk or on the evening from 5:40 PM.

For more information visit http://www.rhul.ac.uk/research/womeninresearchlectureseries/womeninresearchmanagement.aspx

What type of entrepreneur are you?

Posted by John King on October 16, 2009 under Research | Be the First to Comment

Yesterday I attended another excellent event run by the SEEDA funded Higher Education Entrepreneurship Group. This particular event was at the University of Surrey in Guildford and was a conference entitled “Does It Really Make a Difference? Evaluating the Impact of Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Education”. Not the catchiest of titles, but I was really pleased to meet the brilliant Professor Mark Hart of Aston University. Mark presented his latest research for Enterprise UK, which clustered students into 6 groups, according to their enterprising beliefs and behaviours. The groups were: self starters, hesitant creatives, freedom seekers, inventors, determined novices and reluctant novices. Which type are you?