2005 Press Releases
Leading in the Age of Identity - Lecture by Management Expert, 25 November
The distinguished writer on management, Hamid Bouchikhi, will visit UCC
on 25 November where he will lecture on Leading in the Age of Identity.
The main conclusion emerging from this lecture is that we have entered,
without realizing it, the Age of Identity. In this new era, there are
no agreed answers, no answers which we can continue to take for
granted, to the question "Who are we?". In the Age of Identity,
individuals, social groups and nations can no longer assume that their
identity is settled once and for all. They must and can be involved in
defining who they are and who they want to be. The lecture will show
how questions of identity can affect business organizations and will
draw some conclusions regarding their management in the light of
considerations of identity.
The Department of French is pleased to welcome Hamid Bouchikhi to UCC.
Hamid Bouchikhi is Professor of management and entrepreneurship at
ESSEC Business School, Paris, and a leading European researcher in the
areas of organization theory, entrepreneurship and managerial
innovation. Professor Bouchikhi is also the founder and academic
director of ESSEC Ventures, a centre dedicated to providing training,
coaching, logistical support and financing to student entrepreneurs,
and is Chairman of the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Small Business
Network (EISB), which operates within the European Foundation for
Management Development.
Professor Bouchikhi's lecture is one is a series entitled European
Business Perspectives which has been organized by the BComm European
Board of Studies. The BComm European is one of the main undergraduate
programmes in the College of Business of Law, where students have the
opportunity to combine a general business degree with the study of one
of five languages - French, German, Irish, Italian and Spanish - and
its associated culture and business environment. A key feature of the
programme is that students spend their third year abroad studying in
another European university. This is regarded as a positive
life-changing experience by many students and it is an experience that
is highly valued by employers. Professor Deirdre Hunt, director of the
BComm European Board of Studies, commented that 'Professor Bouchikhi's
visit provides a unique opportunity to profit from his wide
understanding of the interface between European culture and leadership'.
The lecture will take place on Friday 25 November at 12.30 pm in Room
2.55, O'Rahilly Building. For further information, contact the
Department of French (french@ucc.ie)
This lecture has received generous support from the Ambassade de France en Irlande.
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