Innovation Entrepreneurship Program

Introduction

The competitive strategies have changed over time. The present business scenarios present lot of market and product uncertainties. The key to survival is innovation and entrepreneurship. The modern day customers demand more for money. The small entrepreneurs as well as large organizations, in private or government, have to look out for new and better products and services, new and efficient processes, new ways of delivering services and innovative strategies to gain competitive advantages. Innovation is the change that out performs the previous practice.

The competitive benefits from innovation and entrepreneurship include increased quality, greater customer satisfaction, greater product range, improved service, improved management processes and so on. IEP will teach participants essential skills and effective strategies for working in and managing innovative organizations – and for starting new ones. The participants will get a certificate from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) as well as from University of East London (UEL).

Learning Outcomes

The objective of IEP is to expose participants to innovation and entrepreneurship trends in the Western world and to do networking with innovative entrepreneurs in UK. In addition, the participants will be able to learn:

1. A new innovation centered business focus.
2. A set of innovation skills, customized to fit the needs of the sponsoring organizations as well as their career goals.
3. The skills and tools required to flourish in challenging, but equally rewarding, environment of entrepreneurship.
4. The tools to overcome the uncertainties associated with entrepreneurship.

Who should attend?

IEP in London is useful and relevant to managers, entrepreneurs, consultants, service providers, government officers, and even academicians.

UUM and UEL

To provide a Western exposure to participants, OYA Graduate School of Business has signed an understanding with Royal Docks Business School (RDBS) of UEL. UEL is a modern university with a heritage dating back to 1892. The ultra-modern Docklands Campus, opened in 2000, was London's first new university campus in 50 years. RDBS is located in Docklands Campus, which is set in a stunning, waterside location close to Canary Wharf and City Airport, with its own DLR station, Cyprus.

Profile of Speakers

Dr. Eng. Paolo Taticchi

Paolo is a Senior Lecturer in Management at the Royal Docks Business School of the University of East London. Before joining UEL, he covered the position of Assistant Professor in Business & Management Engineering at the University of Perugia, and the position of Associated Lecturer at Bradford School of Management in UK, where he also served as Director of Studies of the Bradford-Perugia MBA in Italy. He also has the position of Adjunct Professor at NYU Poly in New York, US. Paolo performs scientific research in performance measurement and management, business networks and sustainability. These research activities have been documented in many books, chapters, journal and conference papers. He is the Editor and Co-Author of the book “Business Performance Measurement and Management: new contexts, themes and challenges” published by Springer internationally. He teaches management courses at both the undergraduate and graduate level, and he's a regular speaker in international MBA and E-MBA programs in Italy, China, India, Taiwan, Malaysia and US. Paolo is the Founder and Co-Director of the International Summer School program based in New York and is the Co-Founder and Co-Organizer of the Taiwan-Italy International Internship Program. Furthermore, he has significant consultancy experience in the fields of Strategy, Operations and Internationalization with both small and large firms; and entrepreneurial experience. In fact, he started up two engineering firms in Italy.

Andre Mostert

Andre Mostert is an academic practitioner and director of the centre for Innovation, Management and Enterprise who has expertise in entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, financial management, Islamic Finance and African Languages. Andre led the team on the development of the BA entrepreneurship and supports students to develop business ideas and opportunities. Andre has conceptualized various education development projects and managed diverse programmes for different agencies, including, USAID, TDA, BECTA, British Council, DFID, DANIDA and Asia-Invest. Andre supports a number of clients to expand their activities and penetrate new markets. Andre has developed qualifications at Level 5, 6 and 7 for entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship, Islamic finance and Banking, International Financial Services Management and Social Enterprise.

Prof. Noor Azizi B Ismail

Professor Dr Noor Azizi Ismail holds a Bachelor Degree in Accounting from National University of Malaysia; a Master of Science Degree specializing in Accounting Systems from The University of Memphis; and a PhD in Accounting Information Systems from Loughborough University. Professionally, Dr Azizi is a Certified Management Accountant. He is also an accredited trainer with SAS Institute Sdn Bhd, a company specializing in business intelligence software and a research fellow with International Telecommunication Union ITU-UUM Asia Pacific Centre of Excellence. Dr Azizi has held various administrative positions and is currently serving his third term as a Dean for UUM Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business. To date, he has completed more than 20 research projects and published more than 35 articles in both local and international journals. Apart from that, Dr Azizi has published 12 articles in professional and popular journals, and more than 30 articles in conference proceedings. He has also authored/co-authored 6 books and monographs. He also received SAS Lecturer Excellence Award from SAS Institute Sdn Bhd and more recently Innovative Leadership Award by CMO Asia.

Prof. Ajay Chauhan

Dr Ajay Chauhan is currently Professor, Othman Yeop Abdullah (OYA) Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia. His current areas of expertise are Strategic Management, Leadership, Organizational Change and Innovation & Technology Management. After obtaining his Master’s degree in Economics, he worked about 6 years in government (research and not administration), where he got exposed to innovation and innovation diffusion. Then he obtained a doctoral degree from Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad (a well-known B-School, which stood 11th in Financial Times global top 100 B-schools in 2012). Continuing his innovation streak, his thesis was about using Simulation techniques in Public Policy making. He received the Best Thesis Proposal from Industrial Finance Corporation of India. Then he moved to private sector and worked forabout 22 years (including 10 years as CEO or equivalent top positions) before taking full time career in education.

Dr. Alessio Lucattelli

Alessio P. Lucattelli graduated at the University of Perugia, Italy. He received his specialty in Oral Surgery at NYU College of Dentistry. Since his graduation he joined the family business turning the local office in a dental network active in New York, Rome, Buenos Aires and Abu Dhabi. In 2009 he opened his first company, where he got the exclusive distribution of his products from Island Sky. Following that, he opened the subsidiary in Italy. In 2010, the company became supplier for the Italian Navy and the Senegalese Army. In 2011, he opened the LuCa Deluxe, a company specialized in renting Luxury Mini Van, providing the services to the best UAE Hotels. He is currently working in Japan where he created an e-commerce website, through which he is selling made in Italy products.

Paul Harrison

Paul Harrison is an entrepreneur at heart and the founder of MOBIvation.com, a text messaging service that helps people achieve long lasting personal change. Paul was awarded “Business Innovator of the Year” for this service in 2011 and voted runner up as the South African entrepreneur of the year 2012 as voted on by the South African chamber of commerce. Paul also trades a full time portfolio on the US stock market and teaches others to do the same. Paul is also a director of Consensio. Paul is one of the leading figures in the MOBIvation Intrepreneurial Nexus, a supportive infrastructure that is designed to help University students set up their own businesses from a proven business model. With a natural ability to communicate with people and a real drive to see the betterment of those around him, Paul brings personal and business improvement to a completely new level.

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