The Chair of Mission Leadership and Corporate Purpose held the second edition of the “Chair Breakfast Lectures” with Inés Alegre, lecturer in Managerial Decision Sciences at IESE Business School Inés Alegre spoke in the second edition of the “Chair Breakfast Lectures” about artificial intelligence, a computer system designed to perform operations considered to be characteristic of human intelligence,…
The UIC Barcelona Chair in Management by Missions and Corporate Purpose held its first “chair breakfast” of this academic year on 3 February. The special guest on this occasion was Miguel Ángel Ariño, a lecturer from the Department of Managerial Decision Sciences at IESE Business School. Lecturer Miguel Ángel Ariño recalled that “a mission is…
On February 25, from 09.00 to 10.30, we invite you to the first of the Breakfast Chairs of this course . The session will be in charge of the journalist Ismael Nafría . Ismael Nafría is an independent journalist, with a long experience in different media, writer, consultant and speaker specialized in digital media. In recent years, he has collaborated with the Knight Center…
Florent Amion, managing director of Vygon Spain, was the guest speaker at the last “Desayunos Cátedra” session of the academic year. Under the title “Dreaming of an optimistic hospital”, Amion presented one of the company’s main social initiatives. The speaker began the session by explaining that, “what really moves us is this desire to transform…
In the latest session of “Desayunos Cátedra” at UIC Barcelona, Wolfgang Doering, CEO of ELIX Polymers, talked about the difficulties of coping with cultural change for mature organisations with over 40 years of industry experience. The topic of the conference was “Cultural change through Management by Missions: the difficulties of transforming mature organisations based on…
Josep Tàpies, full professor at the Chair of Family-Owned Business at IESE and ordinary professor in the Strategic Management Department at the same business school, shared his knowledge about personal missions in family businesses during the latest edition of Desayunos Cátedra. This event was held on 22 March and organised by the Chair for Management by Missions…
Joaquim Borrás, honorary president of the ISS Foundation, took part in the “Desayunos Cátedra” session organised by the Chair of Management by Missions and Corporate Government on 1 March. Joaquim Borrás is honorary president of the ISS Foundation’s Advisory Council and, until last year, executive chairman of ISS Integrated Facility Services, S.L., one of the…
Dr Pablo Cardona, dean of the Faculty of Business and Communication at the International University of La Rioja (UNIR), gave a talk at the most recent edition of “Desayunos Cátedra”, organised by the Chair for Management by Missions and Corporate Governance. Cardona holds a PhD in Management from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).…
Eduard Fitó, corporate director and director of business development at the multinational Semillas Fitó, opened the third edition of the breakfast series organised by the UIC Barcelona Chair for Management by Missions and Corporate Government. The session revolved around the topic of “Management by Missions in an International and Multicultural Setting”. During the event, the…
Simon Dolan, a professor from the Department of Managing People in Organisations at ESADE Business School participated in the second edition of Desayunos Cátedra, organised by the Chair for Management by Missions and Corporate Governance at UIC Barcelona. The invited speaker talked about values, the essential element in our journey towards success in business and in…