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THE KBS has introduced a number of new postgraduate and undergraduate pro-grammes.

In 2010, inspired by the growing need within the aviation sector for specialised management education, the Kemmy Busi-ness School at UL is launching a Masters in Business Administration (Aviation Man-agement).

The programme has been designed to educate students from diverse disciplines within the airline, aviation and related asset leasing and financing sectors. It combines the traditional benefits of an MBA educa-tion with a particular focus on the avia-tion sector resulting in maximum value for participants and for employers within that sector.

The innovative, unique and flexible two-year block-release programme was designed jointly with a group of aviation industry experts and UL faculty. With an attendance requirement on campus averag-ing three days per month, scheduled well in advance, participation from any part of Ireland, or indeed overseas, is facilitated.

Participation in an aviation related inter-national workshop is an integral compo-nent of the programme and this is planned for Toulouse in September 2011.

The Bachelor of Business Studies by Flex-ible Learning admitted its first students in September 2009. This new and innovative programme was designed for students

who are unable to avail of the opportu-nity of studying on a full-time basis. The programme is delivered through a com-bination of online learning, workshops and tutorial sessions. The programme was also one of KBS programmes to qual-ify for limited funded places under the 2009 and 2010 Labour Market Activation programme which is aimed at re-skilling of Irish job-seeker’s.

The MSc in International Management and Global Business was also launched

in 2009 and has attracted a number of overseas students from various countries. A total of 41 students enrolled on this initial offering of the programme, which is designed to provide students with a thorough understanding of management challenges in a global context.

Above: 2010 MBA in Aviation Management class with Dr Siobhan Tiernan, Course Director and Donal Dineen, KBS Dean.

reseArch Themes And recenT PuBlicATions

new ProgrAmmes AT The KBs

RESEARCH AT THE KEMMY BUSINESS

- Work, Knowledge & Employment - Services, Economy & Tourism - Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Mar-keting - Public Policy, Enterprise, Governance & Sustainability

The KBS has developed an integrated research strategy.The four themes outlined under the

broad umbrella theme of ‘Organisation Science and Public Policy’ best support the School’s research vision “to inform and shape thinking to meet challenges in work, business and society”.The themes represent a combination of existing research strength and key emerging fields. They represent the bed-rock on which research activities in the KBS will develop over the next five years, 2010-2014.

Recent KBS Book PublicationsAndreosso-O’Callaghan, B., and B. Zolin.

Current Issues in Economic Integration – Can Asia inspire “the West”? Ashgate

Jobber, D. and Fahy, J. (2009) Founda-

McGraw-HillKinsella, S. and Leddin, A. (2010). Un-

prospects for recovery, Blackhall Publish-ing, 2010,.Lavelle, J., McDonnell, A. & Gunnigle, P. (2009). Human Resource Practices

Stationery Office.

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Jim left school at 15 after the death of his father and qualified as a stonemason. He worked in the U.K. from the mid-1950s where he first became involved in social and political activism – experiences which were to influence his life’s work.

On return to Ireland in 1960 he became involved in the trade union movement serving on the stone mason’s union and becoming a member of the Executive of the Building and Allied Trade Union (BATU). This involvement was underpinned by a commitment to social justice and he frequently represented workers at industrial tribunals. Employers regarded him as a tough but principled and constructive union representative, who had a strong focus on the need to promote business and industry. Jim was pro-business but insisted on ethical standards and that business should operate within a social economy.

His political activism found expression in working class politics and he became a member of the Labour Party in 1962. He left the party in 1972 and subsequently founded

the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) in 1982. In 1990, the DSP merged with the Labour Party, with Jim first becoming parliamentary party vice-chairman and eventually chairman of the Labour Party. Within the Dáil, he was a man of stature being an able, sincere and principled spokesperson with a special interest in promoting ethical standards in public life working for economic and social justice. Jim was strongly pro-European and supported Irish entry into the European Economic Community in 1973. He took principled and liberal positions on social issues such as birth control and divorce, which initially damaged him politically. In time these positions were to be embraced by the Irish state and he achieved electoral success. First elected to Dáil Éireann in 1981, he lost his seat in 1982 but was returned in 1987 and served until his death in 1997. Having been initially elected to Limerick City Council in 1974, he became Mayor of Limerick on two occasions, a role he served with great distinction.

Jim was a great believer in the role of education, a commitment reflected in his own life. Although largely self-educated, he obtained a Diploma in Adult Education from University College Cork. Jim supported the foundation of the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in the early 1970s, later to become the University of Limerick. His scholarly work was reflected in his founding of the Old Limerick Journal in 1979, a publication dedicated to chronicling Limerick’s history. The Journal was published in a style readily accessible to all, but founded on high-quality research and was respected and valued by professional historians. In addition to this work, Jim edited two books: the Limerick Anthology (1996) and the Limerick Compendium (1997). Jim also played an active role in contributing to Limerick’s cultural life and championed the work of local artists and writers, at a time when such support was limited.

10 November 2010

The Pride of Limerick

Profile

Name: Jim Kemmy (1936-1997)

Place of Birth: Garryowen, Limerick

Political affiliation: Labour Party; Democratic Socialist Party

Achievements: Member of Dail Eireann, Twice Mayor of Limerick, Founder of Limerick Family Planning Clinic, Founder of The Old Limerick Journal



From the Dean’s DeskTo mark the official opening of the Kemmy Business School (KBS), we are launching this first issue of the KBS Chronicle. The Chronicle is designed to be a key communications medium between the School and our key stakeholders – alumni, students, the business community, second-level schools, other business schools in Ireland and overseas and the public at large. It contains news, views and details of the range of activities and achievements by students, faculty and alumni of the KBS.

While the history of the Faculty of Business extends back to the foundation of the University of Limerick, then the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, in 1972 when there were 30 students enrolled on the Bachelor of Business Studies programme, the naming of the School after the late Jim Kemmy in 2003 and the donation of a significant ‘gift’ of €5m. marked a new beginning and identity for the Kemmy Business School.

The KBS is a dynamic and innovative business school with a focus on providing a first class business education that prepares graduates for fulfilling and rewarding careers in a variety of business functions and professions. The completion of the world class and well designed €22.5m. building in 2008 was a further milestone in our development and provides students with superb facilities including Ireland’s first simulated Trading Floor.

The KBS will be officially opened on Nov 5th, 2010 by Mr. Tony Killeen, T.D., Minister for Defence and this will be followed by a Distinguished Lecture on “Ireland’s Economic Condition” presented by Peter Sutherland, S.C. Peter Sutherland is a former Attorney-General and European Commissioner, was head of the World Trade Organisation for a period of time and in later years was Chairman of BP and is also Chairman of the London School of Economics.

The School is named after the late Jim Kemmy, local historian and politician, former Alderman and Mayor of Limerick. Jim was a quintessentially Limerick person, dedicated to improving the lot of his fellow citizens, champion of the underclass and a man with high principles. He believed in the value of education and especially ‘second-chance’ education. He favoured the development of businesses that embraced social as well as economic responsibilities, supported Ireland’s entry to the European Economic Community in 1973 and abhorred the political violence that dominated Northern Ireland for much of his working life, until his untimely death in 1997.

The KBS is academic home to almost 3,000 students and over 100 staff and offers a wide range of business and management programmes both on-campus and at external locations throughout Ireland. The School is focussed on meeting the education needs of the business community as well as preparing students for operating in the global business arena. There are already over 6,000 alumni of the School and many of these are based overseas. We are keen to connect with all our alumni and to progress the School’s ambition to be truly international. The granting of international accreditation to our BBS programme, to the MSc in Human Resource Management and to the Masters in Project Management are key stages in realising this ambition.

Prof. Donal A. Dineen Dean, Kemmy Business School

An tOllamh Dónal A. Ó Duinín Déan, Scoil Ghnó Kemmy November 2010

Kemmy Business School – Facts at a glance The Kemmy Business School (Faculty of Business) is one of the four Faculties in UL and is home to 26% of the 11,700 students on the UL campus, of which 440 are postgraduates.• KBS graduated 27% of UL first degrees and 22% of UL postgraduates in 2008• A €22.5m. buildings project was completed in 2008 resulting in the new integrated “home” for KBS faculty and staff.• KBS runs the largest undergraduate business programme in Ireland (BBS) with c. 1,500 students.• As a pioneer in applied learning techniques, the KBS unveiled Europe’s first custom designed campus Trading Floor in 2009.• The School is organised around the Dean’s Office and four academic departments - Accounting and Finance - Economics - Management and Marketing - Personnel and Employment Relations

• Postgraduate programmes and short Executive Education programmes are offered through the Postgraduate Studies and Executive Education office, while research Masters and PhD programmes are offered through the Graduate Centre of Business.

• Research Centres/Units - National Centre for Tourism Policy Studies - Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies - AIB Centre for Information and Knowledge Management - Euro-Asia Centre - Employment Relations Research Unit

4 November 2010

Willie Walsh delivered the first lecture in the KBS Distinguished Lecture Series in Autumn 2009 entitled ‘A Sustainable Future for Aviation’. Willie Walsh joined British Airways as chief executive officer (CEO) designate on May 3, 2005 and assumed full CEO responsibilities on October 1 after the retirement of Sir Rod Eddington.

Top Business Leaders deliver key lectures at the KBS in 2009Dr Kellie McElhaney delivered the first lecture in the KBS Distinguished Lecture Series in Spring 2009 entitled “Just Good Business - Corporate Responsibility as Competitive Business Strategy. Dr McElhaney is the John C Whitehead Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Corporate Responsibility and founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She developed and launched the Center in January 2003. She consults to many Fortune 500 companies and was named a 2005 Faculty Pioneer for Institutional Leadership in the Aspen Institute’s biennial report Beyond Grey Pinstripes.


KBS International Advisory Board at its May 2010 meeting

November 2010

In 2010, inspired by the growing need within the aviation sector for specialised management education, the Kemmy Business School at UL launced a Masters in Business Administra-tion (Aviation Management).

The programme has been designed to educate students from diverse disciplines within the airline, aviation and related asset leasing and financing sectors. It combines the traditional benefits of an MBA education with a particular focus on the aviation sector resulting in maxi-mum value for participants and for employers within that sector.The innovative, unique and flexible two-year block-release programme was designed jointly with a group of aviation industry experts and UL faculty. Participation in an aviation related international workshop is an integral compo-nent of the programme and this is planned for Toulouse in September 2011.

The Bachelor of Business Studies by Flex-ible Learning admitted its first students in September 2009. This new and innovative programme was designed for students who are unable to avail of the opportunity of studying on a full-time basis. The programme is deliv-ered through a combination of online learn-ing, workshops and tutorial sessions

The MSc in International Management and Global Business was also launched in 2009 and has attracted a number of overseas students from various countries. A total of 41 students enrolled on this initial offering of the programme, which is designed to provide stu-dents with a thorough understanding of man-agement challenges in a global context.

recent KBS BooK PuBlicationS

Andreosso-O’Callaghan, B., and B. Zolin (inpress,2010).Current Issues in Economic Integration – Can Asia inspire “the West”?AshgatePublishing:Aldershot.

Jobber, D. and Fahy, J. (2009)Foundations of Marketing,3rdedition,London:McGraw-Hill

Kinsella, S. and Leddin, A. (2010).Understanding Ireland’s Economic Crisis: Prospects for Recovery,BlackhallPublishing,2010.

Lavelle, J., McDonnell, A. & Gunnigle, P. (2009).Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies in Ireland: A Contemporary Analysis,Dublin:TheStationeryOffice.

New courses take flight in 2010


TheKBS,ULhasdevelopedanintegratedresearchstrategy.Thefourthemesaboveunderthebroadumbrellathemeof‘OrganisationScienceandPublicPolicy’bestsupporttheSchool’sresearchvision“toinformandshapethinkingtomeetchallengesinwork,businessandsociety”.

Thethemesrepresentacombinationofexistingresearchstrengthsandkeyemergingfields.TheyrepresentthebedrockonwhichresearchactivitiesintheKBSwilldevelopoverthenextfiveyears,2010-2014

Research at the Kemmy Business School

OrganisationScience&PublicPolicy

Work,Knowledge&

Employment

ServicesEconomy&

Tourism

Entrepreneurship,Innovation&Marketing

PublicPolicy,Enterprise,Governance&Sustainability

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Stationery Office.



2010 MBA in Aviation Management class with Dr Siobhan Tiernan, Course Director and

Donal Dineen, KBS Dean.

8 November 2010

Dragons on fire at enterprise exhibitionroll of honour

2009 KBS Outstanding Scholar Award winners announced in May 2010

AideenO’Doherty,GalwayAineDriscoll,ClareAislingMcInerney,ClareAngelaGallanagh,LimerickAnneMcCarthy,CorkAnneMcNulty,CorkBernadetteNiland,GalwayChristopherDean,LimerickCiaraWickham,WexfordCiaranHennessy,CorkConorMcGrath,ClareConorTwomey,CorkDanDuffy,LimerickDeirdreO’Brien,MayoDeniseO’Hora,MayoEadaLyons,ClareEibhlinKerr,TipperaryEmerDoyle,OffalyEmerKenny,TipperaryEuniceErhaze,ClareGavinKavanagh,WexfordGeoffreyKeenan,CorkJohnnyParadise,LimerickLeonardDurac,LimerickLiamVaughan,TipperaryMaryShire,LimerickMichaelO’Brien,TipperaryNiamhLynes,CorkPatrickBeggan,ClarePaulO’Brien,LimerickPeterLogue,DonegalRebeccaClarke,LimerickSaraTierney,GalwaySarahCoughlan,CorkSarahHayden,LaoisSineadMcCarthy,CorkSineadMonaghan,GalwayStelaKirova,BulgariaStephenWimpenny,CorkYvonneQuirke,Dublin

Winner of the Louise Newman Memorial PrizeDenise O’Hora, Mayo

Winner of the Fr John Conlisk Scholarship (Fairfield University)Johnny Paradise, Limerick

IN DECEMBEr last year, students of the MBS in International Entrepreneurship Management put their innovative business ideas on display at the Kemmy Business School. The enterprise exhibition is an opportunity for the entrepreneurs of the future to showcase their ideas to their peers and to pitch their business project in the Dragon’s Den.

Each group was funded with seed capital from the UL/Ulster Bank Enablement Fund.

Below: The Dragons with Dr Naomi Birdthistle, MBA Programme Director at the KBS. Left to right are Dr Naomi Birdthistle, Murty O’Donoghue, Tidi Solutions, Damian Murphy, Office Ireland, Aidan Higgins, ADEO Ltd, Colm O’Shea, Ulster Bank and Harriet Cotter, Enterprise Ireland.

Four highly motivated KBS students were chosen to take part in a 3-week summer programme entitled ‘Doing Business in Europe’ at the prestigious European Business School (EBS) near Frankfurt in Germany. These second year students are: Su Jingwen (Exchange Student), Laura Savage (Law and Accounting), Maureen O’Donoghue(Law and Accounting) and Eileen Boland (BBS). Eileen came first in the class of 37 International students on the programme.All four earned 10 ECTS credits for their work at the EBS.

The EBS, a leading German business school, is a partner school of the KBS and the programme, which is offered through

English, allows students to:-• Engage in Strategic Business Game Simulation• Study Governance in Europe through studying the political and economic system of the EU• Visit to the European Parliament & Lufthansa airline at Frankfurt Interna tional Airport• Learn about: Mergers and Acquisitions in International Banking; Global European Supply Chain and Corporate Social responsibility

Fantastic four go overseas


November 2010

Trading floor boost for KBSThe KBS was delighted to welcome Niall FitzGerald, KBE and Deputy Chair of Thomson reuters to perform the official opening of the KBS Trading Floor in September 2009. Speaking at the opening, President of the University of Limerick, Prof. Don Barry welcomed the campus development in saying; “The UL Trading Floor is the first facility of its kind to be purpose-built, from architect’s blueprints, in any EU university. Greatly supported by industry, the UL Trading Floor at the Kemmy Business School is equipped with the latest trading and investment software to deliver high-speed, real-time global trading data. And this is thanks to Thomson reuters, the leading global provider of financial information.” Taking the pioneering of applied learning techniques to new levels, the facility

is equipped with the latest hardware and communications infrastructure and a sophisticated suite of licensed proprietary trading and investment software, including reuters 3000 Xtra and Eco WinPro.The educational benefits of a campus based trading floor are widely accepted by

prospective employers in the international financial services industry. Such an experiential, learning-by-doing approach is seen by industry as the ideal way to prepare market-ready graduates for careers in an increasingly complex and important sector of the global economy.reuters 3000 Xtra is a high-speed, integrated information and transaction service giving students a commanding view of the global real-time financial arena and provides a combination of information and insight as well as access to the global reuters trading community.EcoWinPro is a leading provider of economic and financial market data combining comprehensive data content with sophisticated applications, providing students with an invaluable tool for analysing countries, sectors and financial markets.

alumni ProfileS

Name: Zachary Webb

Profession: Global Credit Sales, JP Morgan

education: Bachelor of Business Studies, 2005

Achievements: Surviving the Credit Crunch

“I am very proud to be a UL graduate and consider myself to be part of a very unique fraternity. The opening of the Kemmy Business School is a key milestone in our progression. All the tools are now in place, the education is as good as any and the facilities are second to none. I am very excited to witness the realisation amongst our alumni that the calibre of our individuals can compete in the most elite of business environments.”

Name: Maeve McMahon

Profession: Cards Director, GE Capital Global Banking

education: Bachelor of Business Studies with French, 1995

Achievements: Responsible for Global Cards Centre of Excellence within the Global Banking Group of GE Capital.

“UL gives you the life skills which other colleges simply cannot offer. After my time there, I really felt prepared for life in the real world, compared to my friends from other colleges. Two semesters of continuous assessment is a real challenge. I spent 2nd year in Nantes on the ECTS scheme and returned to France for Co-op. This gave me an advantage over other graduates.”

Name: Mike McDonnell

Profession: Director of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)


Achievements: President of Euro-pean Association of Personnel Management, 2005; board member of World Federation of Personnel Association

“Everything about my time in UL (NIHE) was excellent. I see the approach as a mix of good theory linked to practical education and underpinned by the co-operative education programme. The BBS course encourages an enterprising spirit and gives students a solid grounding.”


Niall FitzGerald (seated) checks out the new trading floor, accompanied by the Dean, Donal Dineen and the UL President, Don Barry.

EPAS Accreditation

The BBS programme is the largest undergraduate business degree programme in Ireland and is also the only EPAS-accredited undergraduate degree in Ireland.The prestigious EPAS international accreditation was awarded for the BBS suite of programmes at undergraduate level as well as the MSc in Human Resource Management. EPAS is an international programme accreditation system operated by the EFMD. It aims to evaluate the quality of any business and/or management degree programme that has an international perspective and, where of an appropriately high quality, to accredit it.

Research Scholarship

The KBS and The Irish Times, are delighted to announce the ‘PaulTansey Economics Postgraduate Research Scholarship’. The scholarship was awarded to a PhD research student enrolled in 2010 at the Graduate Centre of Business, home to more than 80 postgraduate research students pursuing masters and doctoral degrees. Paul Tansey was a widely respected economist who was the economics editor of the Irish Times at his untimely death. The value of the Scholarship is €14,000 p.a. plus fees for 3 years

IAM Fellow Award

Professor Patrick Gunnigle was recently bestowed with the award of inaugural Fellow of the Irish Academy of Management in acknowledgement of his distinguished contribution to academia and the study of business and management in Ireland. This award was presented by Éamon Ó Cuív, Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs at the recent national conference of the Academy.

Accreditation for Project Management

The KBS is delighted to announce that the Global Accreditation Center of the Project Management Institute (based in Pennsylvania) has accredited the Masters in Project Management for a period of 7 years from Feb 1, 2010. This is further recognition of the high quality programmes offered by the KBS.

CHE Excellence Award for the Department of Economics

The Centre for Higher Education Development, Gütersloh, Germany (CHE) announced that the Department of Economics, UL has been ranked as one of two Irish universities to achieve Excellence Group status in economics because of their achievements in citations and staff mobility. The other university is UCD. CHE is a well respected international rankings Centre for Higher Education. Research Award 2010

The KBS is delighted to announce that the recipient of the UL faculty research award for 2010 in the Kemmy Business School is Professor Michael Morley. This decision was made by the UL adjudication panel for faculty research awards and the award was made at the summer conferring ceremony.

2010 NAIRTL Excellence Award

Dr. Conor Carroll has won the 2010 National Award for Excellence in Teaching. The National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) coordinate the national award process throughout the third level education sector, on an annual basis. Conor is a Lecturer in Marketing at the Kemmy Business School, is a twice winner of the University’s Teaching Excellence award, and is a prolific case study writer, having written over 65 published marketing case studies.

National Tourism Policy Workshop

The National Centre for Tourism Policy Studies at the KBS hosted the first Annual National Tourism Policy Workshop at Dromoland Castle in April 2010. The event was organised by the NCTPS with Prof. Jim Deegan as Conference Director and was opened by Prof. Don Barry, President.

Life Goal Achievement

Sean McGowan graduated in January 2010 with an MBA from the KBS and from January to May 2010 he became the first Irish person ever to row solo across an ocean. He set off from The Canaries on January 4th in a 24-foot rowboat to row unassisted across the Atlantic, a distance of 2,500 nautical miles and completed the journey in Antigua on May 2nd.

Unveiling of Jim Kemmy Portrait

The first lecture of the 2008/09 KBS Distinguished Lecture Series was given by Professor Gearoid O’Tuathaigh, Professor of History at NUI Galway, on the topic of Changing Ireland and the Legacy of Deputy Jim Kemmy.The lecture was preceded by the unveiling of a specially commissioned portrait of Jim Kemmy at the KBS by Deputy Jan O’Sullivan. The portrait was specially commissioned for the building from Limerick artist, Brenda Andrews.

6 November 2010

KBS newS in Brief


UL graduate Sean McGowan returns from his transatlantic voyage

November 2010

Dublin Castle hosted the National Excellence in Teaching Awards where the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, presented five Awards on behalf of the National Academy for the Integration of research, Teaching and Learning. Dr Helena Lenihan, Faculty member at the KBS was one of the five national award winners.More than one hundred guests attended the ceremony on 18th November 2009 including Higher Education Authority representatives, senior management of many higher education institutes as well as family and friends of the award winners. Jennifer Murphy, Manager of the National Academy, highlighted the significance of the awards programme in recognising and rewarding teaching in Higher Education. Winners of the five Awards were nominated by senior managers within their institutions and selected by a committee which included international representatives as well as representatives of the Irish University Association, the Institutes of Technology Ireland and the Union of Students in Ireland.Dr Helena Lenihan is Assistant Dean, research in the KBS and a Senior Lecturer in Economics. As well as being the first UL academic to win this award, she is also twice winner of the University of Limerick ‘Excellence in Teaching Award’. During the Academic Year 2007/2008, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Business research (CBr) at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, UK.

KBS Lecturer Honoured

Dr Helena Lenihan receiving her National Excellence in Teaching Award from President Mary McAleese at Dublin Castle

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Executive MBA students from Deggendorf University of Applied Science, situated in Lower Bavaria in south-eastern Germany, pictured below with Professor Donal Dineen, Dean of the KBS (far left of photo) and Dr Naomi Birdthistle, MBA Programme Director at the KBS (far right).The Executive MBA students attended a week long international workshop hosted by the Kemmy Business School in November 2009.

German group hits trading floor

On his first return to campus since his graduation with a Bachelor of Business Studies from the Kemmy Business School in 1999, the Prime Minister of Georgia, Mr Nika Gilauri delivered the inaugural Lec-ture in a ULAA Alumni Lecture Series in November 2009.

Speaking on his return visit to his alma mater, Georgian-born Mr Gilauri – whose brother, Irakli (now Chief Executive of the Bank of Georgia) is also a KBS graduate, – said: “Studying at the University of Lim-erick is an unforgettable experience for me. It shaped my life, career and vision.”

Georgian PM returns to UL


Prime Minster of Georgia, Mr NikaGilauri, BBS ’99, at the KBS

8 November 2010

Dragons on fire at enterprise exhibitionroll of honour

2009 KBS Outstanding Scholar Award winners announced in May 2010

Aideen O’Doherty, GalwayAine Driscoll, ClareAisling McInerney, ClareAngela Gallanagh, LimerickAnne McCarthy, CorkAnne McNulty, CorkBernadette Niland, Galway Christopher Dean, LimerickCiara Wickham, WexfordCiaran Hennessy, CorkConor McGrath, ClareConor Twomey, CorkDan Duffy, LimerickDeirdre O’Brien, MayoDenise O’Hora, MayoEada Lyons, ClareEibhlin Kerr, TipperaryEmer Doyle, OffalyEmer Kenny, TipperaryEunice Erhaze, ClareGavin Kavanagh, WexfordGeoffrey Keenan, CorkJohnny Paradise, LimerickLeonard Durac, LimerickLiam Vaughan, TipperaryMary Shire, LimerickMichael O’Brien, TipperaryNiamh Lynes, CorkPatrick Beggan, ClarePaul O’Brien, LimerickPeter Logue, DonegalRebecca Clarke, LimerickSara Tierney, GalwaySarah Coughlan, CorkSarah Hayden, LaoisSinead McCarthy, CorkSinead Monaghan, GalwayStela Kirova, BulgariaStephen Wimpenny, CorkYvonne Quirke, Dublin

Winner of the Louise Newman Memorial PrizeDenise O’Hora, Mayo

Winner of the Fr John Conlisk Scholarship (Fairfield University)Johnny Paradise, Limerick

In December last year, students of the mbS in International entrepreneurship management put their innovative business ideas on display at the Kemmy business School. The enterprise exhibition is an opportunity for the entrepreneurs of the future to showcase their ideas to their peers and to pitch their business project in the Dragon’s Den.

each group was funded with seed capital from the UL/Ulster bank enablement Fund.

Below: The Dragons with Dr Naomi Birdthistle, MBA Programme Director at the KBS. Left to right are Dr Naomi Birdthistle, Murty O’Donoghue, Tidi Solutions, Damian Murphy, Office Ireland, Aidan Higgins, ADEO Ltd, Colm O’Shea, Ulster Bank and Harriet Cotter, Enterprise Ireland.

Four highly motivated KbS students were chosen to take part in a 3-week summer programme entitled ‘Doing business in europe’ at the prestigious european business School (ebS) near Frankfurt in Germany. These second year students are: Su Jingwen (exchange Student), Laura Savage (Law and Accounting), maureen O’Donoghue(Law and Accounting) and Eileen Boland (BBS). Eileen came first in the class of 37 International students on the programme.All four earned 10 ecTS credits for their work at the ebS.

The ebS, a leading German business school, is a partner school of the KbS and the programme, which is offered through

english, allows students to:-• engage in Strategic business Game Simulation• Study Governance in europe through studying the political and economic system of the eU• Visit to the european Parliament & Lufthansa airline at Frankfurt Interna tional Airport• Learn about: mergers and Acquisitions in International banking; Global european Supply chain and corporate Social responsibility

Fantastic four go overseas


November 2010

Trading floor boost for KBSThe KbS was delighted to welcome niall FitzGerald, Kbe and Deputy chair of Thomson Reuters to perform the official opening of the KbS Trading Floor in September 2009. Speaking at the opening, President of the University of Limerick, Prof. Don barry welcomed the campus development in saying; “The UL Trading Floor is the first facility of its kind to be purpose-built, from architect’s blueprints, in any eU university. Greatly supported by industry, the UL Trading Floor at the Kemmy business School is equipped with the latest trading and investment software to deliver high-speed, real-time global trading data. And this is thanks to Thomson reuters, the leading global provider of financial information.” Taking the pioneering of applied learning techniques to new levels, the facility

is equipped with the latest hardware and communications infrastructure and a sophisticated suite of licensed proprietary trading and investment software, including reuters 3000 Xtra and eco WinPro.The educational benefits of a campus based trading floor are widely accepted by

prospective employers in the international financial services industry. Such an experiential, learning-by-doing approach is seen by industry as the ideal way to prepare market-ready graduates for careers in an increasingly complex and important sector of the global economy.reuters 3000 Xtra is a high-speed, integrated information and transaction service giving students a commanding view of the global real-time financial arena and provides a combination of information and insight as well as access to the global reuters trading community.ecoWinPro is a leading provider of economic and financial market data combining comprehensive data content with sophisticated applications, providing students with an invaluable tool for analysing countries, sectors and financial markets.

Alumni Profiles

Name: Zachary Webb

Profession: Global Credit Sales, JP Morgan


Achievements: Surviving the Credit Crunch

“I am very proud to be a UL graduate and consider myself to be part of a very unique fraternity. The opening of the Kemmy Business School is a key milestone in our progression. All the tools are now in place, the education is as good as any and the facilities are second to none. I am very excited to witness the realisation amongst our alumni that the calibre of our individuals can compete in the most elite of business environments.”

Name: Maeve McMahon

Profession: Cards Director, GE Capital Global Banking

education: Bachelor of Business Studies with French, 1995

Achievements: Responsible for Global Cards Centre of Excellence within the Global Banking Group of GE Capital.

“UL gives you the life skills which other colleges simply cannot offer. After my time there, I really felt prepared for life in the real world, compared to my friends from other colleges. Two semesters of continuous assessment is a real challenge. I spent 2nd year in Nantes on the ECTS scheme and returned to France for Co-op. This gave me an advantage over other graduates.”

Name: Mike McDonnell

Profession: Director of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD)


Achievements: President of Euro-pean Association of Personnel Management, 2005; board member of World Federation of Personnel Association

“Everything about my time in UL (NIHE) was excellent. I see the approach as a mix of good theory linked to practical education and underpinned by the co-operative education programme. The BBS course encourages an enterprising spirit and gives students a solid grounding.”


Niall FitzGerald (seated) checks out the new trading floor, accompanied by the Dean, Donal Dineen and the UL President, Don Barry.

Kemmy Business School – Facts at a glance The Kemmy Business School (Faculty of Business) is one of the four Faculties in UL and is home to 26% of the 11,700 students on the UL campus, of which 440 are postgraduates.• KBS graduated 27% of UL first degrees and 22% of UL postgraduates in 2008• A €22.5m. buildings project was completed in 2008 resulting in the new integrated “home” for KBS faculty and staff.• KBS runs the largest undergraduate business programme in Ireland (BBS) with c. 1,500 students.• As a pioneer in applied learning techniques, the KBS unveiled Europe’s first custom designed campus Trading Floor in 2009.• The School is organised around the Dean’s Office and four academic departments - Accounting and Finance - Economics - Management and Marketing - Personnel and Employment Relations

• Postgraduate programmes and short Executive Education programmes are offered through the Postgraduate Studies and Executive Education office, while research Masters and PhD programmes are offered through the Graduate Centre of Business.

• Research Centres/Units - National Centre for Tourism Policy Studies - Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies - AIB Centre for Information and Knowledge Management - Euro-Asia Centre - Employment Relations Research Unit

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Willie Walsh delivered the first lecture in the KBS Distinguished Lecture Series in Autumn 2009 entitled ‘A Sustainable Future for Aviation’. Willie Walsh joined British Airways as chief executive officer (CEO) designate on May 3, 2005 and assumed full CEO responsibilities on October 1 after the retirement of Sir Rod Eddington.

Top Business Leaders deliver key lectures at the KBS in 2009Dr Kellie McElhaney delivered the first lecture in the KBS Distinguished Lecture Series in Spring 2009 entitled “Just Good Business - Corporate Responsibility as Competitive Business Strategy. Dr McElhaney is the John C Whitehead Distinguished Faculty Fellow in Corporate Responsibility and founder and Faculty Director of the Center for Responsible Business at the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. She developed and launched the Center in January 2003. She consults to many Fortune 500 companies and was named a 2005 Faculty Pioneer for Institutional Leadership in the Aspen Institute’s biennial report Beyond Grey Pinstripes.


KBS International Advisory Board at its May 2010 meeting

November 2010

In 2010, inspired by the growing need within the aviation sector for specialised management education, the Kemmy Business School at UL launced a Masters in Business Administra-tion (Aviation Management).

The programme has been designed to educate students from diverse disciplines within the airline, aviation and related asset leasing and financing sectors. It combines the traditional benefits of an MBA education with a particular focus on the aviation sector resulting in maxi-mum value for participants and for employers within that sector.The innovative, unique and flexible two-year block-release programme was designed jointly with a group of aviation industry experts and UL faculty. Participation in an aviation related international workshop is an integral compo-nent of the programme and this is planned for Toulouse in September 2011.

The Bachelor of Business Studies by Flex-ible Learning admitted its first students in September 2009. This new and innovative programme was designed for students who are unable to avail of the opportunity of studying on a full-time basis. The programme is deliv-ered through a combination of online learn-ing, workshops and tutorial sessions

The MSc in International Management and Global Business was also launched in 2009 and has attracted a number of overseas students from various countries. A total of 41 students enrolled on this initial offering of the programme, which is designed to provide stu-dents with a thorough understanding of man-agement challenges in a global context.

recent KBS BooK PuBlicationS

Andreosso-O’Callaghan, B., and B. Zolin (inpress,2010).Current Issues in Economic Integration – Can Asia inspire “the West”?AshgatePublishing:Aldershot.

Jobber, D. and Fahy, J. (2009)Foundations of Marketing,3rdedition,London:McGraw-Hill

Kinsella, S. and Leddin, A. (2010).Understanding Ireland’s Economic Crisis: Prospects for Recovery,BlackhallPublishing,2010.

Lavelle, J., McDonnell, A. & Gunnigle, P. (2009).Human Resource Practices in Multinational Companies in Ireland: A Contemporary Analysis,Dublin:TheStationeryOffice.

New courses take flight in 2010


TheKBS,ULhasdevelopedanintegratedresearchstrategy.Thefourthemesaboveunderthebroadumbrellathemeof‘OrganisationScienceandPublicPolicy’bestsupporttheSchool’sresearchvision“toinformandshapethinkingtomeetchallengesinwork,businessandsociety”.

Thethemesrepresentacombinationofexistingresearchstrengthsandkeyemergingfields.TheyrepresentthebedrockonwhichresearchactivitiesintheKBSwilldevelopoverthenextfiveyears,2010-2014

Research at the Kemmy Business School

OrganisationScience&PublicPolicy

Work,Knowledge&

Employment

ServicesEconomy&

Tourism

Entrepreneurship,Innovation&Marketing

PublicPolicy,Enterprise,Governance&Sustainability

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Stationery Office.



2010 MBA in Aviation Management class with Dr Siobhan Tiernan, Course Director and

Donal Dineen, KBS Dean.

Jim left school at 15 after the death of his father and qualified as a stonemason. He worked in the U.K. from the mid-1950s where he first became involved in social and political activism – experiences which were to influence his life’s work.

On return to Ireland in 1960 he became involved in the trade union movement serving on the stone mason’s union and becoming a member of the Executive of the Building and Allied Trade Union (BATU). This involvement was underpinned by a commitment to social justice and he frequently represented workers at industrial tribunals. Employers regarded him as a tough but principled and constructive union representative, who had a strong focus on the need to promote business and industry. Jim was pro-business but insisted on ethical standards and that business should operate within a social economy.

His political activism found expression in working class politics and he became a member of the Labour Party in 1962. He left the party in 1972 and subsequently founded

the Democratic Socialist Party (DSP) in 1982. In 1990, the DSP merged with the Labour Party, with Jim first becoming parliamentary party vice-chairman and eventually chairman of the Labour Party. Within the Dáil, he was a man of stature being an able, sincere and principled spokesperson with a special interest in promoting ethical standards in public life working for economic and social justice. Jim was strongly pro-European and supported Irish entry into the European Economic Community in 1973. He took principled and liberal positions on social issues such as birth control and divorce, which initially damaged him politically. In time these positions were to be embraced by the Irish state and he achieved electoral success. First elected to Dáil Éireann in 1981, he lost his seat in 1982 but was returned in 1987 and served until his death in 1997. Having been initially elected to Limerick City Council in 1974, he became Mayor of Limerick on two occasions, a role he served with great distinction.

Jim was a great believer in the role of education, a commitment reflected in his own life. Although largely self-educated, he obtained a Diploma in Adult Education from University College Cork. Jim supported the foundation of the National Institute for Higher Education (NIHE) in the early 1970s, later to become the University of Limerick. His scholarly work was reflected in his founding of the Old Limerick Journal in 1979, a publication dedicated to chronicling Limerick’s history. The Journal was published in a style readily accessible to all, but founded on high-quality research and was respected and valued by professional historians. In addition to this work, Jim edited two books: the Limerick Anthology (1996) and the Limerick Compendium (1997). Jim also played an active role in contributing to Limerick’s cultural life and championed the work of local artists and writers, at a time when such support was limited.

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The Pride of Limerick

Profile

Name: Jim Kemmy (1936-1997)

Place of Birth: Garryowen, Limerick

Political affiliation: Labour Party; Democratic Socialist Party

Achievements: Member of Dail Eireann, Twice Mayor of Limerick, Founder of Limerick Family Planning Clinic, Founder of The Old Limerick Journal



From the Dean’s DeskTo mark the official opening of the Kemmy Business School (KBS), we are launching this first issue of the KBS Chronicle. The Chronicle is designed to be a key communications medium between the School and our key stakeholders – alumni, students, the business community, second-level schools, other business schools in Ireland and overseas and the public at large. It contains news, views and details of the range of activities and achievements by students, faculty and alumni of the KBS.

While the history of the Faculty of Business extends back to the foundation of the University of Limerick, then the National Institute for Higher Education, Limerick, in 1972 when there were 30 students enrolled on the Bachelor of Business Studies programme, the naming of the School after the late Jim Kemmy in 2003 and the donation of a significant ‘gift’ of €5m. marked a new beginning and identity for the Kemmy Business School.

The KBS is a dynamic and innovative business school with a focus on providing a first class business education that prepares graduates for fulfilling and rewarding careers in a variety of business functions and professions. The completion of the world class and well designed €22.5m. building in 2008 was a further milestone in our development and provides students with superb facilities including Ireland’s first simulated Trading Floor.

The KBS will be officially opened on Nov 5th, 2010 by Mr. Tony Killeen, T.D., Minister for Defence and this will be followed by a Distinguished Lecture on “Ireland’s Economic Condition” presented by Peter Sutherland, S.C. Peter Sutherland is a former Attorney-General and European Commissioner, was head of the World Trade Organisation for a period of time and in later years was Chairman of BP and is also Chairman of the London School of Economics.

The School is named after the late Jim Kemmy, local historian and politician, former Alderman and Mayor of Limerick. Jim was a quintessentially Limerick person, dedicated to improving the lot of his fellow citizens, champion of the underclass and a man with high principles. He believed in the value of education and especially ‘second-chance’ education. He favoured the development of businesses that embraced social as well as economic responsibilities, supported Ireland’s entry to the European Economic Community in 1973 and abhorred the political violence that dominated Northern Ireland for much of his working life, until his untimely death in 1997.

The KBS is academic home to almost 3,000 students and over 100 staff and offers a wide range of business and management programmes both on-campus and at external locations throughout Ireland. The School is focussed on meeting the education needs of the business community as well as preparing students for operating in the global business arena. There are already over 6,000 alumni of the School and many of these are based overseas. We are keen to connect with all our alumni and to progress the School’s ambition to be truly international. The granting of international accreditation to our BBS programme, to the MSc in Human Resource Management and to the Masters in Project Management are key stages in realising this ambition.

Prof. Donal A. Dineen Dean, Kemmy Business School

An tOllamh Dónal A. Ó Duinín Déan, Scoil Ghnó Kemmy November 2010

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Honours Bachelor Degrees

Full-Time Programmes (EPAS Accredited)• BachelorofBusinessStudies(BBS)• BBSwithFrench,GermanorJapanese

Joint Programmes with other UL Faculties• BAinEconomicsandSociology• BAinInternationalInsuranceandEuropeanStudies• BAinLawandAccounting• BScinEconomicsandMathematicalSciences• BScinProductionManagement

Part-Time ProgrammesBA(Hons)inHumanResourceManagementBA(Hons)inHealthServicesManagementBBS(Hons)byFlexibleLearningDiplomainProjectManagement(DistanceLearning)DiplomainManagementDiplomainAppliedTaxationCertificateinManagementCertificateinPersonnelPractice

KBS Undergraduate Programmes

• CorporateMBA• MBA(AviationManagement)• MastersinProjectManagement• MScinFinancialServices• MScinComputationalFinance• MBSinInternationalEntrepreneurship Management• MScinHumanResourceManagement

• MScinOrganisationalBehaviour• MScinOrganisationalPsychology• MScinInternationalManagement&Global Business• MScinMarketing,Consumption&Society• MAinBusinessManagement• MAinInternationalTourism• ResearchMasters&PhDprogrammes

KBS Graduate Programmes(Full-Time, Part-Time, Distance Learning Mode)

For further information on all our programmes, please visit: http://www.ul.ie/business


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