E-nsights November 2011

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The official Graduation Ceremony of CITY College took place on Saturday 26 November 2011, at 12:00, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The ceremony was attended by more than 250 Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD graduates, who were accompanied by their families and friends.

Graduation Ceremony 2011

The 15th Greek Logistics Conference and the 1

st Southeast

European Congress on Supply Chain Management took place in Thessaloniki, on 11-12 November 2011, at the MET Hotel. Both events aimed to initiate an exchange of knowledge between professionals, academics and stu-dents...

15th Logistics Conference and 1st Southeast European Congress

The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. Beating five other shortlisted universities, the University was rewarded for its many imaginative and innovative initiatives as well as exceptional performance in re-search, teaching, access and business performance.

The University of Sheffield Named University of the Year

Nikos Tsokanos, CITY College first-class Bachelor’s graduate, who is currently pursuing an MBA in London, was one of the very few stu-dents globally to be accepted to participate in the London School of Economics Strategy & Management Consulting Conference 2011. The conference is one of world’s largest and foremost consult-ing focused student-run forums...

CITY College Alumnus Presents at World Class Conference

EDITORIAL MORE on page 2

LATEST NEWS MORE on page 3



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INSIDE THIS ISSUE: NOVEMBER 2011—ISSUE 25

nsights E- Monthly e-Newsletter

by the Business Administration and Economics Department

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Student-Staff Committee

Autumn Semester 2011

15th Logistics Conference

and 1st Southeast European

Congress

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The University of Sheffield

Named University of the

Year

Pre-Graduation Reception at

the ILC

Business Seminar Series -

Success Continued

Congratulations to HEAD’s

List Students of Spring Se-

mester 2011

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Guest Lecture on Social Me-

dia Implementation

Company Visit to Vergina

Brewery

CSU Elections 2011-2012

CITY College Alumnus Pre-

sents at World Class Confer-

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CITY Marketing Club News

Scholars Work for CITY Col-

lege

Follow Us on Facebook!

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Councelling Centre at CITY

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Postgraduate Induction in

Sofia, Bulgaria

Guest Lecture on How Ad-

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The official Graduation Ceremony of CITY College took place on Sat-urday 26 November 2011, at 12:00, at the Thessaloniki Concert Hall. The ceremony was attended by more than 250 Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD graduates, who were accompanied by their families and friends. The Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, Prof. Keith Burnett, conferred the Honorary Doctor of Science Degree to Prof. Athanas-sios S. Tsaftaris, for his remarkable contribution to the international scientific community and his unique research achievements. Furthermore, the following alumni were awarded the International Faculty Distinguished Alumni Award for their prominent professional success:

• Mr. Dimitrios Lakasas, CEO of “Olympia Electronics S.A and

President of the Greek International Business Association

• Dr. Lambros Lazuras, Lecturer in Psychology Department at

CITY College, an International Faculty of the University of Sheffield and active researcher for several national and European associations

• Ms. Petia Dimitrova, Executive Director and Deputy Chairperson

of the Management Board of “Eurobank EFG Bulgaria” (Postbank)

• Mr. Dimitar Bogov, Governor of the “National Bank of the Repub-

lic of Macedonia”, which is the name of the Central Bank of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

• Mr. Vladimir Peshevski, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Af-

fairs of the Government of the former Yugoslav Republic of Mace-donia

• Mr. Nenad Pavlovic, Manager at “Sony Ericsson Mobile Commu-

nications”, Sweden The ceremony followed the exact academic procession of the Univer-sity of Sheffield. Both the Vice Chancellor and the Pro-Vice Chancel-lors participated in the ceremony and the presentation of Bachelor’s, Master’s and PhD Graduates and Conferment of an Honorary De-gree. The ceremony was also attended by guests from both the na-tional and the international political and administrational authorities.

Graduation Ceremony 2011

Newsletter Identity:

Published monthly by the Business

Administration and Economics

Department, CITY College.

Editor: Aimi Papanastasiou

Contributors: Chris Liassidis, Fotios

Missopoulos, Dimitrios Nikolaidis

NOVEMBER 2011—ISSUE 25

Editorial

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The University of Sheffield Named University of the Year

The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. Beating five other shortlisted universities, the University was rewarded for its many imaginative and innovative initiatives as well as exceptional performance in research, teaching, access and business performance. Judges said the University had "stood out as a result of a strategy based on its values and rooted in its founding principles" and praised the institution's "determination and grit" in focusing on its local community. The University was also shortlisted for two other categories, Widening Participation Initiative of the Year for the most imaginative and innovative outreach projects that encourage people from under represented backgrounds to enter higher education and Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers category. The University was also previously named Sunday Times Uni-versity of the Year and the Sheffield Students´ Union was rated top in the UK in the 2011 Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey. The Times Higher Education Awards are a highlight of the academic calendar and a glittering celebration of the best of the sector. The awards represent a unique and high profile opportu-nity to celebrate the excellence and amazing achievements of UK higher education institutions. There are eighteen categories for 2011. Source: http://www.shef.ac.uk/mediacentre/2011/university-of-the-year-times-higher-education-

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Pre-Graduation Reception at the ILC On Friday 25 November 2011, CITY College threw a re-ception to honour the Vice Chancellor of the University of Sheffield, Prof. Keith Burnett, as well as other honorary guests who had been invited to attend next day’s gradua-tion ceremony.


15th Panhellenic Logistics Conference and 1st Southeast European Congress on Supply Chain Management

The 15th Panhellenic Logistics Conference and the 1

st Southeast

European Congress on Supply Chain Management took place in Thessaloniki, on 11-12 November 2011, at the MET Hotel. Both events aimed to initiate an exchange of knowledge between profes-sionals, academics and students while unfolding critical issues of supply chain management and logistics as catalysts for unleashing economic growth in Greece and throughout the region of South-Eastern (SE) Europe. CITY College was represented both in the scientific committee and in the programme presentations of the conference and congress. Prof. Ketikidis Vice Principal of CITY College, Chairman of South East European Research Centre (SEERC) and an Emeritus President of the International Society of Logistics, was among the Scientific Com-mittee of the conference and congress. Prof. Ketikidis was also a session Moderator and co-author in two paper presentations written together with CITY College students, namely Mr. Ovidiu Adrian Solo-mon and Mr. Andreas Bofinger.

Dr. Lazuras also presented a paper as a first author, titled “Promoting Green Supply Chain Management: The Role of the Hu-man Factor”. Furthermore, Mr. Missopoulos, Senior Lecturer in Lo-gistics and Supply Chain Management, was a co-author of a paper written together with CITY College student Mr Albert Aliu, titled “An assessment of Internet Usage Among Small to Medium Size Enter-prises (SME’s) in a Transition Economy: The Case of Kosovo”. Prof. Koh, Lecturer in Operations Management of the University of Sheffield, was a Keynote Speaker at the conference on the topic “Balancing the Need for Economic, Social and Environment Sustain-ability”.

Congratulations to HEAD’s List Students of Spring Semester 2011

An award ceremony took place on Thursday 10 November 2011, at 20:00, at the Auditorium “Rodoula Kehaghia”, during which certificates were given to students who made it to the HEAD’s list in Spring semester 2011. We would all like to express our warmest congratulations to the students and all people who supported them in their effort to-wards this high achievement. Along with you and your family, we feel proud as well; proud of your progress; proud of your commit-ment to education; proud of you successfully representing CITY College in the community. And, certainly, we feel responsible to continue providing the highest level of education.

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Business Seminar Series - Success Continued

Two more seminars were successfully delivered in November 2011 in the framework of the Business Seminar Series. The first seminar, entitled “Marketing Upside Down: New Priorities that Change the Game”, was delivered in English on Thursday 10 November by Dr. Nikolaos Dimitriadis, General Director of Touchpoint and Lecturer of the Executive MBA programme atCITY College. Dr. Dimitriadis pro-vided a provocative view of marketing that goes beyond conventional thinking and university textbooks. He convincingly argued that mar-keters need should apply groundbreaking ideas and lead their teams towards a new marketing reality.

Postgraduate Induction in Sofia, Bulgaria

The Induction Day for the postgraduate pro-grammes of BAED in Sofia took place on 10 No-vember 2011, at the premises of VUZF Univer-sity. The new postgraduate students were wel-comed by Prof. Vazof, President of VUZF, Prof. Kefalas, Vice Principal of CITY College and Mr. Liassidis, Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies. During the induction, students had the chance to meet their professors and fellow students and be informed about the academic year to follow. The Department took advantage of this opportunity and held a ceremony to reward the second year top students who excelled in their first year of postgraduate studies. The HEAD's List certifi-cates were awarded to Daya Milcheva, Nadez-hda Nikolova and Antoniya Mitreva, who man-aged to obtain an overall mark of over 70%. The event was concluded with a cheese and wine party until late in the evening.

Mr. Chris Liassidis Academic Director of Postgraduate Studies

Senior Lecturer


On 24 November 2011, another seminar titled “The Need for a New Leadership Paradigm: Towards Polyarchical Leadership” was delivered by Dr. Alexandros Psychogios, Senior Lecturer of BAED at CITY College. Dr. Psychogios provided an understanding of oligarchic patterns of organisational environments and explained the flow towards polyarchy. He also elaborated on the emerging leadership paradigm and described the 21st century leader. More seminars have been scheduled to take place in the following months. To register for the seminars, please e-mail [email protected] or call 2310 536544/528450.

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Company Visit to Vergina Brewery

A guest lecture on the topic “Social Media Imple-mentation” was delivered by Mr. Stefanos Sklaveni-tis, Flipside, Social Media Marketing, on Tuesday 22 November 2011. It was attended by MA in Market-ing, Advertising and Public Relations and 3rd level marketing track students, as well as CITY Marketing Club members.

On Friday 18 November 2011, 2nd level English taught undergraduate students visited the “Vergina” Macedonian Thrace Brewery in Komotini. During the visit, students were informed about the beer produc-tion process and the difficulties that a new company faces when entering the market. Students enjoyed the visit a lot and each one of them received a beer glass and a package of beers. After the company visit, they had the opportunity to go for lunch in a traditional restaurant in Xanthi.

Guest Lecture on Social Media Implementation


Guest Lecture on How Ad-vertising Campaigns Are Produced A guest lecture on the topic “How Advertising Cam-paigns are Produced” was delivered by Ms. Alexan-dra Eleftheriadou, Marketing Specialist, on Tuesday 29 November 2011. Eleftheriadou elaborated on roles, teams and operations of advertising agencies. The guest lecture took place in the context of the unit “Integrated Marketing Communications” and was attended by 3rd level marketing track students and CITY Marketing Club members.


Student-Staff Committee Autumn Semester 2011

The Student-Staff Committee for the Autumn semester 2011 took place on Monday 21 November.To commence the meeting, Dr. Nikolaidis delivered a thorough presentation, which served as an overview of the latest develop-ments and activities taking place at the Department over the current academic year. Starting by explaining the main functions of the student staff committee, Dr. Nikolaidis went on to discuss the recent expansion of CITY Col-lege across a number of Balkan countries. He then elaborated on the wide variety of extra curricular activities organised for students, including seminars, guest lectures, company visits, conferences, workshops and webi-nars. Overall, high satisfaction for the quality of teaching was recorded throughout the meeting. Students are enjoying their studies and have reported very positively on their lecturers. No major problems were identified and the mi-nor issues have already been tackled or are in the process of rectifying them, where possible. As a Department, we are committed to continue performing at the highest possible level to sustain the environment of cooperation and progress we have established. For all of us, administrative and teaching personnel, this is and will always be a PRIORITY. Dr. Nikolaidis, Head of BAED, comments: “I would like to thank everyone for your participation and for your sig-nificant contribution in our effort to improve our functions in every aspect. Step by step, day by day, we try to identify areas of improvement and we take actions. We are never happy of our performance; we change towards the better and we will continue to change.” He continues: “Our philosophy is simple: With you being at the center, we build the leaders of the future. I want to ensure you for one thing: great effort and genuine care by all lecturers and administrative personnel is there; take advantage of this. We are not doing our job as usual. All of us here we are dedicated to make this school even better and keep it at a top level. Can we improve things? Definitely we can. Can we do more things? The answer to it is also ‘Yes’.” “What we need to do is to stay focused in your personal and professional development; to continue enhancing our communication; to avoid negativity & continue having a positive attitude and goodwill; and to engage more in every curricular or extracurricular activity. We are here to show you ways of learning and improving. You are the planners of your future….we are the facilitators. Please keep in mind one thing: YOU WILL EARN YOUR LIFE, YOUR FUTURE, YOUR DEGREES. No one will give you nothing for free.“

CSU Elections 2011-2012

Congratulations to all students who participated in the elections for the CITY Student Union. Your willingness to dedicate personal time for a common cause of the entire CITY student community indicates your high level of social involvement and responsibility. Well done!!! President: Dragana Krstic Public Relation Officer: Elena Cristina Postolache Welfare and Educational Officer: Kostas Margaritis Sports and Event Officer: Stefan Radosavljevic Treasurer: Giorgos Sakkiadis


Nikos Tsokanos, CITY College first-class Bachelor’s graduate, who is currently pursuing an MBA in London, was one of the very few students globally to be accepted to participate in the London School of Economics Strategy & Management Consulting Conference 2011. The conference is one of world’s largest and foremost con-sulting focused student-run forums, providing a unique collaborative platform for students, academics and professionals. The event was sponsored by world-leading companies such as Google, Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Deloitte. Prestigious speakers in-cluded Professors from Harvard, LSE, Cambridge, LBS and UCLA universities, as well as professionals from PwC, KPMG, Credit Suisse, Financial Times, etc. A total of 220 delegates were selected from almost 10.000 applica-tions from over 45 countries and more than 120 international institu-tions, based on excellence demonstrated in academic record and professional achievements. The theme of the 2011 conference was “Succeeding in a Volatile World”. Topics spanned across the new realities of the post-crisis world, which are characterized by an in-herent volatility, and elaborated on the emerging opportunities within the global contestable markets. Nikos participated in a case competition led by a leading manage-ment consulting firm. A team of six persons was formed, including McKensie and Ernst&Young professionals. The case was about a global company that wanted to change its ERP-CRM systems. The team was asked to propose cost-efficient solutions to certain deliv-erables that entailed different departments and functions of the or-ganisation. They were also asked to recommend actions and con-duct a full analysis including a detailed cost-benefit analysis, along with product delivery implications. Implementing change in the or-ganisational structure and corporate culture of the company while aligning with its strategic focus towards efficient operations and costs reductions were the key issues to be addressed. Nikos says: “It was a truly exciting and challenging experience! While the other team members specialised in particular case pa-rameters, I was able to see the whole picture and shape the com-pany’s new strategy by effectively combining the different functions in a synergistic way. And that is mainly due to the generic business knowledge I gained while studying at CITY College. Nikos’ presentation was selected among the five best presentations of the competition! He concludes: “I would like to thank CITY Col-lege staff for providing me with an excellent academic background which, coupled with my professional experience, led to this suc-cess.”

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This year, a new CMC logo was introduced. Following several days of voting through Facebook, the mem-bers eventually chose the new logo representing a new era for CMC. Membership cards were also pre-pared - fancy, but at the same time serious and repre-sentative of the club’s values. These cards grant the members special offers in different shops, cafes and bars in Thessaloniki.


CITY Marketing Club (CMC) News

The commencement of the new academic year saw the launch of the upgraded CITY Marketing Club (CMC). CMC is, and will always be, one of the most active clubs of the University, eager to implement in-teresting and challenging projects, work together with the best Greek and foreign companies, develop in-sightful marketing plans, organise seminars, work-shops, charity events, competitions, student parties and other real-life activities. Overall, CMC aims to in-troduce students to the practical aspects of marketing as a profession. The elected representatives of the new CMC board are Menelaos Moustakas (President), Antonis Pampo-ris (Vice President), Emilios Athanasiadis (Treasurer), Lucia Ionescu (Secretary), Maxim Cursunji and Irina Mkrtchyan (Communication Officers). They are always ready to work together with the CMC members, sup-port their ideas and help them realize them.

There are several projects that CMC is currently work-ing on, such as Christmas Bazaar, Marketing Compe-tition, and creation of I-phone and Android applica-tions that will help students to easily access all unit ma-terials, news and events, information, e-mails, etc, directly from their phone.

On 2 November 2011, CMC organised a welcome party at Markiz Bar, joined by more than 100 students, who met their fellow classmates, enjoyed nice Greek music, took pictures and danced.

CMC organised a workshop on “Advertising a Service Abroad”, delivered by Mr. Thomas Skaperdas, Mar-keting Director of Datalabs, on 15 November 2011. The workshop was divided into two parts, with the first part introducing the company, social networks and online advertisement tools, and the second part dis-cussing a real-life case of service advertising abroad. Datalabs aims to expand abroad and the students were asked to choose a country, presenting different marketing strategies that the company could apply there. More than 30 students who attended the event gained valuable knowledge and enjoyed teamwork with specialists.

The initiative "Your Past & Your Future Inside a Book", introduced last year, will become a tradition with Yearbook 2011-12 under preparation.

“If Harvard can do it… CITY College can also do it!” This is the slogan for the CMC marketing competition. CMC members are working in teams to compete for the opportunity to win the competition and maybe be-come known all over the world. Students have to cre-ate a CITY College design, decide on the type of cloth to use and get an affordable production price.

This is just the beginning! All your dreams and striv-ings will come true through CMC.

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Counselling Centre at CITY College


Via the official page of BAED on Facebook, current students, alumni, staff and many others have the opportunity to get informed about seminars and events, keep pace with all the latest developments taking place at the department, net-work with academics and business people, stay in touch with lectures and former classmates. Join our new page today and become part of our growing family! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Thessaloniki-Greece/Business-Administration-Economics-Department-City-College/154286704604186?ref=ts

Follow Us on Facebook!

The Psychology Department of CITY College offers a free-of-charge counsel-ling service to all students or staff who feel they need to explore their feelings and relationships more effectively. The service gives a chance to really look at issues in some depth and gain a more confident perspective. When you first meet your counsellor, she/he will listen carefully to what is troubling you and will ask you some questions. The counsellor will encourage you to express your thoughts and feelings, explore the issues of concern, and discover/clarify ways of living more resourcefully. The work you will do together will be about helping you to find the right solutions for you, rather than telling you what to do. Counselling sessions last for about 50 minutes and the number of sessions offered will vary according to your needs. What happens in the sessions is confidential. Your counsellor will take brief notes of each session, which are securely stored and you can see them if you want to. To book an appointment, please call the reception of the Strategakis building to discuss your options for beginning the counselling process or write to [email protected] or to [email protected]

Scholars Work for CITY College

A few BAED students who have been granted a scholarship will be working for the Department on a weekly basis. We would like to thank them very much for their time and willingness to volunteer in the various activities of the Department. Based on their personal profiles and our needs as a Department, each one of the students will contribute in a number of different activities, including the enhancement of our links with our alumni, the Department’s newsletter and the promotion of the Department’s page on Facebook.

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