Professors Receive Gold Merit Medals

Monarch Business School is happy to announce that it has awarded Gold Merit Medals to selected professors for their dedication and time served at Monarch. The medals represent the dedication of time and effort spent by each professor in fulfilling their duties at Monarch and for exemplary service to the Institution. Each professor in their own way has stood out from their peers and are being recognized for their unique contribution. Monarch Business School is a better place for having the service of these professors and we look forward to their continued service in the years ahead.

Monarch Welcomes Dr. Marko Majer To The Faculty

Monarch Business School Switzerland is happy to announce that Dr. Marko Majer has joined the Faculty as professor of Management, Organizational Behavior and Marketing. His professional experience spans marketing strategy, marketing communications, leadership practice, business strategy and entrepreneurship and innovation. Dr. Majer holds a doctoral degree and an EMBA degree from IEDC Bled School of Management, professional training degrees in marketing communications from McCann Worldgroup and a Master degree in Architecture from the University in Ljubljana. Dr. Majer has been a visiting lecturer at Swiss Business School in Zurich, CREA Geneva, Business School Lausanne and several executive education programs in Europe.

Thought-Piece: Comparing Recursive Organizational Dynamics to Spiral Dynamics

There are remarkable correlations and convergences between Recursive Organizational Dynamics (ROD) and traditional Spiral Dynamics (SD). Both systems describe the world and relationships in terms of eight core modalities. Although their social applications often have a different focus, and they each use their own idiosyncratic jargon, they nonetheless explain their stages in essentially the same …

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Research: The Role of Mediation In Promoting International Trade And Investment

Resolving international conflicts between states is vital in facilitating the growth of international trade and development, and to encourage foreign investment across nations. The persistence of conflicts among nations has proved to be detrimental to economic growth and development for the parties involved in the conflict. Authors such as Kremeni?u?k (1991), Zartman (1999) and Bercovitch (2007) argue in favour of implementing conflict resolution techniques such as negotiation and mediation in resolving international disputes. The responsibility for implementing these techniques lies with the foreign policy makers and business leaders within nations to encourage the mitigation of conflict, failing which the nations would face setbacks in their economic output and eventually their overall international image. This would ultimately result in the absence of a potent scenario in which international trade and investment can flourish.

Research: Impact Evaluation Of Economic Aid in Developing Countries: A Case Study Of The Sahel Region Of Africa

Ranked in the bottom 10 countries within the Human Development Index (UNDP, 2015), Sahel countries not only face chronic poverty, but also compounded disasters. After three decades of implementing projects and programs through economic aid, few tangible changes have been achieved. Rarely, some improvements have been observed, but it has been difficult to correlate these changes to any one intervention.

October-2017 Doctoral Workshop A Great Success

Monarch Business School is happy to announce that the recent Doctoral workshop held at the Rapperswil Castle on Lake Zurich was a great success with over 20 Doctoral candidates attending. Ten doctoral degrees were awarded during the graduation ceremony that followed the workshop. In attendance from the faculty were: Dr. Keller, Dr. Bevan, Dr. Qudrat-Ullah, …

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Dr. Volschenk Recieves Faculty Award For 2017

It is with great pleasure that Monarch Business School Switzerland announce that Dr. Francois Volschenk has received the Faculty Achievement Award for the Scholastic Year of 2017-2018. The award is given to faculty members for achievement that goes beyond normal duties. Dr. Volschenk has proven himself to be an integral aspect of the faculty in the design of programs and internal processes. Dr. Volschenk was also instrumental in achieving the ISO accreditations for the school earlier in 2017. Below is Dr. Volschenk receiving the award at the 2017 Doctoral graduation ceremony held at Rapperswil Castle on Lake Zurich.