IOB Ebuzz March 2005

As the UWI - Institute of Business moves forth into March, an impressive slate of events is carded to take place.
Marketing and Stakeholder Relationship, Academic, Centre for Training and Development, and the Centre for Applied Business Research departments focus on the way forward and building our relationships with you, our clients. This is mirrored in our activities for this month.

Marketing and Stakeholder Relationship

Annual Sports and Family Day and Cook Out Competition

The Marketing and Stakeholder Relationship Unit & Staff of the UWI-IOB will be hosting its 3rd annual Sports & Family Day.

Date: Sunday 24th April, 2004 (Marvin Lee Stadium, Center of Excellence)
Time: 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m

Come out in your numbers and help to create some energy between IOB staff, faculty & all current students.
Current as well as Past Students can liaise with class reps or programme coordinators.
Facilitators and graduates can contact Kemmy Jackson or Nicole Pierre at 662-9894 ext 120
Looking forward to more fun this year.

Academic

Applications for academic programmes 2005

Applications for both the International MBA and the Executive MBA are currently being accepted for an intake in April.

The deadline for submission has been extended to the 15th March, 2005.

The deadline date for our September intake for all academic programmes remains the 31st March, 2005. All application forms and necessary documents are to be forwarded to the School for Graduate Studies and Research - UWI.

Centre for Training and Development

IOB comes to Tobago

Tobago open day carded for Monday 14th March, 2005 at the Division of Infrastructure & Public Utilities on old Government Farm Road, Scarborough. This open house is designed to exhibit what the UWI - Institute of Business has to offer to the people of Tobago and address the enquiries the IOB has been getting from interested Tobogonians.

Upcoming Public Programmes

More information about the following programmes can be found on our website.

Supervisory Skills
Positioning for entrepreneurial success
Effective Business Writing - Tobago
Event Management - Event Protocol
Event Management - Best Practices
Project Management - Contracting & Negotiation Skills
Train the Trainer
Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Centre for Applied Business Research

Executive Opinion Survey

The Centre for Applied Business Research launched the Executive Opinion Survey (EOS) of the Annual Global Competitiveness Report earlier this year.

Executives interested in participating in the survey can contact Mr. Bhushan Singh at bhushans@uwi-iob.org or Ms. Sherry Ann Singh at sherrys@uwi-iob.org or at 645-6700 or 662-9894/5. The survey can be downloaded from our website.

IOB Corporate Confidence Index

February 22, 2005: Release of 1st Quarter IOB CORPORATE CONFIDENCE INDEX

See http://www.uwi-iob.org/business/uploads/cciJanMarch2005.pdf

Visit our website at www.uwi-iob.org or email us at ebuzz@uwi-iob.org for more Information