Biographies

Dr Jolanta Kowal
Jolanta is Vice Rector and a professor at Wroclaw College of Management “Edukacja” in Wroclaw, and a tutor and researcher at the Institute of Psychology of Wroclaw University. She is a Member of scientific associations PTS and PTPA accredited by IAAP. A researcher and lecturer, Jolanta is the author of over 60 scientific publications and delivers lectures and seminars on methodology of management, applied statistics in socio-economic, psychological and multicultural research. Her interests and research specializations are: organization and management, methodology, quantitative and qualitative research, analytical psychology, cross-cultural research.

Jolanta Kowal

Aleksandra Kwiatkowska
Alexandra holds an MBA and is a Phd student of Pedagogy at University of Wrocław and is International Relations Coordinator at College of Management “Edukacja” in Wrocław. She has lectures on knowledge of learning and modern pedagogy. Her specialisations: popular culture, sociology, society changes, quantitative and qualitative researches, activism, employability, gender, management. She is interested in films, classic literature and travelling.

Aleksandra Kwiatkowska

Ewa Pańka
Ewa holds an MEngand is an Expert in a range of scientific publishing house and organizer of post-graduate study at College of Management “Edukacja”. She is graduated Wroclaw University of Technology Faculty of Civil Engineering. Her research specialisations are: multicultural research concerning women professional success in Poland,   professional counseling, development of interpersonal ability and marketing and management. She is an organiser of many conferences and courses. She is keen on astrology and sport.

Prof. Dr Hab. Eng. Ryszard Rohatyński
Ryszard has been Full Professor of Engineering at the University College of Management “Education”, since 2006. He was appointed by the President of Polish State Council (1994, Poland), member of the Board of International Design Society till 2006, for nine years, initiator and chairman of bi-annual International Conferences 'Engineering Design in Integrated Product Development', EDIProD's, held in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 which are official events of the 'Design Society' and the Committee of Mechanical Engineering, Polish Academy of Science, manager of numerous engineering research projects for industry, referee of the Sections of the Polish Committee of Scientific Research. Assessment of numerous applications for research grants and final research reports, member of the Scientific Committees of numerous national conferences on engineering design, CAD, Fluid Flow Machinery and the like.

Ryszard Rohatyński

Dr Mieczysław K. Leniartek
Mieczysław is an architect and a town planner, a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture in the Technical University in Cracow, Poland (MA 1970). He has practiced in Poland, England and Australia, completed a doctoral dissertation in the Technical University in Cracow on the revitalization of historic small towns (PhD 2003). He has been a manager of a regional studies bureau in Lower Silesia and a technical director in a development company in Cracow. He has been a chairman of several international conferences on cultural tourism and an editor of publications in this field ("Commercialism of Cultural Tourism", "Exploration of Historic Environment", "Terra Incognita in Tourism"). He lectures in the Faculty of Tourism of the College of Management "Edukacja" in Wrocław, Poland, in the subject of development for hospitality, and holds a position of a dean.

Mieczyslaw Leniartek

Professor Douglas M. Branson
Condon Falknor Professor of Law, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA; W. Edward Sell Chair in Business Law, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.  Professor Branson is the author of No Seat at the Table – How Governance and Law Keep Women Out of the Boardroom (2007) and The Last Male Bastion – Gender and the CEO Suite at America’s Public Companies (2010).  He is the author of Corporate Governance (1993), approximately 10 other books and 80 scholarly articles on governance.  He has taught in New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Spain, France, Belgium, England, Canada and many other countries.  He is a Permanent Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne where he teaches corporate governance each year.  He has been a U.S. State Dept. sponsored consultant in Indonesia, Ukraine and Slovakia.

Douglas Branson

Dr Phillip L. Davidson
Dr. Phillip Davidson is a professor with the University of Phoenix, School of Advanced Studies, responsible for the Doctor of Management in Organizational Leadership, Information Systems and Technology. His focus is on Information Technology, human and organizational systems, and organizational psychology as it applies to the fields of information systems and technology, and healthcare systems. He serves as a consultant on healthcare information systems in the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim. His primary focus is on IT systems for the prevention of medication administration systems.

Phillip L Davidson

Dr Dimitrios N. Koufopoulos
Dimitrios is a Senior Lecturer at University of Brunel, Brunel Business School, London, UK.  He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Business Consultants, Member of the Chartered Institute of Management, Member of the Charterd intitute of Securities and Investmenet, and Academic Member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He has taught as visiting Lecturer in both British and American institutions and currently at the Hellenic Open University, Universitas21, and Laureate Online. He is member of the Editorial Board of the academic Journals Corporate Board: role, duties & composition, of the World Journal of Business and Management, of the International Journal of Corporate Governance Research, of the International Journal of Civil Aviation and of the Enterprise Risk Management Journal. He is the Founder and Managing Partner of the Gnosis Management

Dimitrios Koufopoulos

Dr John Politis
Dr. Politis is a Principle Faculty of the Executive MBA and Corporate Development program and a Pioneering Faculty of the Engineering Management Program at Higher Colleges of Technology, in the United Arab Emirates. He is a member on a number of editorial boards and his main research area is in organisational leadership, organisational behaviour, knowledge management, creativity and innovation. John is a Teaching Excellence Award Winner, 2004, from the ACBSP Baccalaureate/ Graduate Degree Commission. He is also the Literati Club Highly Commended Award Winner, 2004; and Literati Club Excellence Award Winner, 2002, for his Outstanding Research Papers. Also he has been recognised as the 2007-2008 ‘Faculty of the Year’ of Dubai Men’s College. He has earned the following professional qualifications: a Certificate of Technology in Aircraft Engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Australia; a Bachelor of Engineering from the University of Melbourne, Australia; a Diplom-Ingenieur (Mechanical) from Aristotelion University, Greece; a Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Management from Swinburne University of Technology, Australia; a Graduate Certificate on Online Education and Training from University of London, UK; and a Doctorate of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. More details about Dr. Politis’ profile can be found at http://www.jpolitis.com/

John Politis

Professor Bernt Krohn Solvang
Professor Bernt Krohn Solvang, at University of Agder in Norway, Faculty of economics and social science and at Department of working life and innovation. His research interests fall within the field of contemporary political thought, e- government and e-remote leadership. He has participated in the development of Agder University College and Agder Research. He has been appointed at a lot of International program committees. He is member of OH International Conference and Exhibition on Office Information System in Beijing and was key note speaker there in 2007. He has been teaching in various countries as; China, Great Britain, Germany, Poland, The Netherlands.

Bernt Krohn Solvang