CV

Curriculum Vitae – Nora Nour El-Din M. Ramadan

Education                                            

2014

 

PhD in Business Administration, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK. (Title: Vertical Inter-unit Relationship Quality: The Concept and its Concomitants – Context: UK Business Schools).

 
2007

M.Sc. in International Business (Distinction), Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

 
2005

Pre-Masters (Very good), Business Administration Department, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Cairo University, Egypt.

 
2004

B.Com. (Excellent - First Class Honours), Business Administration Department, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Cairo University, Egypt.

 

Awards and Funding           

  • Funding received to participate in the Yin-Yang Inaugural International Conference (2012), Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University, Sweden.
  • Ph.D. fully funded by Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham and Overseas Research Student Award Scholarship (ORSAS), UK.
  • Dissertation Abroad Programme Award (2007), Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.
  • M.Sc. tuition fees funded by Birmingham Business School (2006), University of Birmingham, UK.

Professional Record and Teaching Experience

2008- Present

Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Commerce, Cairo University, Egypt.

Courses taught include:

  • Strategic Management
  • Organizational Behaviour
  • Management and Organization (UG)
  • Introduction to Business (UG)

 
2009- 2013

 

Visiting Lecturer, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.

Courses taught include:

  • International Business Strategy (for 4 consecutive years, M.Sc.)
  • Research Methods in International Business (2 years, M.Sc.)
  • Issues in Management (2 years, M.Sc.)
  • Global Talent Management (M.Sc.)
  • Dissertation in Management (UG)

 
2008

International Marketing Module Leader, S. of Continuing Education, The American University in Cairo (AUC), Egypt.

 
June- August 2007

 

Internship, Climate Change Capital Ltd., Beijing, China.
2005-2008

Demonstrator, Faculty of Commerce, English Section, Cairo University, Egypt.

 

Publications

 

Ferlie, E.; Currie, G.; Davies, J. and

Ramadan, N.

(2014).Business Schools Inside the Academy: What are the Prospects for Interdepartmental Research Collaboration? In Andrew Pettigrew, Eric Cornuel and Ulrich Hommel (eds).  The Institutional Development of Business Schools. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Conference Papers

  • Ramadan, N.

    (2013). Towards an understanding of vertical inter-unit relationship quality. West Midlands Doctoral Colloquium, Birmingham, UK.

  • Ramadan, N.

    (2012). A Co-Evolving Melting pot: Culture from a Yin Yang Perspective. The Inaugural International Conference on Yin Yang Paradigm. Stockholm, Sweden.

  • Ferlie, E.; Currie, G.; Davies, J.; and
    Ramadan, N.

    (2012). Lowering the Walls for interdepartmental research collaboration? An Exploratory Study of UK Business Schools. EFMD Higher Education Research Conference, Zurich, Switzerland.

  • Ramadan, N.

    and Child, J. (2010). Toward a Better Understanding of the Dynamics of Cross-Border Inter-Unit Learning: Insights from a Young Subsidiary in China. Academy of International Business Annual Conference (AIB- 2010), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

  • Ramadan, N.

    and Child, J. (2010).  The Dynamics of Cross Border Inter-Unit Learning and Knowledge Transfer. West Midlands Doctoral Colloquium, Birmingham, UK.

  • Ramadan, N.

    (2009). Headquarter-Subsidiary Relationship: Antecedents and Consequences. West Midlands Doctoral Colloquium, Birmingham, UK.

Seminars

  • Research based presentation on the relationship between Business School and their Universities, 3DP Programme, Association of Business Schools (ABS), London, September, 2013.
  • Discussion Leader, Development Program for Senior Managers, Association of Business Schools (ABS), London, March 2011 and 2012.
  • Towards Understanding Vertical Inter-Unit Relationship Quality. CIBOR Seminar - Birmingham Business School, 2010.
  • Reflections on Professor Kathleen Eisenhardt Paper: Building Theories from Case Study Research. Doctoral Seminars - Birmingham Business School, 2008.

 

Training Received

  • Building International Skills, November 2006, Birmingham Business School, UK.
  • Business Ethics and Corporate Governance, February 2007, Birmingham Business School, UK.
  • Doing Business in Emerging Economies, June 2007, Birmingham Business School, UK.
  • Course Design Workshop, November 2009, University of Birmingham, UK.
  • Assessment, Marking, and Feedback Workshop, November 2009, University of Birmingham, UK.
  • Advanced Case Study Research, June 2010, Birmingham Business School.
  • Structural Equation Modeling, July 2010, Aston University, UK.
  • The Concept of Power and Social Research, May 2012, Warwick Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre, University of Warwick, UK.
  • Challenging the Quantitative-Qualitative Divide: Exploring Causal Analysis. 5th ESRC Research Methods Festival, 2-5 July, 2012, University of Oxford, UK.
  • Critical Realism Workshop and Lecture by Professor Roy Bhaskar. February, 2012, Graduate School, University of Birmingham, UK.
  • Communication Skills, Quality Accreditation in Higher Education, Publishing Academic Research, Teaching Trends, August, 2014, Cairo University, Egypt.
  • Erasmus+: Proposal Writing, December, 2014, Cairo University, Egypt.

 

Other Skills and Experience

  • More than 7 years experience of working within teams particularly multicultural and international teams.
  • PhD students’ representative for 3 consecutive years, Birmingham Business School.

Languages

  • English:            Excellent.
  • Arabic:             Mother tongue (competent at both standard and colloquial Arabic).

 

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