On the evening of 22nd April, The University of Manchester China Centre invited Paul Patton, from Alliance Manchester Business School, to deliver a Master Class in Disruptive Technologies & Sharing Economy (Innovation and Efficiency) which will provide an overview of how disruptive technologies have impacted innovation and efficiency within various businesses. It will also explore how disruptive technologies has enabled the growth of the sharing economy and how our behaviour is now related to being an 'onsumer' rather than a 'consumer'.

In the afternoon of 24th April 2020, join our Course Director Dr. Patsy Perry will give a special fashion industry keynote speech on the annual commemoration of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. During this webinar, Patsy will discuss the social and environmental impacts of the fashion industry, highlighting how international fashion brands are innovating in this area and considering the impact of consumer behaviour on sustainability in this industry.

On Tuesday, 28th April, you are invited to join Manchester MBA Masterclass online webinar, which offers a great snapshot to the keys of Strategy, Game Theory and Decision Making. The online webinar will be delivered by Dr. Rick Audas, who comes from Alliance Manchester Business School and we believe that will bring you with better understanding of observed behaviour (inductive) in a game and how firms adopt alternative strategies by taking in to account rival behaviour. 

On 28th April, leading academic Reza Salehnejad will host this online information session featuring a sample MBA lecture on “Artificial Intelligence, Algorithms and Business”.Reza’s talk will reflect on the role of evolving AI-based algorithms in organisations and discuss their implications for business strategy and corporate management. He will also explore some of the most interesting research about advances in computational, text and image recognition technologies, machine learning and statistics, and tracking engineering, which have paved the way for the AI revolution. These advances are likely to impact and reshape organisations, and lead to the emergence of algorithmic firms.