Kronos Collaborative Training Services

28/10/2022

Arguments have to be constructive rather than destructive, progressive rather than regressive. All arguments must be factual and not based on hearsay and unsubstantiated opinions of others. There must be substantive evidence gathered to support the argument. Sometimes, one precludes one's emotions to make a strong argument.

30/06/2022

Just received news this afternoon from one of the students whom I coached for his final thesis and defense in the last few months...he had a 8.9 for his thesis and a 9.5 for his defense with a final grade of 9.0

30/06/2022

Now with the grading and thesis assessments completed, I need to design a new sub-module on risk management as part of the Corporate Governance module in the International Law programme for next academic year. At the same time, I need to re-design my Sales Techniques module because I am introducing a new book with new learning materials to activate the workshop sessions for my International Business programme. The other re-design work will be an overhaul of the Advanced Marketing and Sales module (4 sub-modules) from open-book exam to project-based assessment in preparation for 23/24 academic year. This is an idea of mine which a new colleague from the team will develop with me from scratch as part of her teachers' training programme.

09/04/2021

A recent podcast I participated in sharing on what are the personality traits of a marketeer for a new business graduate?

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6rRkfy8JF5F9XA4nmU84pk?si=cSUwNdKvTYamIHf4js-xfQ

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/personality-traits-marketers-need-to-succeed/id1509948141?i=1000515975075

‎Programma Tribe Talks, Afl Personality traits marketers need to succeed - 6 apr. 2021

24/10/2020

Yesterday, I had an online meeting to discuss partnership and collaboration with an Indian university. Instead of meeting with one person, I met with four and I steered the meeting throughout. It was a fruitful meeting and the Indian university wants to partner and collaborate with us. Two weeks ago, we confirmed partnering the second local university in the United Arab Emirates.

02/10/2020

Students doing their role play in the Sales Techniques workshop, a module I developed for the Marketing and Sales Specialisation; honing their professional selling skills for their final sales pitch in a few weeks time. Social-distancing measure is observed.

07/06/2020

About a month ago, I was approached by the principal lecturer of the Marketing & Sales team to be part of the curriculum design team for their specialisation. She would like me to help design, develop and coordinate the Sales Techniques module for the next academic year via online delivery. About two weeks ago, I gave her my entire module road map, the topics, the mode of delivery by lecturer and students, the hours needed by lecturer and students before, during and after workshop...over a 8-week period. All these were done from a sketchy idea that was written by a person (from another university) who was supposed to deliver this module but could not commit and another colleague who left the team and moved to another programme. When we had our colleague from learning and design to peruse my module design, she said it was well designed and there was constructive alignment to the module. For online delivery, do the need-to-haves; make it self-directed learning and allocate for extra hours for teachers because there is a tendency to over-run the planned hours, as experienced from my Strategic Management module which just ended.

07/06/2020

Just completed my teaching module for Strategic Management to the fast-track 3-Yr International Business programme. I was tasked to be the module coordinator for this subject and with the COVID-19 pandemic that led to the closure of university campus, I had to rethink and redesign the methods of delivery, the collaboration approach towards group work, consultation sessions and the deliverables from students over a period of 8 weeks. According to my colleague, he thought that I had planned, instructed and delivered the module well for a first timer. Looks liked this is going to be my 'baby' moving forward as I looked at my schedule for next academic year.

07/06/2020

The Programme Director of my International Business programme had a video conference with me last Tuesday morning. He asked me if I would like to take on the role of Regional Coordinator for Middle-east, South Asia and the ASEAN regions in establishing and maintaining strategic partnerships with universities and businesses in these regions in the next academic year onwards. He affirmed me that I'm suited for this role after I organised the business trip to Dubai last November with him and another colleague.

14/05/2020

Just completed my grading of 33 copies of final written assignment for my Strategic Management and Marketing and 11 copies of 18,000-word market entry plan for Global Marketing Management. Will be grading 12 groups of portfolio assignments, plus formative feedback for my Introduction to Strategic Management module.

01/02/2020

The first module of the second semester - Strategic Management and Marketing for the final year students of two classes. Great start 2020.