You can’t be known if you don’t interact!
Seminar by Axele Giroud at Middlesex on networking and external engagement for academic success
My good friend and former colleague Axèle Giroud visited Middlesex University for a seminar in our MLO (Management, Leadership and Organisation) Department's academic skill development series. Her presentation about networking & external engagement [slides download] was very well-received, with participants from across various Middlesex Schools and Faculties, as well as well as other London universities. Her focus on doing meaningful research with societal impact chimed particularly well with the audience. The related blogposts below reflect this theme.
Presentation synopsis
Networking is core to knowledge diffusion. This also applies in the academic context. Of course, to be successful, academics must possess and/or acquire a variety of essential skills and qualities, and emphasis is often placed on the ability to conduct good research and be an excellent teacher and communicator. But what about networking skills? How, when, and why would networking skills help academics be more successful? Drawing on my own experience, in this presentation, I will focus on the importance of networking and developing one’s own academic network, as well as the importance of external engagement. I argue that networking and external engagement constitute complementary skills in building and strengthening one’s research profile and in creating career opportunities for academics. The presentation will include a discussion on selected opportunities and challenges associated with combining academic work with policy-oriented work, and why networking with a variety of stakeholders matters.
Axèle Giroud's bio
Dr Axèle Giroud is Professor of International Business at the Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, and Visiting Professor with the University of Göthenburg, Sweden. Her main research interests are: multinational enterprises' international strategy, MNE economic and social impact in host countries, inter- and intra-firm linkages and networks, technology and knowledge transfers, and Asian Business She previously worked as Senior Economic Affairs Officer for the Division on Investment and Enterprise at UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development), and was President of the Euro-Asia Management Studies Association. She has completed several research reports for major organizations such as the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation, the British Department for International Development, the ASEAN Secretariat, the World Bank and the United Nations. She sits on the editorial board of several academic journals and has published extensively in journals such as Journal of World Business, Journal of International Marketing, Asian Business and Management, International Business Review, Management International Review, and World Development.
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Related blog posts
- Nancy Adler: Daring to Care [Nancy Adler's inspirational papers on doing research that matters]
- The seven principles of responsible research [Short doodle video by the Responsible Research in Business & Management network] and A new Era for Business Research [Write-up of RRBM's key goals and values]
- Return to Meaning: A Social Science with Something to Say [A spirited account on individual academic responsibility to change academic practices]
- On academic life: collaborations and active engagement [On the need to get involved in managing and shaping the university organizations we work for]
- Creating a supportive and collaborative research culture at Middlesex University Business School [My own write-up of our work at MUBS in the last 5 years in supporting academics to do meaningful research]
- Fostering research impact through social media
- What is that conference networking thing all about?
Other Middlesex seminars
- How to create a sustainable academic career
- "Let them not make me a stone”- Repositioning Entrepreneurship
- Research Academics as Change Makers - Opportunities and Barriers
- Hello from the other side: Reflections on a decade at the editor’s desk
- You can’t be known if you don’t interact!
- Experimental research and Nvivo
- What happens in the C-Suite after women break the glass ceiling?
- Strategies for Publishing Pedagogical Research
- Alice Eagly: Gender stereotypes have changed but the changes are surprising
- Babel in Business: The Role of Language in International Business
- Rocket Science? Networking and External Engagement for Academic Success
- Work and Family Life of Academics
- Global Supply Chain Responsibility: Traceability & the resource orchestration perspective
- How leaders learn to use power and authority: Insights for coaching theory and practice
- Improve your Research Profile (1): Why is it so important?
- Research Academics as Change Makers - Opportunities and Barriers
- Publishing in Management Education Journals
- How prepare a large-scale ESRC funding application?
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Anne-Wil Harzing is Emerita Professor of International Management at Middlesex University, London. She is a Fellow of the Academy of International Business, a select group of distinguished AIB members who are recognized for their outstanding contributions to the scholarly development of the field of international business. In addition to her academic duties, she also maintains the Journal Quality List and is the driving force behind the popular Publish or Perish software program.
