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Mar 29
Spotlighting Innovation: The UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition Sets the Stage for Future Entrepreneurs
 Innovation and entrepreneurial prowess emerged once more at the 2024 UWI Vincent HoSang Venture Competition Finals and Awards event held at the Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM), UWI. The event showcased the final pitches of students' business ideas, offering them a chance to be funded. The competition finals held on January 26, 2024, brought together 8 dynamic student teams, each poised to unveil their ground-breaking ventures, aiming to reshape the future of various industrie ››Read More
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) to offer Data Protection Officer Certification Course to Empower Professionals to Navigate the Jamaican Data Protection Act
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) through the Professional Services Unit will introduce a Data Protection Officer Certification Course to offer a comprehensive understanding of the role of a Data Protection Officer (DPO) as prescribed by the Jamaican Data Protection Act. The course which will be offered online is scheduled for a six week period beginning July 18, 2023 through to August 8, 2023.   Offered in conjunction with Design Privacy, the course will be led by Ch ››Read More
Mona School of Business and Management pays tribute to Dr. Simon Clarke
  Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) mourns the passing of Dr Simon Clarke, former UNESCO Caribbean Director and Adjunct Lecturer at Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM).  Dr Clarke served MSBM, Western Jamaica and indeed all of Jamaica his adopted country with distinction in the fields of Education and Public Service.  Fourteen and a half years ago, the UWI Western Jamaica Campus was established, and there was no more fitting guest speaker for its grand-op ››Read More
MSBM Fostering Digital Literacy Through the CSOD
Welcome to this special edition newsletter that highlights MSBM’s  initiatives that have been fostering digital literacy through the Caribbean School of Data (CSOD). These activities include digital education programmes, training and significant partnerships. Please click here or the image below to access the newsletter and read about the programmes and initiatives and as you read through, please click on the links for more information.   ››Read More
MSBM nominated for JCC's Best of Chamber Small Enterprise 2022 Award
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) has been nominated for the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce’s  (JCC) “Best of Chamber Small Enterprise  2022”.   The ‘Best of Chamber’ Awards are broken down into four categories; small/micro, medium, large and extra-large. In each of these categories, the award is granted to an outstanding member company that has met the highest level of performance and best practices in the areas of:     Corporate Leadership;  Product & Service Quali ››Read More
MSBM to host Talent Management Seminar in partnership with The Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ)
Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM)  in partnership with The Human Resource Management Association of Jamaica (HRMAJ) will host a Talent Management Seminar on Thursday, April 20, 2023  titled, The Talent Magnet: Attracting and Retaining High Potentials and High Performers.  The seminar will be led by  Professor Hugh Scullion , a Professor in Organizational Behaviour and Human Resource Management at the University of Hull, UK. He is a global leader in International HRM an ››Read More
Women In Management Consulting
The month of March is marked as the annual observance of International Women’s Month (IWM), and women everywhere, in all walks of life and industries, are being celebrated and appreciated. One such industry is that of Management Consulting (MC), which over the last few years in both theory and practice has to some extent employed this year’s IWM theme of #EmbraceEquity. Management Consulting dates back as far as the 19th century. However, it was during the period of the 1980s and ››Read More
MSBM celebrates International Women's' Day 2023
International Women’s Day is globally celebrated on March 8 each year as a focal point in the women’s rights movement celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.    This year’s theme was #EmbraceEquity.   MSBM celebrated the day by saluting the women of MSBM with presentations of  special tokens of appreciation and also showcased some female team members on the School’s social media platforms.  In addition, the female team members wore purple i ››Read More
Professor Lila Rao-Graham appointed GraceKennedy S. Carlton Alexander Chair in Management Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona.
Mona School of Business and Management congratulates Professor Lila Rao-Graham who has been appointed as the new holder of the S. Carlton Alexander Chair in Management Studies at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona Campus. Professor Rao-Graham is the third holder of the Chair, succeeding Professors Gordon Shirley (1992-2010) and Ian Boxill (2010-2018). Professor Rao-Graham brings to the position extensive knowledge and experience in the areas of Strategic Business Intell ››Read More
MSBM to host Jamaican Securities Industries Seminar
 Mona School of Business Management (MSBM) University of the West Indies, Mona, will lead an exploration of the legal and regulatory framework of the Jamaican Securities Industry, at a seminar at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Wednesday, March 1, 2023.  With VM Wealth as the lead sponsor, the seminar is being held in association with the Private Sector Organization of Jamaica (PSOJ) and the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC). Under the theme “Understanding the Framework of the Secur ››Read More
Diane M. Edwards Appointed Director Of MSBM's Professional Services Unit
Diane M. Edwards has been appointed to lead the Professional Services Unit (MSBM Consulting) of the Mona School of Business & Management (MSBM) with effect on February 6, 2023.     Ms. Edwards will drive the continuing development of the Unit to build on its core strengths in Executive Education & Training, Management Consulting, Business Process Improvement, Project Management, and Business Research and expand its services in HR, technology, trade and industry developmen ››Read More