Events

The 2nd Realities of Researching Under-represented Groups in Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME’s) Workshop

Date:

Thursday 27 June 2013

Time:

9 am - 3.30 pm

Event:

The 2nd Realities of Researching Under-represented Groups in Small and Medium Size Enterprises (SME’s) Workshop

Location:

Nottingham Business School, Burton Street, Nottingham, NG1 4BU

Organiser:

Nottingham Business School and The Society for the Advancement of Management Studies

Details:

A Society for the Advancement of Management Studies (SAMS) and Nottingham Business School funded workshop in collaboration with British Academy of Management Entrepreneurship Special Interest Group

Hosted by Professor Clare Brindley, Dr Carley Foster and Dr Dan Wheatley

Workshop overview:

The event follows on from the successful SAMS funded event held in March 2012. Evaluation from the 2012 event indicated that participants, particularly those early on in their research journey would welcome a follow-on event. This event will broaden the under-represented groups considered in the 2012 workshop by exploring the personal experiences of UK SME owners who are Asian, young, have disabilities and women who are mid-career.

The event is open to early career researchers, academics, doctoral students, practitioners and industry experts.

The workshop’s aim is to enhance the skills of academics and doctoral students in terms of researching under-represented groups of individuals who are self-employed, such as women, ethnic minorities, younger entrepreneurs and those with disabilities.

The workshop will feature a plenary session, talks from prominent academics (see biographies below) and SME owners, as well as round-table discussions to encourage the sharing of knowledge.

Currently the foundations of knowledge about entrepreneurship are based on the study of the majority (typically white, able-bodied men) and neglect the experiences of minority groups (Carter and Marlow, 2003). The Workshop is therefore timely in that it is cognisant of the need to research the SME from a different lens which takes into account the diversity of SME owners.

The workshop will be beneficial to doctoral students as well as established researchers who wish to enhance their knowledge of researching under-represented SME groups and to share best practice.

Delegates will receive support material and access to a post-workshop online resource.

Provisional Programme:
Time	Activity
9 am – 9.30 am	Registration
9.30 am – 9.45 am	Welcome
9.45 am – 10.30 am	Dr Jannine Williams: Researching disability
10.30 am – 10.45 am	Refreshments
10.45 am – 11.30 am	Muhammad Roomi: Researching Asian women entrepreneurs
11.30 am – 12.15 pm	Dr Carley Foster, Dr Dan Wheatley and Professor Clare Brindley: Researching mid-career women
12.15 pm – 1.15 pm	Lunch
1.15 pm – 2.15 pm	SME Owners Platform
2.15 pm – 3.30 pm	Roundtable Discussion/Plenary
3.30 pm	Close

Booking information:

Attendance at the event is FREE but delegates must register in advance.
Please register by email , stating your full name, occupation, number of places you wish to reserve, and any dietary requirements.

Speaker biographies:

Jannine Williams
Lecturer in Organisational Behaviour, Newcastle Business School
Jannine’s research interests include categories of social relations and constructions of difference: particularly disability and gender using qualitative research methods. Jannine has published on theorising disability in the International Journal of Management Reviews, and presented a conceptual paper on disabled female entrepreneurs to ISBE conference 2012 with Dr Nicola Patterson.

Muhammad Azam Roomi
Principal Lecturer and Director of Research at the Centre for Women's Enterprise, University of Bedfordshire
Roomi has successfully completed a variety of research and teaching and training assignments for the establishment and development of entrepreneurial ventures at international level. He has served as a consultant for enterprise development to several national and international organisations such as the Governments of Pakistan, Honduras, Qatar, Oman and the UK.

Roomi's doctoral and major research works have been focused on the growth and development of enterprises in the UK and Islamic societies in South Asia and the Middle East. His research has been published in quality journals including the Journal of Small Business Management, International Small Business Journal, and Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development.

He is currently working on research projects exploring and analysing the growth and performance of SMEs and entrepreneurial ventures, entrepreneurship education, and women’s entrepreneurship development.

Dr Carley Foster
Reader in Retail Management, Nottingham Business School
Carley’s main research interests explore employer branding and diversity issues associated with retail careers and retail service encounters. Her work has been funded by the ESRC, the British Academy, the DTI, the Academy of Marketing and the European Social Fund. She has published widely in journals such as the International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management, the International Review of Retail, Distribution and Consumer Research and the Human Resource Management Journal.

Her work has been presented at international conferences including the British Academy of Management, EURAM, the
Academy of Marketing, EAERCD and EIRASS.

Dr Dan Wheatley
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Nottingham Business School
Dan completed his PhD entitled: Working 9 to 5? Complex patterns of Time Allocation among Managers and Professionals in Dual Career Households, in December 2009. His particular areas of interest are work-time, work-life balance, travel-to-work, and dual career households, and he has published both peer review journal articles and book chapters in these areas.

Professor Clare Brindley FRSA
Professor in Marketing and Entrepreneurship, Nottingham Business School
For six years Clare was a Trustee / Director at the Institute of Small Business and Entrepreneurship and is a founder of the ISCRIM network. Her research is focussed on women who work in the small business sector and also on the impact of marketing on supply chain risk.