The Currency of Management: What Managing Money Teaches Us About Managing People

The implicit ‘currencies’ behind managing real people will be discussed – how communities exchange things and in the process create their own form of currency. The currencies within organisational communities can be power, influence, status and career prospects, which employers and managers ‘trade’ with currencies that can be expressed more traditionally in financial terms, such as budgets and salaries.  By looking at organisations as communities that trade, insights can be gained into risks comparable to those of central banks, such as inflation, devaluation or capital flight, as well as what this means for managers in terms of good governance, risk assessment and management of finances. This lecture will give you an insight into your role within your organisation.

Lecture followed by a reception sponsored by Z/Yen and the Chartered Management Institute

Alderman Professor Michael Mainelli is Emeritus Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Commerce at Gresham College, having held the chair from 2005 to 2009. His first degree was in Government from Harvard, followed by mathematics and engineering studies at Trinity College Dublin and a PhD from the London School of Economics in chaotic systems, where he was also a Visiting Professor.

Christopher Seow is a Visiting Fellow in Operations and Sustainability at Cass Business School (UK) and Visiting Professor in Service Operations and Sustainability at Hainan University (China). A specialist in process improvemnt in service experience and reducing waste and carbon/water footprint in the supply chain, he has over 25 years experience in teaching, publishing and communicating business ideas and practices across Europe and the Far East and is a master Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma Quality and Operational Excellence. Malaysian born and a permanent UK resident, he has a broad understanding of the cultural sensibilities of both regions and is a frequent speaker and contributor to academic institutions in Hong Kong and Malaysia on themes of green supply chain and sustainability.