UofSC’s Executive Education launching COVID-19 speaker series – April 27
April 20, 2020
The Moore School’s Executive Education department is leading a South Carolina Public Radio and Zoom video series, “Managerial Insights: Supporting Businesses During an Uncertain Time,” to provide advice for the business community about weathering the challenging business environment created by COVID-19.
The Moore School is one of the leading business schools in the world with renowned faculty who possess a wide range of experience and conduct groundbreaking research. The Executive Education department compiles the faculty’s experiences, research and insights to bring them to the business community via courses and programs and helps managers and leadership develop and achieve their business strategies.
With their mission, Associate Dean for Executive Development Raymond Smith saw an immediate need among businesses on how best to navigate all of the changes in the first few weeks of the COVID-19 interruption.
“Obviously with the university closing the campus, we felt the disruption firsthand; we had to move our programs online, we could see the streets were deserted,” Smith said. “It’s obvious from the unemployment numbers that businesses are hurting. We thought maybe we could do something to help our business community around us.”
The South Carolina Public Radio and Zoom video series began with Smith’s introduction to the series this week. Moore School Dean Peter Brews’ radio broadcast will air April 22 providing his perspective on the business challenges and opportunities created by the pandemic. On the same topic, Brews will do a live Zoom video segment Monday, April 27, at 3 p.m. Registration is required.
Each of the remaining speakers will do a Wednesday 5-minute South Carolina Public Radio broadcast followed by a Monday live Zoom video segment. The Zoom recordings will be available to view after the live segments at https://bit.ly/mooreradio.
Other speakers and their topics scheduled for the series include:
- Mark Cecchini, Financial management during uncertain times and how government stimulus might help
- Donald J. Schepker, Building an emergency succession plan; what happens when leadership transitions turn up unexpectedly?
- Sherry Thatcher, The role of virtual teamwork during times of crisis
- Robert Ployhart, Staffing in the current situation; how to monitor remote employee performance to maintain productivity
- Lynn McFarland, TBA
- Mark Ferguson, Building more resilient supply chains; why minimizing cost should not be the only objective
- Doug Quackenbos, Selling in a post-COVID-19 world: local and global implications
- Joey Von Nessen, TBA
Learn more about the series and each of the featured speakers by visiting https://bit.ly/mooreradio.
ABOUT THE DARLA MOORE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
The Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina is among the highest-ranked business schools in the world for international business education and research. Founded in 1919, the school has a history of innovative educational leadership, blending academic preparation with real-world experience through internships, consulting projects, study abroad programs and entrepreneurial opportunities. The Moore School offers undergraduate, master’s and doctoral degrees, as well as distinctive executive education programs. In 1998, the school was named for South Carolina native and New York financier Darla Moore, making the University of South Carolina the first major university to name its business school after a woman. Learn more at sc.edu/moore.
