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ACADEMIC YEAR 2020 - 2021 ACADEMIC STAFF http://www.ba.uniwa.gr/ University of West Attica Business Administration Department Egaleo, November 2020 http://www.ba.uniwa.gr/ Ancient Olive Grove Campus 250 Thivon & P. Ralli str, 12 241, Egaleo http://www.uniwa.gr/ 1 | PAGE CONTENTS 1. The Business Administration Department at a Glance .............................................. 3 2. Curriculum at a Glance .......................................................................................................... 3 3. Professors ................................................................................................................................... 6 4. Associate Professors ............................................................................................................. 15 5. Assistant Professors ............................................................................................................. 17 6. Lecturers ................................................................................................................................... 21 7. Lecturers of Applications .................................................................................................... 23 8. Special Laboratory & Teaching Staff ............................................................................... 26 9. Special Technical Staff ......................................................................................................... 29 2 | PAGE 1. The Business Administration Department at a Glance The Business Administration Department of the University of West Attica is a dynamic department that specialises producing managers with a high level of training, innovative thinking, and business intelligence. The purpose of the Department is the provision of general and specialized knowledge and the development of the necessary skills and competences in the field of Business Administration Science and related sciences that will lead to the emergence of competent executives that can successfully meet the Challenges of Modern Enterprises and Organizations. The Business Administration Department emerged from the merge of the Business Administration Dept. and, Marketing Dept. of the Technological Educational Institute of Athens and the Business Administration Dept. of the Piraeus University of Applied Sciences. The Business Administration Department operates in the Ancient Olive Grove Campus, in the area of Ancient Olive Grove (Eleonas), where the famous "Walking School" of the Philosopher Plato was established. During the 11th century AD, the Church of Agios Ioannis was built; during the difficult years that followed the fall of Constantinople it was the foundation of the “Hidden School”. 2. Curriculum at a Glance The Department holds a 4-year Undergraduate Graduate Program that provides its graduates with the ability to acquire specialized scientific knowledge, skills and competencies of the various operations of a business is offered. For graduation, students must successfully complete a number of courses. The Curriculum includes compulsory core courses and streams - free election courses. During the first four semesters, compulsory core courses are taught, which introduce students to the key concepts and fundamentals of Management Science. From the 5th semester the student will choose the streams - free election courses. At the beginning of that semester, students select the stream in which they specialize and thus obtain in-depth knowledge and experience. Currently, the Business Administration Department offers the streams of: 3 | PAGE ▪ Business Administration. ▪ Health and Welfare Management. ▪ Marketing. ▪ Information Systems and Decision-Making Science. Academic divisions There are five academic divisions within Business Administration Department. ▪ Business Informatics & Decision-Making Science Division. ▪ Economics, Finance and Accounting Division. ▪ Marketing and Communication Division. ▪ Organisation and Business Administration Division. ▪ Social Policy Division. After the completion of their studies our graduates will be able to: ▪ Work productively and effectively in groups, applying appropriate tools for delivering their tasks. ▪ Communicate and collaborate effectively both within and outside the business environment in which they operate. ▪ Recognize, understand, understand business management concepts (management, marketing, finance, accounting, information systems). ▪ Effectively use modern IT tools to support business operations management and decision making. ▪ Plan and describe operations-organizations functions and suggest upgrade actions. ▪ Evaluate the effectiveness of decision making and suggest future development strategies 4 | PAGE UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA SCHOOL OF ADMINISTRATIVE, ECONOMICS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT ACADEMIC STAFF PROFESSORS 5 | PAGE 3. Professors Dr. Gabriel Amitsis (PhD. in social security law, MA in European Studies and BA in Law), is an international lawyer and Professor of Social Security Law in the Department of Business Administration (Social Policy Unit) and Director of the Social Administration Research Lab (https://sarl.uniwa.gr) at the University of West Attica (Athens). He is currently the representative of the University of West Attica in HOUSING EUROPE – The European Federation of Public, Cooperative and Social Housing (www.housingeurope.eu), acting as Vice-Chair of the Working Group for Housing Systems in Transition (http://www.housingeurope.eu/section- 121/housing-systems-in-transition)the Coordinator of the Greek Chapter of the Academics Stand Against Poverty Network (academicsstand.org), and a senior member of the European Network for Research on Supplementary Pensions (https://enrsp.org). His main research interests focus on the regulation of social security, anti-poverty, employment, social entrepreneurship and migration policies. He is author and co-author of twenty books and has published in international edited books and journals, while he is the chief editor of the book series “The reform of the Social State”, published since 2016 by the leading Greek publisher PAPAZISIS. His best-selling monograph “The commitment to active inclusion of vulnerable groups – Lessons from Social Europe” (in Greek) was published in 2014 by PAPAZISIS with a foreword from Laszlo Andor, former EU Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion. Google Scholar. Dr. Spyridon Binioris is Professor of Business Administration at the University of West Attica of Athens in Greece. He received his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Accounting from Athens University of Economics and Business in 1978, his M.B.A. degree from "St John's University of New York" in 1981 and his Ph.D. in Management from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Health Sciences, Social Medicine in 1998. His research interests are focused on the scientific fields: Business Administration, Strategic Management, Supply Chain Management, Total Quality Management and Health Services Management. He worked for 27 years at the “St Savas" Anticancer Hospital of Athens, as manager for 17 years. He worked at the Technological Educational Institute of Athens since 1986 as Research Associate (1986-2002), Assistant Professor (2002-07), Associate Professor (2007-10) and Professor of Business Management (2010-2017). He was the Director of the Supply Chain Management Research Laboratory. 6 | PAGE He was Professor at the Greek Military Academy for 3 years. He is Professor of Business Management in the University of West Attica, Dept of Business Administration (Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences) since 2018. He is the Director of the MSc Program "Port Management" of the Department of Business Administration. He is also academic coordinator teaching several courses in different postgraduate programs such as the course "Strategic Planning" in the "Business Administration MBA" and the MSc “Port Management” of the University of West Attica. He is the author or co-author of over 60 publications in scientific journals and conferences with a large number of references and has authored four educational books on his research interests. Dr. John D. Bouris is a professor in Business Management at University of West Attica. - School of Administrative, Economics and Social Sciences- dept. of Business Administration. He started his professional career in 1982 and he has working experience in various public and private industries as a senior executive officer. He received his B.B.A. in 1977 from Economic University of Athens (ASOEE), an M.B.A. (with Beta Gamma Sigma honor) in 1980 from University of San Francisco California, USA (recognized by DOATAP), and 3) a Ph.D. (Administrative Science) in 1992 from National & Kapodistrian University of Athens with highest grade. His research focuses on Management, Managing Human Resources, New Public Management, Project Management. He has published articles, lectured, and consulted in these topics with an emphasis on Administrative science. Google Scholar. Dr. Apostolos Giovanis (PhD in Marketing Science, Technical University of Crete, Greece) is Professor in Marketing Management of Technological Products and Services at the Department of Business Administration, University of West Attica, GR and he currently serves as head of the Department. His research interests are primarily in the areas of marketing of technology-mediated services, services marketing, branding, brand relationships management