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Speaking during the event, Prof. Mojtaba Salem from Center for Humanitarian Logistics and Regional Development demonstrated how various AI tools can be very useful and efficient in doing academic research.

“AI tools to automate research outflow,” he said.

Among the AI tools discussed during the seminar include : Chatgpt, Grammarly, Gemini, Perplexity, Scispce, Invideo, Consensus, Bing, Claude, Youcom, Elicit among others.

AI tools are systems trained using billions of data points and they help generate new kind of thinking said Prof. Mojtaba.

The event happened on September 21, 2024 at the Lower Kabete Campus Boardroom.

Present was the Prof. James Njihia, Dean, Faculty of Business and  Management Sciences, Dr. Thomas Ombati , Chair, Department of Management Science and Project Planning and Dr. Winnie Njeru, Chair, Department of Business Administration. 

The Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply ( CIPS) in collaboration with the Department of Management Science and Project Planning, Faculty of Business and Management Sciences, University of Nairobi invites you to attend a talk on : "The Future in Supply Chain : Available options for growth". 

Areas to be covered. 
- Career Guidance. 
- Professional Membership and Certification
- Mentorship and networking. 

Date: Friday, 25th October, 2024. 

Time : 1100 - 1700 (EAT)

The Department of Management science and project planning  has organized a training on "UNLOCKING SUCCESS THROUGH SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS PROGRAMME" on  6th -20th September 2024 Venue: Sarova Whitesands, Mombasa.

Click on the link to register; https://forms.gle/6RG57fJLeRNUznAZ9

The Department of Management Science and Project Planning hereby advertises a call for papers for the 6th Annual International Conference of Project  Planning and  Management (BLENDED) themed "Resilience and Sustainability in Project Management" which will be held on October, 29th & 30th, 2024  at The University of Nairobi, Kenya.

The Faculty of Business and Management Sciences in collaboration with the University of Dar es Salaam of Business School and Makerere University Business School  hereby advertises a call for papers for the 16th International Operations Research Society of East Africa Conference themed "Innovation and Insights in Operations Research for Resilience and Sustainability" which will be held on 21 - 22 November, 2024 at UDBS Building, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 

ETH is a competitive grant for mentoring doctoral candidates from low and lower middle income countries. The candidates should have projects around supply chain, logistics, transportation, operations and project management.

The Department of Management Science and Project Planning invites you to a research seminar on “Principles of Research Design, Understanding and Utilising Qualitative Research Methods” by Prof.

Prof. Wagner spoke passionately on the need for corporates to engage startups because of their innovations. He pointed out that in Africa, Kenya is among the leading tech innovations hub. Others in the continent are South Africa, Nigeria and Egypt. 

Speaking during the event, Aurther Ondego, Operations Director,  L’Oreal East Africa opined that there are many opportunities for students in the supply chain space.

He pointed out that world wars are won or lost based on supply chain and more so logistics. He opined that despite Germany having the best army in the world, they still lost the world war 2 after the allied forces destroyed bridges, roads, trucks and hence cutting the supply of food, medical materials and weapons.