Karin Iris Sixl-Daniell Visiting Associate Professor karin.daniell@u21global.edu.sg

Karin Iris Sixl-Daniell is the Programme Co-Director for the Management Programme for Entrepreneurs and Family Businesses, which is offered jointly by the Nadathur S. Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) at the Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) and U21Global. She was the first professor to teach at U21Global and is accredited to teach Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, Strategic Management and Managing International Business. Before her appointment at U21Global, Dr Sixl-Daniell was Assistant Professor and Deputy Head at the Institute of International Management, University of Graz, Austria, where she consistently received excellent feedback for her teaching.

She has extensive industry experience, having established her own research and advisory business in Singapore, and having co-founded a startup business (of which she served on the board of directors) in her native country. Dr Sixl-Daniell holds a doctorate in Social and Economic Sciences (Business Administration) and two Masters degrees - one in economics and the other in healthcare management. Her interests include international business, cross-cultural management, organisational behaviour, strategic management and human resource management.

Dr Sixl-Daniell is a member of the Advisory Panel to the Citigroup-INSEAD Financial Education for Women initiative (FinEdx) and is the co-author of her book Wealth Wisdom for Everyone, which was made into a 26-episode TV series on Channel NewsAsia.

Professional Affiliations

• INSEAD Financial Education Exchange initiative FinEdX
• European Association for South-East Asian Studies
• International Association for Chinese Management Research
• Academy of Management
• Strategic Management Society
• Academy of International Business
• European Association for Chinese Studies
• German Association for Asian Studies

Selected/Recent Publications

• Sixl-Daniell K. and Daniell M.: Wealth Wisdom For Everyone. Singapore: World Scientific, 2006
• Sixl-Daniell K, Williams J.B, and Wong A.: A Quality Assurance Framework for Recruiting, Training (and Retaining) Virtual Adjunct Faculty. In: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, Volume IX, Number I, Spring 2006
• Sixl-Daniell K. and Williams J.B.: Paralinguistic Discussion in an Online Educational Setting: A Preliminary Study. In: Looi C.K, Jonassen D. and Ikeda M.: Towards Sustainable and Educational Innovations Informed BY the Learning Sciences: Proceedings of the ICCE 2005 Conference, pp. 887-891.
• Sixl-Daniell K., Williams J.B., and Wong A.: 'The Virtual University and the Quality Assurance Process: Recruiting (and Retaining) the Right Faculty'. In: R. Atkinson, C. McBeath, D. Jonas-Dwyer & R. Phillips (Eds), Beyond the Comfort Zone: Proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, pp. 861-864, 2004.
• Sixl-Daniell K. and Hirt C.: International Human Resource Management. U21Global courseware for MBA750, 2004, peer reviewed by U21pedagogica (University of Virginia)

Selected/Recent Presentations

• Hirt Ch., Sixl K.I.: Sustainable Post-Merger Integration in European-Japanese Mergers and Acquisitions Through Effective Management of Cultural Diversity. Eighth Cross-Cultural Research Conference, Hawaii, December 2001
• Bornemann M., Knapp A., Schneider U., Sixl K.I.: Holistic Measurement of Intellectual Capital. OECD International Symposium Measuring and Reporting Intellectual Capital: Experience, Issues and Prospects, Amsterdam, June 1999

Professional Activities

• Teaching assignments (graduate level) at the University of Graz, Austria, since 1997;
• previously Deputy Head of Institute at the Institute of International Management at the University of Graz;
• established own research and advisory business in Singapore;
• experience as a founding investor and director of a start up business based in Austria; European Association for South-East Asian Studies (Deputy Member of the Board for Central and South Europe);
• International Association for Chinese Management Research (Founding Member)

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