Faculty of Finance and Accountancy

FFA

PSZK

FFA

Prof. Dr. Gyula Bakacsi

Department of Management

Professor

PhD (Csc)

Contacts

Office:1149 Budapest, Buzogány utca 10-12.
Building:Building A, 1st Floor, Room 117
Phone:+36 1 469-6600
Internal extension:6782
Email:bakacsi.gyula@uni-bge.hu

Introduction

Professor at the Department of Management, Budapest Business School, core member of the Doctoral School of Entrepreneurship and Business, in-charge of the Management & Organization Master program. Graduated (1983) from MKKE (predecessor of Corvinus University of Budapest), doctoral degree (1988), Candidate of Sciences at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1993). Visiting scholar (1988-89) at Johnson Graduate School Management (Cornell U), certificates in Central and Eastern European Teachers Program (CEETP) Program (1992 & 1993) at Harvard Business School. Visiting Professor at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand (1999).

Subject(s) taught

Thesis Supervisor (PhD, in English)
Research Methodology 1. (PhD, in English)
Research Methodology 4. (PhD. in English)
Organizational Behavior in SMEs (PhD, in English)
Organisational Behavior (MSc, in Hungarian)
Leadership, motivation, commitment (MSc, in Hungarian)
Change Management (MSc, in Hungarian)
Cooperation & Conflict Management (MSc, in Hungarian)
Negotiataion (MSc, in Hungarian)

Professional career

1991-2005Secretary of Management & Organization Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
since 1995Martonvásár Talent Care Foundation Ch of BoT
2000-03Foundation for Selye János University (Slovakia) T of BoT
2001-03Tihanyi Foundation T of BoT
2003-2019Committee of Business & Economic Science at National Scientific Students’ Association, Ch
2004-06Representative in the Local Government of Martonvásár, Ch of the Committee of Finance, Budgeting and Development
since 2006M of the Committee of Business and Management of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, since 2018
2006-13Ch of Int’l Scientific Research Association „Societatea Internaţională de Cercetare în Leadership şi Cultură Organizaţională” (COLEAD)
since 2008M of Editorial Board of Journal for Eastern-European Management Studies
since 2009M of Presidium of National Council of Student Research Societies
since 2012M of Presidium of Hungarian Accreditation Committee (HAC), 2012-18
2013-18M of Assembly of Hungarian Academy of Sciences
since 2013M of IX. Section of Economics and Law of HAC
2014-17Hungarian Doctoral Council M of SB
since 2019M of Editorial Board Budapest Management Review (Vezetéstudomány).
1991-95Biogal Pharmaceutical Plc M of BoD
1991-92Bakony Works Plc M of SB, 1992-96 Ch of BoD, 1996-98
1991-96Pfizer Biogal Chem Trade Ltd M of SB
1995-2005PEMÜ Plastic Plc VCh of SB, since then Ch of SB
1995-2000Founding member and managing partner of OD Partner Ltd, joint Dutch-Hungarian Int'l Management Consulting and Training Company
1998-2000Pénzintézeti Központ Bank Plc Ch of SB
2000-02Postabank & Savings Plc non-executive outside M of BoD, 2002-03
2003-04i-Vent Vagyonkezelő Plc Ch of SV
2004-05Pannonplast Plc M of SB
2006-13Tisza Chemical Group (TVK) M of SB0
2010-15Central Rail and Track Inspection Ltd. (subsidiary of Hungarian State Railways) Ch of SB
2012-13Fair-Levy Factoring House Plc M of BoD
since 2014ENEFI Energy Plc M of SB.

Research areas

My research focus is organizational behaviour, culture and leadership accentuated (Country Co-Investigator of Hungary of the international comparative research GLOBE/GLOBE 2020).
I had been participant of the following research projects:
1984-87: Member of the Hungarian team of the international research program "Microelectronics in the Service Sector" (six country involved, coordinated by Aston University, Birmingham)
1986-89: Researcher of project "Managers' Behaviour" - part of TS 1/4 "Business Organizations in Economic Micro-Sphere" Long-Range Research Program financed by Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Survey of 2566 top and Middle managers at dozens of Hungarian organizations)
1989-1993: Co-researcher of "Managing the changing Hungarian Enterprises" Hungaro-American longitudinal research project on organizational learning process of six Hungarian joint ventures
1994-2019: Country Co-Investigator of international cross-cultural research project GLOBE (Global Leadership and Organizational Behaviour Effectiveness) coordinated by Robert J. House, The Wharton School, Philadelphia, Penn.)
1995-2000: Head of Research project “Culture, Learning and Human Resource Management“ in research program “Competing with the World”, BUES
2000-2003: Head of Research project Organizational Culture – Organizational Learning (Managing Cultural Change in the Turn of the Millennium Hungary), Research Fund for Higher Education Development, (project No 0310/2000)
2004-06: Economy and culture – cultural determinism of future oriented competitiveness (based on GLOBE research). National Fund of Scientific Research, (project No T 046897)
2004-06: Head of Research project „Societal & organizational culture and leadership of Transylvanian Hungarian minority” Sapientia Foundation – Research Programs Institute
2006-07: Organizational culture and leadership in telecommunication sector (a GLOBE based research project in Romania, Serbia, and Hungary). Corporate research Grant of Hungarian Telecom
2008-09: Head of Research project „The impact of organizational culture on competitiveness of ventures of Seklerland” Sapientia Foundation – Research Programs Institute
2009-10: Head of research project „Comparative leadership study of for-profit and non-profit organizations” Sapientia Foundation – Research Programs Institute
2013-16: Project member „Organizational efficiency development in health provider system – forming spatial cooperation” TÁMOP 6.2.5/B Research Program
since 2019: Country Co-Investigator (CCI) „GLOBE 2020 Study” Int’l Research Program with 159 countries participating, coordinated by Ali Dastmalchian (Simon Fraser University) and Mansour Javidan (Thunderbird School of Management, Arizona State University).

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