AUK Students Secure First and Second Place in K-Tech Conference in Category of Best Poster Award

AUK College of Business and Economics (CBE) students participated in the Small and Medium Enterprises in Kuwait: Opportunities and Challenges Conference 2022 hosted by Kuwait Technical College (K-Tech). The conference aims to bring together decision-makers, entrepreneurs, researchers, and other experts to create an encouraging business environment, and develop open and comprehensive practices to support small and medium enterprises.  
 
Among 400 participants in the conference, the AUK students presented and discussed their posters; they secured first and second place in the category of Best Poster Award. The first-place poster was titled, “The Moderating Effect of Social Demographics on the Relationship Between Affective Learning Outcomes and Academic Performances in Private Universities in Kuwait Post-Pandemic: Pilot Research.” This poster was presented by Donia Al-Ghouhari, Farah Al-Saleem, Jasem Abul-Rahim, and Moustafa El-Garawany.  
 
The second-place poster was presented by Mubarak Alhajiri, Osamah Alharbi, and Usamah Aljadi. The poster was on the “effect of customer orientation and technology orientation on digital transformation capability of banking sector operational performance in Kuwait.” Both projects were supervised by Dr. Ahmad Alsaber, AUK assistant professor of management, for the students’ management capstone class.  
 
Additionally, Dr. Naeemah Al-Kharafi, AUK assistant professor of management, also presented her academic paper at the conference.  Her paper, titled, “Comparison Between Sponsored and Non-Sponsored Regarding Personal Administrative Factors for SMEs from Kuwait During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” included questionnaires distributed to more than 4,000 entrepreneurs and business owners in Kuwait and 948 responses that were obtained from participants and analyzed.  
 
AUK is committed to creating an enlightened and progressive education culture, cultivating a community of scholars and students who benefit from the experiences the University offers them.   
 
 

First place winning students. From left: Moustafa El-Garawany, Dr. Ahmad Alsaber, and Donia Al-Gouhari
  

AUK group. From left: Farah Al-Saleem, Donia Al-Gouhari, Jassim Hesham, Mustafa El-Garawany, and Dr. Ahmad Alsaber
  

Second place winning team. From left: Osamah Alharbi, Mubarak Alhajiri, and Dr. Ahmad Alsaber
   

College of Business and Economics (CBE) conference faculty participants. From left: Dr. Mariam AlSabah, Dr. Naeemah Alkhurafi, Dr. Sarah AlShamali, and Dr. Ahmad Alsaber