Marianyela Perreira graduated as a Bachelor in Organization, Governance and Management (OGM)

Marianyela Pereira successfully defended her thesis and obtained her university degree from the Organization, Governance, and Management program of the University of Aruba. Marianyela defended her thesis before the graduation committee consisting of the dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences dr. Mieke de Droog, Mrs. Nadia Dresscher, Mrs. Birgit Kreykenbohm and director of ATIA Mr. Herrick Henriquez. Marianyela’s family and her guests where present.

The title of Marianyela’s thesis is “The Impact of the measures imposed by the Aruban government to contain the COVID-19 virus as experienced by owners and managers of SME’s (Small and Medium Enterprises) and Large organizations”. Marianyela focused her study on measures implemented by governments and how they affected businesses during the pandemic.

Marianyela’s motivation for this topic is to understand in more detail the impact that the pandemic has had on businesses and how they have managed to overcome the economic and social obstacles it has brought. To achieve this Marianyela interviewed owners and managers of several organizations in Aruba extensively and managed to deduce the measures that had the greatest impact on the organizations.

Based on the results of the investigation, several recommendations were proposed in case a similar situation occurs again. A word of gratitude goes to the colleagues of the University of Aruba, the faculty of the GMO department, the participants of the study and those outside the University of Aruba who contributed in one way or another to this achievement.