re:centre University of Bradford In July 2013, Bradford University opens the doors of a new £6m building in the heart of the city campus. re:centre is an exciting and dynamic space, which aims to inspire the innovative design of products, services and infrastructure to deliver radical new business solutions to current and future economic and societal challenges. The new centre offers three major areas of access and activity: Business:... Continue reading

Founded in 1963, later this year the School of Management will start our 50th anniversary celebrations. In times of austerity, it has been an interesting challenge to identify events and activities that both celebrate but add value to our alumni, academics and the global business community that we support. As one of the UK’s first university-based business schools, and now holding the prestigious triple crown accreditation, a... Continue reading

When should business leaders step down? I discussed this very topic recently in an interview with Chris Bond for the Yorkshire Post, following Chris Hoy’s announcement of his decision to retire from cycling. Six-time Olympic Gold medallist and general all-round cycling legend, Sir Chris Hoy, announced his retirement from cycling at a news conference in Edinburgh last month. His incredible 19-year career saw him win 11 world titles,... Continue reading

Guest blogger Dr Jeff Overall, PhD graduate marketing ethics from Bradford University School of Management Anthony Jenkins arrived at Barclays to a great fanfare in January, saying he would make the bank ‘ethical’ after its torrid year of financial scandals. Continue reading  Read More →

To celebrate the university’s 50th anniversary next year, Bradford University School of Management is offering six MBA scholarships – worth over £17000 each – for just £2000, including both full time and part time courses. If you’re interested in applying for one of the scholarships, you can find out more information here. But for those who aren’t lucky enough to snap up a scholarship, is an MBA still a valuable... Continue reading

Peter Hopkinson is Professor of Innovation and Environmental Strategy at Bradford University School of Management. He is Director of a new Centre for the Circular Economy and leads the academic partnership with the Ellen McArthur Foundation. Continue reading  Read More →

Jo Haigh, entrepreneur and partner at fds Corporate Finance, delivered a guest lecture at Bradford University School of Management Despite having a number of qualifications – including a law degree – and gone on a wide range of (very good) business management courses, I still wonder if we over-rate the value of these in terms of careers and ‘success’? Continue reading  Read More →

Guest blog by Andreas Chronopoulos, a PhD student in human resource management at Bradford University School of Management and was the researcher for the Yorkshire Post’s awards for Yorkshire Fastest 50 2013, sponsored by Ward Hadaway I was delighted to be asked to carry out the research for the Yorkshire Post to identify the region’s 50 fastest growing businesses of 2013 – our thanks to Ward Hadaway for funding this. Here... Continue reading

Dr David Spicer is Senior Lecturer in Organizational Change and Head of the Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour Group. Courtesy of www.savagechickens.com There is a lot of talk about commitment and engagement in the workplace these days, but little discussion of what this actually really means. As a human resource management researcher, I know that the evidence in favour of creating high levels of commitment... Continue reading

Dr Peter Prowse, senior lecturer in HRM and employment relations, University of Bradford There was a sense of irony that the film Made in Dagenham, shown on BBC2 this weekend, came out on the same day as the Equality Act 2010. Courtesy of ichef.bbci People Management highlighted the struggle by Ford’s skilled female machinists to achieve pay equality with male manual workers. This campaign may have led to the Equal Pay Act (1970)... Continue reading

This month we have seen a series of interviews with Anthony Jenkins, newly appointed chief executive of Barclays.  In a BBC report, he admitted: “We have made serious mistakes in recent years and clearly failed to keep pace with our stakeholders’ expectations.” Continue reading  Read More →

Guest blog by Alan Moore, guest lecturer at Bradford University School of Management and author of No Straight Lines: Making Sense of Our Non-linear World Wherever you look in our world, you have to agree that the way we are living is unsustainable. Businesses are using resources – from energy to raw materials – without concern for the society we live in.  The banking crash was the most shocking example of greed that few... Continue reading

Mahmoona Begum, second year BSc Accounting and Finance student, at Bradford University School of Management won the 2012 West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants (WYSCA ICAEW) Essay Competition.  Mahmoona’s essay was considered the best out of submissions from 5 universities including York, Leeds, Bradford, Leeds Met and Huddersfield. The prize is £500 plus 4 weeks’ work experience.  Mahmoona can be found on Twitter... Continue reading

The unveiling of this week’s Francis Report into the conduct of the Mid Staffordshire Foundation NHS Trust towards its patients is a shocking indictment of customer service at its worst, albeit in the form of patient care. Continue reading  Read More →