News Archive 2005
20 December 2005: Judi Marshall receives ‘Faculty Pioneer Award’
Professor Judi Marshall of the University of Bath School of Management has received a prestigious ‘Beyond Grey Pinstripes European Faculty Pioneer Award’ for her outstanding contribution to pioneering activities in the area of business in society.
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19 December 2005: ‘Babyish’ Barbie under attack from little girls, study shows
Barbie’s days on the Christmas wish-list could be numbered, according to a new study by the University of Bath which found that many 7-11 year old girls hate the doll so much that they physically attack it.
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14 December 2005: Students raise money for local children’s ward
Students have helped raise £360 for a hospital children's ward. The group of five students took on the task of producing charity Christmas cards as part of their business administration course.
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9 December 2005: Developing public service in Wales
Researchers at the University of Bath School of Management are leading a consortium which has won a National Assembly of Wales’ contract to support the development of public service in Wales.
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2 December 2005: School of Management Launches new MSc in Marketing
The University of Bath School of Management is pleased to announce the launch of a new postgraduate degree - the MSc in Marketing.
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1 December 2005: Cutting the carbs: Bath research featured by HERO
CUTTING CARBON EMISSIONS in industry is essential to meet the government's target of an overall 60% reduction by 2050.
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22 November 2005: Robert Heath appointed Fellow of the Market Research Society (MRS)
Robert Heath has been appointed a Fellow of the Market Research Society for recognition of his exceptional contribution to market research.
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16 November 2005: ‘People Mean Business’ HR in the 21st century
The annual Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) conference is the largest gathering of Human Resource Management academics and practitioners in the world, and speakers from the world’s top business schools and leading organizations are invited to present a variety of seminars on the key issues facing organizations.
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8 November 2005: Lean Flight Initiative - Increasing efficiency in airline operations
The UK Lean Aerospace team, at the University of Bath School of Management has been selected to join a new Executive Committee to explore the ways in which Lean Technology can be used to develop and promote lean principles, practices and tools among aircraft operators and companies involved in facilitating airline operations.
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4 November 2005:Bath leads project to cut carbon emissions in food processing
A new £800,000 research project is bringing together some of the UK’s leading academics and industrialists to help reduce the amount of climate-changing carbon dioxide released by the food industry.
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4 November 2005: International Scholarship Winners
Two students in the School of Management have been awarded the University of Bath International Office’s Undergraduate Scholarships.
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3 November 2005: Leading by Example - Sustainable Procurement in the Public Sector
Dr Helen Walker, Senior Research Fellow at the School of Management’s Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS) was an invited speaker at last week’s national conference ‘Leading by Example - Sustainable Procurement in the Public Sector’ organised by Defra, Office of Government Commerce (OGC) and OGCbuying.solutions.
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3 November 2005: MSc in Responsibility & Business Practice alumna featured in PR week
The petite and immaculately dressed Francesca Polini – with her well-cut suit, silver cuff-links and beautiful Italian leather shoes – is a far cry from the banner-waving Greenpeace stereotype. Yet she has been known to indulge in a bit of activism.
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25 October 2005: Bath MBA moves up Financial Times' Ranking
The Bath MBA is once again included in the Financial Times' exclusive list of the world's top Executive MBA programmes, moving up 14 places from its 2004 position.
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20 October 2005: Health of a Nation
Professor Christine Harland, Director of the Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS) at the University of Bath School of Management, provided the cover story on public procurement within the NHS in a recent edition of hes - the healthcare equipment & supplies magazine.
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17 October 2005: Bath research included in EPSRC’s ten years of achievement list
Professor
Andrew Graves from the University
of Bath School of Management has been featured in EPSRC's Newsline's
Decade Special Report which celebrates 10 years of the best EPSRC-funded
research.
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17 October 2005: Bath alumnus heads up study into corporate attitudes to climate change
Paul Dickinson, a graduate from the MSc
in Responsibility and Business Practice, has coordinated the third
cycle of The Carbon Disclosure Project
(CDP3), a survey of major global companies and their attitudes towards
climate change.
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11 October 2005: TEAMBATH FOCUS hosts 'Team building' event for MBA Students
TEAMBATH FOCUS organised a highly successful ‘Team Building’ event
for students on the School of Management’s full-time MBA programme
on 29th and 30th September.
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30 September 2005: Bath moves up Which MBA? ranking
In the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Which MBA? annual ranking of
the world's top 100 MBA programmes, the Bath MBA is placed 38th in the world,
a rise of five places from its 2004 position. Bath is placed 16th in Europe
and 9th in the UK.
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13 September 2005: Bath ranked 4th in the UK in the Financial Times’ Masters in Management ranking
In the Financial Times’ inaugural ranking of the top 25
European Masters in Management programmes, published today, the University
of Bath School of Management is ranked 4th in the UK and 17th in Europe.
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8 September 2005: School of Management appoints new leading academics
The University of Bath School of Management is delighted to announce that
it has been successful in recruiting leading academics to strengthen the
School ’s international faculty.
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8 September 2005: Undergraduate University Open Day - Thursday 15th September 2005
The University is holding an Open
Day on Thursday 15th September from 10am - 3pm. In addition to activities
in the Sports Hall, the School of Management will be holding a special
meeting area in the School of
Management building (8 West) where you will be able to get refreshments
and chat informally to staff and students.
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10 August 2005: Niki Panteli Awarded ‘Highly Commended Paper’
An article written by Dr Niki
Panteli, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of
Bath School of Management, has been ‘Highly Commended’ at this
year’s Emerald Literati Club Awards for Excellence.
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3 August 2005: Graduation Prize Giving 2005
The University of Bath School of Management celebrated the graduation
of 215 undergraduate students in the splendour of the city’s Abbey
on Tuesday 19th July.
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26 July 2005: Bath Students Take Silver at the 2005 National IDM Competition
A team of School of Management students have claimed Silver at this year’s
IDM National Student Direct Marketing Competition.
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21 July 2005: Agnes Nairn on Radio 4
In a recent interview on Laurie Taylor’s Radio 4 programme ‘Thinking
Allowed’, Dr Agnes Nairn,
Senior Lecturer in Marketing at the University of Bath School of Management,
discussed the role of brands in the every day lives of junior school children.
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15 July 2005: 2005 MBA Sailing Regatta
This year’s annual Business Schools’ Sailing Regatta saw the
Bath MBA team take a magnificent fourth place. This year there were eighteen
crews competing from leading business schools across the UK and Europe.
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7 July 2005: Bath Alumni Raise £1500 For Local Charity
Bath Junior Gateway Club is set to benefit from £1500 raised by
three former University of Bath students who completed the Three Peaks Challenge
last weekend - in just 24 hours.
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22 June 2005: Entrepreneurial Success for Bath MBAs
Bath MBA graduate, Nick Smith, fought
off stiff competition to be named winner of this year’s University
of Bath Business Plan Competition. The competition - which is sponsored
by the Sulis Seedcorn Fund and open to all staff, students and recent graduates
from the University - gives entrants the chance to develop entrepreneurial
skills whilst developing an idea for a product or business.
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22 June 2005: Intrusive Mobile Phones a Thing of The Past
A team of Bath MBA students have developed
a device that could stop mobile phones from ringing in cinemas, libraries
and quiet train carriages. The hardware device can detect transmitting mobile
devices and generates alerts to enforce safe and responsible usage.
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22 June 2005: Triple Success for School of Management Academics
Three of the four University of Bath prizes for excellence in teaching,
mentoring and research have been won by academics within the School of Management.
The University awards were set up to encourage and recognise significant
contributions by staff and students to the University. It is rare for so
many of the highly competitive prizes to be won by members of one area of
the University, reflecting the high level of expertise within the School.
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16 June 2005: Open Invitation: Explore Current Issues for Children and Young People in Consumer Society
Dr Agnes Nairn, Senior Lecturer
in Marketing at the University of Bath School of Management, will be joining
other University academics to host a discussion on the issues surrounding
youth and consumer trends in ‘‘Gotta buy it: Children and Young
People in Consumer Society ”.
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27 May 2005: Brains Not Brands Are an Organization’s Real Marketing Asset
In a recent paper, Bath alumnus, John Flynn, a graduate from the School
of Management’s MSc in
Management, argues that the key to successful marketing is to have a
skilled and experienced workforce.
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17 May 2005: Transatlantic Research Links
Dr Richard Fairchild, lecturer in Strategic Corporate Finance at the University
of Bath School of Management, helped to forge important research links between
the University and US Schools during a recent visit to the Finance and Insurance
Department of the Miller College
of Business , Ball State University, Indiana.
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16 May 2005: England Polo Star
Tom Mackintosh, a second year student on the BSc
in International Management and Modern Languages (IMML) programme,
was selected to play polo for England in a recent test series.
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10 May 2005: The Wise Fool ’s Guide to Leadership
Bath graduate, Dr Peter Hawkins, has published an innovative and humorous
book which explores the role of leadership in various organizations.
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4 May 2005: Bath Student Fights for Election Victory
Twenty-two year old Bath student, Alison Goldsworthy, is one of the youngest
2005 election candidates in the UK. She is also unique in being the only
candidate in Wales to be an undergraduate student.
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3 May 2005: Bath Graduate Ends Round-the-World Record Attempt
Twenty-four year old Phil White is hoping to claim his place in the record
books after finishing his epic 10-month round-the-world cycle ride.
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29 April 2005: Uncovering the Role of Information Systems in Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Philip Powell, Professor
of Information Management and Deputy Dean of the University of Bath School
of Management, has co-written a book which, for the first time, explores
the role of information and information systems (IS) in small and medium-sized
enterprises (SMEs).
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22 April 2005: Harvard Business Review Singles Out MSc in Responsibility and Business Practice
An article in the Harvard Business Review by Professor William
Torbert and his colleague, David Rooke, singles out the MSc
in Responsibility and Business Practice at the University of Bath School
of Management as one of the rare programmes worldwide which guide individuals
to the advanced leadership competence that they refer to as 'post-conventional
action logic'.
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20 April 2005: School Hosts Major International Conference
On 8th and 9th April, the University of Bath School of Management was
delighted to host the 32nd Academy of International
Business (AIB) UK Chapter Conference entitled ‘Innovation, Change
and Competition in International Business ’.
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20 April 2005: University of Bath School of Management Moves Up Guardian Ranking
On Monday 18th April 2005, The Guardian published its influential
annual ranking of business and management studies alongside its ranking
of UK universities. The University of Bath School of Management has moved
up to third place in this ranking of 110 UK institutions.
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20 April 2005: CRiSPS Hosts International Research Study of Public Procurement
The University of Bath School of Management’s Centre
for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS) co-organised
the second workshop in the International
Research Study of Public Procurement (IRSPP) in Geneva last month.
As part of an ongoing study, the workshop aimed to investigate purchasing
and supply in the public sector, in the context of major government reform.
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11 April 2005: New Research Centre Puts CSR Firmly on Agenda
The University of Bath School of Management consolidated its position
today as one of the leading institutions involved in research surrounding
the relationship between corporations and the societies in which they operate,
with the launch of its new Centre for Business, Organizations
and Society (CBOS) .
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8 April 2005: Driving Staff That Extra Mile
A recent article published in the Australian
Financial Review features Professor
John Purcell, Professor of Human Resource Management at the University
of Bath School of Management and Director of the School’s Work
and Employment Research Centre, discussing the Centre’s research
on how people management affects organizational performance.
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5 April 2005: Cars ‘Built-to-Order’ in Five Days
A major new automotive project which looks at the conceptual and practical
aspects of delivering a bespoke car only five days after placing the order
is being undertaken by researchers at the University of Bath School of Management’s Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG).
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5 April 2005: ESRC Relationship Marketing Seminar
The International Marketing and Purchasing
Research Centre (IMP) at the University of Bath School of Management
was delighted to host the Economic & Social
Research Council’s (ESRC) fourth seminar on Relationship Marketing
entitled: Managing in Relationships: Future Operational and Organizational
Issues.
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4 April 2005: EMP Students Win Stock Market Challenge
A team of students from the University of Bath School of Management’s EMP
Postgraduate Certificate in Engineering Management programme fought
off stiff competition to win first place at the recent Association
of MBA ’s (AMBA) Stock Market Challenge.
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31 March 2005: Leading the Way in Higher Education Management
On 1st June 2005, the University of Bath School of Management will welcome
Dr Jeroen Huisman as Professor of Higher Education Management and Director
of its International Centre for Higher
Education Management (ICHEM).
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31 March 2005: MSc Marathon Student
Gareth Veal, a student on the School of Management’s MSc
in Management programme will be running the London Marathon on 17th
April for the third time.
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18 March 2005: Irrational Succession
Professor Rakesh Khurana of Harvard Business School engaged in a lively
and thought-provoking presentation at the latest in the School of Management’s
Dean’s Lecture Series. The title of his lecture, ‘Irrational
Succession’ referred to the current process many organizations follow
in appointing their CEO and the damage that can be done by placing too much
value on charismatic leadership. In what the Dean of the School of Management,
Prof Andrew Pettigrew referred to as ‘first-class research’,
Prof Khurana has challenged the corporate status-quo and in so doing, reminded
the audience that a business school’s role is to challenge, and not
just reflect society.
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17 March 2005: Master's Class - The Ethical Coffee Seller
Helen Ireland, who graduated from the School of Management’s innovative MSc
in Responsibility and Business Practice in 2003, was interviewed by
the Guardian recently to discuss her experiences as head of communications
for the UK’s largest Fairtrade hot drinks company- Cafédirect.
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15 March 2005: Young Researchers’ Workshop
One of the great strengths of the University of Bath School of Management
is the talent of its young academics. Two of the School’s rising stars,
Dr Rob Branston and Dr Phil Tomlinson have capitalised on this reputation
to bring other international young researchers interested in the fields
of industrial policy and development issues to Bath to discuss their research
findings.
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14 March 2005: Merrill Lynch Challenge - Bath Students Beat Stiff Competition to Make It Through to Final
A group of four undergraduate University of Bath management students have
fought off stiff competition from over 200 teams from the UK and Europe
to gain a place in the final of the Merrill Lynch European Case Study Challenge.
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11 March 2005: Success of Sustainable Procurement Event Shows Way for Government Strategy
On March 3rd the University of Bath hosted delegates from across the country
to mark the culmination of the first phase of a research and development
project in sustainable public procurement.
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28 February 2005: Business Performance MBA Project Published
An influential report based on a project undertaken by Full-time Bath
MBA graduate, Claire Usher, which explores the contribution of Non-Executive
Directors to business performance, has been published.
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23 February 2005: Bath Alumnus Publishes Ground-Breaking Book
A radical new book written by Bath alumnus, Dr David Skrbina, which argues
for the importance of panpsychism - the theory that mind exists, in some
form, in all living and nonliving things, is due to be released in May 2005.
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16 February 2005: International Public Procurement Research Findings
Professor Christine Harland and Dr
Helen Walker from the University of Bath School of Management’s
Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS)
have delivered the keynote address at the first ever joint seminar
event of the Swindon and West of England branches of the Chartered
Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS).
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26 January 2005: Advancing Women in High-Tech Industries
Dr Niki Panteli, lecturer in Information Systems at the School of Management,
has been appointed lead researcher in a project funded under the Equal Programme
from the European Social Fund Project (ESF) entitled: “Equalitec:
Advancing Women in ITEC (Information Technology, Electronics and Communications)”.
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24 January 2005: The Bath MBA Ranked Amongst the Top 100 Global Programmes
The Bath MBA has once again been ranked by the Financial Times as one
of the top 100 Full-time MBA programmes in the world and amongst the top
25 programmes across Europe.
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18 January 2005: Airbus WTO Dispute
A letter written by Dr Steven
McGuire (Senior Lecturer in International Business at the School of
Management) addressing the recent disputes over the launch of the new Airbus
A380 plane, was published in the Financial Times on Monday 17th January.
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7 January 2005: Personal Chair Appointment
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Dr Richard
Vidgen who has been appointed Professor of Information Systems in the
School of Management. Richard has built his 13-year academic career
on the foundation of 15 years of working in information systems development
in industry. During his career he has been employed by a large US
software
firm, a high street bank, and has worked as a consultant.
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