University of Bath School of Management

MBA alumnus wins prestigious CIPS Award

Neil Jones, a recent graduate of the Bath MBA, is one of two winners of this year’s Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply’s (CIPS) Acutrac Global Masters Award in Purchasing and Supply Management.

This international competition, which involves the submission of dissertations on purchasing and supply management, is judged by an international panel of experts who look at the following criteria:

Neil will be awarded £7,500 prize money, together with a £2,000 award to the University of Bath, an award and certificate, plus travel and accommodation for him to attend the CIPS graduation ceremony to accept the award in Nottingham.

Neil’s winning dissertation looked at current sustainable procurement practices, and predictions for the future, across seven leading UK companies. The dissertation also included the new identification of drivers and barriers to sustainable procurement and an innovative typology. Companies were categorised in terms of their current and future sustainable procurement practice.

Neil said, “I am delighted to have won this award and to have been able to make a positive contribution to the debate regarding sustainable procurement and corporate social responsibility. My work has also shown that purchasers and academics have an opportunity to learn much from each other”. Neil also acknowledged the support and encouragement he received from his dissertation supervisor, Dr Helen Walker (Deputy Director of CRiSPS).

Neil’s dissertation findings were well received during his presentation to the International Purchasing & Supply Education and Research Association conference and he has summarised his results for purchasing publications and academic journals.

 

Notes to Editors

Neil graduated from the Bath MBA part-time programme in December 2006 and is one of two winners. The other winner is Ms Maria Luisa Martinez del Campo of Dublin City University.

Neil is a market analyst with Boots the Chemist, part of the Alliance Boots company. He joined the retailer a year ago having previously worked for The Consortium, a supplier to the education and social care sectors.

Neil can be contacted by email: neil.jones263@ntlworld.com

CIPS is an international organization, based in the UK, serving the purchasing and supply profession. Dedicated to promoting good practice, CIPS provides a wide range of services for the benefit of members and the wider business community.

To enter the competition, please download an application form from the CIPS website.

CRiSPS is the Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply at the University of Bath School of Management.

 

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University of Bath
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General Notes For Editors:

The University of Bath School of Management has consistently achieved both top research and teaching ratings in the UK's Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) assessments. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the School was rated 5th in the UK for management research.

We are one of a select number of international business schools accredited by EQUIS, the European Foundation for Management Development's quality inspectorate and the Bath MBA has been accredited by the Association of MBAs (AMBA) since 1976. The School is consistently ranked among the top UK business schools by The Times, The Sunday Times, The Financial Times and The Guardian.

The centrality of research to teaching is an essential feature of all our programmes. The School offers a full range of programmes from undergraduate to postgraduate up to PhD level and post-experience programmes including the world-ranked Bath MBA. The School also provides tailored executive development programmes for middle and senior management.

The School of Management has a faculty of around 90 teaching and research staff, including visiting academics, with a support team of around 70 managerial and administrative staff. Research income averages £2 million per annum. There are approximately 2,100 students in total comprising some 200 MBA students, 460 Master’s students, 210 full- and part-time research students, and over 1100 undergraduates following BSc degrees. The School also runs joint undergraduate programmes with Departments in the Faculties of Engineering and Design, Science and Humanities and Social Sciences.