News Archive 2008
22 December 2008: Klaus Meyer wins best paper award
Klaus Meyer, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Bath School of Management, has received the 2008 best paper award from the Asia Pacific Journal of Management.
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19 December 2008: Professor Richard Elliott publishes book: Brand and Brand Management
Richard Elliott, Dean of the School of Management and Professor of Marketing and Consumer Research, has edited a new book, 'Brands and Brand Management.'
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18 December 2008: School of Management excels in RAE 2008
The results of the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), published today, reveal that the School of Management has achieved an impressive position of 5th in the business and management studies subject table. This ranking confirms the world-class standing of our faculty and its research.
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17 December 2008: Bath MBA students attend Deloitte's 'Women who mean business' event
Deloitte held an event entitled ‘Women who mean business’ in Bristol last month, which was attended by female business leaders from the South West region. Bath MBA students Yosha Kanakia (Full Time MBA) and Annie Snelson (Executive MBA) were invited to attend, after writing a 200 word essay highlighting why they thought they should be chosen to represent the University of Bath School of Management.
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15 December 2008: Brett Martin presents keynote address at consumer behaviour conference
Professor Brett Martin, Professor of Marketing at the University of Bath School of Management, presented a two hour lecture to an audience of scholars from America and Mexico, as well as consultants and managers from the tourism industry, as part of the International Workshop on Consumer Behaviour and Marketing Communications in Mexico. The workshop took place on the 24th November.
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15 December 2008: National Business Awards 2008
On Tuesday 18th November the winners of The National Business Awards 2008 were announced at a glittering awards ceremony and dinner attended by a number of the UK’s leading business figures alongside Peter Mandelson, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and HRH The Earl of Wessex.
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15 December 2008: School of Management launches MSc in International Management
The University of Bath School of Management is delighted to announce the launch of the MSc in International Management, the latest edition to its portfolio which includes many highly ranked programmes.
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15 December 2008: Inaugural Lecture by Professor Klaus Meyer
Professor Klaus Meyer, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Bath School of Management gave his inaugural lecture on November 6, entitled ‘The context of Management: An Emerging Economy Perspective’.
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26 November 2008: DBA (HEM) student quoted in THES
Tim Gore, Director of Education for the British Council India and a student on the Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management (DBA HEM), has featured in the Times Higher Education Supplement twice in the past month.
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18 November 2008: Build to Order: The Road to the 5-Day Car
Dr Glenn Parry and Professor Andrew Graves have published a book entitled Build to Order: The Road to the 5-day Car. The book addresses the conceptual and practical aspects of achieving the automotive industry’s next goal: the rapid delivery to the customer of a bespoke vehicle, only days after placing an order.
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17 November 2008: Academics publish new book: People Management and Performance
Nicholas Kinnie, Juani Swart, and Bruce Rayton of the School of Management, with John Purcell of Warwick Business School and Sue Hutchinson, principal lecturer at Bristol Business School, have co-written a book, People Management and Performance.
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12 November 2008: Richard Fairchild is Editor in Chief of new journal
The first issue of a new journal, the International Journal of Behavioural Accounting and Finance, has just been published, with Dr Richard Fairchild, Lecturer in Corporate Finance at the University of Bath School of Management, at the helm as Editor in Chief.
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5 November 2008: Professor Richard Elliott appointed Dean of University of Bath School of Management
The University of Bath is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Richard Elliott as new Dean of the University’s School of Management.
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31 October 2008: Paper by Richard Fairchild published in Pacific Basin Finance Journal
A paper co-authored by Dr Richard Fairchild, Lecturer in Corporate Finance at the School of Management, has been published in the latest edition of the Pacific-Basin Finance Journal.
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24 October 2008: BBA student quoted in FT
21 October 2008: The Bath MBA: a course where everybody knows you
Some business schools take pride in having a relatively small number of MBA students and celebrate the benefits of greater intimacy and increased staff-student familiarity.
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17 October 2008: Improved induction week for freshers hailed a great success
Undergraduates at the School of Management enjoyed a range of activities during their induction earlier this month, including a team building exercise sponsored by Intel.
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13 October 2008: Mike Lewis quoted in BusinessWeek
09 October 2008: MSc in Management: Bath tops the table for number of females
03 October 2008: Peter Reason responds to article in the Guardian
Professor Peter Reason, Director of the Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP), has had a letter to The Guardian published (Saturday, September 27th).
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02 October 2008: Adam Joinson discusses online behaviour on Radio 4
Dr Adam Joinson, Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the School of Management, featured on BBC Radio 4’s Click On programme recently, to talk about people’s online behaviour and their willingness to ‘tell all’ on the web.
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30 September 2008: CARPP holds 12th Emerging Approaches to Inquiry conference
The Centre for Action Research in Professional Practice (CARPP), in collaboration with the Research Center for Leadership in Action (RCLA) at the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, held the conference Emerging Approaches To Inquiry 12: Varieties of Action Research Practice at Hawkwood College in Stroud, earlier this month.
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30 September 2008: Bath's MSc in Management ranked 7th in UK by Financial Times
The Financial Times’ 2008 ranking of the top European Masters in Management programmes was published today.
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26 September 2008: Bath MBA rises in global Which MBA? ranking
The Bath MBA has risen two places in the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Which MBA? global ranking of full-time MBA programmes, placing us 63rd in the world.
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25 September 2008: Paul Goodwin to lead CIMA Mastercourses in Sri Lanka
CIMA Sri Lanka Division announces the visit of Prof Paul Goodwin to Sri Lanka in October 2008. Professor Goodwin will conduct two work shops on topics which are of immense value in driving businesses in this competitive environment.
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19 September 2008: University of Bath in The Sunday Times “elite top ten”
The University of Bath has been named ‘best in the South West’ in the latest league table to be published by The Sunday Times.
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18 August 2008: Andrew Graves presents Business Innovation award
Professor Andrew Graves, Director of the School of Management's Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG) and Professorial Fellow in Technology Management, was a panel judge at this year’s National Business Awards (NBA).
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7 August 2008: Bath MBA team enjoy a sunny Cranfield MBA Sailing Regatta
Students and alumni from the Bath MBA joined teams from other business schools in the 17th Cranfield MBA Regatta, which took place on the 25th-27th July 2008. Teams from around the UK and Europe took part in the annual event, which is held in Portsmouth.
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6 August 2008: 5 day car project featured in Materials World
The July edition of Materials World magazine featured the School of Management’s research project ILIPT - ‘Intelligent Logistics for Innovative Product Technologies’, which incorporates a focus on materials science and sustainability to investigate the rapid, tailor-made assembly of cars for delivery within five days.
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4 August 2008: BBA student named 'UK Student Entrepreneur of the Year
Kieran O’Neill, an undergraduate from the University of Bath, has been awarded UK Student Entrepreneur of the Year at the Global Student Entrepreneur Awards (GSEA), a virtual competition held online. He will now travel, all expenses paid, to represent the UK in the GSEA global finals held in Chicago (5-6 November 2008)
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1 August 2008:Andrew Brown appointed Co-Editor of Organization Studies
Andrew Brown, Professor of Organization Studies at the University of Bath School of Management has been appointed co-editor of Organization Studies (OS) - the premier European-based journal in its field
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18 July 2008:Fotios Pasiouras wins Emerald Literati award for paper
Dr Fotios Pasiouras, Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Bath School of Management, has received the ‘Emerald Literati Network 2008 - Highly Commended Award’ for his paper entitled ‘A multivariate analysis of the determinants of auditors' opinions on Asian banks.’
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11 July 2008:School of Management awards two honorary degrees
Two honorary degrees were conferred during the School of Management’s graduation award ceremonies which took place last month in the splendour of Bath Abbey.
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8 July 2008: Graduate success marked at prizegiving celebration
The School of Management held its annual undergraduate prize-giving last week, shortly before the official graduation ceremony took place at the historic Abbey in central Bath.
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2 July 2008: CRI Occasional Lecture: Lord Mogg surveys EU energy regulation
The School of Management’s Centre for the study of Regulated Industries (CRI) held an Occasional Lecture on energy at the National Liberal Club on the 18th June, entitled Will We Have an Effective Regulatory Policy in the European Union?
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2 July 2008: Fotios Pasiouras awarded Foreign Research Fellow status by Bank Indonesia
Dr Fotios Pasiouras, Lecturer in Accounting at the University of Bath School of Management, has been awarded the status of Foreign Research Fellow from Bank Indonesia, the Central Bank of the Republic of Indonesia.
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27 June 2008: School of Management signs exchange agreement with Rikkyo University, Tokyo
The School of Management further strengthened its undergraduate exchange network recently with the signing of an agreement with the College of Business at Rikkyo University in Tokyo.
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27 June 2008: DBA (HEM) student awarded OBE for services to education
Tim Gore, Director of Education for the British Council India, and a student on the Doctor of Business Administration in Higher Education Management at the School of Management, has been awarded an OBE for services to education.
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27 June 2008: Prof Andrew Pettigrew featured in EFMD’s Global Focus magazine
In the recent addition of Global Focus, the European Foundation for Management Development’s (EFMD) business magazine, Professor Andrew Pettigrew offers some suggestions on how we can make academic research into management more relevant to practitioners.
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27 June 2008: BBA graduate named BUSA Sportswoman of the Year
TeamBath and England netballer Pamela Cookey won a prestigious university sport award at the British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) awards ceremony.
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25 June 2008: Renewable energy concept takesfirst prize in the MBA Entrepreneurship in Action Project
The Bath MBA Entrepreneurship in Action project reached its culmination last month when students on the full time Bath MBA showcased their business ideas for a panel of judges.
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20 June 2008: School of Management maintains 4th position in latest Times ranking
The School of Management has held its 2008 position of 4th place for Business Studies in the UK in the 2009 Times Good University Guide, published today.
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3 June 2008: School alumnus Justin King named UK’s most powerful marketer
Justin King, chief executive of Sainsbury's, and an alumnus of the BSc in Business Administration at Bath, has been named the UK's most powerful marketer, after rising to the top of Marketing magazine’s annual Power 100 list.
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27 May 2008: School of Management launches third sector procurement and commissioning course
The University of Bath School of Management is delighted to announce that it has been selected to launch a unique course exploring issues surrounding procuring and commissioning from the third sector.
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27 May 2008: IMML student launches new website to help students find accommodation
Enterprising BSc International Management and Modern Languages (IMML) student Jamie Zorab, has created a new website, www.bathstudentsabroad.co.uk, aimed at helping other French IMML (FIMML) students find a place to live whilst on their placement year in Paris.
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14 May 2008: IMML Placements forge new links with KPMG Luxembourg
The BSc in International Management and Modern Languages programme (IMML) has developed its relationship with KPMG to include student placements at its offices in Luxembourg. Bath is now one of only two universities in the UK to have placement opportunities with KPMG Luxembourg which started in September 2007.
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14 May 2008: LFI Conference Leads 'Lean' Thinking Across Aviation Sector
Creating lean partnerships across the aviation industry was the central theme of the third Lean Flight Initiative (LFI) Conference, which took place last month at Dromoland Castle, in Shannon, Ireland.
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1 May 2008: NHS anti-smoking adverts might be controversial but are still effective, says study
A recent study has shown that the NHS anti-smoking campaign Get unhooked was effective, despite being named this week as the UK’s most controversial advert in 2007.
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28 April 2008: Dr Glenn Parry quoted in The Engineer
Dr Glenn Parry has been quoted in this month’s edition of ‘The Engineer’.
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28 April 2008: Driving excellence in service provision
Dr Glenn Parry of the Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG) and Dr Nigel Caldwell from the Centre for Research in Strategic Purchasing and Supply (CRiSPS), have been meeting with The Royal Automobile Club (RAC) recently to understand how they deliver their market-leading services.
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25 April 2008: School ranked second in the country for Business Studies in new Independent ranking
The Complete University Guide ranking, published for the first time today by The Independent newspaper, places the School of Management in joint second place with Imperial College in its Business Studies category.
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18 April 2008: Women more likely to buy Fair Trade foods, research says
Women are more likely than men to feel an ethical obligation to buy Fair Trade products such as bananas, clothing and chocolate, new research says.
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10 April 2008: Bringing the career into the degree
The first cohort of students on the School of Management’s innovative MSc in Advanced Management Practice degree (AMP) ended the taught part of the programme on Friday 14th March with a farewell lunch hosted by School faculty and staff.
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10 April 2008: CRI hold policy seminar on Governance, Risk and Accountability
The Centre for the study of Regulated Industries (CRI) held a policy seminar at the National Liberal Club, Whitehall on Monday 7th April entitled ‘Governance, Risk and Accountability - High Modernism and Hyper-Innovation Revisited’.
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4 April 2008: University of Bath launches MSc in Innovation and Technology Management
The University of Bath has launched an MSc in Innovation & Technology Management combining strengths from two of the University’s top ranked departments – the School of Management and Department of Mechanical Engineering.
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28 March 2008: Klaus Meyer appointed adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School
Klaus Meyer, Professor of Strategy and International Business at the University of Bath School of Management has been appointed adjunct professor at Copenhagen Business School (CBS).
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27 March 2008: Mike Lewis chairs Defra Supplier conference
Mike Lewis, Professor in Supply Strategy at the University of Bath School of Management, chaired and facilitated the second annual Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) supplier conference entitled ‘Building a Relationship within a Sustainable Supply Chain’.
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26 March 2008: Steve McGuire quoted in The Engineer
17 March 2008: Using ‘Learning History’ to achieve Carbon Reduction
Margaret Gearty, a PhD student in the School of Management, welcomed around 30 local authority innovators, sustainability champions, academic partners and other interested stakeholders to a two-day workshop in Bath to explore carbon reduction in local authorities.
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12 March 2008: Bonfire of the Brands: Neil Boorman meets Management students
On Tuesday 4th March, Neil Boorman, journalist, author and reformed brand addict, gave a guest lecture to students at the University of Bath School of Management.
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4 March 2008: DBA (HEM) student leads new council for Christian and Muslim relations at Bucks University
Chauhdry Shafique, a student on the DBA in Higher Education Management programme and Director of Equality & Community Cohesion at Buckinghamshire New University, has been quoted in the Times Higher Education Supplement.
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25 February 2008: MSc in Management celebrates 10 years of success
Alumni and students from the School of Management’s MSc in Management programme gathered to celebrate ten successful years of the programme at Bath’s Assembly Rooms earlier this month.
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18 February 2008: Five day wonder: Andrew Graves and Glenn Parry discuss the 5-day car in Professional Engineering magazine
Professor Andrew Graves, Dr Glenn Parry and Gareth Stone have featured in an article about changes in the automotive industry and the 5 day car project, which the Lean and Agile Research Group (LARG) at Bath has been working on for the past four years.
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12 February 2008: Andrew Pettigrew named new EFMD Vice-President
On Thursday 31st of January, the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Board of Directors unanimously approved the appointment of Professor Andrew Pettigrew to the position of EFMD Vice-President.
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07 February 2008: Heath and Feldwick write award-winning paper, ‘50 years using the wrong model of advertising’
Dr Robert Heath, Lecturer in Marketing, and Paul Feldwick, Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Management have co-authored a prize-winning paper, ‘50 years using the wrong model of advertising’, which challenges the traditional model which has dominated advertising for 50 years or more.
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28 January 2008: Bath MBA continues to move up FT global ranking
The Bath MBA has once again moved up the Financial Times’ exclusive list of the world’s top Full-time MBA programmes, moving up 4 places from its previous position. It is now placed 69th in the world.
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14 January 2008: Praise for BBA Alumnus Justin King
14 January 2008: Alistair Brandon-Jones awarded prize at Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards 2007
Dr Alistair Brandon-Jones, Assistant Professor in Operations & Supply Management at the University of Bath School of Management, has won an award at the 3rd Annual Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards (2007) for his thesis, ‘Perceived E-Procurement Quality: Exploring and measuring the construct at a tactical level within the public sector’.
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14 January 2008: CRI Occasional Lecture: Regulating Freedom of Information and Privacy
The School of Management’s Centre for the study of Regulated Industries (CRI) held an Occasional Lecture in London’s National Liberal Club on Wednesday 9th January, given by the Information Commissioner, Richard Thomas.
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14 January 2008: WEAF Gala Dinner celebrates successes of the South West Aerospace and Defence Industry
The West of England Aerospace Forum (WEAF) recently held its first gala dinner at the Royal Marriott Hotel in Bristol. The event was organised to celebrate the successes of the aerospace and defence industry in the South West of England and provided an ideal opportunity to network with other industry professionals.
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7 January 2008: Expert opinions heard at second Bath India Economic Forum
Students, academics and business people interested in the booming Indian market gathered to hear some expert opinions recently at the second Bath India Economic Forum, including those of leading entrepreneur Sunil Bharti Mittal.
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2 January 2008: Paul Feldwick appointed first Visiting Research Fellow at CRiAC
We are delighted to announce that Paul Feldwick has been appointed by the University of Bath as Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Management. With the centre he will be working on issues of creativity, communication and change: developing Paul Watzlawick’s communication theory and utilising action research methods to explore culture and change in advertising agencies.
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