Business and management

Never assume, never dominate the conversation and always have a Plan B are three of the lessons learned by Milena Head and Michael Hartmann

London institution says use of Sir John Cass’ name is ‘incompatible with our values of diversity and inclusivity’

Panikos Panayi enjoys an ambitious but partial study of London’s sleaziest district

As most universities digitise all their teaching, they are finding it very difficult to deliver education online. Gorgi Krlev offers three challenges to conventional wisdom

Longevity experts predict that with universities forced online and desperate for new revenue, shift to older students will follow

The Covid-19 pandemic offers universities a once-in-a-generation opportunity to put their dysfunctional strategies behind them, argue Timothy Devinney and Grahame Dowling

Academics involved say they also have a responsibility to ensure technology is used ethically in real life, particularly amid Covid-19  

Jeffrey Kennedy, Simon Pek and Graham Smith explore ways of involving students far more deeply in the decisions that affect them

We need to build on the speed and enthusiasm with which academics have embraced online teaching, argue Dawn Lerman and Falguni Sen

Tributes paid to ‘one of very few business academics who truly changed practice’

The president and dean of the Asian Institute of Management tells Joyce Lau that being an introverted leader and a minority has taught her empathy

John Anchor enjoys an account of where business schools have gone wrong

More sharing of impact will improve understanding of how it can be promoted and evaluated, says Peter Tufano

Management academics need to be supported to bring teaching and research on global warming into the mainstream, say Amanda Goodall and Susan Hill

Academic experts amazed at the speed of development in AI that enables new technology delivering financial services

Nathan Schneider would like more detail about how we can escape the embrace of the technological giants

Tim Cook will chair the business school’s advisory board  

A new humanities-based major focused on how global commerce, businesses and societies shape one another points the way forward, says Karen E. Spierling

Historic prompts on how to keep overbearing expectations at arm’s length should be taken up by modern academics, says Michael Marinetto

Why are an ex-footballer’s views on the game worth so much while academic analysis of the news is worth nothing, asks Peter Wells

Business and management schools are highly successful in financial terms, and provide valuable income to their wider universities. But opinion remains sharply divided on how successful they have been intellectually. Here, five business academics give their views on whether their discipline has done enough to earn the respect of the academy and wider society

Formulating and implementing a strategic plan is core to the modern university leader’s job description. But amid complaints that such documents are vacuous, generic and irrelevant to the wider community, John Ross asks how the process can be improved

Wen Hai, head of Peking University HSBC Business School’s Oxford outpost, says venture will help foster collaboration between Britain and China

Vast resources channelled into research, analysis of business schools finds

Book of the week: Christopher Phelps assesses a bold but flawed history of one of America’s great corporations

Survival depends on institutional buy-in to a fundamental questioning of operating models and cost structures, says Angus Laing

Will Brooker considers the structures and intrastructures behind the creation of superheroes

Successful publish-or-perish operators should look in the mirror before writing their next diatribe about marketisation, says Mike Marinetto

Book of the week: Martin Cohen finds much of interest in a work describing how produce gets to our plates

Business schools have launched new programmes to enrol more students, analysis shows

Dean of the Stanford Graduate School of Business suggests students want to spend more time at university, not less

Scientists and medics have the best chance of reaching the top job in the UK, leaving other disciplines looking for answers

Graduate programmes tipped to lure disillusioned millennials

Take-up of research by business is difficult to catalyse and record. Far better to focus on the impact central to universities’ missions, say Vince Mitchell and William Harvey

If businesses regard upskilling their middle managers as a high priority, universities should not be criticised for meeting that need, says Alec Cameron

Find out which institutions are best in the world for social sciences, business and economics, education and law

Universities collaborate with major leagues to offer opportunities to athletes reaching the end of their careers

Lord Sugar and Donald Trump may disagree, but kindness works best in higher education management, says Mike Thomas

Former Columbia University academic Enrichetta Ravina awarded $1.25 million (£953,000) in damages

What separates the maverick from the herd? Helga Drummond wonders

Only a completely new institutional structure will see teaching and research on organisations become a proper, socially responsible subject, and not merely a cash cow, says Martin Parker

Dean says that institutions may have to rely on part-time staff if they cannot match industry remuneration

The Hepi/Advance HE Student Academic Survey finds undergraduates at gold-rated institutions do not rank teaching staff highly

Scandinavian executive education also told that it needs to look beyond profit

Business academic Diane Holt recalls her experience aboard a ‘floating university’

François Ortalo-Magné says executive programmes help students ‘look at the world differently’

Students will spend 18 months at each institution and graduate with degrees from both

Domestic funding for business and management research down a quarter in real terms in six years

Revised edition reignites debate about value of journal ratings in academia

Long-serving dean says institutions must teach ethics and diversify programmes to maintain demand for management education

New training centre hopes to boost the economy of a leading holiday area

Imperial College Business School’s new associate dean discusses her Spanish heritage, the challenges of balancing work and family, and how business schools should practise what they preach

Academics are told to think twice about returning module marks that average below a 2:1

The MBA is no longer a qualification with ‘near mythical status’ offered by only a handful of elite academic institutions – so does it still have value? asks Fran Johnson

Our advertising questions should focus on where and when we are targeted, says Ciaran Driver

Certain disciplines and institutions likely to suffer from pegging of teaching funding

Focus on rankings risks neglecting the genuine quality improvements that could propel Indian institutions into the global league, says Amarnath Bose

Profit should not be a ‘dirty word’ in education, says former Manchester United and England star

University business schools should not be viewed simply as ‘cash cows’ that entice international students, writes Alec Cameron 

Forty per cent of UK business schools report fall in undergraduate applications from the Continent