Salford Business School

Salford Business School

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Motto	Altiora Petamus "Let us seek higher things"
Type	public university business school
Established	2006 (through departmental merger)
Dean	Professor John Wilson
Students	over 3,000
Location	Salford, Greater Manchester , England, UK
Campus	Urban, Parkland
Colours	Navy, Black, White and Gold
Affiliations	University of Salford
Website	http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/

Salford Business School is a contemporary business school located on the A6, 3km west of Manchester city centre in the Maxwell Building on the Peel Park Campus of the University of Salford. It is one of the University's twelve constituent academic departments. The School offers a full range of degrees oriented around business and management studies including Foundation Degree study, undergraduate programmes and postgraduate taught and research degrees up to PhD level. The School places equal emphasis upon Teaching, Research and Academic Enterprise activities with the understanding that each necessarily informs the other. This commitment is reflected through improving National Student Survey (NSS) results , a strong Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) result and an increase in staffing and resources directed towards enterprise and outreach work.

The School currently hosts over 3,000 students across its full-time and part-time programmes representing approximately 130 different countries. The School currently has 130 faculty a number of whom similarly claim a variety of national origins.

Teaching and research expertise falls within the five broad areas of:

• Finance, Accounting and Banking
• Business and Management
• Economics
• Leisure Management
• Information Systems and Technology

The School is currently working to assist the establishment of an AIESEC committee. The University has a range of clubs and societies including a Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group who among their activities work closely with the School delivering enrichment events including business games for local Schools and Colleges.

History

The School was formed in 2006 through the merger of four former academic units namely the School of Management, School of Accounting, Economics and Management Science, School of Leisure, Hospitality and Food Management and the Information Systems Institute. The University received its Royal Charter in 1967 but has a long tradition of higher education dating back prior to 1896 when two Workings Men's Institutes merged to form the Salford Technical Institute.

School Structure

As one of the twelve departments of the University of Salford the School reflects the wider institutional structure by being part of a Faculty (the Faculty of Business, Law and Built Environment) and having a Head of School (rather than Dean). This is a somewhat unusual structure for a UK Business School.

The strategic management of the School is directed by the Head of School and the School Executive. Key operational activities of the School are dealt with through a committee structure that includes a Research and Enterprise Committee, Teaching and Learning Committee and a Marketing and Recruitment Committee. The School also takes regular advice from its School Advisory Committee. This group is group of key external stakeholders who provide input to programme development and strategic development. As a result of a School Review conducted in early 2009 the School has also established an Undergraduate Programme Leaders group and a Postgraduate Programme Leaders group. Each group deal with common teaching and learning issues.

Each programme also conducts regular Student-Staff committee meetings.

Internally the School has three academic directorates; Business Management, Business Operations and Business Strategy. Day-to-day staffing and resource issues are dealt with at a directorate level.

School Executive

• Head of School - Professor John Wilson
• Associate Head (Teaching and Learning) - Jean Mulhall
• Associate Head (Academic Enterprise) - Professor Christos Kalantaridis
• Associate Head (Research) - Professor Brian Dangerfield
• Associate Head (Marketing and Recruitment) - Dr Tony Conway
• Head of Directorate (Business Management) - Reg Lord
• Head of Directorate (Business Operations) - James Mulkeen
• Head of Directorate (Business Strategy) - Graham Wood
• Director of Administration - Tony Libby

School Advisory Committee (SAC)

• Eamonn Boylan, Corporate Director, New Ventures and Partnerships and Deputy Chief Executive of the Homes and Communities Agency
• Jane Bracewell, Learning and Skills Council NW representative for Salford
• Daniel Dobson-Mouawad, Chief Executive, Pro-Manchester
• Nick Gerrard, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Manchester Enterprises
• Professor Mike Jones, External Consultant
• Professor Malcolm McDonald, Emeritus Professor, Cranfield School of Management
• Councillor John Merry, Leader, Salford City Council
• Sunil Parekh, Senior Partner, Capgemini
• Graham Pennington, Senior Vice-Principal, Salford City College
• Angie Robinson, Chief Executive, GM Chamber of Commerce
• James Rushton, Partner, Baker Tilley
• John Sless, Director, DM&S Ltd
• Mark Turley, New Deal for Communities
• Damian Waters, Director, CBI (Confederation of British Industry) North West Office
• Samantha Woodnett, Operations Manager, Cheshire Tool Co Ltd
• John Young, Agent, Bank of England Agency for the North West

Undergraduate programmes

Following a review of the School's undergraduate portfolio in 2008 the School restructured its programmes to reflect recent changes in the external business environment as well as the benefits gained from incorporation in a large business school. 18 honours degrees, 7 foundation degrees and a Diploma of HE in Accounting programmes are offered through the UCAS admissions system for September 2009 including Business and Management Studies, Finance and Accounting, Business Information Technology and Leisure, Hospitality and Tourism Studies. All of these degrees are delivered in full-time mode. The academic component of all these honours degree programmes are three years in duration with some students choosing to take the optional placement year (sometimes called a sandwich year as the year is taken between the second and final year of the academic programme of study) that is available on all degrees. The foundation degrees and the Diploma of HE in Accounting are two years in duration .

The School also delivers a one year full-time honours degree intended for students who have completed their studies to the equivalent level of a Diploma of Higher Education and a full-time Graduate Diploma for students who do not have the required academic or language standards required by the School's masters degrees. There are also two part-time programmes (Certificate of Higher Education and Graduate Certificate) intended for individuals who have work experience but no formal higher education qualifications.

Current Undergraduate Programmes (with UCAS codes)

• BSc (Hons) Business and Management Studies (N100)
• BSc (Hons) Business and Management Studies with Law (N1M1)
• BSc (Hons) Business Economics (L112)
• BSc (Hons) Business Information Technology (G5N1)
• BSc (Hons) Business Studies with Financial Management (N1N3)
• BSc (Hons) Business Studies with Human Resource Management (N1N6)
• BSc (Hons) Business Studies with International Business Management (N190)
• BSc (Hons) Business Studies with Marketing Management (N1N5)
• BSc (Hons) Business Studies with Quantitative Business Management (N191)
• BSc (Hons) Economics (L100)
• BA (Hons) Events Management (top up)
• BSc (Hons) Finance and Accounting (NN34)
• BA (Hons) Gambling and Leisure Management (N222)
• BA (Hons) Hospitality and Tourism Management (NN28)
• BA (Hons) Hospitality Management (N227)
• BA (Hons) Leisure and Tourism Management (NN82)
• BA (Hons) Sport and Leisure Management (N2C6)
• BA (Hons) Tourism Management (N800)
• FD Business Management (NN23/NN25/NN26/NG24)
• FD Gambling and Leisure Management (N291)
• FD Hospitality and Tourism Management (NN2V)
• FD Hospitality Management (N227)
• FD Leisure and Tourism Management (NN2W)
• FD Sport and Leisure Management (N290)
• FD Tourism Management (N803)
• ACCA Professional Level (direct applications)
• Diploma of HE in Accounting (ACCA Parts 1 and 2) (N401)
• Certificate of Higher Education in Human Resource Management (part-time) (direct applications)
• BSc (Hons) Business Management (International Conversion) (direct applications)
• Graduate Certificate in Management (part-time) (direct applications)

Postgraduate Programmes

The School's taught postgraduate programmes focus on specialism within the wide scope of business and management. There are 23 full-time masters degrees including the Salford MBA and 11 part-time masters degrees (with intermediate awards). Areas of specialism currently available include Investment Banking, International Business, Tourism Management, Information Security Management, Human Resource Management and Marketing. All full-time masters programme are one year in duration .

From September 2009 students enrolling on four of the masters programme will have the option to do a paid placement year with a UK based organisation instead of undertaking the more conventional final dissertation.

Current Postgraduate Programmes

All the programmes are full-time unless otherwise indicated.

The Maxwell Building on the edge of the Peel Park Campus.

• The Salford MBA
• MSc Corporate Finance
• MSc Events Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Financial Services Management
• MSc Food Quality Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Gambling and Leisure Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Human Resource Management
• MSc Information Security (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Information Security Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Information Technology (conversion)
• MSc International Banking and Finance
• MSc International Business
• MSc International Hospitality Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc International Tourism Management (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Investment Banking
• MSc Management
• Graduate Diploma in Management & English (access course)
• MSc Managing Information Technology (Part-time and Full-time)
• MSc Marketing
• MSc Operational Research and Applied Statistics
• MSc Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management
• MSc Project Management
• MSc Strategic Logistics Solutions
• The Salford MBA
• PgDip Human Resource Management (CIPD Graduate Membership) (Part-time)
• MSc Human Resource Management (CIPD Graduate Membership - Fast Track for Graduates) (Part-time)
• CIPD Leadership and Management Standards (Licentiate Membership) (Part-time)
• MSc Management Practice (Part-time)
• CIM Professional Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing (Part-time)
• CIM Professional Diploma in Marketing (Part-time)
• MSc Marketing Management (Part-time)

The Salford MBA

The Salford MBA is one of the oldest established programmes in the UK. The programme has been significantly revised over the last two years to reflect changes in the expectations of MBA applicants, a changing external environment and in preparation for AMBA accreditation. A key feature of the current programme is its integrated delivery approach, its use of management simulation and its focus upon innovation and entrepeneurship. This last feature incoporates a consultancy component within the taught programme where students work with an external organisation to assist in solving a specific organisational issue.

Professional Affiliations

As a result of its close connection with the local industry the School has a number of affiliations with professional bodies and institutes. These affiliations include

• Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) - Accredited centre
• ACCA - Exemptions for Finance and Accounting students
• City and Guilds Institute - Licentiateship for students completing a placement year
• CIMA - Student exemptions
• CIM - Accredited study centre
• CIPD - Accredited centre
• CIPFA - Exemptions and membership eligibility
• CIPS - Membership eligibility
• IoD - Since 1991 the North West regional centre for IoD's Diploma Programme
• ICAEW - Exemptions
• ISACA

The School is a member of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Association of Business Schools (ABS).

Research

The School has a number of important research centres currently engaged in the cutting edge of business and management research. The Centre for Operations Research and Applied Statistics recently had 90% of its work rated as internationally significant in the most recent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008). Current research interests include Maintenance and Asset Management, Condition based maintenance modelling, Warranty Risk, Operations Management, System Dynamics, Player performance measurement and ranking, Forecasting results in golf and football and Modelling long-shot bias in betting markets .

The School's Business and Management Studies subsmission had 65% of its activity judged to be of international standard and 5% was categorised as 'world leading'. Business and Management research in the School is represented by a range of centres including:

• Centre for Operational Research & Applied Statistics (CORAS)
• Centre for Economics and Finance Research
• Centre for Enterprise and Innovation Research (CEIR)
• Centre for Research in Marketing
• Research Centre for People, Work and Organisations
• Research Centre for Organisational Excellence
• Salford Centre of Legal Research (SCoLR)

The Centre for the Study of Gambling is the only one of its type in the UK and explores issues related to the impact of gambling including its impact on individuals and communities. The Centre regularly advises national and regional governments all over the world.

The Information Systems, Organisations and Society research centre was ranked second in Research Fortnight's Power Table for its RAE2008 result in the Library and Information Management panel and current research interests include ICTs and social inclusion, the rise of social networking sites such as Myspace, On-line Gaming, information fulfilment, the diffusion of innovations, ICTs and call centre working, mobile and ubiquitous computing, system work-arounds, knowledge work, learning technologies, Web 2.0 technologies, gender and technology, web accessibility and the philosophy of technology .

On the 31st of March 2009, and partially in response to the institution's RAE2008 results, the University of Salford announced significant changes to its internal research structures. The most important change is that research will now be managed at a School level rather than through semi-autonomous Research Institutes. This change will most affect the Information Systems, Organisations and Society research centre which currently has members in four of the University's schools.

International Partners

The School is a member of the Consortium of International Double Degrees.

The School's academic network includes:

• Academie de Grenoble IUT2, France
• D. A. Tsenov Academy of Economics, Bulgaria
• FH Wien University of Applied Sciences, Austria
• IPAG, France
• Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey
• Laurea University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Linköping University, Sweden
• Pirkanmaa University of Applied Sciences, Finland
• Thompson Rivers University, Canada
• Tianjin University of Commerce, China
• Universita degli Studi di Verona, Italy
• Universitat Jaume I, Spain
• Université Blaise-Pascal, France
• University of Applied Sciences Dresden, Germany
• University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
• University of Seville, Spain
• University of West Bohemia, Czech Republic
• Warsaw School of Economics, Poland
• Wuhan University, China

Professors and other notable staff

• Professor Peter Collins (Gambling Studies) is Director of the Centre for the Study of Gambling, regular consultant to government and industry bodies and a regular media commentator on the impact of gambling on individuals and communities
• Professor Elaine Ferneley (Technological Innovation) is Director of the Salford MBA programme
• Professor David Forrest (Economics) is a regular media commentator on issues relating to gambling and sports economics
• Professor Ralph Darlington (Employment Relations) is secretary of the Manchester Industrial Relations Society and an executive member of the British Universities' Industrial Relations Association
• Dr John Davies (Quality Management) is Director of the Research Centre for Organisational Excellence (COrE), Director and Trustee of the Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) and Chair of the Advisory Council of the Chartered Quality Institute (CQI)
• Professor Phil Scarf (Applied Statistics) is editor of the Journal of Management Mathematics
• Professor John Wilson (Public Policy and Management) is Head of School

Notable Alumni and Former Staff

• Jo Aasheim, CFO, Rambøll Norge AS
• Sue Acock, Head of HR Service Centre, Balfour Beatty Rail
• Jane Adley, Head of Business Infrastructure, RBS Global Transaction Services
• Karen Ann Allchurch, Head of Human Resources, easyJet
• Shireen Atassi Rassool, Founder and General Manager, Procu FZ
• Craig Baxter, Finance Director, Vistorm
• James Beck, President and CEO, Synergy Corporate Technologies
• Philip Brown, Director of Risk, Citi Microfinance
• Markos Christodoulou, Marketing Director, Quality Group
• Lorie Cunningham, Partner, Ibiza Sailing School and Faro Sailing School
• Kevin Davidson, COO, Maxwell Drummond
• Stuart Drummond, The first directly elected mayor of Hartlepool
• Ged Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Lancashire County Council
• Alonso Forte, Honourary Professor, OBE for services to the Food Industry
• Seamus Gillan, Head, Bayer MaterialScience, UK and Ireland
• Howard Graham, Entrepreneur
• Mike Greenwood, Managing Director, Peter's Food Services
• Emeritus Professor John Larmouth, major contributor to the OSI model
• Professor Heinz Klein, Invited Chair and a pioneer in the philosophical foundations of the field of Information Systems
• Clive Lloyd, West Indian cricket captain
• Tony Lloyd, MP, Manchester Central
• Steve Lowy, Founder and General Manager, umi Hotels
• Steve Magraw, Founding Partner, Stanian ITC Management Consulting
• Neil McClements, Managing Director, Fintech Consultants Ltd
• Professor Chris McKenna, Professor of Economics, University of Guelph
• M. Hashem Pesaran, Professor of Economics and Fellow of Trinity College, University of Cambridge
• Nathalie Roche, Founder and CEO, Skin Solutions .
• Louise Saunders, HR Director, Urbis
• Professor Ian Sheldon, Andersons Professor of International Trade, Ohio State University
• Su Maozhen, Assistant Manager, Chinese Olympic football team and Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year (1996)
• Tony Tse, CFO, The9
• Professor Maria Vakola, Professor of Organisational Behaviour, Athens University of Economics and Business

See also

• List of business schools in Europe
• University of Salford

External links

• Salford Business School - website
• Salford Business School Chinese Site