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Latest paper from Cranfield’s Doughty Centre puts the media under the spotlight

The Daily Telegraph ran a month long expose of MPs’ abuse of parliamentary allowances to subsidise their lifestyles and multiple homes.  Whilst few outside parliament challenged the public service value of the expose, controversy focussed on the fact that the information was sourced from computer discs which may have been stolen.

Providing a Sustainable Future for Business and Management of Tomorrow

Prof Howard Thomas, Chair of the Association of Business Schools, Vice-President of European Foundation for Management Development (Efmd) and President of AACSB says:

“There is hardly a day goes by without some major national or international announcement on sustainable development and at the same time devastating natural disasters which are increasingly linked to climate change.

Global Survey Reveals and Addiction to Technology

Andrew Kakabadse, Professor of International Management Development at Cranfield School of Management explained: “Our global study concluded that techno-addiction is all about being addicted to a particular lifestyle (or work style) and as such, is driven by ambition, need for relationships, need for intimacy and social networking and age.  Some people live to socialise, others live to work, whilst others guard their privacy and personal time.”

New Years Honours for ABS Members

Professor Andrew Pettigrew, a former
dean of the School of Management at the University of Bath receives an OBE for services to local
and national higher education. The academic completed his five-year
tenure as dean in September and is now working on new
projects. Prof.

New Director for Cranfield School of Management

Professor Horwitz will join the School on 1 April 2009 when Professor Michael Osbaldeston takes early retirement.

Frank joins Cranfield from the University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), where he is one of the longest serving faculty members, having been at the school for nearly 23 years.

OBE for Chair of the Association of Business Schools

This prestigious honour will be received later in the year at an official ceremony at Buckingham Palace.

Commenting on being named in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, Professor Michael Osbaldeston, said: "I am delighted to receive this award, which not only recognises the worldclass status of Cranfield School of Management, but is also a great personal honour for me after a lifetime's work and achievements in management education in both the academic and corporate worlds."

NEW: Report form AIM/ABS on Leadership of Business Schools

UK Business Schools have grown rapidly over the last forty years. Despite a tentative start, where many commentators (including some vice-chancellors) appeared to question the status of management as an academic discipline, business schools have now come of age.

Prof. Andrew Pettigrew, Dean of the University of Bath Management School, Named New EFMD Vice-President

EFMD has evolved to be the key international network for management education worldwide. It is recognised globally as a leading accreditation body of quality in management education and has established accreditation services for business schools, corporate universities and technology-enhanced learning programmes. 

New BSc Hons degree in Financial Services Management

The Dual Award will combine a BSc (Hons) in Financial Services Management from the University of Surrey with the professional Associateship (Aifs) of the ifs School of Finance.

The four-year qualification will include a professional training year in the third year when students will be spending a year with an employer in the financial services industry.

ABS Announces Companions!

The title of companion was bestowed upon:

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