Salford Business School
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Salford Business School is a business school
located 3 km 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 range of business and management studies degrees 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. This commitment is measured by its National Student Survey
(NSS) results, its 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:
The School is currently working to assist the establishment of an AIESEC
committee. The Students' Union 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 events including business game
s for local schools and colleges.
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.
The 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. The latter is a 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 deals 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.
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.
, Tourism Management, Human Resource Management
and Marketing
. All full-time masters courses last for one year.
Since September 2009 students enrolling on four of the masters programme have had the option to do a paid placement year with a UK based organisation instead of undertaking the more conventional final dissertation.
. There is a consultancy component within the taught programme where students work with an external organisation to assist in solving a specific organisational issue.
Statistics and Operational Research had 35% of its work rated as internationally excellent and 55% rated as recognised internationally in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
. 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 submission had 65% of its activity judged to be of international standard and 5% was categorised as 'world leading'.
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
, search and social media marketing. and the philosophy of technology.
On 31 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 is now be managed at a School level rather than through semi-autonomous Research Institutes. This change most affected the Information Systems, Organisations and Society Research Centre which had members in four of the University's schools.
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
located 3 km west of Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
city centre in the Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell of Glenlair was a Scottish physicist and mathematician. His most prominent achievement was formulating classical electromagnetic theory. This united all previously unrelated observations, experiments and equations of electricity, magnetism and optics into a consistent theory...
Building on the Peel Park
Peel Park, Salford
Peel Park is a public urban park in Salford, Greater Manchester, England located on the flood plain of the River Irwell below Salford Crescent and adjacent to the University of Salford...
Campus of the University of Salford
University of Salford
The University of Salford is a campus university based in Salford, Greater Manchester, England with approximately 20,000 registered students. The main campus is about west of Manchester city centre, on the A6, opposite the former home of the physicist, James Prescott Joule and the Working Class...
. It is one of the University's twelve constituent academic departments. The School offers a range of business and management studies degrees including Foundation Degree
Foundation degree
The Foundation Degree is a vocational qualification introduced by the government of the United Kingdom in September 2001, which is available in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
study, undergraduate programmes and postgraduate taught and research degrees up to PhD
PHD
PHD may refer to:*Ph.D., a doctorate of philosophy*Ph.D. , a 1980s British group*PHD finger, a protein sequence*PHD Mountain Software, an outdoor clothing and equipment company*PhD Docbook renderer, an XML renderer...
level. The School places equal emphasis upon Teaching, Research and Academic Enterprise activities. This commitment is measured by its National Student Survey
National student survey
The National Student Survey is a survey, launched in 2005, of all final year degree students at institutions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...
(NSS) results, its Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
(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
AIESEC
AIESEC is a global youth organisation that develops leadership capabilities through their internal leadership programmes and engaging students and graduates in international student exchange and internship programmes for profit and non-profit organisations. Its international office is in...
committee. The Students' Union 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 events including business game
Business game
Business game refers to simulation games that are used at an educational tool for teaching business. Business games may be carried out for various business training such as: general management, finance, organizational behaviour, human resources, etc...
s 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 CharterRoyal Charter
A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate. They were, and are still, used to establish significant organizations such as cities or universities. Charters should be distinguished from warrants and...
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 a part of the University of Salford the School reflects the wider institutional structure by being part of a College (the College of Arts and Social Sciences) and having a Head of School (rather than Dean). This is a somewhat unusual structure for a UK business school.The 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. The latter is a 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 deals 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.
Undergraduate programmes
The School offers 18 honours degrees, 7 foundation degrees and a Diploma of HE in Accounting programme, including Business and Management Studies, Finance and Accounting, Business Information Technology and Leisure, Hospitality and Tourism Studies. All of these are full-time courses. The honours degrees courses last three years but some students choose to take an placement year between the second and final year of academic work. The foundation degrees and the Diploma of HE in Accounting are two year courses.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.
Postgraduate programmes
There are 18 full-time masters degrees including the Salford MBA and 11 part-time masters degrees (with intermediate awards). Areas of specialism currently available include International BusinessInternational Business
International business is a term used to collectively describe all commercial transactions that take place between two or more regions, countries and nations beyond their political boundary...
, Tourism Management, Human Resource Management
Human resource management
Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
and Marketing
Marketing
Marketing is the process used to determine what products or services may be of interest to customers, and the strategy to use in sales, communications and business development. It generates the strategy that underlies sales techniques, business communication, and business developments...
. All full-time masters courses last for one year.
Since September 2009 students enrolling on four of the masters programme have had the option to do a paid placement year with a UK based organisation instead of undertaking the more conventional final dissertation.
The Salford MBA
In September 2009 the Salford MBA gained accreditation from AMBAAMBA
- Given name :* Amba, the traditional first name given to the first daughter in the Cochin Royal Family, India* Amba , the eldest daughter of King of Kashi in the Hindu epic...
. There is a consultancy component within the taught programme where students work with an external organisation to assist in solving a specific organisational issue.
Research
Research in the School is based in a number of centres including:- Centre for Operations Management, Management Science and Statistics (COMMSS)
- Enterprise and Innovation Research Centre
- Information Systems, Organisations and Society Research Centre (ISOS)
- Marketing and Strategy Research Centre
- Organisational Behaviour and Leadership Research Centre
Statistics and Operational Research had 35% of its work rated as internationally excellent and 55% rated as recognised internationally in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise
Research Assessment Exercise
The Research Assessment Exercise is an exercise undertaken approximately every 5 years on behalf of the four UK higher education funding councils to evaluate the quality of research undertaken by British higher education institutions...
. Current research interests include Maintenance and Asset Management, Condition based maintenance modelling, Warranty Risk, Operations Management, System Dynamics
System dynamics
System dynamics is an approach to understanding the behaviour of complex systems over time. It deals with internal feedback loops and time delays that affect the behaviour of the entire system. What makes using system dynamics different from other approaches to studying complex systems is the use...
, 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 submission had 65% of its activity judged to be of international standard and 5% was categorised as 'world leading'.
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
Ubiquitous computing
Ubiquitous computing is a post-desktop model of human-computer interaction in which information processing has been thoroughly integrated into everyday objects and activities. In the course of ordinary activities, someone "using" ubiquitous computing engages many computational devices and systems...
, system work-arounds, knowledge work, learning technologies, Web 2.0
Web 2.0
The term Web 2.0 is associated with web applications that facilitate participatory information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web...
technologies, gender and technology, web accessibility
Web accessibility
Web accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of making websites usable by people of all abilities and disabilities. When sites are correctly designed, developed and edited, all users can have equal access to information and functionality...
, search and social media marketing. and the philosophy of technology.
On 31 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 is now be managed at a School level rather than through semi-autonomous Research Institutes. This change most affected the Information Systems, Organisations and Society Research Centre which had members in four of the University's schools.
Notable staff
- Ralph DarlingtonRalph DarlingtonRalph Darlington is Professor of Employment Relations at Salford Business School, University of Salford. His research has been featured in national and local newspapers, radio and television.-Early life:...
(Employment Relations) - David ForrestDavid Forrest (academic)Professor David Kerr Forrest is applied economist and econometrician who specialises in analysis of the sports and gambling industries. He is currently Professor of Economics at the Salford Business School, University of Salford and key member of the Centre for the Study of Gambling...
(Economics) - Phil ScarfPhil ScarfPhil Scarf is Professor of Applied Statistics at Salford Business School, University of Salford. A statistician, his interests are in modeling in sport, maintenance and reliability, and corrosion engineering...
(Applied Statistics)
Notable Alumni and Former Staff
- Colin CramphornColin CramphornColin Ralph Cramphorn CBE, QPM, DL, FRSA was the Chief Constable of West Yorkshire Police from September 2002 to November 2006....
, former Chief Constable, West Yorkshire PoliceWest Yorkshire PoliceWest Yorkshire Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing West Yorkshire in England. It is the fourth largest force in England and Wales by number of officers, with 5671 officers.... - Stuart DrummondStuart DrummondStuart Drummond is the first directly-elected mayor of Hartlepool in North East England. He was first elected in 2002 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. He was the first elected mayor in Britain to win a third term.-Biography:...
, The first directly elected mayor of HartlepoolHartlepoolHartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from... - Howard GrahamHoward Graham (entrepreneur)Howard Graham BSc FCA FIoD FPC is an accountant, entrepreneur, and businessman.-Biography:After qualifying with top-20 firm Clark Whitehill in 1983 as an accountant, Graham joined Westbury Accountants in 1985, where he has remained since, becoming a partner in 1987. Graham is a fellow of the...
, Entrepreneur - Rob James-CollierRob James-CollierRobert James-Collier is a British actor and model. He is known for his roles as Liam Connor in Coronation Street and as Thomas on Downton Abbey.- Background :James-Collier was born in Stockport, Greater Manchester...
, Actor - Professor Heinz KleinHeinz KleinHeinz Karl Klein was a professor and scholar who made fundamental contributions to the philosophical foundations of the field of information systems, and the subfields of systems development, data modeling, and interpretive research in information systems. He is a widely cited scholar in these...
, Invited Chair and a pioneer in the philosophical foundations of the field of Information Systems - Tony LloydTony LloydAnthony Joseph 'Tony' Lloyd is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament for Manchester Central since 1997.-Early life:...
, MP, Manchester CentralManchester Central (UK Parliament constituency)Manchester Central is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election. The constituency has always been a safe Labour seat... - M. Hashem Pesaran, Professor of Economics and Fellow of Trinity CollegeTrinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally... - Su Maozhen, Assistant Manager, Chinese Olympic football team, Beijing Olympics; Chinese Football Association Footballer of the Year (1996); Current head coach of U-20 national team