Advancing Management Research, or Advancing Elite Interests?
The Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) spent nearly £30 million of ESRC money in over a decade in an attempt to raise the dismal standard of research in management studies. AIM determined to back the academic rather than the research proposal, a bold and worthy venture that was always likely to fail. And fail it […]
I don’t want what men have
The recent weeks saw another celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD). Generally, I get what IWD is about and why we (still) need it. I get that most people involved with it hope it will be a historical oddity one day but I also understand that a day dedicated to celebrating women probably means a […]
I’m not angry, I’m just disappointed
Okay, I lied. I’m angry and disappointed. I also feel tired, defeated and fed up. (Women, eh? Always with the multitasking.) Why? Let me set the scene: First, here’s a list of all the initiatives the University of Leicester has joined or set up to promote gender equality, including but not limited to: Being one […]
Just Not Sorry
A ‘Just Not Sorry’ app has recently gained publicity, in which women in particular are encouraged to stop saying sorry. It is said to be inspired by an American “life coach”, Tara Mohr, who wrote a book, Playing Big, which encourages women to be more positive and assertive. Mohr suggests that by using words like […]
Has Claudio Ranieiri out-foxed his rivals?
How much credit for almost a season of performances, which even the most foolhardy of supporters could not have dreamed of, can be meaningfully attributed to good management? We ask the experts: management academics! A year ago things were looking pretty ominous for Leicester City Football Club. Having easily won promotion to the top […]
Responsible Management Education 3.0
We’ve just published our third report to the United Nations Principle of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Initiative. Fabian Frenzel, PRME Officer and Lecturer in the Political Economy of Organisation, explains why. The Leicester Model emphasises an interdisciplinary, holistic and critical view upon management education. Our research, teaching and public engagement agendas attempt to expand the […]
Daniel Defoe co-wrote the Bank of England
Professor of Organisation and Culture at the School, Martin Parker, has just published a new book which provocatively blurs the lines between economic facts and literary fictions Why is a novel like an organization? It’s an improbable question, but in a new book, Valerie Hamilton and I show that the origins of the corporation and […]
Did the AIM fail to hit its targets?
In a recently published paper, Stuart Macdonald, Visiting Professor at the School, critically assesses the performance of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) The AIM was established by the UK government in 2002 for the sake of advancing the scholarly standing of management research within and beyond the academy. This cause was, for the […]
Satisfied with a Bad Job?
Unemployment stands at a seven year low. This headline shouldn’t satisfy today’s many ‘zero-hours’ contracts (ZHCs) workers, despite what they are reported to have said, argues Glynne Williams, Senior Lecturer in Industrial Relations at the School. According to the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development (CIPD), there are now around 1.3 million ZHCs. Even allowing for […]
Alternative Models for Higher Education
An ongoing discussion of alternative models of Higher Education, as Marton Racz reports, is generating a series of proposals as to how universities might work along more cooperative lines. Back in July, during a workshop at Leicester’s 9th International Critical Management Studies Conference, we discussed alternative models of Higher Education within the context of business […]
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