Warwick Business School (WBS) is an academic department of the Faculty of Social Sciences of

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, that was established in 1967 as the School of Industrial and

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. The Business School offers

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and

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degree programs, and non-degree executive education for individuals and companies. The Warwick

MBA A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accounti ...

is offered as a one-year full-time program, an Executive MBA and by distance learning (

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). WBS University of Warwick

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is on the border of the city of

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and the county of

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in a semi-rural

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location. WBS

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campus is located in

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.Financial Times: Warwick Business School to open London campus in the Shard
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, CEO of

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; Linda Jackson, CEO of

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;

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. Others include Bernardo Hees, CEO of the Heinz Company & former CEO of

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Warwick Business School Scarman road view

History

Warwick's School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS) was founded in 1967, with Brian Houlden as Chair, a total of five academic staff and 24 students across three programmes (MSc Management & Business Studies, MSc Management Science & Operational Research, Doctoral programme). It quickly gained a reputation for excellent research, particularly in the field of

industrial relations Industrial relations or employment relations is the multidisciplinary academic field that studies the employment relationship; that is, the complex interrelations between employers and employees, labor/trade unions, employer organizations, ...

. The Industrial Relations Research Unit, founded by Hugh Clegg in 1970 focused on achieving a better understanding of workplace industrial relations in general and workplace trade unionism in particular, in a time when the UK was perceived to suffer greatly from industrial strife and poor economic performance. In 1981, the MSc in Management was renamed the Warwick MBA. At its 20th anniversary in 1987, SIBS was renamed Warwick Business School. The department had grown to over 100 staff, 815 students and 11 programs. In 1997, following expansion of the distance learning MBA in particular, the staff tally was over 260, with 3,160 students across 17 programs. In 2000, a new Executive MBA teaching centre was opened, the first of four phases of development of new premises for WBS. Further phases opened in 2001 and 2006, increasing the teaching capacity of WBS dramatically. This was followed by aggressive recruitment of academic faculty. In 2006, there were a total of 319 staff and 7,539 students across 25 degree programs, from over 100 countries worldwide. In September 2014, WBS opened a second campus in

to teach its MSc Finance, MSc Human Resource Management and Employment Relations along with its Executive MBA courses. In August 2015, WBS opened Phase 3b of its Scarman Road building on the University of Warwick campus. The £30m extension houses a 292-seat lecture theatre with a removable stage, a 120-seat lecture theatre which contains swivel chairs to allow for group work, a Behavioural Science Laboratory, a 150-seater café, nine seminar rooms, undergraduate and post-graduate learning spaces and four open plan offices for management and support staff plus a new reception.

Research

WBS is included in the world's Top 100 Business Schools that prioritize sustainability education by supporting core curriculum choices, dedicated institutes, and relevant faculty research. WBS is also included in the UTD Top 100 worldwide business school rankings based on research contributions. Its one of only 3 UK business schools to be awarded the top five-star (5*) research rating by the

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, the others being

London Business School London Business School (LBS) is a business school and a constituent college of the federal University of London. LBS was founded in 1964 and awards post-graduate degrees (Master's degrees in management and finance, MBA and PhD). Its motto is " ...

and Lancaster School of Management. Warwick Business School is consistently recognised as one of the world's leading research institutions in business and management. In the 2014

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more than 80 per cent of WBS's research output has been judged ‘World Leading’ or ‘Internationally Excellent’. The 2008

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positioned Warwick in the top ranks for business and management research WBS is a founding member of the Academy of Business in Society where primary research can be applied directly into business practices. As of 2016, 100% of the WBS academic

faculty Faculty may refer to: * Faculty (academic staff), the academic staff of a university (North American usage) * Faculty (division) A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject ...

have a doctoral degree, 54% are active researchers in the top 45 academic and practitioner journals whilst 76% are international academics. All academics are members of a teaching subject group, a research centre or unit, and often both. Each teaching subject group has a group convenor or head, and devolved group management. Each research centre has a director, and has similarly devolved management. Research centres may have a board with external representation to ensure practical relevance of research strategy.

Accreditation

In 2000, WBS became the first UK business school to hold

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: the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business

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, the Association of MBAs

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, and the European Quality Improvement System

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Admission

Warwick BS is highly selective; selection criteria encompass candidates' academics, professional experience, and test scores. It has a median GMAT score of 660 and an average admission rate of 29%. The school says that it seeks critical thinking skills along with creativity in its applicant pool. A typical ratio on the MBA is 36% British, 14% EU and 50% non-EU; the median age is 31.

Partnerships

Warwick Business School is a member of the Partnership in International Management network (PIMS).

Notable people

Academic staff

: *

Steve Alpern Professor Steve Alpern is a professor of Operational Research at the University of Warwick, where he recently moved after working for many years at the London School of Economics. His early work was mainly in the area of dynamical systems and er ...

: Professor of Operational Research * Söhnke M. Bartram: Professor of Finance * Sir Jonathan Bate: Fellow of Creativity and Provost of

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Colin Crouch Colin John Crouch, (born 1 March 1944) is an English sociologist and political scientist. He coined the post-democracy concept in 2000 in his book '' Coping with Post-Democracy''. Colin Crouch is currently Emeritus Professor at the University ...

: Emeritus Professor of Governance and Public Management * Graham Loomes: Professor of Economics and Behavioural Science *

Tobias Preis Tobias Preis is Professor of Behavioral Science and Finance at Warwick Business School and a fellow of the Alan Turing Institute. He is a computational social scientist focussing on measuring and predicting human behavior with online data. At War ...

: Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and Finance * Andrew Sentance CBE: Professor of Practice in Sustainable Business, Senior Economic Advisor at

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, Former Monetary Policy Committee member of The

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Mark P. Taylor Mark P. Taylor is the dean of the Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis, USA, where he is also the Donald Danforth, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Finance. Previously, he was the dean of Warwick Business School (WBS) at the ...

: Professor of Finance, former Senior Economist at the

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and Bank of England *

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: formerly Director of the Centre for Management under Regulation

Alumni

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, Chief Economist and the Executive Director of Monetary Analysis and Statistics at the Bank of England *

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and

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* Bernardo Hees, CEO of

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& former CEO of

, CEO of

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Group plc *

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, founder and CEO of Takeout, and founder of The Glasshouse * Linda Jackson, CEO of

* Idris Jala,

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Minister & former CEO of

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* Lord Gus O'Donnell, former Cabinet Secretary and Head of the

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* Max McKeown, author, consultant and researcher specializing in

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strategy, leadership and culture *

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, CEO of Ghana Gas Company & former Minister of Health * Reza Moghadam, Director of the European Department of the International Monetary Fund *

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, CEO of

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supermarket retailer (a

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subsidiary) *

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Special Envoy on Millennium Development Goals * Lord Brian Paddick, former

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, and London Mayoral candidate for the Liberal Democrats in 2008 and 2012 *

, CEO of

Deans

*Brian Houlden (1967–1973) *Roger Fawthrop (1973–1976) *Derek Waterworth (1976–1978) *Robert Dyson (1978–1981) *Thom Watson (1981–1983) * Sir George Bain (1983–1989) *Robin Wensley (1989–1994) *Robert Galliers (1994–1998) *Robert Dyson (1998–2000) *Howard Thomas (2000–2010) *

(2010–2016) *Andy Lockett (2016–present)

References

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History

Research

Accreditation

Admission

Partnerships

Notable people

Academic staff

Alumni

Deans

See also

References