Executive news
Setting the tone at the top: Financial Executives International features book by Jan Pfister
Published 3 February 2012
Dr Jan Pfister, of Lancaster's Department of Accounting and Finance, has had his book Managing Organizational Culture for Effective Internal Control featured in an issue alert by the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research arm of Financial Executives International (FEI).
Universities minister speaks at Engage HEI 2012
Published 13 January 2012
The Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, gave the keynote opening speech at the Engage HEI Conference 2012, organised by Lancaster's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED).
HR Magazine: "Compassionate absence management can 'significantly impact' on employer brand, report finds"
Published 10 January 2012
HR magazine comments on a new report by Elipse, written in association with Professor Cary Cooper, which finds that a compassionate approach to absence management can have a significant impact on an employer’s reputation.
'Doing the Right Thing' - a new book by Cary Cooper
Published 3 January 2012
Doing the Right Thing is a new book by Professor Cary Cooper and Theo Theobald, published in December 2011. The book argues that employee wellbeing is the most important issue for today's managers.
Northwest manufacturers graduate with flying colours
Published 15 December 2011
16 businessmen and women have shown they have what it takes to head up world-class manufacturing companies, after graduating with an MSc in Manufacturing Leadership from Lancaster University Management School.
The Times: 'Policeman boosts his academic armoury'
Published 16 November 2011
Police officer Ian Hesketh, who completed an Executive MBA at LUMS, talks about his experience on the Lancaster MBA in a feature in The Times: "I loved it. The people, the learning environment; it opens your eyes. It's completely refreshing. I really benefited from it personally and hopefully it will benefit my career as well."
Edge Online: 'From strategy to reality'
Published 9 November 2011
Professor Julia Balogun, director of Lancaster's Centre for Strategic Management, is quoted in a feature in The Edge Online, on the difficulties senior managers face in communicating a new strategy: "They need to get their employees to buy into the organisation's change agenda and know how to present that agenda so that they understand it and link it to their own objectives."
Keeping body and soul together: why NHS teamwork is critical to patient outcomes
Published 15 August 2011
Professor Michael West, who recently joined LUMS, discusses his NHS research on how teamwork and staff well-being affect levels of patient satisfaction and mortality rates.
