Features
Brewery Arts MBA Consultancy Challenge 2012
Published 23 April 2012
A team of Lancaster MBA students visited Kendal's Brewery Arts Centre in March 2012 at the start of their two-week Consultancy Challenge. Brewery Arts commissioned the MBA team to develop a five-year strategic marketing plan. This video feature follows the students on day one of the project, as they are briefed by the CEO of Brewery Arts, Richard Foster.
'Occupy' today's MBA space
Published 2 April 2012
CEO Today magazine carries an editorial feature by Jonathan Matheny, director of Lancaster MBA programmes, in its 2012 issue. In this piece, reprinted by kind permission of publishers Atalink, Dr Matheny offers a personal reflection on the changing zeitgeist in today's MBA space.
Showcasing six decades of leadership research
Published 7 September 2011
In March this year, a new four-volume set on leadership, co-edited by Lancaster's David Collinson, was published by Sage. This new collection provides a unique insight into how academic thinking on leadership has developed since the end of World War II.
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.
The earnings from learning: economists weigh up the relative returns from undergraduate degrees
Published 14 March 2011
New research by Professor Ian Walker of Lancaste's Department of Economics and Dr Yu Zhu of the University of Kent reveals how some degree subjects yield a far better return than others in terms of lifetime earnings.
