Welcome to Liverpool Business School
Liverpool Business School (LBS) is one of the leading parts of Liverpool John Moores University and based within the Faculty of Business & Law. Situated at Mount Pleasant Campus, LBS boasts a thriving community of over 5,000 students and 100 academics.
LBS offers an extensive portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and research based programmes covering all aspects of business. Whether you have just finished your A-levels, are in full-time employment or returning to study after a break, our courses can enhance your academic and professional development.
The School has external research activity in corporate governance, the banking and finance sectors, the Department of Health, local and regional health authorities, local government authorities in the Northwest region and further (including Wales), management research in the social sector as well as a range of private sector groups.
For companies, LBS can provide short courses, training programmes and consultancy for a wide range of business activities including management development, business planning, organisational change, project management and social enterprise. An example of this is the MA Change Management - an award-winning management development programme developed in partnership with Isle of Anglesey County Council (IOACC) for IOACC employees. We all welcome you and hope we can help you achieve your ambitions.Professor Paul Joyce
Director,
Liverpool Business School
Latest News:
The Chief Executive of Tesco, Sir Terry Leahy, last week delivered the inaugural lecture in the new LBS guest lecture series.
The event took place at the Art & Design Academy and was a great success, with over 300 students and invited guests enjoying Sir Terry’s entertaining lecture.
Sir Terry’s stewardship at Tesco has seen it develop from a budget-based UK retailer to the multi-billion global empire it is today. He has personally championed many of the innovations in retailing we now take for granted: own label, different store types and loyalty schemes. He has propelled Tesco to become the third largest global retailer, admired by all for its innovation, with growth into emerging markets still the priority.
During his rare public talk, Sir Terry, born and bred in Liverpool, gave a brief history of Tesco, explaining how in 1993 the supermarket was worth approximately half the value of top rivals Sainsbury and Marks & Spencer, and outlining how now, by comparison, Tesco is worth approximately five times as much as both of them independently.
He also talked about LJMU, commenting: “The University should be very proud of its contribution to the regeneration of the city of Liverpool,” adding: “I think the recession is now ending. It will take a while for the employment market place to recover but I’m sure that it will recover and coming into that market place as a graduate of LJMU will stand you in good stead.”
He then went on to give his top ten management lessons to succeed in business, to which the audience listened avidly, and later took questions from the students. View the presentation in full
Improving the BLW Student Experience
Postgraduate research student’s satisfaction levels have increased significantly within the Faculty of Business and Law, and are now above the University average.
These improvements were confirmed in the results of a University survey which shows a substantial enhancement in the PHD student’s experience within the Faculty, and in 2009 these reached higher than the university average, a fantastic turnaround from 2008.
David Bryde, Reader in Operations Management and Bernie Hobbs, BLW Faculty Research Administration Officer, along with the support of colleagues within the Faculty, have successfully instigated an impressive improvement in the experiences of LJMU Postgraduate students through a series of events which they initiated in 2008.
There was a significant improvement in the responses for the ‘professional and career development’ category, which was particularly impressive and carries particular importance, due to the high emphasis the University lays on the employability of its students.
Critically Acclaimed Book co-authored by LBS Professor translated into Mongolian
Professor Howard Vane's co-authored and critically acclaimed book "Modern Macroeconomics: Its Origins, Development and Current State" (Edward Elgar, 2005) has recently been published in Mongolian by a group of university lecturers based in Ulaanbaatar, the capital city of Mongolia.Professor Vane has also had work on macroeconomics published in Bulgarian, Chinese, French, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean and Polish. He is currently co-editing a 14-volume series on 'The Pioneering Papers of the Nobel Memorial Laureates in Economics', the first five volumes of which were published by Edward Elgar in 2009.
Dr Chris Mason, Lecturer in Marketing at Liverpool Business School has been named a Highly Commended Award Winner in the Management and Governance category of the 2009 Emerald/European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Outstanding Doctoral Research Awards.
Chris’ thesis, entitled “Determining the presence and effectiveness of ethical governance in social enterprises in the United Kingdom” was regarded as “being of exceptionally high quality and worthy of a Highly Commended Award” by the judging panel.
The research comprised mapping the difference in attitudes towards governance between managers and board members in Social Firms. Chris found that there are significant issues concerning accountability and legitimacy between managers and board members, and he developed an alternative governance model for Social Firms to adopt in light of this.
A representative from Emerald commented, “Both Emerald and the EFMD are proud to help reward and promote such high-quality research.”
Chris has said: “I am thrilled to see my PhD research recognised by Emerald/EFMD and hope to build on this success in my current and future research projects. More broadly, this award is recognition of the excellent support network among research staff and students at Liverpool Business School, which I found invaluable during my studies.”
On behalf of Liverpool Business School we would like to congratulate Chris on his excellent achievement.
Socially responsible chocolate
Alison Ward, Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Cadbury, visited Liverpool Business School to talk to students about her work - particularly Cadbury’s move to certify Dairy Milk as a Fairtrade brand...to read the full story click Cadbury visit
George Foster, Head of the Centre for Public Service Management (CfPSM) recently coordinated a visit to Merseyside by one of Afghanistan’s leading academic managers Najibullah Kamran, Director of Education for Kabul, the capital city of Afghanistan. The weeklong visit involved trips to schools, libraries and universities in the region, and formed part of a larger tour of the North West.
George was delighted to be Mr. Kamran’s guide during his visit to Merseyside.
“It was an honour to be asked to guide such an eminent academic manager . We visited a number of schools on Merseyside, and Mr. Kamran was clearly impressed with many aspects of our education system.”
On his return to Afghanistan, Mr Kamran wrote to George and extended an invitation to visit Kabul in the near future in thanks for the “wonderful hospitality [I] received in Liverpool.”
Another significant aspect of the visit was the fact that the interpreter for Mr Kamran was a third year student at Liverpool Business School, Nesar Ahmed Niazi, who was born in Afghanistan. Coincidently, Nesar and Mr Kamran had both attended the same school in Kabul.
George coordinated the visit with Bryn Marsh, Strategic Director for Childrens Services, Sefton MBC. A strong relationship has been developed over the last few years between CfPSM and Sefton MBC and, as a result, the Centre has been asked to undertake a number of projects for the Council. Such projects include a critical analysis of the Training and Development function of the Council. The subsequent report was considered by the Council and a number of important changes were implemented. In addition, George and Professor Paul Joyce (Director of Liverpool Business School) delivered a six-day Leadership and Development programme to approximately 20 senior managers associated with Childrens Services from the Council, Fire Brigade, Police and Youth Services.
Pictured above right (l-r): Bryn Marsh, Najibullah Kamran, George Foster and Nesar Ahmad Niazi
Dr Chris Mason, Lecturer in Marketing at Liverpool Business School, has received an Early Career Fellowship Award from the Research & Graduate School Office (RGSO).
The Early Career Fellowship Scheme aims to develop research-active staff through development of collaborative links with other research institutions throughout the world. Chris has set up a social enterprise project with researchers at the University of Tokyo.
We would like to offer our congratulations to Chris, and wish him the best of luck as he embarks on the Scheme.
Director, Professor Paul Joyce
Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 3055
Email: P.C.Joyce@ljmu.ac.uk
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