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Here is the latest instalment of news from around Strathclyde Business School. If you have any news for the next issue, then please email Audrey@gsb.strath.ac.uk. SCER award 
The Scottish Centre for Employment Research, which is located in the Department of Human Resource Management, has recently been awarded £122,000 by the Scottish Executive for a survey of Scottish students’ income, expenditure and debt. The successful bid was developed in collaboration with several colleagues from the Business School at University of Glasgow.The proposed research will consist of a survey of a representative sample of approximately 14,000 students from higher and further education institutes across Scotland. Additionally, a number of in–depth interviews with students will also be undertaken. The team for the research consists of Professor Chris Warhurst, Dr Dennis Nickson, Johanna Commander and Professor Phil Taylor of Strathclyde and Professor Andy Furlong, Jeanette Findlay and Professor Fiona Wilson from the University of Glasgow. The final report of the research will be presented to the Scottish Executive in January 2009. Back to top Best paper award 
Dr Paul Hibbert of the Department of Management received the best paper award in the Critical Management Studies Division at the Academy of Management conference in Philadelphia in August. His paper was entitled, "From Purpose to Passivity: Tradition and Knowledge in Interorganizational Collaboration".
Back to top Dr Hibbert All change Professor Pauline Weetman is leaving as head of Department of Accounting and Finance for a new post at Glasgow University. Professor Andy Marshall took over as head of department on August 1. Professor Alan Wilson took over as Head of the Marketing Department, from Professor Gillian Hogg, on August 1. Back to top Organisational Foresight conference 
The third Strathclyde International Conference on Organisational Foresight – Learning the Future Faster – took place from August 16–18, hosted by Dr George Burt of the Department of Management.The conference built on the success of previous conferences held in 2002 and 2004, and this year 28 people attended, covering a wide range of philosophical, theoretical and practical issues impacting organisational foresight. The first conference produced a book (Managing the Future: Strategic Foresight in the Knowledge Economy) and both it and the second conference produced a special edition of Futures, while it has been agreed another special edition of Dr Burt papers for Futures will be published for this latest conference. Keynote speakers this year were Professor Peter McKiernan, Robert Rae and Dr Ian Yeoman. Professor McKiernan of St Andrews University, discussed tensions and flaws within scenario planning methodology. Robert Rae, from Scotland’s Future Forum, discussed the role of SFF and its impact in creating public policy within the Scottish Parliament. Dr Yeoman from VisitScotland explored the first five years’ experience of scenario planning within VisitScotland. Back to top EURO role Professor Val Belton of the Department of Management Science has been confirmed as the Association of European Operational Research Societies (EURO) President Elect from Jan 2008–9 and will be President in 2009–11, an extremely prestigious position. Back to top Radio station at Hunter Centre The radio station based at the Hunter Centre for Entrepreneurship, Celtic Music Radio (CMR) has been awarded a full–time broadcast licence by OfCom against stiff competition. CMR went live for the first time on January 11 but had to wait several months for OfCom to make its decisions, and to find out that it would be granted a full broadcast licence. It will now broadcast on the AM medium wave band in the Glasgow area. The Hunter Centre is now the station’s permanent base, and the station will be used as an innovative teaching aid as well as a channel to showcase Strathclyde talent. The station is a demonstration enterprise for the Hunter Centre’s course on entrepreneurship in the creative industries. Back to top Global Management Challenge 
Over 350,000 university students have played the world’s largest strategic management competition since its inception in 1980 and the call is going out again to undergraduate and postgraduate students to take part. This year, 20,000 students will play the Global Management Challenge in 25 countries.In October, the competition will begin and each student’s team will be given the management of a virtual company. The teams then develop this virtual company by making a series of decisions relating to every aspect of the business. The aim is to finish the game with the highest price on the virtual stock exchange. Teams of between 3-5 students from the same university progress through a first round and a semi–final to reach the UK national final, held in March 2008. The winning team will win a cash prize and then compete at the international finals in Bucharest, Romania, in April 2008. Previous winners have said the challenge gave them the opportunity to gain valuable transferable skill such as business awareness, management and team working skills. Top UK graduate recruiters may choose to mentor players in business strategy and game tactics and the mentoring scheme may also help students get their skills seen by these companies. There is no fee for entry to participate in the Global Management Challenge but places are limited so early registration is recommended. Interested students should check out full eligibility criteria and details of the rules at www.gmc.hobsons.co.uk. The deadline for entry is September 29. Back to top Marketing MSc launched in UAE The Department of Marketing has launched the MSc Marketing Degree in the United Arab Emirates. The programme will be offered on a part–time basis and will be delivered by the Department’s own teaching staff. The MSc programme is one of the first postgraduate Marketing degrees to be accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in the UAE. Back to top Students on the run for charity 
September 2 saw a group of business school students and staff pounding the streets of Glasgow for charity. They were participating in the Great Scottish Run which saw more than 20,000 entrants last year running the 10k route.Students from the MBM and MIM programmes run by SBS ran to raise funds for the Light House Foundation for Sri Lanka, a new UK registered charity run by young professionals and students, and are: Sneh Sethi, Marie Gaffuri, Ann–Christin Austang, Mini Charath, Akash Chakaravarthy and Wijay Kanagasundaram. The raised funds will be used for Project ‘Thankshana’, a computer skills development project in Lunugamwehera in Sri Lanka providing free IT training at no cost to students. The run is organised by Glasgow Council and this year’s run will add support for Glasgow’s bid to host the Commonwealth Games in 2014. Back to top |
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