James Walker Graham appreciation

<h1>James Walker Graham appreciation</h1>
<p>James Walker Graham, an alumnus and former Dean of
Strathclyde Business School, sadly died in October 2015. He was a man who
influenced the many who crossed his path. Former student and one time colleague
Alistair Goldsmith has written an appreciation of Mr Graham. You can read it in
full <a
href="http://www.strath.ac.uk/media/ps/alumni/alumnirelations/alumniinthenews/James_Walker_Graham_-_An_Appreciation_-_Final_Version.pdf" target="_blank">here</a></p>


<h1>Summer placements for new Masters programme</h1>

<p>Dr Steve Paton, Dr Aylin Ates and
Sharon Locke from the Department of Strategy &amp; Organisation (DSO) have
agreed summer placements with four major Glasgow based firms for the
Department’s new flagship Masters programme in Project Management and
Innovation (MSc PMI). </p>

<p>These summer placements will
provide valuable work experience for a selected number of highly successful
students and will help strengthen our long term partnership with the industry.
The applications for the available positions will be formally announced in the
near future.</p>

<h1>REA Awards for research projects</h1>

<p>Dr Luciana D’Adderio (Department of Strategy &amp; Organisation)
and Jonathan Corney (Engineering/DMEM) are the receivers of a Strathclyde
Research Excellence Award (REA) which will finance a PhD student associated to
their interdisciplinary RCUK Project titled “Business Model Innovation in the
3D Printing Industries”.</p>

<p>Dr Peter McInnes and Dr Marisa
Smith, both Strategy &amp; Organisation, are the receivers of a Strathclyde
Research Excellence Award (REA) which will finance a PhD student who will
investigate “Leadership in Distributed Agile Project Management teams.”  </p>

<h1>Academic co-edits book on Islam and Marketing </h1>

<p><img src="img/book.jpg" style="float:left; padding-right:5px"/>Dr Aliakbar Jafari (Department of Marketing) and Professor
Özlem Sand&#305;kc&#305;’s (Istanbul &#350;ehir University) co-edited book
“Islam, Marketing and Consumption: Critical Perspectives on the Intersections”
is published by Routledge. Highly recommended by Professor Russell Belk,
Professor Güliz Ger, and Professor François Gauthier – world-class gurus of
marketing, consumer research, and sociology of religion – the book reflects
various unheard and emerging critical voices from within the Muslim world and
provides a series of critical insights on how, if and why Islam matters to
marketing theory and practice. </p>

<p>This wide-ranging and insightful collection seeks to advance
emerging critical perspectives and provide new insights that will influence the
generation and application of knowledge in the context of Muslim societies. It
also opens up fresh conversations for scholars in marketing as well as the
broader areas in humanities and social sciences. More about the book is available
from: <a
href="https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415746946">https://www.routledge.com/products/9780415746946</a>. </p>

<h1>SBS media training sessions</h1>

<p>In the spirit of the University’s values of
collaboration, both MBA staff and those involved in SBS Knowledge Transfer
activities recently attended professional media training run by ex-BBC
correspondent Andrew Cassell. </p>
<p>Participants learned about the impact of preparation,
style, tone, appearance and pace when presenting to camera. All participants
were invited to give a short presentation on a topic of their choice straight
into the eye of the lens. All participants were fully engaged in the session
and any naturally unsteady nerves were soon calmed as the session progressed. </p>
<p>The sessions were well received and feedback was very
positive. For those involved with MBA video work, staff will have the chance to
apply their enhanced skills to a suite of 14 new MBA introductory subject
videos that will feature on MyPlace class sites. Work has just been completed
on the pilot video for the MBA’s Marketing Management featuring Helyn Gould
(MBA Academic Director), and Sean Ennis (MBA Academic Director - UK). </p>

<h1>Students take part in Professional
Manager Leadership Challenge </h1>

<p>Derek Probert, Vice President, Client Partner for Procter &amp;
Gamble at BT Global Services, came to Strathclyde Business School on
February 17 to hear MSc International Management (MIM) and MSc Finance and
Management (MFM) students’ presentations for the Professional Manager
Leadership Challenge – a hands-on, practically oriented exercise specially
designed for MIM and MFM students to put into practice the knowledge they have
acquired during the Professional Management Practice section of the MIM and MFM
programmes.</p>
<p>The challenge, led by Dr Ying Zhang, Department of Strategy and Organisation, was
in the form of group presentation. It focuses on developing leadership practice
plan for one of the collaborative arrangements between BT Global Services and
their international partners. </p>

<h1>MBA careers event's new format success</h1>
<p>Strathclyde Business School’s MBA team have run a careers
event in partnership with Edinburgh University Business School since 2008.
Traditionally run in the form of an MBA careers fair, this year the organisers
decided to run it in a conference format.</p>
<p>Irene Aitkenhead Taylor, MBA career and professional
development manager, said they had changed to the conference idea so students
and company representatives could come together and discuss the recruitment and
business environment together. For the first time, the Adam Smith Business
School in Glasgow also came on board as a joint organiser.</p>
<p>Irene said, “We had companies such as P&amp;G, Amazon,
RBS, IBM and Aggreko attending. This was a structured, interactive networking
event, with informal networking times scheduled in, and the reaction from
students and company contributors to it was universally positive.”</p>