Coventry University Business School
Encyclopedia
Coventry Business School is a business school
located in Coventry
, United Kingdom
and a part of Coventry University
. The School is home to a number of departments, including: the Department of Strategy and Applied Management; the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; the Department of Marketing and Advertising; and the Department of Human Resource Management. The School includes almost 6,000 students on undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses.
The School was awarded 22 out of 24 by the QAA in its most recent audit and was awarded 3 Palmes by Eduniversal in its 2008 ratings, which rated it as 'excellent'.
The School is an accredited study centre of The Chartered Institute of Marketing
.
Coventry University has taught business for over 40 years, starting in the early 1960s. A Faculty of Business was formed in 1987 and the School was established in 1990.
The School's home, the historic William Morris building, dates from 1916. Car entrepreneur William Morris bought it in 1923 to produce car engines. Acquired by the university in 1992, the building has been extensively renovated and now includes IT labs, lecture theatres and specialist post-graduate teaching facilities.
The School has expanded rapidly in recent years and has attracted a number of academic stars including Professor Simon Chadwick, Professor Jon Billsberry
and Professor David Bailey
. Chadwick is Chair of both the Academy of Marketing's Sport Marketing Special Interest Group and the European Sport Marketing Network. Billsberry is Program Chair of the MED Division of the Academy of Management
and Chair of the British Academy of Management's Organisational Psychology Special Interest Group. Bailey is Chair of the Regional Studies Association
and a blogger at the Birmingham Post
newspaper. Bailey's recent ESRC funded work on the impact of the MG Rover closure has attracted widespread publicity and was featured in the first of the Academy of Social Science's and ESRC's booklets on 'Making the Case for Social Science'.
The School hosted (with the Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration) the Regional Studies Association
's 2009 Policy Conference in December 2009, on the topic of Beyond The Global Credit Crunch: Prospects and Policies for Mature Industrial Regions which featured an impressive line up of speakers including Mark Prisk
MP.
The School has partnerships with many foreign universities, including Oulu (Finland); Beijing and Guangzhou in China; ESC Clermont, ESC Montpellier and ESC St Etienne in France; and Krakow University of Economics in Poland.
The centre hosted the 2009 Play the Game International Conference 'Visions for Sports in time of crisis'. In 2010/11 CIBS launched the journal Sport, Business and Management: an International Journal published by Emerald.
The University has recently invested £32 million in an informal study and relaxed environment at the heart of the campus. The building has many green credentials and reuses rain water.
http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/thehub/Pages/TheHuboverview.aspx
, the radio DJ.
Business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in Business Administration. It teaches topics such as accounting, administration, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, information systems, marketing, organizational behavior, public relations, strategy, human resource...
located in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and a part of Coventry University
Coventry University
Coventry University is a post-1992 university in Coventry, West Midlands, England. Under the terms of the Further and Higher Education Act of 1992, the institution's name was changed from Coventry Polytechnic to Coventry University...
. The School is home to a number of departments, including: the Department of Strategy and Applied Management; the Department of Economics, Finance and Accounting; the Department of Marketing and Advertising; and the Department of Human Resource Management. The School includes almost 6,000 students on undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses.
The School was awarded 22 out of 24 by the QAA in its most recent audit and was awarded 3 Palmes by Eduniversal in its 2008 ratings, which rated it as 'excellent'.
The School is an accredited study centre of The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Chartered Institute of Marketing
The Chartered Institute of Marketing claims to be the world's largest organisation of professional marketers. It is based in UK with over 40,000 members worldwide. It's headquarters are in Cookham near Maidenhead, CIM offers professional development to marketing practitioners across the world...
.
History
The School's home, the historic William Morris building, dates from 1916. Car entrepreneur William Morris bought it in 1923 to produce car engines. Acquired by the university in 1992, the building has been extensively renovated and now includes IT labs, lecture theatres and specialist post-graduate teaching facilities.
The School has expanded rapidly in recent years and has attracted a number of academic stars including Professor Simon Chadwick, Professor Jon Billsberry
Jon Billsberry
Professor Jon Billsberry is a British academic organisational psychologist at Deakin University. He has management roles in the Academy of Management and the British Academy of Management.-Academic career:...
and Professor David Bailey
David Bailey
David Royston Bailey CBE is an English photographer.-Early life:He was born in Leytonstone, but his family were forced to move to Heigham Road, East Ham when a World War II bomb destroyed their home. Bailey was three years old, and this is where he and Thelma, his younger sister, were raised by...
. Chadwick is Chair of both the Academy of Marketing's Sport Marketing Special Interest Group and the European Sport Marketing Network. Billsberry is Program Chair of the MED Division of the Academy of Management
Academy of Management
The Academy of Management is a professional association for scholars dedicated to creating and disseminating knowledge about management and organizations. The Academy of Management was established in 1936...
and Chair of the British Academy of Management's Organisational Psychology Special Interest Group. Bailey is Chair of the Regional Studies Association
Regional Studies Association
The Regional Studies Association is a major international learned society that is concerned with the analysis of regions and regional issues. Through its international membership, the RSA provides an authoritative voice of, and network for, academics, students, practitioners, policy makers and...
and a blogger at the Birmingham Post
Birmingham Post
The Birmingham Post newspaper was originally published under the name Daily Post in Birmingham, England, in 1857 by John Frederick Feeney. It was the largest selling broadsheet in the West Midlands, though it faced little if any competition in this category. It changed to tabloid size in 2008...
newspaper. Bailey's recent ESRC funded work on the impact of the MG Rover closure has attracted widespread publicity and was featured in the first of the Academy of Social Science's and ESRC's booklets on 'Making the Case for Social Science'.
The School hosted (with the Applied Research Centre in Sustainable Regeneration) the Regional Studies Association
Regional Studies Association
The Regional Studies Association is a major international learned society that is concerned with the analysis of regions and regional issues. Through its international membership, the RSA provides an authoritative voice of, and network for, academics, students, practitioners, policy makers and...
's 2009 Policy Conference in December 2009, on the topic of Beyond The Global Credit Crunch: Prospects and Policies for Mature Industrial Regions which featured an impressive line up of speakers including Mark Prisk
Mark Prisk
Michael Mark Prisk is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom. He is the Member of Parliament for Hertford and Stortford, and was appointed Minister of State for the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in May 2010...
MP.
Academics
The School includes almost 6,000 students on undergraduate, postgraduate and diploma courses. The School offers MBAs in international business, finance and marketing as well as a general award, taking in some 200 full-time and part-time students. All MBA participants take core modules such as business environment, human resource management and methods of management research. There is also an MBA in sport management.The School has partnerships with many foreign universities, including Oulu (Finland); Beijing and Guangzhou in China; ESC Clermont, ESC Montpellier and ESC St Etienne in France; and Krakow University of Economics in Poland.
Research
The School is home to the Centre for the International Business of Sport (CIBS), directed by Professor Simon Chadwick. CIBS aims to deliver high quality applied research, training, consultancy and networking outputs across a range of sports and a number of different management disciplines.The centre hosted the 2009 Play the Game International Conference 'Visions for Sports in time of crisis'. In 2010/11 CIBS launched the journal Sport, Business and Management: an International Journal published by Emerald.
Library and The Hub
Coventry University has a new £18 million library.The University has recently invested £32 million in an informal study and relaxed environment at the heart of the campus. The building has many green credentials and reuses rain water.
http://wwwm.coventry.ac.uk/thehub/Pages/TheHuboverview.aspx
Notable alumni
Notable alumni of the School include: Charles Morgan, Morgan Cars; Gary Kibble, retail trading director, Shop Direct Group; and Gideon CoeGideon Coe
Gideon "The Guv'nor" Coe is a radio DJ, presenter, sportscaster, voiceover artist and journalist.Coe was one of the child presenters of the BBC 1 children's programme "Why Don't You?"....
, the radio DJ.