Dr Jan Pfister, of Lancaster's Department of Accounting and Finance, has had his book Managing Organizational Culture for Effective Internal Control featured in an issue alert by the Financial Executives Research Foundation (FERF), the research arm of Financial Executives International (FEI).
The Management School's Meet the Employer Event, held on 1 February 2012, was our biggest yet. The annual event, which has been running since 2007, brought together representatives from 27 organisations with participants including graduate recruiters, Lancaster alumni, and LUMS students on placement.
Four students from Jordan, participants on Lancaster's Global MBA programme, visited the Lancaster campus recently. For the Jordanians it was a great opportunity to share in the Lancaster campus experience.
In the 2012 Financial Times ranking of the top global MBA programmes, Lancaster is ranked 7th in the world and 2nd in Europe in the 'FT Doctoral Rank'.
The 10th Annual Innovation for Extremes Conference, for innovation in all mountain, adventure sports and extreme environments, is now open for bookings. The conference takes place in April, and is sponsored by Pertex and supported by the Textile Institute.
Thomas Buberl, who gained his MBA from Lancaster University Management School in 1998, has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of AXA Germany.
Philip Roscoe, who completed his PhD at LUMS in 2007, is one of BBC Radio 3's 'New Generation Thinkers'. Philip's first talk for Radio 3 - on the changing role of the entrepreneur - was broadcast nationally on 16 January 2012.
The Minister of State for Universities and Science, David Willetts, gave the keynote opening speech at the Engage HEI Conference 2012, organised by Lancaster's Institute for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (IEED).
Professor Mike West, of Lancaster's Centre for Performance-Led HR, is one of the authors of an article in HBR which argues that people with subtle bodily asymmetries are often better transformational leaders.
Judi Marshall is the FT's 'Professor of the Week' from 12 January 2012. The FT describes Prof Marshall's research expertise in leadership for sustainability.
During the first term of this academic year students from LUMS had many opportunities to meet with top graduate employers both on and off campus. This video feature covers many of the graduate recruitment events that ran at LUMS.
Doing the Right Thing is a new book by Professor Cary Cooper and Theo Theobald, published in December 2011. The book argues that employee wellbeing is the most important issue for today's managers.