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HISTORY: One of the grand old men of British business schools, it was set up in 1965 at the same time as the London Business School, after the Franks report recommended Britain needed to get with it. It is also part of the Faculty of Humanities at Manchester University. ADDRESS: Part of the Manchester University campus on the south side of the city centre. AMBIENCE: Housed in a modern, purpose-built abode made of red brick, appropriately enough, which has been upgraded several times. Very new audio-visual and IT facilities, including a cybercafé. School also has a language centre, conference facilities, a bar, restaurant, over 110 en-suite bedrooms and a state-of-the-art business library that has corporate customers worldwide. Situated in an up-and-coming part of Manchester. VITAL STATISTICS: One of the world-class business schools. It is ranked by Financial Times, in its 2006 business school rankings, as 22nd in the world, 3rd in the UK and 7th in Europe. It is now the largest campus-based business and management school in the UK. Runs an 18-month full-time MBA, part-time executive MBA, four distance-learning MBAs for engineering business managers, financial managers and specialists, print media and wealth managers, and a distance-learning DBA via Manchester Business School Worldwide (see below). MBA students work together in groups on live business projects and opportunities for companies. Now a truly international business school, with the majority of students coming from abroad. ADDED VALUE: All MBA students must do an international business project, which might mean travelling the world to identify, for example, a company to acquire in America. It is called the Manchester Method. GLITTERING ALUMNI: Sir Terry Leahy, chief executive of Tesco; Don Cruickshank, former chairman of London Stock Exchange; Rijkman Groenink, chairman of the managing board, ABN AMRO; Michael Parker, chief executive officer, BNL; Jurek Piasecki, chairman and chief executive, Goldsmith Group plc; Paul Skinner, chairman, Rio Tinto; Brenda Smith, group managing director, Ascent Media Group; David Thomas, chief executive, Whitbread plc and David Varney, executive chairman, Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs. INTERNATIONAL CONNECTIONS: Three-quarters of MBA students come from overseas. Just over half the students come from the EU; the rest from Asia, Australasia, North and South America and the Middle East. Its active foreign exchange programme is one of the largest in the world, involving more than 50 schools. GURUS: Visiting professors Roger Bootle, chief economist at HSBC, and Will Hutton, chief executive of The Work Foundation. Permanent gurus are Robert Scapens, professor of management accounting; Martin Walker, professor of finance and accounting; Barrie Dale, professor of quality management; Ian Miles, professor of technology and entrepreneurship management and policy; Jill Rubery, professor of comparative employment systems; Richard Whitley, professor of organisational sociology and director of research; Pervez Ghauri, professor of international business, and Paul Jackson, professor of corporate communications. RESEARCH: Achieved a grade 5 (top grade is 5 star) in the 2001 research assessment exercise. TEACHING: Awarded 24 out of 24 by the QAA in November 2000. STUDENT PROFILE: Average age is 29 on full-time MBA; 32 on executive MBA. Male:female ratio is 75:25 on full-time MBA. RETURN ON INVESTMENT: Average 96.5 per cent salary hike. WHO'S THE BOSS? Professor John Arnold, director of the school, international accounting expert. |
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