Satisfied with a Bad Job?
Unemployment stands at a seven year low. This headline shouldn’t satisfy today’s many ‘zero-hours’ contracts (ZHCs) workers, despite what they are reported to have said, argues Glynne Williams, Senior...
View ArticleDid the AIM fail to hit its targets?
In a recently published paper, Stuart Macdonald, Visiting Professor at the School, critically assesses the performance of the Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM) The AIM was established by...
View ArticleDaniel Defoe co-wrote the Bank of England
Professor of Organisation and Culture at the School, Martin Parker, has just published a new book which provocatively blurs the lines between economic facts and literary fictions Why is a novel like an...
View ArticleResponsible Management Education 3.0
We’ve just published our third report to the United Nations Principle of Responsible Management Education (PRME) Initiative. Fabian Frenzel, PRME Officer and Lecturer in the Political Economy of...
View ArticleHas Claudio Ranieiri out-foxed his rivals?
How much credit for almost a season of performances, which even the most foolhardy of supporters could not have dreamed of, can be meaningfully attributed to good management? We ask the experts:...
View ArticleJust Not Sorry
A ‘Just Not Sorry’ app has recently gained publicity, in which women in particular are encouraged to stop saying sorry. It is said to be inspired by an American “life coach”, Tara Mohr, who wrote a...
View ArticleI’m not angry, I’m just disappointed
Okay, I lied. I’m angry and disappointed. I also feel tired, defeated and fed up. (Women, eh? Always with the multitasking.) Why? Let me set the scene: First, here’s a list of all the initiatives the...
View ArticleI don’t want what men have
The recent weeks saw another celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD). Generally, I get what IWD is about and why we (still) need it. I get that most people involved with it hope it will be a...
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Advancing Management Research, or Advancing Elite Interests?
The Advanced Institute of Management (AIM) spent nearly £30 million of ESRC money in over a decade in an attempt to raise the dismal standard of research in management studies. AIM determined to back...
View ArticleThe World that Management Made
Robert MacFarlane’s excellent piece on the ‘Anthropocene’ age in a recent issue of The Guardian deserves attention in a number of ways. The idea of the Anthropocene is that it is a planetary age made...
View ArticleBrexit: How Does it Look from Gibraltar?
In April 2015, in the run-up to the British general election, I predicted that, counter-intuitively, the best outcome for the UK overseas territory of Gibraltar might well be a Labour or Labour-SNP...
View ArticleWho Cares for Academics?
In this blog, Eda Ulus and Charlotte Smith ask us to think about academics and whether they are allowed to express emotion. What would you think if I suddenly started crying? How would you...
View ArticleLeicester – A Champions League City
Martin Quinn discusses the urban policies and strategies which have made the city of Leicester so successful in recent years. Leicester has made the headlines in a number of ways of late, home of...
View ArticleThe Morning after Brexit
Brendan Lambe. Lecturer in Finance and an Irish European, reflects on the meaning of the referendum. On the morning of the 24th of June we awoke to a Britain which had changed utterly. A palpable...
View ArticleDo Managers Make Teams Successful?
ULSB PhD student Rasim Kurdoglu (rsk15) considers just what we can learn from Leicester City’s lack of success this season. Unlike most industries, managers in team sports are paid less than many...
View ArticleAfter Brexit, Trump?
Dr Fabian Frenzel of the Management and Organization Division of the School discusses the Anti-Trump protests across the UK and what they mean for Brexit Britain. How are the two connected? UK wide...
View ArticleDoomsday Scenarios? Decisions, Deals and The Donald
Professor Rolland Munro discusses the difference between decision making, and doing deals. Can a entrepreneurial business leader run an economy in the way that they run their business? Much...
View ArticleFair Game? A Reviewers Tale
Emeritus Professor Peter Armstrong (p.armstrong@le.ac.uk) discusses an episode in the journal reviewing process that led him to believe that power and politics play their part too. Around 1990 I...
View ArticleWhat happens when the cash disappears?
ULSB PhD student Secki Jose explores the paradoxical effects of India’s recent decision to get rid of some of its banknotes to combat corruption. Secki can be emailed on spj15@le.ac.uk. At the...
View ArticleUniversity of Sanctuary, University of Refuge
This week, Martin Parker considers whether the University of Leicester should commit to being a University of Sanctuary for refugees. A sanctuary is a place which is sacred, or more generally,...
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