Last year Margaret Heffernan, author of the book ‘Wilful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril’, visited Bradford to give a talk in the School of Management’s guest lecture series which are open to local businesses.  The theme of the talk was that managers and businesses fail sometimes to see the most obvious things and it is often those things that sow the seeds of their destruction.  Amongst examples Margaret... Continue reading

Andrew Johnson is Operations Director, Worldwide IT at JWT in New York, one of the world’s largest advertising agencies. He graduated from Bradford University School of Management’s Distance Learning MBA in 2010. I started out doing a Business Information Systems degree and went on to work as a software developer.  After eight years, I was in a management role and felt the need for a more rounded understanding of business... Continue reading

Hajime Sudo is a Japanese student on Bradford University School of Management’s full time MBA in Italy based at the University of Perugia. He is on the FT’s MBA blogging panel where he regularly shares his experiences as an MBA student. Hajime’s most recent blogs have been about how he is now beginning to put the MBA theory he is learning into practice. On a visit to an eco-sustainable Italian company with his fellow MBA... Continue reading

Peter Popena is currently on Bradford University School of Management’s Accelerated MBA. He has come to the UK from Papua New Guinea on a scholarship programme and will return to his environment management role to undertake his MBA project in the summer, just eight months after starting the programme. I am from Papua New Guinea, which is a developing country in the South Pacific with a population of 7.5m. My employer, Steamships... Continue reading

by Dr Charlie Shepherd, who runs business improvement consultancy Charles Shepherd Consulting.  Co-author of Innovation Management, he was recently a guest speaker at the School’s Innovation Club. Earlier this month I was invited to join a group of business leaders at Bradford University School of Management’s Innovation Club. I co-authored a book, Innovation Management, with Prof Pervaiz Ahmed, and I was asked to talk about... Continue reading

Tim Yeardley graduated from Bradford University School of Management’s Part-time Executive MBA in 2008. He was sponsored by his employer at the time, HBOS, where he was Communications and Finance Manager. Since completing his MBA, Tim has published research into management training in the UK and set up his own company, Mnemoysne Training. He recently returned to the School of Management to give a guest lecture. My interest in... Continue reading

The latest module on the Bradford University School of Management MBA in Perugia, Italy, is Strategic Management. As part of it, the module leader Deborah Allcock, asked us to discuss the question ‘Is marriage strategic?’ It seemed an odd question at first but it really got us thinking about management strategies and how the concept of marriage translates in business. Some of my fellow students, including managers from Italian... Continue reading

Heather McGregor, headhunter, FT columnist under the name Mrs Moneypenny and Bradford University School of Management alumnus, has published a book called Careers Advice for Ambitious Women. Here are her top tips to help more women become boardroom directors. Get qualifications to stand out Mrs Moneypenny recommends getting an MBA from a leading business school and a financial qualification as well as learning a language to increase... Continue reading

Delroy Beverley, Director of Propertysolutions at Bradford-based housing association Incommunities Group, recently joined Bradford University School of Management’s Advisory Board. He holds a number of board level positions, advises many businesses on diversity and inclusion and was a trustee of one of the world’s largest and most influential charities. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute and recently... Continue reading

Chris Bentley graduated from his MBA at Bradford University School of Management in 2006 and joined Holidaybreak plc, where he is now Head of Corporate Development. He has supported the company’s strategic development, leading the Group’s merger and acquisition activities. He also chairs the company’s Adventure Travel Division, and works with business units on the evolution and redesign of their business models. Here, he... Continue reading

People protest following the removal of fuel subsidy by the Government in Lagos ,Nigeria. Photo: AP I was recently working in Nigeria. On the way there, my flight was delayed because of a general strike in that country.  Eventually, I arrived on Monday evening (a day later) and was greeted with the good news that the strike was over. The impact of unexpected timing on big changes The reason for it was that the Nigerian Government... Continue reading

Terry Carroll did his BSc Business Studies at Bradford School of Management between 1967 and 1970. He went on to have an eclectic career including becoming Treasurer of the Halifax and CEO of National & Provincial. He has stayed in the region for 25 years, chairing a major regeneration initiative in Bradford and standing as an Independent in Council elections. Last week, he gave a guest lecture on the credit crisis at the School.... Continue reading

Max Hopkinson is Head of Online Marketing for his family business Mark Two Distributors Ltd, one of the country’s leading distributors of kitchen and bathroom products and kitchen design services. He is currently doing a Part-time Executive MBA at Bradford University School of Management. I always regretted not making the most of my time at university first time around and when I went on a leadership course in Chicago in the... Continue reading

Julian Bartholet graduated from Bradford University School of Management’s Executive Part Time MBA in December 2010. He is now UK Strategic Business Development Manager for Bunzl Greenham Ltd, one of the UK’s leading industrial suppliers and a subsidiary of Bunzl plc a £5 billion FTSE 100 company. Before starting – visualise the future Before starting your MBA, it’s important to have a clear career plan so that you can... Continue reading