Family businesses hold a special place in the UK’s history. Statistics and reports on the subject clearly show their importance to the economy as well. The main characteristics of family business as studied by Salford Business School is heritage, but this does not appear to necessarily sit easily with digital technology and communications as taught on Digital MBA courses. […]
We all know it’s easy to overlook important aspects that we take for granted, and overplay the importance of others which. Doing this distorts analysis, generates ‘Groupthink’, makes plans irrelevant, and leads to failure in many projects, especially large information systems projects as we teach on the BSc Business Information Technology and MSc Information Systems […]
Technology is increasingly the starting point for business success and one of the most useful technologies is a blog. However, developing a blog for your business can sometimes appear to be quite a challenge. How to start a blog to bring additional revenue and increase business performance does requires some commitment of time, effort and knowledge. […]
Do you know what a social business is? Do you know what the ethical justifications are for social business? These are some of questions that are answered in this Massive Open Online Course (MOOC). The topics will include: Defining social business Microfinancing and ethical issues How social businesses fail The speaker for this MOOC is […]
The Centre for Digital Business and Don’t Panic Projects are co-hosting a second Chartered Institute of Marketing event, following a successful first Bootcamp event in December 2013. Roger that? Dave Hazlehurst, a leading industry Google expert from Ph. Creative will take attendees through the fundamentals of marketing online and introduce them to the term and theory […]
The much-discussed purchase of WhatsApp by Facebook this week should give us pause for thought regarding the real agendas behind such monopolistic acquisitions in the tech world. It’s clear that, with Facebook users getting older and older, the teen market is something it must buy into in order to capture the next generation. It’s also […]
At the moment there is a great opportunity to understand the most recent and, indeed, all financial crises. That opportunity is provided by the release of two films, both destined for Oscar nominations, – The Wolf of Wall Street and American Hustle. The first is a pretty accurate account of the rise and fall of stockbroker […]
Professor Amanda Broderick is Dean of Salford Business School As a core component of the world economy, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in innovation, advancement and sustainable development worldwide. The University of Salford’s mission is to ‘transform lives, stimulate discovery and realise potential’. This mission is reflected in Salford Business School’s commitment […]
Chris Brady, Professor of Management Studies at Salford Business School’s Centre for Sports Business, recently interviewed one of the university’s honorary graduates, Manchester United footballer Ryan Giggs, about achieving and maintaining excellence. The interview was first published in the ‘Performance’ magazine which provides ideas and best practice for performance professionals in elite sport: www.leadersinperformance.com.
At Salford Business School, we’re committed to helping our students gain the skills and experience to become business leaders and managers who are fully equipped to thrive in the global market place. While our focus is on innovation, entrepreneurship and business sustainability, these are just a few of the topics our blog will be touching […]