As the football clubs in England prepare for this month’s season finale, Warwick Business School’s Dr Sue Bridgewater published a new table of “over-achieving” football managers to outlet their achievements on and off the football field with relatively limited financial and personnel resources.
Three English managers, Stoke City’s Tony Pulis, FC Twente’s Steve McClaren and Blackburn Rovers’ Sam Allardyce, take the top three slots in Dr Bridgewater’s table.
In her new book, Football Management, Dr Bridgewater calculated the extent to which managers out-perform what might be expected with the players at their disposal. In all cases their performance is based only their league management performance.
Pulis successfully guided unfashionable Stock City to Premier League survival for two consecutive years; McClaren won the Dutch league title for FC Twente (which means they automatically qualify for next season's UEFA Champions League) for the first time in their history; and Allardyce took Blackburn to a highly ten-place finish this season after just 16-month in charge.
Playing in the lucrative English Premier League and Champions League can bring tens of million pounds revenue for football clubs.
Lancaster Celebrates 20th anniversary of MBA program
Lancaster University Management School on Thursday announced it is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its MBA program, which is ranked in the world’s top 30 MBA programs.
Its full-time program accepts up to 75 students each year from countries around the world with many alumni going on to take senior executive positions in some of the world’s most successful companies, charities and public sector organizations.
The MBA program draws on work in organizational and managerial learning developed at LUMS and has been designed around the concept of learning through action. As a result, students not only focus on functional knowledge but on self-knowledge, and often gain a more reflective perspective on the process of management and leadership.
Student Reviews
Lancaster University Management School
An exceptional educational establishment in the North West of England.
This university has been a fantastic life experience as well as a great academic one. I first decided to go to Lancaster University Management School due to its exceptional business education facilities and have not been disappointed. I recommend the university to anybody that wants to put themselves in a strong position for a career upon graduation.
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Overall, the instruction is decent, however it also depends on your department. The people are friendly, in my opinion. The sporting events are enjoyable, and there is a good sense of community. Although the city is quite remote, it is nonetheless attractive.
Lancaster University honest review
The education system in the university is excellent especially that of the Management School. The campus has great facilities for students to study and live in a relaxed manner. The students can engage in various activities through the socities.
Great opportunities to think beyond
Lancaster University provides a lot of good opportunities to think beyond.There Entrepreneurship in residence program helps students to meet and seek guidance about entrepreneurship and the challenges.Their Work in progress program help to fabricate your startup idea and further to pitch to the potential investors.Apart from that there are lot of programs like Enactus, guest lectures and guidance from seniors to help and shape your career needs.
They provide lot of opportunities to shape up your employability skills.
A top university in the UK for management science!
If you’re interested in management science studies, Lancaster University is one of the top universities in the UK. The faculty is renowned and have a sterling reputation for research in management science. Candidates specifically interested in Forecasting would find the Centre for Marketing Analytics and Forecasting especially relevant to their field. Besides, the ROI is good as the overall cost compared to other universities is less.
Great university for academia – not great for 'entrepreneurs'
Please keep in mind that my review is nuanced by my expectations of an Entrepreneurship degree :) I came to Lancaster University because it was one of the top universities to have a course in Entrepreneurship. After 4 years in this degree, my most valuable experience has been my placement and not the actual course. The course is heavily focused on impractical elements, which is a bit odd for an Entrepreneurship degree. There are some modules that involve hands-on work but the faculty support for such things has not been great. My course also involved a lot of teamwork which has been fantastic and really prepared me when it comes to dealing with the diversity of opinions. In terms of career prospects, the management school does A LOT to host events, workshops and support sessions to help you build up your employability skills. Although, I wish there was more acknowledgement of SMEs/startups as a viable career option. The entrepreneurship team which is meant to support budding businesses is really stepping up their game with tons of guest speakers, workshops and pitching opportunities. The location is a concern if you're not in STEM, Law or Accounting and Finance. Business requires networking with the broader community. However, for Lancaster students, the best bet is a trip down to Manchester or London. On the flip side, living in Lancaster is much cheaper! Overall, if the purpose of your university experience is to receive top academic education and have great facilities at your disposal, Lancaster is a great choice. But if you want to be in business and entrepreneurship, I would look elsewhere.
