How WBS works
Warwick Business School is a department of the University of Warwick. The University was founded by Royal Charter in March 1965, and WBS was created as the School of Industrial and Business Studies (SIBS) in 1967. WBS took its present name in 1987.
WBS is led by its Dean, Professor Mark P Taylor, with input from an Advisory Board of lay and business community members.
Senior management team
- Professor Mark Taylor, Dean
- Professor Stephen Brammer, Associate Dean (Research & Doctoral Programme)
- Professor Graeme Currie, Associate Dean (Strategy)
- Professor Peter Corvi, Associate Dean (Undergraduate Programme)
- Professor Nigel Piercy, Associate Dean (Masters Programmes)
- Professor Stephen Roper, Associate Dean (Academic Policy and Practice)
- Professor Nick Chater, Associate Dean (Corporate Relations)
- Professor Qing Wang, Associate Dean (Internationalisation & Executive Education)
- Professor Joe Nandhakumar, Associate Dean (Information Technology Solutions)
- Darren Wallis, Chief Administrative Officer (on secondment)
- Jane Hodge, Acting Chief Administrative Officer
Academic structure
The 198 academic staff are members of teaching subject groups, research centres and units, and sometimes of both. Each subject group has a group convenor or head, and devolved group management. Each research centre has a director, and has similarly devolved management. Research centres may have a board with external representation to ensure practical relevance of research strategy. Research units are typically less formally structured, allowing members to share knowledge and experience within a discipline.
Services
We employ professional management and administrative staff, to allow faculty to focus on delivery of teaching and research. The 198 non-academic staff are managed in functional groups under the Chief Administrative Officer.
There are groups performing central activities such as finance, marketing & communications, information systems, and human resources. Other staff members work in programme teams or in roles which support academic research activity.
We have a dedicated Academic Services team, looking after areas including facilities & infrastructure, examinations, teaching quality, and timetabling.