Partnerships with business
WBS integrates current business theory and practice into its teaching, and sets the agenda for future practice and policy. Our research reflects changing priorities in both the public and private sectors.
WBS encourages links with many different clients, resulting in a broad range of corporate and governmental contacts. These contacts reflect widely differing organisational styles and relationships.
Executive education
Recent client companies for executive development include Eversheds, TNT Express, Lloyds TSB, Fujitsu Services, Network Rail, UBS Investment Bank, HSBC, League Managers Association, NFU Mutual, Transport of London, UBS, Capgemini and the Fire & Rescue Service.
Consultancy & recruitment
We offer many opportunities for organisations to get a taste of our graduates' potential through consultancy work. Many of our Masters students as well as participants from the world-leading Warwick MBA undertake external projects as part of their studies.
More than 100 blue chip recruiting organisations have recently employed Warwick MBA graduates. In fact, there's a WBS graduate in every FTSE 100 company.
Employee sponsorship
Many companies recognise the value in developing their own talent by sponsoring employees through the Warwick MBA.
Knowledge networks
WBS creates and shares knowledge through collaboration with commercial partners across the range of disciplines from finance to regulated industries and SMEs. Here are just two examples:
IKON conducts international research into innovative theoretical and practical approaches to management and organisation, and runs a practitioner network, the Knowledge and Innovation Network (KIN), that counts the following organisations amongst its supporters: BAE Systems, Masterfoods UK, Corus, Orange, Baker & McKenzie, Lewisham City Council, Small Business Service, PricewaterhouseCoopers, ConocoPhillips, IDeA.
The Strategic Sales and Customer Management Network provides a think-tank for member organisations like AT&T, British Energy, BP, Earth Tech, EMC, Janssen-Cilag, and Standard Life to combine academic research with practical insights into delivering more value to customers as their expectations increase.
Strategic direction
To ensure direct business relevance throughout WBS, we are supported in our governance structures by advisory boards featuring board-level representatives of regional, national and international businesses and organisations including: Ernst & Young, the Design Council, BUPA, RM, Ford, National Grid Wireless, Scottish Institute of Enterprise, and IBM.
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