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 Capgemini, Fire & Rescue Service, HSBC, KPMG, League Managers Association, Network Rail, NFU Mutual, Rolls-Royce, and UBS.
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, 80 out of the FTSE 100 companies employ a WBS graduate.
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 public sector and SMEs. Here are just two examples:
IKON research develops the social science of innovation by applying theoretical perspectives from social and organisation theory to empirical studies of the creation, translation and use of technological and organisational innovations. IKON runs a practitioner network, the Knowledge and Innovation Network (KIN) that counts the following organisations amongst its supporters: AstraZeneca, ConocoPhillips, Fujitsu Services, Health & Safety Executive, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
The international and influential work of the Industrial Relations Research Unit informs the policy-making of public administrators, employers and trade unions including organisations such as the Department for Business Innovation and Skills, the European Commission, the CBI, TUC, and Acas.
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: Boston Consulting Group, Design Council, John Lewis Partnership, MasterCard, National Federation of Builders, Scottish Institute of Enterprise, and Standard Life Bank.