Reimagining Business Schools for the 21st Century

Preface: Original Thinking Applied: The Evolution of the Alliance Manchester Business School - Luke Georghiou Introduction: The role of business schools in universities, the economy and society - Duncan Ivison, President & Vice Chancellor, University of Manchester and Ken McPhail, Head of AMBS. Part 1: Grand Challenges, Economic Growth and The Purpose of Business 1. Transition - the path to net zero - Frank Geels, Eddie Davies Professor of Sustainability Transition, AMBS and Sacha Sadan, Director of ESG, Financial Conduct Authority 2. The entrepreneurial business school - business schools as drivers of economic growth - Lou Cordwell, Professor of Innovation and Special Advisor, The University of Manchester and Julia Sutcliffe, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Business and Trade 3. Regional inequalities Professor Philip McCann, Sir Terry Leahy Chair in Urban and Regional Economics, AMBS and Sir Terry Leahy 4. The future of money and finance - financial services and decision making in uncertain times - Catherine Mann, Bank of England, Honorary Professor, The Productivity Institute and Marcos, AMBS Part 2: Creativity, Technology and Meaningful Work 5. Future of work - Prof Sir Cary Cooper and Tera Allas 6. Skills, jobs and devolution - Andy Westwood, Professor of Government Practice, The University of Manchester and Professor Jill Rubery, Work and Equalities Institute, AMBS 7. The AI revolution, humans and the humanities - Michelle Carter, Professor of Information Systems, AMBS and Richard Allmendinger, Professor of Applied AI, AMBS 8. The creativity crisis in business schools - business, imagination and creativity - Bruce Tether, Professor of Innovation Management and Strategy, AMBS and John McAuliffe Part 3: Knowledge, Ethics and Politics 9. What’s the point of research? The future of business and management knowledge and how we’ll acquire it - Gerard P. Hodgkinson, Professor of Strategic Management and Behavioural Science, AMBS and Elvira Uyarra, Professor of Innovation Studies, AMBS 10. The global business school in a ‘slobalised’ world - geopolitics, risk and equality - Professor Peter Buckley, 200th Anniversary Chair in International Business, AMBS and Axele Giroud, Professor of International Business, AMBS 11. The civil business school - business ethics and how to disagree - Professor Fiona Devine, Vice-President & Dean, Faculty of Humanities, University of Manchester and Nazir Afzal, Chancellor of The University of Manchester. -- .