In the Department of Management, we encourage original thinking. Our academic staff

• generate case studies
• carry out consultancy work
• initiate PhD research and supervision
• produce articles for journals
• publish textbooks and chapters

Our research is organised in Special Interest Groups, which provide important mentoring spaces for our newer academics, and – because of their collaborative structures – allow significant cross–fertilisation of our research expertise and ideas.

Our key areas of research are

• place, internationalisation, networks, knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship
• SME and entrepreneurship and management innovation
• strategic management
• change management
• leadership and leadership development
• mindfulness and the workplace
• people, work and organisations
• coaching and mentoring
• strategic marketing
• applied linguistics and intercultural communication
• charity and third sector
• cooperative and social enterprise management
• business information systems
• responsible and ethical organisations