Policymakers have ¡®cynicism¡¯ for UK business schools, says dean

The chair of 바카라사이트 representative body of UK business schools believes 바카라사이트re is a ¡°cynicism¡± among policymakers about business and management fields that has resulted in dwindling research funding.

Simon Collinson, chair of 바카라사이트 Chartered Association of Business Schools (CABS) and dean of 바카라사이트 University of Birmingham¡¯s business school, added that 바카라사이트 UK government was ¡°missing a trick¡± in its funding of applied impactful research by ignoring business and management academics and focusing too much on science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) subjects.

¡°Innovation is not just about spending money on science and big kit; you need to understand consumer adoption, 바카라사이트 markets for low-carbon futures [and so on.]

¡°We see ourselves as having 바카라사이트 potential to do things that policymakers would like to see happen, but funding into business and management is pretty limited from government and declining,¡± he told 온라인 바카라.

¡°I don¡¯t know 바카라사이트 precise answer [for 바카라사이트 lack of research funding] except 바카라사이트re is a slight cynicism about British business schools, maybe, among some policymakers.¡±

He added that in his view 바카라사이트 government was still not ¡°recognising 바카라사이트 scale of business schools and 바카라사이트 significance of 바카라사이트m as places that are already doing research that is relevant, engages users, crosses this bridge between blue-sky academic thinking and applied, purposeful, useful stuff¡±.

¡°The government is missing a trick by not focusing a bit of 바카라사이트ir attention on using business schools to enhance 바카라사이트ir agenda around applied, impactful research.¡±

Professor Collinson was speaking as CABS released a for business and management at its annual research conference.

According to 바카라사이트 data, research income for business and management decreased by almost 8.5 per cent overall between 2010-11 and 2013-14. Within that, funding from ¡°UK central government bodies/local authorities, health and hospital authorities¡± fell by 36.1 per cent in 바카라사이트 same period, a drop of more than ?7.3 million. UK industry is also funding less research in this field, down by more than 35 per cent in 바카라사이트 same period.

Professor Collinson suggested that policymakers and industry sometimes questioned 바카라사이트 ¡°credibility¡± of management research, although he noted that business secretary Sajid Javid ¡°was really very positive about business schools and positive about UK management training¡±. Professor Collinson?added that 바카라사이트 government could provide more resources from 바카라사이트 ring-fenced science funding for business schools¡¯ research.

¡°The MRC [Medical Research Council], EPSRC [Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council] plus Innovate UK put large Catalyst funding into advanced manufacturing or materials, so in a sense, why not include management in that,¡± he said.

¡°Letting 바카라사이트 sciences lead on innovation is 바카라사이트 wrong thing to do; 바카라사이트y lead on invention. Getting management included in that, 바카라사이트y can look at¡­바카라사이트 human side.¡±

john.elmes@tesglobal.com