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Getting behind the balance sheets

16 February 2012

Expert analysis of several companies in the hospitality sector has won a group of second year Accounting and Finance students first prize in a competition supported by PwC.


Training the tax people

6 February 2012


The shape of things to come: researchers examine the future of UK high streets

2 February 2012

At a time when the future of UK town centres is high on the political agenda and the Government’s response to the Portas Review is awaited, researchers from Geography and Environment and Southampton Management School have been awarded over £250,000 to evaluate alternative visions of the future of UK high streets over the next 25 years.


Students shine in entrepreneurial contest

26 January 2012

Three BSc Management students have won this year’s Employability prize by coming up with an innovative idea for a business hub for information exchange.


'Service with a smile' can result in emotional burnout

24 January 2012

A Southampton Management School graduate has been hitting the headlines with her topical research into how today’s ‘service with a smile’ culture affects staff.


Reasearching marketing at the sharp end

23 January 2012

Tom Chapman has joined the Southampton Management School as a Lecturer.

Formerly, Tom held the position of Marketing Subject Group Leader at the University of Portsmouth Business School where he worked for seven years. With an MSc in Tourism Management and Marketing, and a BA (Hons) in Retail Management from Bournemouth University and membership of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, Tom brings significant experience of both teaching and management of academic programmes.


Helping hairdressers go green

17 January 2012

Dr Denise Baden of the Southampton Management School has secured almost £100,000 from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for a 12 month project to investigate if hairdressers can be encouraged to adopt environmentally friendly practices.


Managing change. Learning from experience.

16 January 2012

Can we learn lessons on effective change management from other people’s experiences? Have companies and organisations that have tackled change effectively taken similiar approaches to the issues?


Putting the logic into logistics

12 January 2012


Where should major logistics companies site their warehouses? Beside major ports or in regional or national distribution centres? Business analysts from the University of Southampton have been called on to examine the arguments.


Organisational development course

Making change happen

19 December 2011

Change is all around us. An innovative three day programme has been designed by specialists at the University of Southampton Management School to give professional managers the vital tools of Organisational Development (OD) to enable them to implement major change in organisations.