Understanding how to manage company reputations is vital. Moray Macdonald, Managing Director of Weber Shandwick in Scotland, the agency behind Edinburgh Zoo’s ‘Panda Weekend’ shared his experiences with participants on the Glasgow MBA.
Also in this issue:
- Business brief
- John Mather Trust launches Rising Star Award
- The securitisation market in the UK
- Hedge funds
- Making connections
- Confessions of an economist: inside the mind of Francis Cairncross
- Meet the new Board
- Why your business needs an organic infrastructure
- Building better businesses the Catalonian way
- The business of football
- Undergraduate alumni pathways
- Postgraduate alumni pathways
- Alumni bookshelf
Aspire issue 10: Autumn/Winter 2011
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Pandas and public relations
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Kate Armstrong: profile of a PhD student
Kate Armstrong is central to the Admiral Group, and as a full time PhD student she continues to be a member of the group’s Board. She was the founding CEO of the group’s comparison website, Confused.com, and was the inspiration for the company’s wild haired mascot, Cara.
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Greece in Crisis
Dr Serafeim Tsoukas, Lecturer in Economics, examines the Greek crisis, its implication for the Eurozone and potential ways to exit the crisis.
Welcome to the 10th issue of Aspire, the University of Glasgow Business School magazine.
With unprecedented student numbers, the 2011/12 academic year has gotten off to a tremendous start for the Business School. In addition to this growth, a number of new staff appointments are in the pipeline. Several new members of staff already join us in the subjects of Accounting and Finance, Economics and Management, who I am confident will make a valued and significant contribution to the continuing development of the School.
Looking ahead, we plan to work closely with our new Strategic Advisory Board, with members from highly successful UK companies and government organisations such as Glasgow City Council, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland, Citi Scotland, Scottish Enterprise, BAA and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
We plan to build on the success we have enjoyed in student rankings such as the National Student Survey, the International Student Barometer and the Guardian’s University Guide. Moving forward, we plan to use these results and the feedback we have received to create a stronger School, and an even better environment in which students can learn and develop, and become the leaders of tomorrow.
We hope you enjoy this issue of Aspire, with contributions from academic members of staff within the Business School, as well as our honoured guests: Frances Cairncross, Rector of Exeter College Oxford; Kate Armstrong, founding CEO of Confused.com; and Patrick Verwijmeren, Associate Professor at VU University, Amsterdam.
We are looking forward to sharing the next year of challenges and developments with you.
Professor Farhad Noorbakhsh
Head of School