Department of Management

GCU has been providing high-quality people and organisation education and professional development for over 40 years. Our faculty members are committed to delivering first-class education, research and consultancy related to business management. Our education, research and consultancy are underpinned by collaborations with business leaders, policymakers, professional bodies and like-minded academics in the United Kingdom and overseas.

Our educational programmes are practice-based and aligned with the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education (PRME), in order to inspire, shape and connect students, business and society. Our BA (Hons) Business Management is accredited by the European Foundation for Management Development,

Students have the opportunity to work with staff on extra-curricular projects linked to the UK’s largest corporate responsibility network Business in the Community and the worldwide Enactus network to enhance their commitment to entrepreneurial and responsible action to create a better world. In order to help our students develop critical leadership and management skills for their chosen careers, we underpin our teaching with live contemporary case studies, industry speakers, skills events and masterclasses. Our programme design incorporates heightened employability development to enhance work-readiness, including opportunity for placements, consultancy projects, academic and action- based research.  Alongside this we build key personal and professional skills and behaviours through enhancing the ability enhancing the ability of our students to become self-reflective practitioners and act as their own catalysts for continuous and life-long learning.

Degree courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels vary from our general undergraduate programme of Business Management (which is also available as a Graduate Apprenticeship) to more specialist postgraduate courses in International Business Management and International Operations and Supply Chain Management and Social Innovation. We also are closely involved in a number of trans-national education partnerships in Mauritius, Nepal and Malaysia where we support our TNE partners in the delivery of our programmes. Moreover, our staff contribute to teaching delivery of the Graduate Apprenticeship in Business Management course and work in partnership with the GCU University to Business Centre which also ensures our close connectivity with industry.

Whether you wish to study in our department, work with us on collaborative consultancy or research projects, or explore how our expertise might benefit you, we would be delighted to hear from you.

Research

Staff in the department are active researchers and have published a range of books and three-star articles in leading international journals as well as holding a range of editorial board positions.

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Accreditations

From 2015, following a rigorous process of international peer review of the BA (Hons) International Business suite of programmes within our department were successful in becoming the first university in Scotland to be awarded accreditation by the European Foundation for Management Development. The reaccreditation process led by EFMD provides us with further strategic guidance for the continued development of our courses in line with international best practice.

In the field of operations and supply chain management, our postgraduate course is accredited by both the CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply) and CILT (Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport) and is distinctive in offering the opportunity to gain Lean Yellow Belt certification as part of the course.