The Future of Work has become one of the defining debates of our generation. Whilst the greening of our economies will create millions of jobs, many traditional forms of work will disappear. The digital economy fosters greater connectivity and access to technologies, but also has the potential to disrupt labour markets.
Category: Research
Why Study a Master’s in Global Operations and Supply Chain Management
Operations and supply chain management has never been more important than today when global supply chains have been disrupted heavily by the Covid-19 pandemic. Mitigating the negative impacts and building a more sustainable, digitally-driven, and resilient supply chain is regarded as a common goal for many companies and leaders. (more…)
On the anniversary of George Floyd’s tragic death, Head of University of Bristol’s School of Management reflects on the steps the School has taken to value difference in society
“Leadership is a powerful weapon to combat racism and we must not forget that we all have a part to play”. These were the words of Professor Palie Smart, Head of the School of Management, exactly one year ago today, when the world witnessed George Floyd’s tragic death.
Why Study a Master’s Degree in Business Analytics?
Globalization and the advancements in information and communication technologies have set the pace to the rapid growth of real-time data collected from various sources, such as mobile phones, social media, and sensors, and shared through cloud-powered technologies.
Save our summer holidays: is travelling abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic a good option?
The vaccination roll out in the UK is offering hope to many excited tourists, but individual responsibility is the big weapon to save our Summer vacations.
International Women’s Day 2021
Celebrating women’s achievements in a challenging world
International Women’s Day is dedicated to celebrating the accomplishments of women, designed to raise awareness against gender bias and help create a gender equal world.
Here in the School of Management at the University of Bristol our vision is to empower the next generation of global citizens and leaders to address the grand societal challenges of our time. Gender equality is vital to building a sustainable, inclusive, and prosperous world and we’ve committed to promoting gender equality objectives throughout our teaching and student and staff experience.
A number of our academics are researching various issues around gender equality and many of our students have chosen to explore these issues more closely for their final year dissertation projects.
Gambling Advertising on Social Media | The Key Challenges and Take-Aways
Raffaello Rossi, one of our PhD Researchers at the School of Management, was recently invited to take part in a podcast produced by the German news outlet Der Spiegel. Alongside the president of the German sports betting association, a solicitor specialising in gambling law, and a representative of the state authority, they discussed the current state of eSports betting, and how the research into the UK gambling advertising sphere on Twitter by the University of Bristol, might foreshadow what could happen in Germany, which is currently in the process of deregulating their online betting market. In the following piece, Raffaello reflects on the key-challenges of social media gambling advertising.
Highlighting digital marketing trends for 2021
Enhancing business survival with digital marketing technology
An unprecedented year peppered with lockdowns and social distancing saw record reliance on technology – to attend work meetings from our hastily arranged home offices, to order essentials and to ‘see’ our families and friends, to name but a few.
Digital technologies have more than proven their powerful role for marketing and business survival over the last year.
Business Schools of the Future
In a recent article published by the Chartered Association of Business Schools, Prof Palie Smart, Head of the School of Management at the University of Bristol calls for business schools to consider the part they play in creating a better world, and how business schools can become ambassadors for change.
School of Management Highlights of 2020
There’s no question that 2020 has been a year like no other. With everything it’s thrown at all of us, we thought we’d take a minute to reflect on a few of the things we’re proud to have achieved.