UK business schools and business: activities and interactions

Abstract

This paper reports on a comprehensive study of business schools in the UK. Data were obtained from two mail surveys ‐ one of faculty members and the other of deans from all of the UK business schools. Among the factors studied were demographic and institutional characteristics; the time faculty spends on major activities; faculty rewards, competencies and networks; faculty interaction with business; receptivity and support for increased interaction; benefits of increased interaction; characteristics of faculty who do applied research; barriers to applied research; and the role of advisory boards. The results show an internal alignment of activities and rewards for teaching and research, but limited support for applied and collaborative research, and a divergence between the two principal activities ‐ academic research and teaching. Interaction by business school with business appears to be mostly information passing.

Citation

Twomey, D.F. and Feuerbach Twomey, R. (1998), "UK business schools and business: activities and interactions", Journal of Management Development, Vol. 17 No. 3, pp. 160-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719810210695