Management Group
Heather Hopfl
- Head of Management Group
The Management Group has seen a rapid expansion in recent years and now
comprises 20 members of staff. Members of the group contribute to a wide range
of programmes in the Essex Business School reflecting the group's diverse
research interests and expertise. The group has developed a strong, critical, research ethos with various members involved in interdisciplinary
collaborations across the Social Sciences and Humanities, working both with
colleagues at the University of Essex and further afield.
See A-Z list for information on our
academic staff and research interests.
Staff are publishing in major management journals (Organization Studies,
Journal of Management Studies, Human Relations, Organization, etc.) and their
work also appears in journals of related disciplines (Sociology, Sociological
Review, Capital & Class, etc.). They have been successful in securing
research grants from a variety of national (e.g. ESRC, Leverhulme Trust, British
Academy) and international (e.g. Haniel Stiftung) funding bodies over the past
few years. The Group is also home to the 'International Network of Visual
Studies in Organizations' (www.in-visio.org)
which is currently receiving funding from the prestigious ESRC 'Researcher
Development Initiative' scheme.
The group runs four distinct postgraduate programmes: the MA in Management
Studies, the MSc in International Management, the MSc in Management Psychology
and the MSc in Marketing, Management and Society. The group is also a major
contributor to the newly launched MBA programme and a range of undergraduate BA
and BSc courses in Business Management.
Research activities are managed through the
Essex Management Centre. Visit
the Centre website to find further information and a list of upcoming events.