A little story about Alliance Manchester Business School (MBS)
Life is about living, collecting and retelling stories. ?
Manchester Business School and London Business School (LBS) were created by the UK Government to compete with US business schools. In the early days, Manchester outshone London.
Whilst LBS stayed independent, MBS had to continuously fight against the University of Manchester (UoM) to remain independent. Over time, Deans started giving up. Now MBS is fully incorporated into UoM.
When I graduated in 2004/05, we refused to accept the MBA certificate from UoM. They had to then grant us the certificate from MBS.
This is UoM 2035 plan https://lnkd.in/emU7Gsbu. I can’t find any inspiration. Can you? No targets – as they are almost fearful of losing face or jobs if not hit. Nothing ground breaking. Nothing inspirational. Almost as if forgotten their own past achievements. I think it’s the most safest and non inspiring plan I have seen from a £1 billion annual revenue organisation.
Open your mind. Understand what’s happening in the world. Think about people, technology, planet and economy. See image in comments. Don’t just limit to students, faculty, donors and whatnot. Be the driving force for the next decade. Don’t just be another follower. Take the lead.
It seems there isn’t one for MBS, at least a published one.
UoM ought to work without rest until they become the leading University in the UK. MBS should do the same in terms of business school.
Today, UoM is in the 8th position and MBS in the 5th, according to ChatGPT. Interesting comments, “Manchester went broad while others went elite. Rankings penalise scale and don’t reward applied impact. Brand confusion: Manchester Business School >> Alliance Manchester Business School didn’t help. ? Manchester’s philosophy is closer to your worldview than most top-ranked schools.” ?
Images by Sora ? Second one is brutal. I wouldn’t say MBS is bad by any means. This is not a criticism but about sharing a story. If I am applying for an Executive MBA, I would not bother with any other school and still apply to MBS. But you cannot dispute the increasing gap with LBS.
Update: “MBS rankings didn’t fall because it got worse. It fell because:
– Rankings reward elitism, not impact
– Manchester chose scale, access, and relevance
– The market moved faster than ranking methodologies”
Perhaps there is hope after all. ?
Image credits: Sora by ChatGPT
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