British Academy of Management
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| Name | British Academy of Management |
| Formation | 1986 |
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Type | Learned society |
British Academy of Management is a learned society formed to support scholarship and practice in business and management within the United Kingdom and beyond. It connects academics, practitioners, and policy makers associated with institutions such as University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, London School of Economics, University of Manchester, and University of Warwick. Its activities intersect with organizations including Academy of Social Sciences, Royal Society, Economic and Social Research Council, Association of Business Schools, and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
History
The organization was established in 1986 amid developments influenced by figures and bodies like Christopher Bartlett, Henry Mintzberg, Academy of Management (United States), European Academy of Management, and debates surrounding reports from Dearing Report and initiatives linked to Department for Education and Science (United Kingdom). Early conferences featured speakers from Harvard Business School, INSEAD, Stanford Graduate School of Business, London Business School, and Imperial College London. Over time the body engaged with funders and evaluators such as Research Excellence Framework, Higher Education Funding Council for England, British Library, and Wellcome Trust while hosting events that brought together contributors from Oxford Brookes University, Birkbeck, University of London, University of Strathclyde, and University of Glasgow.
Purpose and Activities
The academy promotes management scholarship through activities that echo practices of Academy of Management (United States), European Foundation for Management Development, Chartered Association of Business Schools, Institute of Management Studies and collaborations with professional bodies like Chartered Institute of Marketing. It supports teaching and knowledge exchange compatible with standards set by Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education, encourages engagement with policy arenas such as Parliament of the United Kingdom committees, and fosters links with think-tanks including Institute for Public Policy Research and Centre for Economic Performance.
Membership and Governance
Membership comprises scholars and practitioners affiliated with universities like University of Edinburgh, University of Birmingham, University of Leeds, University of Bristol, and Queen Mary University of London as well as corporate and governmental practitioners from entities such as British Airways, HSBC, BP, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and London Stock Exchange Group. Governance structures mirror models found at Royal Society, British Academy, and Academy of Social Sciences, featuring elected officers, an executive board, and specialist panels with ties to committees resembling those in Research Councils UK and Higher Education Academy.
Conferences and Events
Annual and regional conferences are staged in venues across locations like Manchester Central Convention Complex, ExCeL London, King's College London, University of York, and University of Leeds. These gatherings often include streams reflecting research traditions associated with Harvard Business School, Columbia Business School, IE Business School, Said Business School, and Judge Business School, and offer workshops similar to programs from European Academy of Management, Strategic Management Society, and British Psychological Society. Special symposia have featured collaborations with Copenhagen Business School, Rotterdam School of Management, University of Antwerp, and National University of Singapore.
Publications and Research
The academy supports and promotes journals and edited volumes comparable to British Journal of Management, Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Venturing, Strategic Management Journal, and Organization Studies. It encourages research themes linked to scholars and works by Michael Porter, Henry Mintzberg, Peter Drucker, Jeffrey Pfeffer, and Rosabeth Moss Kanter and engages with bibliometric and impact assessment frameworks like those used by Scopus, Web of Science, Clarivate Analytics, and Google Scholar. Research networks address topics related to organizations represented in publications from Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, and Palgrave Macmillan.
Awards and Recognition
The body administers prizes and fellowships akin to awards offered by Academy of Management (United States), European Academy of Management, Royal Society, British Academy, and Leverhulme Trust. Recognitions have honored contributors comparable to Nancy Adler, Anthony Giddens, John Kay, Colin Mayer, and Kathleen Eisenhardt, and reflect standards similar to those underpinning honors such as Order of the British Empire, Fellow of the British Academy, and national research prizes administered by UK Research and Innovation.
Regional and International Relations
Regional groups link with clusters at institutions including University of Exeter, University of Southampton, Durham University, Newcastle University, and University of Sheffield and maintain international ties with Academy of Management (United States), European Academy of Management, Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management, Academy of International Business, and networks across Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation members. Partnerships extend to collaborative projects with United Nations Development Programme, World Bank, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, European Commission, and foundations such as Fulbright Program and Gates Foundation.