NHS to banish pagers from its hospitals — but is this a good idea? City Talk By Professor Andre Spicer, Professor of Organisational Behaviour at Cass Business School. Remember pagers? Simple devices that were used fairly widely before the advent of mobile phones and SMS messaging. If you had a pager, you could receive simple messages, but you couldn’t reply. One of the few places you will find a pager today [...]
Four common mistakes that can ruin your chances in a job interview City Talk By Dr Janina Steinmetz, Senior Lecturer in Marketing at Cass Business School If you make it to the job interview stage of an application process, the prospect of a new job is very much in sight. Make a good impression and you are likely to get the opportunity you want. But imagine you get to [...]
Should the rich be taxed more? City Talk Compared with other developed countries, the UK has a very high level of income inequality, something which many of us feel uncomfortable about. According to the Equality Trust, UK households in the bottom 10 per cent of the population have, on average, a disposable (or net) income of £9,644, with the top 10 per cent [...]
If you’re so successful, why are you still working 70 hours a week? February 21, 2019 Professor Empson’s book argues that the people leading the world’s most influential professional firms, including major accounting and consulting firms, law firms and investment banks, are constantly working to maintain an unstable equilibrium which can be thrown off balance at any time, losing them authority and potentially cause chaos. In one key chapter in her [...]
How to value your startup February 14, 2019 Do you have a great idea for a startup but feel overwhelmed by the funding options? You’re not alone. Many fledgling entrepreneurs have a great idea and sound business plan but start scratching their heads as soon as money is mentioned. Every startup needs money to grow so it is important that you value your [...]
How to reshape the financial system? First ditch the idea of the free market February 4, 2019 Nick Silver, Honorary Senior Visiting Fellow, Cass Business School, writes for The Conversation. First published by Amy Ripley (Senior Communications Officer) Ten years ago the financial system collapsed and governments around the world intervened to save it. Much of the subsequent legislation, regulation and angst has attempted to make the system less risky so it [...]
How Smart Cities transform operations models February 1, 2019 Local and national governments around the world face huge challenges in addressing the services needs and environmental issues that busy, growing modern cities present. Effective and efficient operations models are required, both for the management of urban infrastructure and for the production and delivery of products and services dependent on them. One solution has been [...]
Flexible working does increase job satisfaction but it depends how you arrange it January 31, 2019 Research from Cass Business School and Cranfield School of Management has confirmed that flexible working can increase employee job satisfaction and organisational commitment. However, the researchers discovered that employees who establish flexible working arrangements through informal discussion with their line manager are judged to perform much better than those who use formal flexible working arrangements. [...]
Five reasons why Game of Thrones satisfies our (narrative) needs January 30, 2019 Game of Thrones has become something of a TV event over the past six years – the last season attracted more than 5m viewers per episode. On the face of it, the attractions are obvious: large helpings of sex and violence, bolstered by a serpentine storyline said to be inspired by the War of the [...]
