AMBA's Ambition magazine: Issue 62, April 2023

Main transformation process measures in progress by the end of 2022

Area

Main measures implemented

Main ongoing measures

Strategy

New mission and strategy aligned with UPF • Code of ethics • Simplification of governance • Implementation of governance standards

Governance

Dean’s oce

• Vice-dean’s Oce for Research and Knowledge Transfer set up • Four new academic departments created (previously the school did not have academic departments) • Accreditation with AQU (National Accreditation), EOCCS, AMBA and EQUIS • New master’s degree model • New full-time MBA • Elimination of non-core programmes • Online and English edition of new programmes • Gender perspective in programmes • Teachers’ prizes for innovation • Student awards to improve ethical perspective, CSR and societal well-being • New faculty policy (research track, knowledge transfer track, tenure track, visiting professorships, sabbaticals) • First positions with tenure • Career plan plus annual evaluation plan • Plan to enhance research culture: research seminars, annual objectives, publication bonus • Repository of publications, case centre • Enterprise chairs increased from one to 10

AACSB accreditation (eligibility obtained)

Academic programming

Implementing the new master’s model

Teaching innovation

Student services

Improving communication with students Increasing the diversity of the teaching sta‘ (both gender and nationality)

Faculty

Research and knowledge transfer

Research code of ethics

International relations

International Advisory Council established Balanced scorecard and risk map introduced

Management

Marketing

• New school logo • Merchandising

Student services

• Student participation in all committees • Elimination of photocopies

An extended experience designed to improve the student journey is in the preliminary phase of implementation

Online unit

• Creation of the online unit • Increase in online programmes

Alumni/Careers

• Alumni Advisory Committee set up • Anniversary celebrations of academic programmes

Alumni awards inaugurated

Corporate social responsibility

• Access to the UN Global Compact • Report on the social value of the school

Business school impact system (BSIS – rating of positive impact)

Institutional communication

Newsletters

Information technology

Digitalisation of the school

Infrastructure

All classrooms prepared for hybrid teaching

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