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51°33′47″N 0°52′57″W / 51.56306°N 0.88250°W / 51.56306; -0.88250

Henley Business School is a business school which now forms part of the University of Reading. It was formed by merging the previously independent Henley Management College (formerly the Administrative Staff College) with the existing business school of the University of Reading. As a result of the merger it now occupies two sites: Greenlands Campus, near the town of Henley-on-Thames, the original site of the Henley Management College, and Whiteknights Campus in Reading.

The school has triple accreditation by EQUIS, AMBA and the AACSB. It is ranked among the world's top 50 business schools by the Financial Times[1] and the Economist.[2]

The current dean is Professor John Board.

History

Greenlands campus on the banks of the river Thames

1945-1981

The Administrative Staff College was set up in 1945 at Henley-on-Thames as the civilian equivalent of the military staff colleges. It offered short courses in problems of advanced management. The college was offered the use of Greenlands by the 3rd Viscount Hambledon in 1946, and was bought outright from the family in 1952. In its early years, the college was influenced by the management consultant and writer Lyndall Urwick, the academic Hector Hetherington, the civil servant Sir Donald Banks and the businessman Sir Geoffrey Heyworth (later Lord Heyworth);[3] its curriculum was designed by its first principal, Noel Hall. From the beginning, its intention was to bring together executives from Her Majesty's Civil Service, private business and nationalised industries to help develop their skills for promotion to senior management.

The ICMA Centre Thomson Reuters Trading Rooms

1981-2008

In 1981, the college changed its name from its original title to Henley - The Management College. This was changed again to the Henley Management College when it was awarded a royal charter in 1991. In the 1980s the college's full time and part time MBA education were based at Brunel University. In the beginning the MBAs were awarded by Brunel University. By 2002, the college achieved triple accreditation status from the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), the Association of MBAs (AMBA) and the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).[4] The Greenlands campus of the college is located on the banks of the river Thames near Henley-on-Thames, on a country estate and former home of the WH Smith family.

2008-present

In 2008, the Henley Management College merged with the University of Reading to form the Henley Business School. It consists of the School of International Business and Strategy; the School of Leadership, Organisations and Behaviour; the School of Marketing and Reputation; the School of Business Informatics, Systems and Accountancy (which includes the Informatics Research Centre); the School of Real Estate & Planning; the ICMA Centre; and Executive Education Programmes.

Reputation and awards

Henley Business School holds triple-accredited status from AMBA, EQUIS and AACSB.[5][6]

In 2021 the pre-experience Masters in Finance programme was ranked 7th in the UK and 39th in the world.[7]

The Henley MBA programme has been ranked at 34 globally, number one regionally and first worldwide for potential to network and breadth of alumni. The executive MBA (EMBA) programme has been ranked at 36 worldwide by The Economist's, Which MBA? 2014 rankings[2].

The school's Centre for Coaching won a 2019 Global Coaching Award from the European Mentoring & Coaching Council in January 2020[8].

The Research Excellence Framework 2014 ranked Henley in the top 10% for internationally excellent and world-leading research[9].

References

  1. ^ "Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2015". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "The Economist Which MBA? Full time MBA ranking". Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  3. ^ Brech, Edward, Andrew Thomson & John F Wilson, Lyndall Urwick, Management Pioneer: A Biography, Oxford University Press, 2010.
  4. ^ "Henley Business School rankings and facts". Henley Business School. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  5. ^ "Accreditations". Henley Business School. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  6. ^ "Find AACSB-Accredited Business Schools | AACSB". www.aacsb.edu. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  7. ^ "Masters in Finance pre-experience 2021 - Business school rankings". 25 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "EMCC Press release coaching awards". 31 January 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ REF 2014 resultshttps://www.ref.ac.uk/2014/media/ref/content/pub/REF%2001%202014%20-%20full%20document.pdf
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