Creating a New Management University: Tracking the Strategy of Singapore Management University (Smu) in Singapore (1997-2019/20) - Paperback

by Howard Thomas (Author), Alex Wilson (Author), Michelle P. Lee (Author)

This book provides an in-depth exploration of the development of an entrepreneurial university, tracking the genesis of the idea of a third local university in Singapore to its fruition as Singapore Management University. It provides important insight for senior university and business school leaders, and regional and national governments.

Author Biography

Howard Thomas is a highly cited scholar in the fields of strategic management and management education. His academic and administrative career has spanned at least three continents. He has held deanships In Illinois, SMU and Warwick and has chaired several business school professional organisations. He is currently the Dean of Fellows at the British Academy of Management and an Emeritus Professor at SMU.

Alex Wilson is a Senior Lecturer in Strategy at Loughborough University. He researches both the role and purpose of business schools and open forms of strategy. He has held visiting positions at SMU and he was the Chartered Association of Business Schools (UK) Research Fellow.

Michelle P. Lee is an Associate Professor of Marketing (Education) and Associate Provost (Undergraduate Education) at SMU. Her more recent research has been focused on understanding different models of management education, and the opportunities and challenges faced by schools of business/management.