Surrey Business School, University of Surrey

Executive MBA Scholarship Competition 2024 – 100% Scholarship to the Winner! The Surrey MBA offers a truly transformative business education experience which accelerates the career path for those looking to enhance their knowledge of cutting-edge business practice. Surrey Business School is running a competition to win a number of scholarships for the 2024 Executive MBA programme. Entrants can win scholarships worth up to 100% and 75% of the programme fees. The competition is open to anyone who meets the entry requirements to the Executive MBA. "The Executive MBA curriculum at Surrey provides me with a broad range of business disciplines that I can immediately apply to my current career. Beyond the curriculum, there's been a huge opportunity to strengthen my professional network through engaging with and learning from a high calibre of individuals." - Dervla Carty, 2023 EMBA Scholarship Competition Winner and Enterprise Account Manager, HashiCorp For further details of the competition and how to apply, visit: https://lnkd.in/gKa5CqKS

A fantastic opportunity to experience a teaching weekend on the Surrey MBA and find out what it's all about.

This is a fantastic opportunity to find out more about our Executive MBA programme and experience a day in the life of an Executive MBA student!

SBS research on the ethical use of algorithms cited in the 2024 Economic Report of the US President Surrey Business School is delighted to announce co-authored research by Prof MariaLaura Di Domenico has been referenced in chapter 7, ‘An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence’ in the influential Economic Report of the President. The Report presents an overview of the nation’s economic progress and makes the case for the Biden-Harris Administration’s economic policy priorities. The topics covered in this year’s report include: The Benefits of Full Employment; The Year in Review and the Years Ahead; Population, Aging, and the Economy; Increasing the Supply of Affordable Housing; International Trade and Investment Flows; Accelerating the Clean Energy Transition; and An Economic Framework for Understanding Artificial Intelligence. University of Surrey Surrey Business School, University of Surrey The White House

Surrey Business School strengthens its collaboration with South Korea As part of our commitment to deepening the links between South Korea and Surrey Business School it was a pleasure to welcome Minister Siwoon Kim and Second Secretary Kangi Il Lee to the University of Surrey. The visit, hosted by Surrey Business School, Dr. Hyeyoun Park and Dr. Sun Hye Lee alongside Dr. Wooli Bae (School of Mathematics and Physics), is part of an initiative to build a stronger Korean academic community within the social sciences in the UK and marks a significant step towards fostering collaboration between the Surrey Business School and the Korean Embassy. Hyeyoun Park Sun Hye Lee Wooli Bae

Less 'artificial' and more 'intuitive' intelligence. Just how much should leaders 'trust their gut' in decision-making? In a speech to the Economic Club of Washington in 2018, Jeff Bezos described the challenge his business faced in coming up with a loyalty scheme that would work for Amazon. It was a highly consequential decision which had been perplexing the executive team for some time. Then, out of the blue, a junior software engineer came up with the idea of fast, free shipping.  But the stumbling block was that shipping is expensive and customers like free shipping, so much so that the big eaters at Amazon’s “buffet” would likely ship one dollar items at a two dollar shipping charge. But Bezos is experienced enough to know that some of his best decisions have been made with “guts... not analysis.” Bezos decided to go with his gut. Prime launched in 2005 and one of the world’s most popular subscription services was born. As a seasoned executive and experienced entrepreneur Bezos sensed that the Prime idea could work. Whether or not to go with your gut isn’t an uncommon CEO predicament, and choosing to do so isn’t an uncommon response: many CEOs rely on the informed and intelligent use of intuition to take big decisions, in other words on their intuitive intelligence. But what is ‘intuition’, what does it mean to ‘go with your gut’, and what does ‘intuitive intelligence’ look like? Intuition itself manifests itself in two ways: the first is as the ‘automated expertise’ which for many experienced professionals helps to get us through the day without having to think through every decision. An analogy is driving: novice drivers have to think things through but with enough experience driving becomes automated (up to a point); the second way it manifests is as a ‘holistic hunch’.  This is where a situation, for example what someone did (or didn’t) say, doesn’t ‘stack up’ or seems a bit ‘fishy’ and is an ‘avoid’ signal. Jeff Bezos’ decision to go with his gut in the Amazon Prime decision is an example of holistic hunch. So much for intuition, what about intuitive intelligence? One definition of intuitive intelligence is “The capacity to be aware of, understand, interpret and manage intuitions in yourself and in others and hence make better judgements and take more effective decisions.” Intuition isn’t a sixth sense, nor is it a special gift possessed by some remarkable people; it’s a developable skill. In Trust Your Gut, a forthcoming publication by Professor Eugene Sadler-Smith, readers are taken though a seven-step journey towards intuitive intelligence: 1 Build intuitive muscle power; 2 Get in touch with gut your feelings; 3 Know when, and when not, to trust it; 4 Think without thinking; 5 Tune-in and translate your hunches; 6 Debias your intuitive mind; and 7 Hone your hunches. Trust Your Gut will be published by Pearson in 2024; it aims to help readers use their intuition to take better decisions in their professional and personal lives.

Surrey Business School, University of Surrey is hosting Surrey Full-Time MBA Information Session. Make sure to attend it on February 28th.