
News
Call for nominations: Council of the Chartered Association of Business School
Nominations from the voting representatives of our member schools are invited for two vacancies in the Council of the Chartered Association of Business Schools.
30th September 2025
- Home
- / Policy
- / Research and Funding
- / Reflections on the role of the business school dean
Research & Analysis
Leadership
Reflections on the role of the business school dean
2nd December 2015

The current drive for inter-disciplinarity, impact, and greater embeddedness in the university and society through activities such as entrepreneurship provide business school deans with more opportunities for collaboration and mutual intellectual exchanges beyond merely providing financial cross subsidies to other departments. This report provides insights into the motivations, expectations, and challenges of university-based business school deans.