Creating a New Management University

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.

Part I: The Study of the Strategic Processes of Founding, Evolution and Transformation of a New Management University: Singapore Management University (SMU) Introduction: The Logic of the Study: A Processual Analysis of the Founding and Strategic Evolution of SMU. 1. What is an Entrepreneurial, Adaptive, Innovative University? 2. The Economic and Political Background of Singapore: Applying Models of Inclusive Growth in the Singapore Context Part II: The Evolution of SMU (1997–2000) 3. The Era of Ferment (1997–2000): The Genesis of SMU 4. The Era of Evolution (2000–2008): How SMU Becomes a Multi-School, Social Science-based Management University 5. The Era of Growth and Identity (2008–2015): Achieving Asian Identity and Global Recognition 6. The Era of Growth and Identity (2008–2015): Strategies of the Six Schools 7. The Era of Imaginative Strategic Development (2015–2020): Realising Vision 2025 8. The Era of Imaginative Strategic Development (2015–2020): Strategies of the Six Schools Part III: Reflections on SMU's Strategies and Strategic Evolution 9. Is SMU an Exemplar of a Strategic, Adaptive and Entrepreneurial University? Postscript: Where Does SMU Go Now? Future Directions and Uncertain Futures