Advanced Institute of Management Research (AIM): Director's Contract

• Start date: 01 May 2007
• End date: 19 February 2012

This initiative has the central objective of significantly increasing the contribution of, and future capacity for, world class UK research on management. It will: conduct research to identify actions to enhance the international competitiveness of UK businesses; raise the quality and international standing of UK research on management; expand the size and capacity of the active research base for UK research on management; and develop the engagement of that capacity with world class research outside of the UK and with practitioners and other users of research within the UK. AIM will operate through fellowships rather than through conventional Programme projects. The initial research areas for AIM are: Recasting productivity for the 21st Century; Sustained innovation; Adaptation of promising practices; Excellence in public service delivery