RISE May-June 2009 - University of Salford

RISE! Research Innovation and Internationalisation News
SUCCESSFUL
BIDDING WITH BUHU
On the 10th of March, the Research Institute for the Built and
Human Environment (BuHu) ran an expert panel discussion
focusing on sharing and exchanging bidding best practice.
The discussion was chaired by Professor Mustafa Alshawi,
Director of BuHu, and guided by a panel of successful bidders
comprising Professor Ghassan Aouad, Professor Terrance
Fernando, Professor Mike Kagioglou, Professor Trevor Cox
and Professor Marcus Ormerod.
VISITING SCHOLAR AT
JUDGE BUSINESS SCHOOL,
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Dr. Richard Li-Hua, Director of China Programmes, in Salford
Business School, has recently been invited to visit Judge
Business School (JBS) in Cambridge. During his visit he met
with academics from JBS, attended seminars and gave a
seminar to JBS MBA Students on Benchmarking
Competitiveness of Firms in China.
Whilst in Cambridge Richard was also invited, by Cambridge University
Asia Law and Business association (CUALA), to deliver a speech on
Integration of Western Management and Chinese Philosophy in the
Current Economic Recession at the CUALA Annual Conference aimed
at addressing the current credit crunch, along with discussions with
other world leading academics around this topic.
Richard has been working and researching with Professor Arnoud De
Meyer, Director of Judge Business School, on the importance of
keeping up with the fast pace of technological change within the
global business environment, the close relationship between
technology strategy, business sustainability and providing fresh insights
for multinational companies in creating competitive advantage through
designing an appropriate technology strategy.
The panel addressed all stages of the bidding process, starting from
“creating a research idea” to “finances” and “distribution of funds”.
The main discussion focused on networking and opportunities. The role
of the former was highlighted as key to produce timely and high quality
bids with higher chances of success. This is particularly important in
large national and European bids. The latter, however, refers to having
the ability to identify an opportunity, in line with one’s strength, either
in a response to a call or external strong interests from either the public
or private sector.
passion is the
driver of success
The panel stressed the need to introduce some type of monitoring
process within the institution to guide staff through the bidding process
and to ensure that quality is adhered to at all times. This will be critical
in the future in the light of the expected changes of the funding
councils’ reviewing process. The panel also acknowledged the excellent
support that the Contracts Office is giving to staff and encouraged all
staff to lean more towards this Office in the future.
The main message which came out of the discussion was “passion is
the driver of success”. In addition, other factors that could make a
difference were highlighted. These were security of the individual staff,
team creation, networking and opportunities, encouraging and
motivating staff particularly young researchers and networking
with BuHu.
To find out more about BuHu visit their website at:
www.buhu.salford.ac.uk/
If you would like to find out more about Richard’s work contact him
at: r.li-hua@salford.ac.uk
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