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Oliver Wight Prizes Awarded at
Brunel University
As a global management consulting and education company, Oliver Wight fosters links and collaboration with various academic institutions, and sponsors the Oliver Wight Prize at the Department of Systems Engineering, Brunel University, Middlesex.
At the Degree ceremony held at Brunel's Uxbridge campus, this year's Prize was awarded to Lars Maechler and Christopher Sanz for achieving the highest marks in Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Engineering Management. Their postgraduate MSc work was judged by course tutors and lecturers to be of the highest overall standards.
Colin Millar, Director of Postgraduate Studies, comments: "The collaboration is seen as being of benefit to both organisations and adds value for all of the students. We are exploring ways of further developing this relationship."
In a recent report by the Higher Education Funding Council, Brunel's Department of Systems Engineering teaching skills and organisation was praised for being of the highest quality the assessors had ever observed.
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NOTE FOR EDITORS:
Oliver Wight
Oliver Wight was an innovator in industry. He recognised the challenges that industry faced whilst always seeking to do things better. His ideas were matched only by his ability to communicate them in ways that generated acceptance, commitment and enthusiasm. When computers first emerged in manufacturing he saw the role of people being overshadowed by technology. He made it his personal mission to put people first, and to give them the knowledge they needed to use their new tools. His tenet 'Computers aren't the key to success, people are' remains a core philosophy of the Oliver Wight Companies.
Today the Oliver Wight approach is to provide long-term coaching and support for clients striving to attain business excellence through sustainable behaviour change. Founded upon a best practice business framework Oliver Wight provides:
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- Facilitated process design workshops to develop a unique application for your business;
- Ongoing coaching, support and critique throughout and beyond the life of the implementation;
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Oliver Wight sets stringent performance measures and awards Class 'A' status to companies that consistently attain measurements of between 95-100% in five key areas of best practice: planning and control, continuous improvement, new product development, strategic planning and management, and people and team processes.
With a track record tracing three decades and a distinguished past in working with both international 'blue chip' organisations and medium sized businesses Oliver Wight's current client list includes ICI, GlaxoSmithKline, The Wrigley Company, Caterpillar, Unilever, British Aerospace, Rolls Royce, 3M, Merck Sharpe & Dohme.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Carol Collins
Oliver Wight Europe
The Steadings Business Centre
Maisemore
Gloucester GL2 8EY
Tel: 01452 397200
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