Editing Open University (section)

==== Business school ====
In 1982, Open University offered a course titled, "The Effective Manager", developed by a team that was led by [[Charles Handy]]. After the reported success of the course, [[Derek S. Pugh]] proposed the establishment of a business school. In 1988, the Open University Business School (OUBS) was founded by the Faculty of Management department, for which professor [[Andrew Thomson (academic)|Andrew Thomson]] was appointed to head. Thomson's main goal was the offering of an MBA programme, which was eventually funded through a grant from the DES. In 1989, the first class of MBA students were enrolled.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Williams |first=Allan P. O. |title=The History of UK Business and Management Education |date=2010-09-06 |publisher=Emerald Group Publishing Limited |isbn=9781849507806 |location=United Kingdom |pages=104–105}}</ref>

The Open University Business School is accredited by the international accrediting bodies [[AACSB]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=DataDirect – General |url=https://datadirect.aacsb.edu/public/profiles/profile.cfm?interstitialComplete=1&runReport=1&unitid=55114&userType=All |access-date=2018-08-01 |website=datadirect.aacsb.edu}}</ref> [[Association of MBAs|AMBA]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Business school detail – Association of MBAs |url=https://www.mbaworld.com/business-schools/business-school-search/business-school-detail/uk-open-university-business-school |access-date=2018-08-01 |website=Association of MBAs |language=en |archive-date=1 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801094411/https://www.mbaworld.com/business-schools/business-school-search/business-school-detail/uk-open-university-business-school |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[EQUIS]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pergoot |first=Nick |title=EQUIS Accredited Schools |url=http://www.efmd.org/accreditation-main/equis/accredited-schools |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180223171330/http://www.efmd.org/accreditation-main/equis/accredited-schools |archive-date=23 February 2018 |access-date=2018-08-01 |website=European Foundation for Management Development |language=en-gb}}</ref> known as [[Triple accreditation#UK|triple accreditation]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Hoare |first=Stephen |date=2010-07-20 |title=MBA business schools: Home or abroad: where to study |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2010/jul/20/mba-business-schools |access-date=2018-08-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-11 |title=Here's Everything You Need To Know About Part Time Study |language=en-GB |work=HuffPost UK |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2016/02/11/dispelling-the-myths-around-open-university_n_9131220.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer_us=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_cs=Um6RsmLY-0tR6F6psQkTLA |access-date=2018-08-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=The Open University|url=https://business-school.open.ac.uk/news/we%E2%80%99ve-retained-our-prestigious-triple-accreditation|access-date=2021-09-06|website=business-school.open.ac.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Some selected rankings:

* The OU Business School's MBA programme was ranked 13th in the ''[[Financial Times]]''’ global rankings of online and distance learning MBA providers which featured five [[European schools]], four of which were in the UK.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Business school rankings from the Financial Times – Online MBA Ranking 2014 – =Rankings.ft.com|url=http://rankings.ft.com/businessschoolrankings/online-mba-ranking-2014|access-date=2014-04-10}}</ref>
* Ranked fifth in the Global Online MBA Rankings by CEO Magazine and 1st for UK institutions (2019)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ceo-mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/2019-Global-MBA-Rankings.pdf|title=Global MBA Rankings}}</ref>
* Ranked sixth in the world for the QS Distance Online MBA Rankings (2016)<ref>{{Cite web|title=QS Distance Online MBA Rankings 2016|url=https://www.topmba.com/mba-rankings/online-mba-rankings/2016|access-date=2021-04-08|website=TopMBA.com|language=en}}</ref>