Diploma blends with Boots UK's approach to talent development: Business school nurtures retailer's leaders of the future

Abstract

Purpose

Describes how Nottingham Business School has teamed up with Boots UK to help to develop the retailer's management and leadership skills.

Design/methodology/approach

Details the reasons for the diploma qualification, the form it takes and some of the outcomes it is achieving.

Findings

Explains that the course modules contribute to the delegate's understanding of retail and customer loyalty and give a wide understanding of business in general while contributing to the development of world-class people and, more specifically, leaders of the future.

Practical implications

Reveals that each module has a business owner from Boots UK who works with a university tutor to ensure that the content is tailored to the company's and delegates' needs.

Originality/value

Gives the inside story of a leadership qualification that is tied closely to the work environment.

Citation

(2013), "Diploma blends with Boots UK's approach to talent development: Business school nurtures retailer's leaders of the future", Human Resource Management International Digest, Vol. 21 No. 7, pp. 15-16. https://doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-10-2013-0083