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Kakavelakis, Konstantinos
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2010-09
Kakavelakis, K. (2010). Family-themed control in “service factories”: an examination of modes of service delivery and HRM styles in the UK restaurant sector, Personnel Review, 39 (5): 557-73
DOI 10.1108/00483481011064145
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/229451
Personnel Review
human resource management
control
hospitality sector
restaurant
Family-themed control in “service factories”: an examination of modes of service delivery and HRM styles in the UK restaurant sector
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2442602020-04-23T07:29:00Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Minocha, Sonal
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Reynolds, Martin
author
2012-08
This article is an autoethnographic perspective on innovative management practice in the U.K. business school context. Business schools, in general, have long been criticized for their “formulaic” and “irrelevant” approach to management education. The authors take the position that the alternative model of management education that addresses the criticisms of business schools is the practice-based model, most well articulated by Mintzberg. This practice-based view formed the basis of a new vision for their case study organization (a leading U.K. business school) that they set out to embed in the organization and its space through the use of wall art. Recognizing the role played by art, design, and creativity in management, the authors reflect on their use of wall art as part of an approach to embedding a new business school vision, offering the lessons that can be drawn for further application of this practice within other business school contexts.
The Artistry of Practice or the Practice of Artistry: Embodying Art and Practice in a Business School Context, 2012, published online, Journal of Management Inquiry
1056-4926
1552-6542
10.1177/1056492612451652
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/244260
Journal of Management Inquiry
The artistry of practice or the practice of artistry: embodying art and practice in a business school context
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Minocha, Sonal
author
2009-03
A ‘management practice’ piece experimenting with creative expression of views on Legitimacy theory.
The language of legitimation: The narrative of reputation management within corporate disclosures 2009, 20 (2):289-291 Critical Perspectives on Accounting
10452354
10.1016/j.cpa.2007.05.002
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/244271
Critical Perspectives on Accounting
legitimacy theory
corporate reputation management
disclosure policies
epistemological language
The language of legitimation: the narrative of reputation management within corporate disclosures
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Minocha, Sonal
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Stonehouse, George
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2008
This paper takes a social perspective on the discipline of Knowledge Management (KM) within the processual, conceptual, and contextual dimensions of teaching this subject in a management education setting. We explore how for our students the concept of knowledge is a fascinating one as most of them wonder what is encompassed within 'knowledge management' for it to be a subject, yet we know that they can manage it in their everyday practice of being a PG student or a practitioner. In this paper we aim to re-present KM, through a discussion of its development processes, dimensions based content and the multicultural context of delivering our course and its implications for future reflective practice in the discipline.
Minocha, S., Stonehouse, G. (2008) 'Dimensions of KM: they know not its called knowledge… but they can manage it!' International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies 1 (3):253-265
1749-9151
10.1504/IJTCS.2008.019181
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/287348
1749-916X
International Journal of Teaching and Case Studies
knowledge management
content
teaching knowledge management
learning knowledge management
management education
dimensions of knowledge management
process
multicultural context
Dimensions of KM: they know not its called knowledge… but they can manage it!
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Wall, Stuart
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Minocha, Sonal
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Bronwen, Rees
author
2009-09
The book provides a clear and concise introduction to the environment and functions of international business. It explains in straightforward language the economic and financial underpinnings of international trade, the more subtle organisational and cultural issues, and the managerial challenges which face organisations of all types and sizes. In particular, it provides up-to-the-minute coverage of recent global events – the economic downturn and uncertainty in financial markets. It is written for students on undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, or undertaking professional qualifications. It is especially suitable for non-specialist students of business.
Wall.S.,Minocha.S.,Bronwen,R. (2010) 3rd ed., International Business, Harlow,UK: Pearson Education Ltd
0273723723
9780273723721
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/244275
International business
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Minocha, Sonal
author
2008-09
A creative piece blending the boundaries of poetry and prose-a style unique and consistent with the authors other research articles. In this it becomes an attempt to bring creative research methodologies to the forefront of organisation and management research
Out There . . . Out There in the Distance: A Management Choreopoem 2008, 14 (6):1041-1046 Qualitative Inquiry
1077-8004
10.1177/1077800408318307
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/244261
Qualitative Inquiry
management, embodiment , dance, poetry
Out there . . . out there in the distance: a management choreopoem
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Stonehouse, George
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Minocha, Sonal
author
2008-01
This paper contrasts theory with practice through a case study of strategic processes of knowledge management (KM) at Nike Incorporated. From its origins as a small specialist enterprise in 1972 to a multi-billion dollar global brand, the corporation has been continuously at the forefront of developments in management practice and business innovation. This case study has been compiled from interviews with senior managers and numerous secondary sources. The paper begins with a discussion of an insider perspective on the trajectory of the organization in terms of its strategic goals and decisions on markets, customers, products, services and business processes. It then goes on to explore and critique the dynamic interplay of the processes of strategizing, learning, creativity and innovation at Nike as the basis for its knowledge-based competitive advantage (CA). The case thus represents KM as a unique combination of processes in which learning; strategy and creativity are organized and strategically embedded within a large global organization. This has implications for future theorizing in KM, which, as we illustrate in this paper, demands a more integrative approach to research and practice. One of the key lessons for practice is that span of activity, as well as strategy, will influence the relationship between strategizing, organizing and learning and this interplay determines the success (or failure) of KM.
Stonehouse, G., Minocha, S (2008) 'Strategic processes @ Nike—making and doing knowledge management', Knowledge and Process Management 15 (1):24
1092-4604
1099-1441
10.1002/kpm.296
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/244243
Knowledge and Process Management
Strategic processes @ Nike—making and doing knowledge management
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Ocler, Rodolphe
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2009-10
This paper examines how firms build and develop corporate discourse in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility. The study has two main objectives: (i) to clarity notions that are used when analyzing discourse; and (ii) to provide a qualitative methodology to analyze how the discourse is used to construct a CSR strategy.
Discourse analysis and corporate social responsibility: a qualitative approach 2009, 4 (3):175 Society and Business Review
1746-5680
10.1108/17465680910994182
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251115
Society and Business Review
N100 Business studies
Discourse analysis and corporate social responsibility: a qualitative approach
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2520722020-04-23T07:29:05Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Delattre, Miguel
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Ocler, Rodolphe
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2012-08
This chapter explores the polysemy of the concept of professionalism and its development across time. Based on a case study, it identifies the impacts of this evolution in the health care industry in France. Focusing on non medical staff, this research aims at describing the specificities linked to the implementation of professionalism in a unique sector using three major notions: profession, common values and added values. Determining driving and restraining forces in an evolving sector, it highlights the complexity of the concept of professionalism.
9782240033239
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/252072
Le développement professionnel des cadres apprentissage et gestion des connaissances
N100 Business studies
Les conditions de développement du professionnalisme des cadres en hôpitaux psychiatriques
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Ocler, Rodolphe
author
2010-01
This volume is composed of 10 chapters analysing the diversity and richness of discourse analysis applied to organizational life. The first part of the book focuses on discourse theory and methodological implications. The second part clarifies how myths and phantasms develop in organisations. The last part explains the impact of quiproquo and unspoken stories in a managerial context.
Ocler. R (2010) Mythes fantasmes, non-dits et quiproquo:Analyse de discours et organisations. L'Harmattan
9782296105683
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/252052
N100 Business studies
Mythes fantasmes, non-dits et quiproquo:Analyse de discours et organisations
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Delattre, Miguel
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Ocler, Rodolphe
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2013-01
The notion of professionalism is polysemic in nature. In this paper we aim at analysing the development of this notion and identify its components. The paper examines the process that lead to the development of professionalism based on the interaction between the actors and the organization. These social interactions, grounded in an organizational environment, reveal the tensions that such interactions expose
1746-5680
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251133
Society and business review
N100 Business studies
Professionalism and organization: polysemy of concepts and narratives of actors
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2510072020-04-23T07:37:31Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
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2012
This paper describes a case study into an NGO (non-governmental organisation) in India which has invented a goddess in order to effect transformations in many dimensions including personal, political, societal and symbolic. Based on primary evidence gained through participation and interviews, and secondary evidence from articles written by the organisation’s founder, the paper describes the background to the goddess’s creation and the desired transformations and explores some of the ways in which the goddess, through the ambiguity of her symbolism, creates a space for resistance
Schwabenland, C. Swacch Narayani, The Goddess of Good Governance: The Creation of a Goddess as an Organisational Intervention in Against the grain : advances in postcolonial organization studies, Anshuman Prasad (ed.), 2012: Copenhagen Business School Press
8763002434
9788763002431
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251007
Swacch Narayani, the goddess of good governance: the creation of a goddess as an organisational intervention
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2510062020-04-23T08:42:53Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Al-Husan, Faten Z. Baddar
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James, Philip
author
2009-04
Limited, in-depth, evidence exists as to the dynamics that underlay human resource reform in situations where multinationals acquire undertakings in developing countries on a basis short of full ownership. This article uses three case studies of human resource reform within privatised Jordanian undertakings acquired by French multinationals to shed further light on these dynamics. It concludes that the reforms introduced by the multinationals reflected their more general approaches to post-entry human resource reform, but that the pace and manner of change was influenced by local factors, including the influence that the Jordanian government was able to exert as a result of its continuing role in the ownership and management of the companies.
Al-Husan, F.B., James, P. (2009) 'Multinationals and the process of post-entry HRM reform: Evidence from three Jordanian case studies' European Management Journal 27 (2):142-154
0263-2373
10.1016/j.emj.2008.06.003
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251006
European Management Journal
multinationals
human resource management
developing countries
Jordan
privatisation
post-entry reform
joint ventures
Multinationals and the process of post-entry HRM reform: evidence from three Jordanian case studies
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2509652020-04-23T07:29:12Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Yu, Ai
author
Humphreys, Patrick
author
2008
This paper explores how collaborative decision-making can be improved through expanding decision makers’ ability to access and process information related to intellectual capital. We describe the ICS (Intellectual Capital Statement) Process, and supporting ICS toolkit developed by Partners in the InCaS EU project. We describe how they were validated in practice to provide an open, semi-structured methodology designed to help Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) decide on their strengths and weaknesses regarding intellectual capital and its use within the firm. We also describe the creation and emergence of InCapedia, an interactive encyclopaedia for authoring, representing, accessing and communicating anything and everything to do with intellectual capital. We show how, together, InCapedia and the ICS toolkit support both the enhancement of contextual knowledge and the development of proceduralised contexts, and thus have the potential to nurture all aspects of collaborative decision processes in SMEs.
Intellectual Capital and Support for Collaborative Decision Making in Small and Medium Enterprises 2008, 17 (1):41-61 Journal of Decision Systems
1246-0125
2116-7052
10.3166/jds.17.41-61
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250965
Journal of Decision Systems
intellectual capital
collaborative decision making
small to medium-sized enterprises
InCaS
context enrichment
SMEs
Intellectual capital and support for collaborative decision making in small and medium enterprises
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Fuller, Alison
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Kakavelakis, Kostas
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Felstead, Alan
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Jewson, Nick
author
Unwin, Lorna
author
2009
This paper explores the nature of the relationship between Head Office and stores in a large British supermarket chain. It focuses on the role played by a range of technological tools available for managing the stock and connecting different parts of the productive system and the implications this has for employee learning in stores. The evidence illustrates the dual role of artefacts in making possible long-distance control from Head Office, on the one hand, at the same time as opening up spaces for local discretion and intervention, on the other. Accordingly, the paper also shows how the relation between the organisational centre and the periphery gives rise to different types of skills and expertise, providing the basis for a potentially expansive learning environment at the level of the store.
Fuller, A. et al (2009) 'Learning, knowing and controlling the stock: the nature of employee discretion in a supermarket chain' Journal of Education and Work 22 (2):105-120
1363-9080
1469-9435
10.1080/13639080902854037
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251001
Journal of Education and Work
Learning, knowing and controlling the stock: the nature of employee discretion in a supermarket chain
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Kakavelakis, Konstantinos
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Edwards, Tim
author
2011-12-27
The orthodox literature on situated learning has favoured a conception of agency which is linked to habitual action and as a consequence it emphasizes learning as routinized enactment based on social cohesion. To highlight the contested nature of situated learning we draw on the case study of situated learning during organizational change and we employ a relational sociology perspective. The latter views agency as a process encompassing iterative, projective and practical evaluative dimensions which unfold in relation to the temporal and structural contexts within which situated learning is embedded. The evidence illustrates situated learning as an emergent process shaped by the diverse modes in which actors—operating in a context imbued with ambiguity—connected with a seemingly shared set of principles informing their practice.
Kakavelakis, K., Edwards, T. (2011) 'Situated learning theory and agentic orientation: a relational sociology approach' Management Learning 43 (5):475-494
1350-5076
1461-7307
10.1177/1350507611427233
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250998
Management Learning
agentic orientation
relational sociology
situated learning
Situated learning theory and agentic orientation: A relational sociology approach
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2509972012-11-06T12:32:18Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Kakavelakis, Konstantinos
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Felstead, Alan
author
Jewson, Nick
author
Fuller, Alison
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Unwin, Lorna
author
2009
Felstead,A.,Jewson,N., Fuller,A.,Kakavelakis, K. and Unwin,L. Establishing Rapport: Using Quantitative and Qualitative Methods in Tandem in Townsend, K and Burgess, J. (eds) Method in the Madness: Research stories you won't read in textbooks, 2009,Part 3: Oxford,Chandos Publishing
843344939
9781843344933
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250997
Establishing rapport: using quantitative and qualitative methods in tandem
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Hirst, Alison
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2011
The purpose of this paper is to provide a sociological analysis of emergent sociospatial structures in a hot-desking office environment, where space is used exchangeably. It considers hot-desking as part of broader societal shifts in the ownership of space. This analysis is based on an ethnographically-oriented investigation, in which data collection methods used were participant-observation and interviewing. The analysis uses Lefebvre's conceptualisation of the social production of space and draws on the urban sociology literature.
Settlers, vagrants and mutual indifference: unintended consequences of hot-desking 2011, 24 (6):767-788 Journal of Organizational Change Management
0953-4814
10.1108/09534811111175742
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250962
Journal of Organizational Change Management
employees behaviour
ethnography
hot-desking
office management
space utilization
urban sociology
Settlers, vagrants and mutual indifference: unintended consequences of hot-desking
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Wei, Qi
author
Rowley, Chris
author
2009-10
The Asian growing economic importance has led to some important changes and developments in human resource management, such as rewards. The purpose of this article is to review the literature of rewards in Asia within the field of management. The study examines papers published in 33 leading international academic management journals between 1990-2007. A summary of the topics analysed, methodologies used, main themes developed, and future research directions is presented.
Changing patterns of rewards in Asia: a literature review 2009, 15 (4):489 Asia Pacific Business Review
1360-2381
10.1080/13602380802492919
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250996
Asia Pacific Business Review
human resource management
personnel management
Changing patterns of rewards in Asia: a literature review
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2012-06
The diversity of the workforce and the implications for management continue to be the focus of a great deal of interest. This is partly because of the importance and urgency of the issues that diversity entails and also because of a growing recognition that many of the dilemmas of diversity management are not proving amenable to easy solutions. Indeed, recent research demonstrates that Britain and the US are, in many ways, becoming more, rather than less unequal societies. This book suggests that metaphor and dialectic play a powerful role in shaping our understandings of ourselves and each other. It draws on original research in organizations and in management education to explore how we can become more aware of these processes within ourselves and challenge those assumptions and stereotypes that contribute to maintaining people in disadvantaged positions.
Schwabenland, C. Metaphor and Dialectic in Managing Diversity, 2012: Houndsmills, Basingstoke, Palgrave MacMillan
9780230252554
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251156
Metaphor and dialectic in managing diversity
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Tomlinson, Frances
author
Schwabenland, Christina
author
2010-01
The tension between the business case and social justice approaches forms a crucial point of debate in the diversity and equality field. However, their presentation as essentially oppositional is brought into question when the ‘business’ of the organization itself concerns social justice. This article draws on research in UK voluntary (non-profit) organizations to reveal the ambiguities and variations found in local constructions of equality and diversity. Managers and diversity specialists reconciled moral and business rationales through re-inscribing utilitarian arguments within an organizational commitment to social justice; however, significant dilemmas associated with doing diversity remained. The article argues for a shift in the research agenda away from competing ‘cases’ and towards investigating how the challenges that diversity presents can be worked through in day-to-day organizational practice.
Tomlinson, F., Schwabenland, C. (2009) 'Reconciling Competing Discourses of Diversity? The UK Non-Profit Sector Between Social Justice and the Business Case' Organization 17 (1):101-121
1350-5084
10.1177/1350508409350237
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251013
Organization
diversity
equality
managing diversity
non-profit organizations
social justice
Reconciling competing discourses of diversity? : the UK non-profit sector between social justice and the business case
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2011-02
This article describes a self-reflexive exploration of five instances of encounters with indigenous managers that challenged my preconceptions about management. My focus is on the praxis of the moments in which these challenges occurred. I analyze these experiences to answer four questions: How did learning occur? What was that learning? How did it influence me? What might be the implications of this analysis for management education? My examples are drawn from two research projects with managers and students working in the nongovernmental organization sector in India and the United Kingdom. The encounters that I describe have been characterized by an initial experience of surprise and disorientation, followed by increasing awareness of new ways of conceptualizing the tasks of management. Along with Said, I suggest that developing the capacity for attending to surprise, as a means of “decolonizing the imagination” should form a significant element of management education for both teacher and student. Finally, I draw on my experiences as a teacher to offer some suggestions on incorporating surprise into management pedagogy.
Surprise and Awe: Learning From Indigenous Managers and Implications for Management Education 2010, 35 (1):138-153 Journal of Management Education
1052-5629
1552-6658
10.1177/1052562910384374
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251012
Journal of Management Education
surprise
learning
indigenous management
NGOs
Surprise and awe: learning from indigenous managers and implications for management education
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Al-Husan, Faten Z. Baddar
author
Brennan, Ross
author
2009
The purpose of this paper is to examine “strategic account management” at a large telecommunications operator in a developing country (“Arab Telco”).The paper presents an in-depth single-company case study.The paper examines the direct transfer of a well-known Western management technique – i.e. strategic account management – to a major company in an emerging economy in the Arab world.
Al-Husan, F.B., Brennan, R. (2009) 'Strategic account management in an emerging economy' Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing 24 (8):611-620
0885-8624
10.1108/08858620910999475
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251005
Journal of Business & Industrial Marketing
Strategic account management in an emerging economy
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2510042020-04-23T07:29:12Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Al-Husan, Faten Z. Baddar
author
Brennan, Ross
author
James, Phil
author
2009
This paper seeks to explore the nature of the human resource reforms introduced by a French multinational into a privatized Jordanian utility and the impact of these reforms on worker experiences, attitudes and behaviour.The approach takes the form of a single-company case study using longitudinal interview data and a staff survey.The paper contributes an in-depth empirical study to the important but relatively under-researched area of the transfer of management techniques by MNCs to companies in developing countries.
Al-Husan, F.B., Brennan, R., James, P. (2009) 'Transferring Western HRM practices to developing countries: The case of a privatized utility in Jordan' Personnel Review 38 (2):104-123
0048-3486
10.1108/00483480910931299
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251004
Personnel Review
Transferring Western HRM practices to developing countries: The case of a privatized utility in Jordan
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2517962020-04-23T07:29:12Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Ocler, Rodolphe
author
2010
This volume is composed of 10 chapters analysing the diversity and richness of discourse analysis applied to organizational life. The first part of the book focuses on discourse theory and methodological implications. The second part clarifies how myths and phantasms develop in organisations. The last part explains the impact of quiproquo and unspoken stories in a managerial context.
Ocler, R.Analyse de discours et organisations: mythes fantasmes, non-dits et quiproquo, 2010: Paris, L'Harmattan
9782296105683
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251796
entreprises
medias gestion
communication
management
Analyse de discours et organisations: mythes fantasmes, non-dits et quiproquo
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2510022020-04-23T07:29:10Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Yu, Ai
author
Sheng, Ronq-jie
author
2008
This paper applied the framework of Leeds Attirbution Code System (LACS) in China's higher education context. The LACS framework provides a reference point for accounting study-related stress reported by college students. 6 groups were organised to determine the dimensions of students' attribution of stress. Three dimensions were validated in students' attirbution processes, which are consistent with the LACS framework. A new dimension was found and thus enriched the original framework.
Yu, A.and Sheng, R. Using attribution theory to account for college students' course-related stress, 2008, 12, pp.114-118, Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education
1003-2614
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/251002
Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education
Using attribution theory to account for college students' course-related stress
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Yu, Ai
author
2007
Attitude influences motivation and it may also explain or predict our behaviours. This paper examines the key debates on attitude research. First, attitude is difficult to measure or to predict due to individual differences. Second, attitude is the side product of social interactions, however, the sum of individual attitude is not equal to social representation. Data collection was accomplished through participant observation and focus groups. The authors of this paper engaged college students in the discussion on their attitudes towards study. As a result, this paper concludes that college students' attitudes toward study is influened by both individual experiences and social contexts. These two factors cross fertilise each other yet play different roles in students' interpretations of why study is important.
Yu, A. and Sheng, R. The value and applications of attitude theories in China’s higher education,2007, 11: 25-28, Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education
1003-2614
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250964
Heilongjiang Researches on Higher Education
The value and applications of attitude theories in China's higher education
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2509632020-04-23T07:29:12Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Bishop, Dan
author
Felstead, Alan
author
Fuller, Alison
author
Jewson, Nick
author
Unwin, Lorna
author
Kakavelakis, Konstantinos
author
2009
This paper examines two competing systems of organising the construction process and their consequences for learning. Under the adversarial system, contractors compete solely on price, risks are shifted onto those next in line and disputes are institutionalised through complicated, but inevitably incomplete, contracts. However, under collaborative working the costs and risks of the project are shared and the parties involved communicate openly and freely, often in the absence of tightly specified contracts. The move from the former to the latter represents a shift towards a climate in which problems are shared and solved regardless of where they occur in the productive system (a process conceptualised as ‘knotworking’ in the literature). The paper argues that such learning theories and policy pressures from above fail to take adequately into account the heavy hand of history and the importance of understanding the nature of the productive systems in which ‘knotworking’ is expected to occur. Both are important in understanding the fragility of collaborative working across the stages and structures of the construction production process which place limits on making ‘knotworking’ an habitual and commonplace activity.
Constructing learning: adversarial and collaborative working in the British construction industry 2009, 22 (4):243-260 Journal of Education and Work
1363-9080
1469-9435
10.1080/13639080903290355
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250963
Journal of Education and Work
Constructing learning: adversarial and collaborative working in the British construction industry
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2509952012-11-06T12:35:56Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Wei, Qi
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Poon, Irene Hon-Fun
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Rowley, Chris
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2010-04
Poon,I., Wei,Q. and Rowley, C. The changing face of performance management in China in Chris Rowley, Fang Lee Cooke (eds)The Changing Face of Management in China, 2010, part 7: Routledge
9780415463324
9780415463331
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250995
The changing face of performance management in China
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2509942012-11-06T12:36:38Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Wei, Qi
author
Rowley, Chris
author
Yukongdi, Vimolvan
author
2010-08
Rowley, C., Wei, Q. and Yukongdi, V. Managing diversity: women managers in Asia in Mustafa F. Ozbilgin, Jawad Syed (eds) Managing Gender Diversity in Asia: A Research Companion 2010, p.183: Edward Elgar Publishing
9781847206442
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/250994
Managing diversity: women managers in Asia
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2873652020-04-23T07:29:47Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Al-Husan, Faten Z. Baddar
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James, Philip
author
2003
This paper draws on the findings of two case studies to examine how two French multinationals used expatriates and training and development to introduce and support a process of cultural reform in companies that they had acquired under the Jordanian government's privatization programme. It notes that in both cases these mechanisms of cultural change had been extensively employed and that the overall purpose of the organizational reforms they were intended to support exhibited many similarities. For example, in each of the companies a central aim of the reforms being introduced was to make the acquired organizations more business- and target-orientated and, to this end, incorporated initiatives to improve appraisal and selection procedures, establish closer links between pay and performance and introduce more devolved and decentralized management structures. In addition, expatriates were being widely used to develop and implement desired reforms and training and development was being actively used to engender supportive attitudinal changes. More generally, it was noticeable that neither of the multinationals adopted a markedly different approach to the management of their Jordanian operations, notwithstanding that they were based in a developing country and were either only partially owned or operated under a management contract. At the same time, marked variations existed in terms of the extent to which these reforms were centrally determined and hence authored, variations that, in part, appeared to stem from product market differences. The authors consequently warn against assuming too close an association between the human resource strategies of multinationals and the national business systems in which they are based. In addition and more generally, they note that it is often difficult to draw a clear distinction between cultural change, on the one hand, and structural and policy reforms, on the other, since all of these reforms, arguably, had a 'cultural dimension'.
Baddar Al-Husan, F. & James, Phillip. (2003)'Cultural control and multinationals: the case of privatized Jordanian companies',International Journal of Human Resource Management,14(7),pp.1284-1295.
0958-5192
1466-4399
10.1080/0958519032000114309
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/287365
International Journal of Human Resource Management
multinational human resource management
Jordan
training and development
privatization
human resource management
multinationals
Cultural control and multinationals: the case of privatized Jordanian companies
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2873472020-04-23T07:29:47Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Al-Husan, Faten Z. Baddar
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James, Philip
author
2007
Purpose - To explore the influence of host-country effects on how multinational corporations (MNCs) approach the management of human resources within overseas subsidiaries.
Al-Husan, F.B. & James, P. (2007) 'Multinational HRM in privatized Jordanian enterprises: An exploration of the influence of political contingencies', Thunderbird International Business Review, 49(6):637-653
10964762
15206874
10.1002/tie.20164
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/287347
Thunderbird International Business Review
human resource management
Jordan
subsidiaries
multinationals
Multinational HRM in privatized Jordanian enterprises: an exploration of the influence of political contingencies
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2943102020-04-23T07:30:10Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Kakabadse, Nada K.
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Kakabadse, Andrew P.
author
Lee-Davies, Linda
author
Johnson, Nick
author
2010
In striving for greater integration of child services across a number of government and non government agencies, this paper examines the effect of drawing on deliberative inquiry as the lever for realising greater alignment across agencies. The paper discusses the need for improvement in UK local government child services and then offers a review of the dialogue based inquiry approaches. In so doing, the paper highlights the Socratic mode of inquiry, emphasising the dual strategies of penetrative questioning, elenchus, and the process of founding new knowledge through working through confusion, aporia. This paper then reports how a London Borough realised sustained change through the adoption of deliberative inquiry. The study achieved successful integration through the penetrating and contextually sensitive dialogue the inquiry participants generated, allowing them to develop the capability for realising effective organisational change. The paper concludes that deliberative inquiry facilitates individuals to voice their concerns in a manner that prompts ‘consensually accepted beliefs’ to emerge through paying equal attention to the motivation of the inquiry participants, as well as to the reality of the contextual demands they need to confront.
Kakabadse, N.K., Kakabadse, A., Lee-Davies, L. and Johnson, N. (2010) 'Deliberative Inquiry: Integrated Ways of Working in Children Services', Systemic Practice and Action Research, 24(1), pp.67-84
1094-429X
1573-9295
10.1007/s11213-010-9177-1
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294310
Systemic Practice and Action Research
sociology
organisation
planning
Deliberative inquiry: integrated ways of working in children's services
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2942872020-04-23T07:30:08Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Kakabadse, Nada K.
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Lee-Davies, Linda
author
Kakabadse, Andrew P.
author
2008
This paper takes a lateral approach toward developing discussion around the challenge for the modern-day leader in the area of fast-moving technological change. It isolates Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) as a barometer for the typical multi-level manifestations any leader can expect from the implementation of any new technology. Rather than focus on operational change itself, this paper embraces emotional and ethical considerations without specific or cosmetically prescribed answers. Written to provoke individual thought, the text contains a range of catalytic concepts enabling leaders to develop their own diagnostic/evaluative approach and plan their own tailored strategy using the knowledge they have of their own business.
Kakabadse, N.K., Lee-Davies, L. and Kakabadse, A. (2008) 'Smart technology: the leadership challenge', Strategic Change, 17(7-8), pp.235-249
10861718
10991697
10.1002/jsc.830
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294287
Strategic Change
leadership
technology
Smart technology: the leadership challenge
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2942862020-04-23T07:30:08Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Kakabadse, Nada K.
author
Lee-Davies, Linda
author
Kakabadse, Andrew P.
author
2009
By setting out to highlight the potential conflicts linked to the decision choices of the pressurised leader, this paper stokes a passionate argument about the components of leadership discretion. With a deliberate attempt to question all influencing aspects on the decision itself and contextualization of where that decision sits between corporate and personal interest, it clearly magnifies a number of governance issues for future consideration. A focused study of CEOs provides firm qualitative underpinning for discussion. Honest comment is collected regarding the effect that personal influence can have, not just on the discretion application, but on its ultimate manifestation. The wide-ranging opinion stresses the many levels of prior consideration are necessary for most effective outcomes.
Kakabadse, N.K., Lee-Davies, L. and Kakabadse, A. (2009) 'Leadership discretion: a developmental experience', Strategic Change, 18(3-4),pp.111-124
1086-1718
1099-1697
10.1002/jsc.842
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294286
Strategic Change
leadership
discretion
Leadership discretion : a developmental experience
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946242020-04-23T07:30:10Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Wang, Jinmin
author
Lee-Davies, Linda
author
Kakabadse, Nada K.
author
Xie, Zhijie
author
2011
This empirical study explores successful views and characteristics of leaders and employees in the SMEs of the People's Republic of China during the global financial crisis.
Wang, J., Lee-Davies, L., Kakabadse, N.K. and Xie, Z. (2011) 'Leader characteristics and styles in the SMEs of the People's Republic of China during the global financial crisis', Strategic Change, 20(1-2), pp.17-30
1086-1718
10.1002/jsc.882
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294624
Strategic Change
Leader characteristics and styles in the SMEs of the People's Republic of China during the global financial crisis
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946252019-01-10T09:27:27Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Wilson, Kathlyn Y.
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2012-09
Wilson, K.& Schwabenland, C. (2012), 'International and Intranational Cultures in Organizations: Overlapping or Contested Terrain?', Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 5(3, pp. 357–361.
1754-9426
10.1111/j.1754-9434.2012.01460.x
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294625
Industrial and Organizational Psychology
International and intranational cultures in organizations: overlapping or contested terrain?
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946662020-04-23T07:37:31Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2009
This article describes a journey of exploration in which I take a hitherto unexamined aspect of my teaching practice, the use of disruption, and subject it to interrogation. The journey is an exercise in auto‐ethnographic research in that I am my own subject, located within the context of the classroom. My purpose is to surface the beliefs that underpin this pedagogic strategy and to locate it within theories of teaching and learning in higher education, so that that which is known but not yet thought becomes available for reflection and challenge. The article is structured in such a way as to trace the thought processes that shaped the direction of the journey; it follows a logic dictated by the heuristics of recognition and association. Throughout the journey I draw on students’ reflective reports to illustrate my conclusions that disruption is a metaphorical strategy that uses associative logic to promote transformations in students’ underlying belief systems and is an artefact of a relativist ontology. It assumes a political stance about the challenging of power relationships and of collusion. I conclude by identifying some ethical issues that are raised by this teaching strategy. I highlight the importance of a relationship of trust between teacher and student that is based on a shared commitment to each other’s potentiality.
Schwabenland, C. (2009) 'An exploration of the use of disruption as a pedagogic intervention', Educational Action Research, 17(2), pp.293-309.
0965-0792
1747-5074
10.1080/09650790902914258
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294666
Educational Action Research
disruption
metaphor
critical pedagogy
higher education
Diversity
An exploration of the use of disruption as a pedagogic intervention
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2948002019-01-10T09:27:04Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
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2013
Schwabenland, C. (2013) ‘Using poetics in teaching diversity’. In McIntosh, P. And Warren, D. (eds.). Creativity in the classroom: Case studies in using arts in teaching and learning in higher education. Bristol: Intellect Publishing.
978-1-84150-516-9
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294800
Using poetics in teaching diversity
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946262020-04-23T07:37:31Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
Tomlinson, Frances
author
2008
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to draw on postcolonial theorising on hybridity as a heuristic to explore current tensions described by managers in voluntary organisations engaging with diversity issues. Voluntary organisations are particularly valued for their innovative services developed in response to the needs of their constituents. However, managers describe increasing tension between their organisation's mission on behalf of marginalised and excluded groups and the increasing expectation that these organisations act as contractors to the state and as providers of professionally managed services. Design/methodology/approach – The paper draws on interviews with a range of key informants, including chief executives, specialist diversity managers and project workers, working in UK-based voluntary organisations; the interviews explored diversity issues in a broad sense including campaigning and advocacy work as well as service provision. Findings – Evidence was revealed of innovative ways of working that respond to the needs of particular communities and constituencies – thereby supporting the rationale behind the “business case” for diversity. Also found was evidence of pressures from regulators and funders to standardise that make such innovation less likely; involving processes of undermining the efforts of organisations to manage and organise themselves independently, and of essentialising – fixing the subjects of diversity in an identity of difference and inferiority. The findings suggest that “managing diversity” is inherently problematic. Originality/value – There is little academic research that applies a critical perspective to voluntary organisations and less using postcolonial theory as a heuristic. However, voluntary organisations are central to both national and international anti-poverty initiatives and programmes designed to facilitate community renewal.
Schwabenland,C. & Tomlinson,F.(2008) 'Managing diversity or diversifying management?', Critical Perspectives on International Business, 4(2/3), pp.320 - 333
1742-2043
10.1108/17422040810870033
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294626
Critical Perspectives on International Business
equal opportunities
organizational analysis
voluntary organizations
Managing diversity or diversifying management?
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946272019-01-10T09:31:28Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2006
Schwabenland, C. (2006) ‘The Influence of Cultural Heritage on Students’ Willingness to Engage in Peer Assessment', Investigations in University Teaching and Learning, 3(2), pp.100-109.
1740-5106
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294627
Investigations in University Teaching and Learning
management education
culture
organisation culture
peer assessment
The influence of cultural heritage on students willingness to engage in peer assessment
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2947802019-01-10T09:30:29Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2008
Schwabenland, C. (2008) ‘Representations of the ideal as symbols of subversion’. In M. Kostera (ed.) Mythical inspirations for organisational realities. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan.
0230515738
9780230515734
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294780
business
economics
Representations of the ideal as symbols of subversion
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946292019-01-10T09:31:46Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2003
Schwabenland, C. (2003) 'Participation North and South: New Ideas in Participatory Development from India and the UK'. London: Elfrida Press.
1901863069
9781901863062
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294629
Participation north and south: new ideas in participatory development from India and the UK
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946232019-01-10T09:26:50Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Johnson, Janice V.
author
Schwabenland, Christina
author
2013
Johnson, J. & Schwabenland, C. (2013) 'Managing Diverse Identities at Work' In Perkins, S. & Arvinen Muondo. R. (eds.) Organizational Behaviour: People, Process, Work and Human Resource Management. London: Kogan Page Limited
9780749463601
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294623
Managing diverse identities at work
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2946282020-04-23T07:37:31Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Schwabenland, Christina
author
2006
Christina Schwabenland's book is based on extensive research into stories told by people working in voluntary organizations in the UK and in India. With a view to social change, the author employs hermeneutic methods to explore how stories create and sustain meaning and how storytelling contributes to the making and remaking of our social world. Specific topics addressed in the book include the role of storytelling in starting a new organization, managing hope and despair, empowering participatory leadership, and stimulating creativity and innovation. The book will be of interest to theorists and practitioners interested in the role of storytelling in organizational analysis, the role of organizations in achieving social change, the growing centrality of the voluntary sector in public policy, and the intersection between the corporate, public and voluntary sectors.
Schwabenland, C. (2006) Stories, Visions and Values in Voluntary Organisations. Hampshire: Ashgate.
9780754644620
0754644626
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294628
Stories, visions and values in voluntary organisations
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2948832020-04-23T07:30:21Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Ocler, Rodolphe
author
2010
Most downsizing processes prove to be dysfunctional, resulting in high hidden costs. This article aims at identifying how a specific methodology of research action (socio-economic approach to management) can help to overcome those dysfunctions using consultation. It presents the qualitative results identifying major pitfalls following a downsizing process. It then quantifies the impacts of such a process and identifies solutions that can be given using SEAM.
Ocler, R. (2010) 'The downside of Downsizing: using research action as consulting process', Annals of the University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series, 1(38) pp.152-161.
1223-365X
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294883
Annals of the University of Craiova - Economic Science Series
research action
downsizing
consultation
hidden costs
survivor analysis
The downside of Downsizing: using research action as consulting process
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/2948752020-04-23T07:30:21Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Delattre, Miguel
author
Ocler, Rodolphe
author
2010
The concept of organization, as support for collective action, is polysemic, paradoxical, and inevitable. It catalyzes the conflicting perceptions of living together and, in return, we can ask not only how "little arrangements" needed to coexist or to build collective cohesion develop but also how we are integrated into reality. The balance achieved between experience and representation we can have is sometimes a source of discord. This paper considers organization as a social unit, submerged by societal constraints. This unit pursues a social purpose, negotiated with both its external environment, particularly in the fight for resources necessary for its survival, but also with its internal environment through ongoing negotiation of quality. Our developments aims at putting into light this quest which is a paradox, since from sense of convergence emerges discourses mobilized to orchestrate some kind of leak relations, due to instrumented shifts in assembling arguments to reduce the final essence of the subject.
Delattre, M. & Ocler, R. (2010) 'Polysemy of organizations and organization of polysemy: A French approach', Management and Marketing Review, 3 (2) pp.180-191.
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/294875
Management and Marketing Review
polysemy
organization
fragmentation
professionalism
discourse
Polysemy of organizations and organization of polysemy: a French approach
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5768592015-09-07T10:22:09Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Loewenberger, Pauline Anne
author
2015
Loewenberger, P (2015) 'Creativity, Innovation and Human Resource Development,' in Shipton H., Budhwar P., Sparrow P.and Brown A., (eds) 'Human Resource Management, Innovation and Performance: Looking across Levels'. Palgrave Macmillan, Chapter 4.
9781137465191
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/576859
Creativity, innovation and human resource development.
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5769072015-09-07T10:38:31Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Loewenberger, Pauline Anne
author
2013
Loewenberger, P. (2013) 'Creativity, Innovation and the Management of Knowledge,' in Perkins, S and Arvinen-Muondo, R (eds) 'Organizational behaviour: People, process, work and human resource management'. Kogan Page Chapter 10.
9780749463601
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/576907
Creativity, innovation and the management of knowledge
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5768642020-04-23T07:35:58Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Loewenberger, Pauline Anne
author
Newton, Mark
author
Wick, Kylie
author
2014
Purpose – This paper aims to demonstrate the effective development of creative and innovative capability in a rigid bureaucratic public sector environment of an area of the British Transport Police, championed by the Area Commander and informed by extant literature. Design/methodology/approach – The focus is on an intervention that addressed two related issues suggested by extant literature, cognitive blocks to creative thinking and organisational barriers. A diagnostic assessment of the climate for creativity prompted reflection leading to simultaneous interventions, combining supervisory and senior management support with a structured process of creative problem solving focusing on problems generated at a strategic level. Findings – This has proved highly effective. At the end of the first year, five six-week cycles had already resulted in more than 600 new ideas, of which 52 were in the pipeline and 13 had already been endorsed. Few required financial investment and have increased effectiveness and optimised use of resources – literally doing more with less. Evidence is emerging of a climate more supportive of creativity and innovation. Practical implications – Positive outcomes have significant implications for the enhancement of creativity and innovation through intrinsic motivation. This example has potential for other public service organisations. Originality/value – Simultaneous interventions across multiple levels are rare. That this has been achieved in a rigid bureaucratic environment public sector organisation adds to the unique value of this contribution.
Loewenberger P., Newton M. and Wick K. (2014) 'Developing creative leadership in a public sector organisation' International Journal of Public Sector Management Vol 27 (3) pp190-200
0951-3558
10.1108/IJPSM-11-2012-0152
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/576864
International Journal of Public Sector Management
leadership
innovation
public sector organizations
management learning
organisational climate
problem-solving
N200 Management studies
Developing creative leadership in a public sector organisation
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5768602020-04-23T07:32:54Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Loewenberger, Pauline Anne
author
2013-09-20
Abstract Challenging environments call for creativity and innovation, dynamic processes that depend upon the interaction of the individual with the social and organizational environment, placing people issues in the foreground. Extant literature suggests a number of problems. First, the frequent confusion that surrounds what this actually means in practice. Second, regardless of the potential for all creative idea generation is not common for most individuals. Finally, successful exploitation of new ideas must overcome social and organizational barriers in the work environment. All are problems that HRD is well placed to address. Integration with creativity and innovation research is essential for HRD to effectively stimulate capability and commitment across multiple levels of the organizational system. An integrated review of literature sources supports the suggestion that integration remains in its infancy. This article proposes a synthesis of extant literature in the field of creativity and innovation with HRD leading to an exploration of practical implications.
Loewenberger, P (2013) 'The role of HRD in stimulating, supporting and sustaining creativity and innovation'. Human Resource Development Review Vol 12 (4) pp. 422-455.
1534-4843
1552-6712
10.1177/1534484313494088
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/576860
Human Resource Development Review
HRD
multilevel
synthesis
creativity
innovation
CPS
climate
human resource development
The role of HRD in stimulating, supporting and sustaining creativity and innovation.
oai:uobrep.openrepository.com:10547/5772602020-04-23T07:32:59Zcom_10547_132195col_10547_132211
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Bocean, Claudiu George
author
Delattre, Miguel
author
Ocler, Rodolphe
author
Sitnikov, Catalina Soriana
author
2014
Purpose – This paper aims to highlight the links among standardization, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and critical management. It also aims at understanding the implication of the normalization process for CSR but also questions the nature of this concept. Design/methodology/approach – To determine the interest in standardization, we forecasted the trend in issuing ISO certificates based on autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) and Holt statistical models. Then a critical approach is used to understand the nature of CSR. Findings – The paper focuses on a critical approach and challenge the definition of CSR through the lenses of standardization. It shows that the notion of CSR is polysemic and highlights the limits of standardization process. Research limitations/implications – The research is only based on ISO standards, not other kind of standardization process. Social implications – The paper questions the notion of CSR and shows the different elements that this notion covers. Originality/value – The paper questions the role of standardization and its impact on CSR adopting a critical view.
Bocean, C.G., Delattre, M., Ocler, R., Sitnikov, C.S. (2014) 'Towards a critical study of standardization: Corporate social responsibility, discourse and management practices', Society and Business Review, 9 (3) pp.298 – 309
1746-5680
10.1108/SBR-11-2013-0081
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/577260
Society and Business Review
corporate social responsibility
discourse
critical management
standardization
norms
social responsibility
N562 Corporate Image
Towards a critical study of standardization: corporate social responsibility, discourse and management practices.
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Delattre, Miguel
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Ocler, Rodolphe
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2014
Delattre, M. and Ocler, R. (2014) “Cadre de service public: le leadership, un levier crédible?” In Bachelar, O. et Normand, R. (Eds), Vers un leadership au service du management public : favoriser l’émergence des compétences collectives. Canopé:Paris
9782240035110
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/577259
Cadre de service public: le leadership, un levier crédible?
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Schwabenland, Christina
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2013-09-16
Tensions between communities of identity that are framed by a hermeneutics of religion are a significant and growing element in contemporary societies, sometimes leading to violent confrontations. Butler [2009. Frames of War: When Life is Grievable. London: Verso] suggests that the discursive frames we use to influence our understanding of the ‘other’ significantly affect whether that other is deemed worthy of protection or is made vulnerable to violence. Therefore, following Butler, this article investigates the discursive strategies manifested by organizational actors in response to these tensions, and how they ‘work’ to construct alternative ways of framing the ‘other’. Six voluntary organizations situated geographically in three different areas of inter-communal violence; India, Israel/Palestine and Ireland were chosen for the study. Four discursive strategies are identified; erasing religion, ethnicizing religion, accommodating religion and finally, that of re-sacralizing the public sphere. Each is analysed in terms of their different possibilities for recognition and rejection.
Schwabenland, C. (2013) 'Discursive strategies for navigating the terrain between the sacred and the profane' Culture and Organization 21 (1):59
1475-9551
1477-2760
10.1080/14759551.2013.828724
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/594045
Culture and Organization
religious conflict
discursive strategies
secularization
Butler
subjectivities
Discursive strategies for navigating the terrain between the sacred and the profane
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Moorosi, Pontso
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2013-09-24
This article explores the notion of leadership identity construction as it happens through a leadership development programme. Influenced by a conception that leadership development is essentially about facilitating an identity transition, it uses an intersectional approach to explore school leaders’ identity construction as it was shaped and influenced by experiences on the leadership development programme. The article draws data from a mixed-methods study that evaluated the impact of the leadership training programme offered to practising school leaders in South Africa. In order to examine the process of leadership identity construction, the article draws from data where identity work was visible. It argues that categories of identity – gender, race and social class – interacted simultaneously with the contexts and backgrounds of participants to shape and influence the outcome of the leadership development programme. This complex intersection enabled unexpected outcomes where women appeared to benefit more from the programme despite their less privileged entry status. The article calls for more work that asks direct questions on leaders’ construction of identity in order to inform leadership development programmes more meaningfully.
Moorosi, P. (2013) 'Constructing a leader's identity through a leadership development programme: An intersectional analysis '. Educational Management Administration & Leadership 42 (6):792
1741-1432
1741-1440
10.1177/1741143213494888
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/594576
Educational Management Administration & Leadership
identity construction
intersectionality
leadership development
Constructing a leader's identity through a leadership development programme: an intersectional analysis
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Lee-Davies, Linda
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Kakabadse, Nada K.
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2013
Purpose - this paper focuses on reducing the margin for leadership error in meeting strategic aims by forming a more robust approach to developing a broader and more reliable set of leadership skills to provide a greater likelihood of strategic alignment between corporate and individual need, increasing both of their respective shelve lives. Design and Methodology - underpinned by empirical studies as well as conceptual argument, a new and original model of shared leadership is formed from six previous publications by the same authors as well as selected leadership literature reviews resulting in interesting and novel propositions. Findings – the examination presented shows that these skills, therefore, need to be embedded in every day practice and shared at every strategic level in order to provide necessary strength and yet be flexible enough to adapt to survive in differing environments. These push the modern leader into developing softer skills to really get to know themselves and their company in a more holistic manner with the purpose of increasing the long range planning and survival of both. Originality and Value - the resulting original model demonstrates the value of leadership through collaboration which requires a different approach from developing self to acquiring and sharing critical organisational information for more informed decision making through a deliberative inquiry approach, before aligning all effort towards the organisational vision.
Lee-Davies, L. and Kakabadse, N. (2013) 'Individual and Organisational Leadership: The Shared Approach'. International Journal of Reviews and Studies in Economics and Public Administration 1 (1)
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http://hdl.handle.net/10547/603573
International Journal of Reviews and Studies in Economics and Public Administration
leadership
vision
outcome
survival
robust
development
N220 Institutional Management
Individual and organisational leadership: the shared approach
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Read, Ian
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Lee-Davies, Linda
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2013-09
This article provides an empirical, comparative study of the consultancy skills available from expatriates in relation to those required by the Emirati vision and their current and evolving culture. A rigorous quantitative study of consultancy skills applied to a carefully selected—and as representative as possible—sample of more than 100 senior management consultants from both Emirati and expatriate background demonstrates potential blocks to progress and the need for more specific communication abilities to overcome them. Set in context of real work experience through the analysis of a work diary and in more strategic context by the analysis of a range of consultancy job descriptions, findings are placed alongside current and classic cultural literature.
Read, I., Lee-Davies, L. (2013) 'The Challenge to Western Consultancy by Gulf Arab Culture'. Journal of East-West Business 19 (3):199
1066-9868
1528-6959
10.1080/10669868.2013.789814
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Journal of East-West Business
communication
consultancy
culture
emiratization
N120 International Business studies
The challenge to Western consultancy by gulf Arab culture
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Kakabadse, Andrew P.
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Kakabadse, Nada K.
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Lee-Davies, Linda
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2016-08
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a strategic and operational reality of the business and academic world. Not that the principles of CSR are always respected or that its practice is consistently applied. Bearing in mind the multi-faceted nature of both CSR and the corporate environment, as well as the paradox of what is taught in Higher Education and what is practised within its own walls, this paper provides a learning cyclical pathway to sustainable CSR implementation and progress review. As well as highlighting the role that Higher Education has to play, the paper emphasises that in order to embed CSR within the corporate environment, questions need to be raised concerning on-going CSR improvement in order to both protect and engage a wide range of stakeholders towards sustainable corporate advantage.
Kakabadse, A., Kakabadse, N. and Lee-Davies, L., (2014) 'Learning CSR for Sustainable Corporate Advantage'. International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 5 (2):13
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1947-8410
10.4018/ijsesd.2014040102
http://hdl.handle.net/10547/603596
International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development
N100 Business studies
corporate social responsibility
corporate environment
higher education
stakeholders
sustainable corporate advantage
Learning CSR for sustainable corporate advantage