Implementing a quality management framework in a higher education organisation: A case study (2012)
Journal Article
O'Mahony, K., & Garavan, T. N. (2012). Implementing a quality management framework in a higher education organisation: A case study. Quality Assurance in Education, 20(2), 184-200. https://doi.org/10.1108/09684881211219767

Purpose – This paper aims to report and analyse the lessons learned from a case study on the implementation of a quality management system within an IT Division in a higher education (HE) organisation.Design/methodology/approach – The paper is based... Read More about Implementing a quality management framework in a higher education organisation: A case study.

A review of international HRD: incorporating a global HRD construct (2012)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Carbery, R. (2012). A review of international HRD: incorporating a global HRD construct. European Journal of Training and Development, 36(2/3), 129-157. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591211215579

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to review published conceptual and research papers within the field of international, comparative and cross‐cultural HRD.Design/methodology/approach – The paper's approach is a targeted literature review focusing o... Read More about A review of international HRD: incorporating a global HRD construct.

Networking and managers' career success in the Malaysian public sector: The moderating effect of managerial level (2012)
Journal Article
Mohd Rasdi, R., Garavan, T. N., & Ismail, M. (2012). Networking and managers' career success in the Malaysian public sector: The moderating effect of managerial level. European Journal of Training and Development, 36(2/3), 195-212. https://doi.org/10.1108

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate how managerial level moderates the relationships between networking behaviours and career success (objective and subjective) in the context of a public sector organisation in Malaysia.Design/meth... Read More about Networking and managers' career success in the Malaysian public sector: The moderating effect of managerial level.

Through the looking glass: challenges for human resource development (HRD) post the global financial crisis – business as usual? (2012)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, C. A., Garavan, T. N., & Carbery, R. (2012). Through the looking glass: challenges for human resource development (HRD) post the global financial crisis – business as usual?. Human Resource Development International, 15(3), 353-364. https://d

An important question for human resource development (HRD) concerns how its practices may have contributed to the global financial crisis. Commentators have highlighted that HRD must take some of the blame. First, we consider whether HRD's tradition... Read More about Through the looking glass: challenges for human resource development (HRD) post the global financial crisis – business as usual?.

An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh (2012)
Thesis
Mackenzie, C. An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. Retrieved from http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5422

Probably the most important and strategic resource of SMEs is their employees” (Analoui & Karami, 2003b:204). A critical review of the literature on leadership in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) suggests the relationship between the individual emp... Read More about An exploration into employee perceptions of the dyadic relationship with their leader within a retail SME in Edinburgh.

Mapping talent development: definition, scope and architecture (2012)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Carbery, R., & Rock, A. (2012). Mapping talent development: definition, scope and architecture. European Journal of Training and Development, 36(1), 5-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591211192601

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of talent development, define its scope and identify the issues involved in formulating talent development strategies in organisations.Design/methodology/approach – The paper reviews the... Read More about Mapping talent development: definition, scope and architecture.

Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success. (2011)
Journal Article
Mohd Rasdi, R., Ismail, M., & Garavan, T. N. (2011). Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 22, 3528-3549. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2011.560878

Compared with the extensive research on managerial career in the west, little has emerged from Asia. This study reports an investigation of the determinants of objective and subjective career success of managers working in the Malaysian public sector... Read More about Predicting Malaysian managers' objective and subjective career success..

Anatomy and Physiology. (2011)
Book Chapter
Fraser, M., & Girling, S. J. (2011). Anatomy and Physiology. In B. Cooper, E. Mullineaux, & L. Turner (Eds.), BSAVA Textbook of Veterinary Nursing 5th edition (37-112). BSAVA

Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. (2011)
Book Chapter
Cowan, J. (2011). Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum. In N. J. Jackson (Ed.), Learning for a Complex World (122-136). Authorhouse™

Higher education has progressed fairly steadily to a common pedagogical approach which centres on the idea of alignment. In this arrangement, intended learning outcomes are identified and declared; learning activities which will enable the desired le... Read More about Freedom to learn: a radically revised pedagogy to facilitate lifewide learning in the academic curriculum..

Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking (2011)
Journal Article
Chiu, Y. J., & Cowan, J. (2011). Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking. Asia Pacific education review, 6, 103-111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-011-9189-2

It is possible that some of the problems that confront Eastern learners when they are asked to engage in critical thinking come from the misleading association of the title with criticising negatively and even with disagreeing. In some other educa... Read More about Helping Eastern students to master Western critical thinking.

Understanding and Preventing Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations: Conceptualizing the Contribution of Human Resource Development (2011)
Journal Article
MacKenzie, C., Garavan, T. N., & Carbery, R. (2011). Understanding and Preventing Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations: Conceptualizing the Contribution of Human Resource Development. Human Resource Development Review, 10(4), 346-380. https://doi.org/1

We review the literature on dysfunctional behavior in organizations and illuminate the potential contribution of human resource development (HRD) to manage such behavior and contribute to strong governance and compliance. The impetus for this article... Read More about Understanding and Preventing Dysfunctional Behavior in Organizations: Conceptualizing the Contribution of Human Resource Development.

Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses (2011)
Journal Article
Ensor, J., Robertson, M., Ali-Knight, J., Ensor, J., Robertson, M., & Ali-Knight, J. (2011). Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses. Event Management, 15(4), 315-327. https://doi.org/10.3727/152599511X13175676722483

Within the event management literature relating to network development and festival sustainability there is a paucity of research that analyzes the perception of festival sustainability by festival leaders. After an initial review of the context of s... Read More about Eliciting the dynamics of leading a sustainable event: Key informant responses.

A discourse approach to theorising HRD: opening a discursive space (2011)
Journal Article
Lawless, A., Sambrook, S., Garavan, T., & Valentin, C. (2011). A discourse approach to theorising HRD: opening a discursive space. Journal of European industrial training, 35(3), 264-275. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090591111120412

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss how a discourse approach to theorising human resource development (HRD) can open a “discursive space” to challenge dominant discourses within the field; enabling a more critical discourse to emerge.D... Read More about A discourse approach to theorising HRD: opening a discursive space.

Cannabis intoxication in three green iguanas (Iguana iguana). (2011)
Journal Article
Girling, S. J., & Fraser, M. (2011). Cannabis intoxication in three green iguanas (Iguana iguana). Journal of Small Animal Practice, 52, 113-116. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5827.2010.01017.x

This report describes clinical signs and plasma biochemical changes associated with significant cannabis consumption in three Green iguanas (Iguana iguana) which resulted in seizures, cardiovascular and digestive tract aberrations, elevated hepatic e... Read More about Cannabis intoxication in three green iguanas (Iguana iguana)..

Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory (2010)
Journal Article
Vlachopoulos, P., & Cowan, J. (2010). Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory. Distance Education, 31, 23-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587911003724611

This paper reports a grounded theory study of e-moderation of asynchronous online discussions, to explore the processes by which tutors in higher education decide when and how to e-moderate. It aims to construct a theory of e-moderation based on some... Read More about Reconceptualising moderation in asynchronous online discussions using grounded theory.

Epidermolysis bullosa in calves in the United Kingdom (2010)
Journal Article
Foster, A. P., Skuse, A. M., Higgins, R. J., Barrett, D. C., Philbey, A. W., Thomson, J. R., …Day, M. J. (2010). Epidermolysis bullosa in calves in the United Kingdom. Journal of Comparative Pathology, 142, 336-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcpa.2009.10.001

Epidermolysis bullosa (EB) was diagnosed in eight calves from four farms in the United Kingdom on the basis of clinical, histological and ultrastructural findings. In three affected herds, pedigree Simmental bulls had been mated with Simmental-cross... Read More about Epidermolysis bullosa in calves in the United Kingdom.

Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. (2010)
Book Chapter
Fischer, M. (2010). Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the Crusades in north-eastern Europe in the fourteenth century. In The Book in Germany (1-15). Merchiston Publishing

This article examines how literary outputs and chronicles in particular were used in the fourteenth century by the order's leadership to document, justify and popularise the Teutonic Order's crusades in Prussia.

Is there a "Sales Skills" gap in young entrepreneurs in SME food firms in Scotland? (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Douglas, T., & Brodie, J. (2010). Is there a "Sales Skills" gap in young entrepreneurs in SME food firms in Scotland?.

Nine examples of innovative assessment. (2010)
Preprint / Working Paper
Cowan, J. Nine examples of innovative assessment

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The Book in Germany. (2010)
Book
(2010). M. Fischer, & W. A. Kelly (Eds.), The Book in Germany. Merchiston Publishing

The articles in this edited collection trace the history of the book in Germany from the manuscript tradition through to the twentieth century. Contents: 1. Mary Fischer: Winning Hearts and Minds: the role of the written word in the crusades in nort... Read More about The Book in Germany..