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Organizational Learning and Public Sector Management: An Alternative View (2005)
Journal Article
Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2005). Organizational Learning and Public Sector Management: An Alternative View. Public Policy and Administration, 20(3), 42-55. https://doi.org/10.1177/095207670502000305

The public service modernization agenda has directed attention to the problematic questions of how public sector organisations learn, what they learn, and how they fail to learn. This article considers: definitional problems of organisational learnin... Read More about Organizational Learning and Public Sector Management: An Alternative View.

Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. (2005)
Journal Article
Gao, S. S., Heravi, S., & Xiao, J. Z. (2005). Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note. Accounting forum, 29, 233-242. doi:10.1016/j.accfor.2005.01.002,

The patterns and determinants of corporate social and environmental disclosure (CSED) in Hong Kong (HK) are examined by analysing 154 annual reports of 33 HK listed companies from 1993 to 1997. The research finds that industry difference has an impac... Read More about Determinants of corporate social and environmental reporting in Hong Kong: a research note..

Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model (2005)
Journal Article
Gubbins, M. C., & Garavan, T. N. (2005). Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model. Human Resource Development Review, 4(2), 189-218. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484305275769

The work of the human resource development (HRD) practitioner is continuously evolving. Human resource development is now expected to make a strategic level contribution and contribute to individual and organizational effectiveness. Human resource d... Read More about Studying HRD Practitioners: A Social Capital Model.

Book review (2005)
Journal Article
Tansley, T., & Cramphorn, C. (2005). Book review. International Journal of Training and Development, 9(2), 153-154. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2419.2005.00228.x

Book reviewed

The Connecticon: Learning for the connected generation

Frank Rennie and Robin Mason, 2004. Published by Information Age Publishing, Greenwich, CT. ISBN 1-59311-209-2 (paperback) and 1-59311-210-6 (hardback).

Implementing e-value strategies in UK retailing (2005)
Journal Article
Nicholls, A., & Watson, A. (2005). Implementing e-value strategies in UK retailing. International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management, 33(6), 426-443. https://doi.org/10.1108/09590550510600852

Purpose
This paper aims to examine the current strategic landscape of UK “bricks and clicks” retailers. The main focus of this work is to consider how e‐commerce may provide competitive advantage via an insight into the current strategies employed b... Read More about Implementing e-value strategies in UK retailing.

Management accounting decision management: profit maximisation. (2005)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (2005). Management accounting decision management: profit maximisation. Financial Management -London-, (39-40). ISSN 1471-9185

Grahame Steven explains how the identification of Vilfredo Pareto’s
“predictable imbalance” can help a business to improve its performance.

Reflections on the home setting in hospitality. (2005)
Journal Article
Lynch, P. (2005). Reflections on the home setting in hospitality. Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 12,

This article builds on an ongoing debate regarding the nature of hospitality
management education by adopting a social scientific
approach to the study of hospitality. It does so through focusing on
the home setting. Major themes from studies on t... Read More about Reflections on the home setting in hospitality..

The use of load factors to segment airline operators (2005)
Journal Article
Dai, Y., Raeside, R., & Smyth, A. (2005). The use of load factors to segment airline operators. Journal of revenue and pricing management, 4(2), 195-203. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.rpm.5170139

In this paper, commentary is made on recent trends in passenger airline movements, and it is suggested that, as a result of the use of revenue management, load factor has emerged as a performance metric. Using data from the IATA database for each of... Read More about The use of load factors to segment airline operators.

Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage (2005)
Journal Article
Michie, J., & Sheehan, M. (2005). Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 16(3), 445-464. https://doi.org/10.1080/0958519042000339598

This paper contributes to the strategic human resource management literature by testing the three main approaches – the universalistic (‘best practice’), contingency and configurational – against an original database. Specifically, we examine: (1) th... Read More about Business strategy, human resources, labour market flexibility and competitive advantage.

Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching (2005)
Journal Article
Tucker, H., & Lynch, P. (2005). Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism, 5(2-4), 11-32. https://doi.org/10.1300/j162v05n02_02

This article argues for the potential use of lifestyle segmentation in order to achieve psychographic matching between hosts and guests in Bed and Breakfast and homestay accommodation. The discussion draws on research conducted in home-hosted accommo... Read More about Host-Guest Dating: The Potential of Improving the Customer Experience Through Host-Guest Psychographic Matching.

Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park (2005)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2005). Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park. Current Issues in Tourism, 8(2-3), 165-180. https://doi.org/10.1080/13683500508668212

This paper analyses contemporary tourism management issues in India’s national parks. It begins by setting India’s national parks in the context of national parks globally, before examining the historical development of national parks in India itsel... Read More about Tourism Management Issues in India’s National Parks: An Analysis of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarahole) National Park.

Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work (2005)
Journal Article
McGuire, D., Cross, C., & O'Donnell, D. (2005). Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 16(1), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1002/hrdq.1127

Humanism has long been considered a cherished worldview underpinning human resource development. As such, it occupies a privileged status within the field, and in the main, its central tenets have gone unchallenged, despite massive changes in the eco... Read More about Why humanistic approaches in HRD won't work.

Discourse Analysis in Tourism Research A Critical Perspective (2005)
Journal Article
Hannam, K., & Knox, D. (2005). Discourse Analysis in Tourism Research A Critical Perspective. Tourism Recreation Research, 30(2), 23-30. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2005.11081470

Increasing numbers of researchers in the field of tourism studies are using discourse analysis as a means of critical investigation when faced with qualitative or textual forms of data, such as written documents, or visual materials such as photogra... Read More about Discourse Analysis in Tourism Research A Critical Perspective.

The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario (2005)
Journal Article
Myung, S., Morrison, A. M., & Taylor, J. S. (2005). The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario. Tourism Recreation Research, 30(3), 49-59. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508281.2005.11081486

Meeting planners are now frequently using the Web as a resource for finding site information, while the Internet has also become increasingly important on the supply side of the convention and exhibition business as a marketing tool. Meeting planners... Read More about The Effectiveness of Convention and Exhibition Websites A Transatlantic Comparison and Future Scenario.

Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. (2004)
Journal Article
Omar, M., Boyd, D., & Nwankwo, S. (2003). Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. International Journal of Applied Marketing, 3, (93-113). ISSN 1742-2612

This paper offers a fresh methodological insight in examining the functional relationship between standardisation and involvement strategies in international marketing. It starts by reviewing the underpinning literature, focusing on the form of the r... Read More about Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing..

Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’. (2004)
Journal Article
Thomson, J. R. (2003). Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’. Journal of military and strategic studies the electronic journal of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 7, ISSN 1488-559X

This short paper attempts to reflect on the UK experience of mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces in support of regular forces and its impact on homeland defence and security. The topic area is by definition both diverse by its natur... Read More about Mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces and how it impacted on homeland security – the United Kingdom experience’..

‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience. (2004)
Journal Article
Thomson, J. R. (2003). ‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience. Journal of military and strategic studies the electronic journal of the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies, 7, ISSN 1488-559X

This short paper attempts to reflect on the UK experience of mounting offshore operations using the Reserve Forces in support of regular forces and its impact on homeland defence and security. The topic area is by definition both diverse by its natur... Read More about ‘Mounting offshore operations using the reserve forces and how it impacted on homeland defence and security- the United Kingdom experience..

Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development (2004)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (2004). Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development. Tourism Geographies, 6(3), 331-351. https://doi.org/10.1080/1461668042000269647

This paper considers the intersection of tourism and forest management in India. It is demonstrated that there are major conflicts between the Ministry of Tourism and Culture and the Ministry of Environment and Forests at both discursive and materia... Read More about Tourism and Forest Management in India: The Role of the State in Limiting Tourism Development.

Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach. (2004)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., McGuire, D., & O'Donnell, D. (2004). Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach. Human Resource Development Review, 3(4), 417-441. https://doi.org/10.1177/1534484304271669

Levels of analysis perform an important function in framing research and practice in human resource development (HRD). The purpose of this paper is to examine the concept of HRD from the individual, organizational and community/societal levels of ana... Read More about Exploring human resource development: a level of analysis approach..