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Viewpoint: Linking training policy and practice to organizational goals (1997)
Journal Article
O’Donnell, D., & Garavan, T. N. (1997). Viewpoint: Linking training policy and practice to organizational goals. Journal of European industrial training, 21(9), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599710189144

Argues that a human resource development (HRD) strategy, in alliance with a global‐arching human resource management (HRM) strategy, is the most effective way to link training policy and practice to organizational goals. Both manufacturing and servi... Read More about Viewpoint: Linking training policy and practice to organizational goals.

Training, development, education and learning: different or the same? (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1997). Training, development, education and learning: different or the same?. Journal of European industrial training, 21(2), 39-50. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599710161711

Attempts to discuss the concepts of training, development, education and learning with regard to employees in terms of their substantive differences. Discusses how these concepts have evolved historically within human resource management and develop... Read More about Training, development, education and learning: different or the same?.

Interpersonal skills training for quality service interactions (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1997). Interpersonal skills training for quality service interactions. Industrial and Commercial Training, 29(3), 70-77. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197859710165056

Achieving improvements in customer service is now recognized as a major challenge facing manufacturing and service industries throughout the world. This challenge is particularly pertinent to the tourism and hospitality sector. Notions of quality in... Read More about Interpersonal skills training for quality service interactions.

The information age: implications for education and training in a small economy (1997)
Journal Article
Garrihy, D., & Garavan, T. N. (1997). The information age: implications for education and training in a small economy. Industrial and Commercial Training, 29(7), 208-217. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197859710190724

Information technology presents considerable challenges and opportunities to society. Ireland, as a member of the European Union with a small, open economy which is highly influenced by international trends, has a particular interest in this new phe... Read More about The information age: implications for education and training in a small economy.

Entrepreneurship in the small hotel sector (1997)
Journal Article
Glancey, K., & Pettigrew, M. (1997). Entrepreneurship in the small hotel sector. International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, 9(1), 21-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/09596119710157540

Reports the findings from a study of entrepreneurial activity in the small hotel sector in a Scottish town, St Andrews. Applies bodies of theory on the small entrepreneurial firm, developed for other sectors of the economy, to an examination of smal... Read More about Entrepreneurship in the small hotel sector.

Pre-implementation issues in the adoption of manufacturing management software (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wybrow, D. H., & MacKerron, G. (1997, April). Pre-implementation issues in the adoption of manufacturing management software. Presented at Fifth International Conference on Factory 2000 - The Technology Exploitation Process

The North Cape Group is based in Scotland and makes garments and accessories. Within the group, the production planning process has been carried o with the emphasis on meeting the requirements of the Sales Department. With the potential adoption of c... Read More about Pre-implementation issues in the adoption of manufacturing management software.

Compterised accounting in Silicon Glen. (1997)
Journal Article
Steven, G. (1997). Compterised accounting in Silicon Glen. Account : magazine voor accountants, belastingadviseurs, advocaten, notarissen en andere financiële dienstverleners, 9,

Venture capital and small tourism and hospitality firms (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Taylor, S., Simpson, J., & Howie, H. (1997, November). Venture capital and small tourism and hospitality firms. Presented at Hospitality Business Development, EuroCHRIE/IAHMS, Sheffield, UK

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An investigation into the relationships between area social characteristics and road accident casualties (1997)
Journal Article
Abdalla, I. M., Raeside, R., Barker, D., & McGuigan, D. R. (1997). An investigation into the relationships between area social characteristics and road accident casualties. Accident analysis and prevention, 29(5), 583-593. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0001-4575%2897%2900011-0

This paper reports on the analysis of a data base created by merging road casualty information and census data for the former Lothian region in Scotland. The data base was established by assigning resident postcodes to each casualty record and relati... Read More about An investigation into the relationships between area social characteristics and road accident casualties.

Graduate assessment centres: an empirical investigation of effectiveness (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. (1997). Graduate assessment centres: an empirical investigation of effectiveness. Career Development International, 2(4), 160-172. https://doi.org/10.1108/13620439710173652

Presents a review of assessment‐centre practice and evaluates its overall effectiveness as a method of selection. There is a specific evaluation of an assessment centre in the banking industry for the selection of graduates. The results do not in ge... Read More about Graduate assessment centres: an empirical investigation of effectiveness.

New perspectives on skill, learning and training: a viewpoint (1997)
Journal Article
O’Donnell, D., & Garavan, T. N. (1997). New perspectives on skill, learning and training: a viewpoint. Journal of European industrial training, 21(4), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004329

Proposes an integrated germ cell model of development based firmly on a cognitive, as distinct from behaviourist, view of learning and on the psychological theory of activity. Uses this to explore how an umbrella concept of skill allied to a learnin... Read More about New perspectives on skill, learning and training: a viewpoint.

Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance (1997)
Thesis
Edgar, D. A. Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5728

Hospitality and tourism environments are widely regarded as complex and dynamic in nature. This combined with the need for commercial organisations to improve performance places considerable emphasis on the need for approaches to understanding market... Read More about Commercial short holiday breaks in Scotland: an analysis of market structure, supplier strategies and performance.

Aligning operating strategies for service quality in hospitality operations (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Lashley, C., Taylor, S., & Lockwood, A. (1997, May). Aligning operating strategies for service quality in hospitality operations. Paper presented at Sixth Annual Hospitality Research Conference of the Council for Hospitality Management Education (CHME), Oxford, UK

Local enterprise companies and rural development (1997)
Journal Article
McQuaid, R. W., & McQuaid, R. W. (1997). Local enterprise companies and rural development. Journal of Rural Studies, 13(2), 197-212. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0743-0167%2897%2983096-3

This paper discusses the rural dimensions of the objectives and activities of Local Enterprise Companies (LECs). These form a network of local economic development agencies that operate as part of regional policy under the umbrella of the ‘regional’... Read More about Local enterprise companies and rural development.

Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME. (1997)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wybrow, D. H., & MacKerron, G. (1997, April). Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME. Paper presented at Concurrent Engineering International Conference

The North Cape group manufactures a range of high quality outdoor garments and accessories. These are sold to retail outlets and on a contract basis. All these garments need to be scheduled through production as required and therefore there is a requ... Read More about Rejuvenating communication and information within a SME..

The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., & Morley, M. (1997). The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 12(2), 118-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683949710164208

Examines the expectations of those graduates recruited by organizations for their “high‐flyer” programmes. Looks at the socialization process that such graduates are exposed to once recruited and evaluates the adjustment and change processes that gr... Read More about The socialization of high‐potential graduates into the organization: Initial expectations, experiences and outcomes.

The learning organization: a review and evaluation (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. (1997). The learning organization: a review and evaluation. Learning Organization, The, 4(1), 18-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696479710156442

Undertakes a critical review of the confused and confusing literature on the learning organization. Draws on both psychological and organizational perspectives, and focuses on the distinction between organizational learning and the concept of the le... Read More about The learning organization: a review and evaluation.

360 degree feedback: its role in employee development (1997)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Morley, M., & Flynn, M. (1997). 360 degree feedback: its role in employee development. Journal of Management Development, 16(2), 134-147. https://doi.org/10.1108/02621719710164300

Focuses on 360 degree feedback which is defined as a contrived method of providing a flow of feedback to employees from all directions. Addresses the purposes of feedback within the organization, with special emphasis on its use for employee develop... Read More about 360 degree feedback: its role in employee development.