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Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (2012)
Journal Article
Williams Jr, R., Osei, C., & Omar, M. (2012). Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. Journal of Marketing for Higher Education, 22(1), 71-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/08841241.2012.705795

As Higher Education Institutions (HEI) become more marketized and increasingly promotionalized, brand building gains in intensity and names become increasingly important. This conceptual paper plans to explore the application of the Renaming Process... Read More about Higher Education Institution branding as a component of country branding in Ghana: Renaming Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology.

HRM In Practice- A New Role For HR Professionals (2012)
Book Chapter
McLean, L. (2012). HRM In Practice- A New Role For HR Professionals. In J. Bratton, & J. Gold (Eds.), Human resource management : theory and practice. Palgrave Macmillan

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Public Participation and Public Service Modernization: Learning from New Labor? (2012)
Journal Article
Fenwick, J., & McMillan, J. (2012). Public Participation and Public Service Modernization: Learning from New Labor?. International Journal of Public Administration, 35(6), 367-378. https://doi.org/10.1080/01900692.2012.655523

The public participation agenda is a significant element of public service reform in Europe and beyond. This article examines how citizen participation in local public services was conceived and enacted under successive New Labor governments in the U... Read More about Public Participation and Public Service Modernization: Learning from New Labor?.

Transferring soft skills from the performing arts curriculum to business–a German-Based exploration into the possibilities for training management consultants (2012)
Thesis
Havar-Simonovich, T. Transferring soft skills from the performing arts curriculum to business–a German-Based exploration into the possibilities for training management consultants. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/5340

Recent research findings have reinforced the importance of soft skills for managerial success. Consequently, there is an ongoing practical need for and research interest in effective soft skill training. In order to improve the soft skills of their e... Read More about Transferring soft skills from the performing arts curriculum to business–a German-Based exploration into the possibilities for training management consultants.

Autopoietic organisation of knowledge, creativity and innovation: a case study of the automotive manufacturer Daimler AG (2012)
Thesis
Auernhammer, J. M. Autopoietic organisation of knowledge, creativity and innovation: a case study of the automotive manufacturer Daimler AG. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/6653

This doctoral thesis presents an analysis of the context in which creativity and innovation emerges. It is based on an investigation of a single case organisation.
The theoretical framework for the study derived from a number of fields, including or... Read More about Autopoietic organisation of knowledge, creativity and innovation: a case study of the automotive manufacturer Daimler AG.

Arresting moments in engaged management research (2012)
Journal Article
Greig, G., Gilmore, C., Patrick, H., & Beech, N. (2013). Arresting moments in engaged management research. Management Learning, 44(3), 267-285. https://doi.org/10.1177/1350507612443209

We contribute to the literature on the production of knowledge through engaged management and organisational research. We explore how relational practices in management and organisational research may interpenetrate and change one another, thereby po... Read More about Arresting moments in engaged management research.

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/10.1108/03090591211204715

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://doi.org/10.1080/13678868.2012.669236

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?.

'The ‘lucky’ LME: the mediation of globalizing effects on employment relations in the Australian auto assembly and retail banking industries' (2012)
Journal Article
Cutcher, L., Kirsch, A., & Lansbury, R. (2012). 'The ‘lucky’ LME: the mediation of globalizing effects on employment relations in the Australian auto assembly and retail banking industries'. International Journal of Human Resource Management, 23(10), 1999-2015. https://doi.org/10.1080/09585192.2012.668342

In liberal market economies such as Australia, we generally expect that global pressures will lead to an increasingly deregulated employment relations system reliant on market mechanisms. However, case study evidence from the Australian auto and bank... Read More about 'The ‘lucky’ LME: the mediation of globalizing effects on employment relations in the Australian auto assembly and retail banking industries'.

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. 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.

How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions (2012)
Journal Article
Ross, A. G., Crossan, K., & Juleff, L. (2012). How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions. Local Economy, 27(3), 279-296. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094211434476

Comparing VAT registration data with Scottish Clearing Bank Statistics on new start-up activity
we assess the extent to which VATregistration data reflect the general level of start-up activity in
the Scottish economy for the period 2002–2009. Find... Read More about How accurate are VAT registrations as a measure of entrepreneurship?: A spatial analysis of Scotland and its regions.

Age Management Case Study 6 - Social Care & Housing. (2012)
Report
Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Age Management Case Study 6 - Social Care & Housing. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This brochure is a business case for age management in the social care and housing sector. The brochure was part of the Social Experimentation for Active Ageing project (see http://www.eri.napier.ac.uk). It was distributed to the SMEs in the social c... Read More about Age Management Case Study 6 - Social Care & Housing..

Age Management Case Study 4 - Environmental Services. (2012)
Report
Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Age Management Case Study 4 - Environmental Services. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This brochure is a business case for age management in the environmental services sector. The brochure was part of the Social Experimentation for Active Ageing project (see http://www.eri.napier.ac.uk). It was distributed to the SMEs in the social ca... Read More about Age Management Case Study 4 - Environmental Services..

Age Management Case Study 3 - Social Care b. (2012)
Report
Fuertes, V., Egdell, V., & McQuaid, R. W. (2012). Age Management Case Study 3 - Social Care b. Edinburgh, Scotland: European Commission

This brochure is a business case for age management in the social care sector. The brochure was part of the Social Experimentation for Active Ageing project (see http://www.eri.napier.ac.uk). It was distributed to the SMEs in the social care sector p... Read More about Age Management Case Study 3 - Social Care b..

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.

Managing Improvisational Practice: The Tension Between Structure and Creative Difference (2012)
Book Chapter
Patrick, H., Grieg, G., & Beech, N. (2012). Managing Improvisational Practice: The Tension Between Structure and Creative Difference. In Handbook of Institutional Approaches to International Business14 (344-362). Edward Elgar Publishing

This chapter adopts cultural historical activity theory in an empirical analysis of theoretical improvisation in order to explore its relational nature as an example of bounded diversity.