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Contemporary HRD research: a triarchy of theoretical perspectives and their prescriptions for HRD (2000)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Gunnigle, P., & Morley, M. (2000). Contemporary HRD research: a triarchy of theoretical perspectives and their prescriptions for HRD. Journal of European industrial training, 24(2/3/4), 65-93. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590010321926

Addresses some of the key debates within the HRD literature and considers the extent to which HRD can be described as a field of study. The paper addresses the issues raised in the contributions that make up this special issue and identifies a broad... Read More about Contemporary HRD research: a triarchy of theoretical perspectives and their prescriptions for HRD.

Future skill needs of managers (2000)
Preprint / Working Paper
Winterton, J., Parker, M., Dodd, M., McCracken, M. G., & Henderson, I. Future skill needs of managers

The main aim of the study was to identify and evaluate the nature of changes affecting managers and issues that will influence the effective future provision of management development in the UK. The report focuses on the nature of the skills that man... Read More about Future skill needs of managers.

Marketing orientation and its impact on product development in the Scottish software Industry. (1999)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Cuthbert, A., & Thomson, J. R. (1999, September). Marketing orientation and its impact on product development in the Scottish software Industry. Presented at IMP Conference (15th): Interactions, Relationships And Networks: Towards The New Millennium

In this paper, the authors discuss and evaluate marketing orientation and its impact on product development in the Scottish software industry. Spektra Systems Limited is used as a case in point. The authors carry out a wide literature review encompas... Read More about Marketing orientation and its impact on product development in the Scottish software Industry..

Developing self‐awareness in the managerial career development process: the value of 360‐degree feedback and the MBTI (1999)
Journal Article
McCarthy, A. M., & Garavan, T. N. (1999). Developing self‐awareness in the managerial career development process: the value of 360‐degree feedback and the MBTI. Journal of European industrial training, 23(9), 437-445. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599910302613

Proposes that a crucial component of the career development process is what is termed “managerial self‐awareness” (MSA). To‐date relatively little has been written about self‐awareness, particularly in the literature on managerial career development... Read More about Developing self‐awareness in the managerial career development process: the value of 360‐degree feedback and the MBTI.

Re‐empowering the empowered – the ultimate challenge? (1999)
Journal Article
D'Annunzio-Green, N., & Macandrew, J. (1999). Re‐empowering the empowered – the ultimate challenge?. Personnel Review, 28(3), 258-278. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489910264615

Evidence to date shows a divergence in the methods and approaches used by
companies to introduce empowerment and indeed a wide debate as to the meaning and
appropriateness of the term itself. The popularity of the concept has led many organisations... Read More about Re‐empowering the empowered – the ultimate challenge?.

The Pygmalion effect reconsidered: its implications for education, training and workplace learning (1999)
Journal Article
Murphy, D., Campbell, C., & Garavan, T. N. (1999). The Pygmalion effect reconsidered: its implications for education, training and workplace learning. Journal of European industrial training, 23(4/5), 238-251. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599910272112

Reviews the literature on the Pygmalion effect and in particular its implications for workplace learning and training. The article considers the wide ranging debate within the education literature on the value of the Pygmalion concept and also consi... Read More about The Pygmalion effect reconsidered: its implications for education, training and workplace learning.

Management development: contemporary trends, issues and strategies (1999)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Barnicle, B., & O’Suilleabhain, F. (1999). Management development: contemporary trends, issues and strategies. Journal of European industrial training, 23(4/5), 191-207. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599910272077

Recent changes have demanded a more strategic perspective from those who lead and manage organisations, placing increased pressure on employees to be more productive, innovative and change orientated. This has precipitated a search for a more integr... Read More about Management development: contemporary trends, issues and strategies.

Human resource development literature: current issues, priorities and dilemmas (1999)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N., Heraty, N., & Barnicle, B. (1999). Human resource development literature: current issues, priorities and dilemmas. Journal of European industrial training, 23(4/5), 169-179. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000004567

Reviews the state of current HRD literature in terms of definitional issues, alternative models, dominant justifications and biases. Articulates the view that the literature is fragmented, multifaceted, and reflects a diverse range of perspectives a... Read More about Human resource development literature: current issues, priorities and dilemmas.

Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service (1999)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (1999). Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 42(2), 221-233. https://doi.org/10.1080/09640569911226

This paper examines the impact of various social, economic and political changes on the work of the Indian Forest Service, the elite organization concerned with environmental management in India. It is noted that whilst many leading authors criticiz... Read More about Environmental Management in India: Recent Challenges to the Indian Forest Service.

The development of core concepts of yield management (1999)
Journal Article
Leask, A. E., & Yeoman, I. (1999). The development of core concepts of yield management. International Journal of Heritage Studies, 5(2), 96-110. https://doi.org/10.1080/13527259908722254

Abstract Yield management offers an Operations Manager a decision support framework for examining the revenue and conservation decision variables that integrate the characteristics of the Heritage Visitor Attraction (HVA) experience. The principles... Read More about The development of core concepts of yield management.

Adoption of management software in a SME. (1998)
Book Chapter
MacKerron, G., & Wybrow, D. (1998). Adoption of management software in a SME. In I. P. McCarthy, & A. et (Eds.), Manufacturing Excellence in SME's (71-76). Sheffield Academic Press

This case study discusses the approach taken at a small specialist clothing manufacturer who, due to increasing demand, had to adopt Computer Aided Manufacturing (C.A.M.) techniques to improve their production control information. The development and... Read More about Adoption of management software in a SME..

Entrepreneurial dynamics in small business service firms (1998)
Journal Article
Glancey, K., Greig, M., & Pettigrew, M. (1998). Entrepreneurial dynamics in small business service firms. International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, 4(3), 249-268. https://doi.org/10.1108/13552559810235547

This paper examines the nature of entrepreneurial dynamics in small business service firms. The past decade has seen a rapid growth in the number of small business service firms, with a corresponding increase in their importance in terms of employme... Read More about Entrepreneurial dynamics in small business service firms.

In‐career professional development: the case of Irish second‐level teachers (1998)
Journal Article
Garavan, T. N. (1998). In‐career professional development: the case of Irish second‐level teachers. Journal of European industrial training, 22(9), 375-387. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090599810241027

Focuses on professional development policy for Irish second‐level teachers. Attempts to conceptualise current thinking about professional development policies as they relate to the teaching profession. Reviews existing policy for the provision of pr... Read More about In‐career professional development: the case of Irish second‐level teachers.

Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions. (1998)
Thesis
Wallis, E. Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions. (Thesis). Edinburgh Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/9237

This study seeks both to describe and account for the patterns of industrial relations
which have emerged in the UK coal industry since privatisation in 1994. In doing so,
it also aims to address some of the wider questions concerning the relations... Read More about Industrial relations in the privatised coal industry: continuity, change and contradictions..

Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM (1998)
Journal Article
Garavan, T., Morley, M., Heraty, N., Lucewicz, J., & Suchodolski, A. (1998). Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM. Personnel Review, 27(3), 200-212. https://doi.org/10.1108/00483489810210606

Reviews the changes in personnel/HRM practices within a post‐command economy. Explores personnel/HRM practices within 25 Polish companies and reports on the diversity of personnel/HRM practices in evidence. The data suggest significant under‐develop... Read More about Managing human resources in a post‐command economy: personnel administration or strategic HRM.

Ecological and Regional Protests in Uttarakhand, Northern India (1998)
Journal Article
Hannam, K. (1998). Ecological and Regional Protests in Uttarakhand, Northern India. Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 89(1), 56-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9663.00006

This article examines the continuities and discontinuities between the Chipko ecological movement and the recent regional movement for a separate State of Uttarakhand in the Indian Himalayas. The movement for a separate Uttarakhand State within the I... Read More about Ecological and Regional Protests in Uttarakhand, Northern India.