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Learning-in-Practise:The Social Complexity of Learning in Working Life

Antonacopoulou, Elena - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2006

-connectivity, diversity, self-organisation and politics. These dimensions are discussed drawing... …

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Incentives and managerial experience in multi-task teams: Evidence from within an firm

Griffith, Rachel; Neely, Andrew - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2008

This paper exploits a quasi-experimental setting to estimate the impact that a multi-dimensional group incentive scheme had on branch performance in a large distribution firm. The scheme, which is based on the Balanced Scorecard, was implemented in all branches in one division, but not in another...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005862756

Evidence in Management and Organizational Science: Assembling the Fields Full Weight of Scientific Knowledge Through Syntheses

Rousseau, Denise M.; Manning, Joshua; Denyer, David - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2008

This chapter advocates the good scientific practice of systematic research syntheses in Management and Organizational …

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Sustainability of Business Service Outsourcing: the Case of Human Resource Outsourcing

Sako, Mari; Tierney, Abigail - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2005

This paper discusses the theory and evidence behind the logic of business process outsourcing, with a specific focus on human resource outsourcing (HRO). Market analysts project rapid growth in the global market for HRO, from around $30 billion in 2005 to just over $40 billion in 2008. The paper...

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Designing the Boundaries of the Firm:From “Make, Buy or Ally” to the Dynamic Benefits of Vertical Architecture

Jacobides, Michael G.; Billinger, Stephan - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2005

The concept of “vertical architecture” defines the scope of a firm and the extent to which it is open to final and intermediate markets. A firm can make or buy inputs, and transfer outputs downstream or sell them. Permeable vertical architectures are partly integrated and partly open to the...

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Management fashion as proto-professionalisation: the case of Knowledge Management

Perkmann, Markus - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2005

The article argues that management fashions can be interpreted as processes of emerging professionalisation around … particular bodies of management expertise. By integrating insights from research on professions and professionalisation …, management fashions are analysed as attempts by specific groups within organisations to establish themselves as professionals …

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OF STORIES PARTLY TOLD AND PARTIALLY HEARD:An Exploration of Presentations of Practice

Huxham, Chris; Sims, David; Beech, Nic - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2005

others is widespread. In this paper we explore these as one manifestation of the transfer of management practices. We include …

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On the Virtues of Practising Scholarship:A Tribute to Chris Argyris a ‘Timeless Learner’

Antonacopoulou, Elena - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2006

This essay provides some reflections about the idea and ideal of scholarship in Management and Organization Studies and …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865979

Toward a Mid-Range Theory of Strategy Workshops

Johnson, Gerry; Prashantham, Shameen; Floyd, Steven W. - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2006

research. In this paper we seek to build upon the recent call for a more micro, activity-based approach to strategic management …

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Why is productivity so dispersed?

LinkGriffith, Rachel; Haskel, Jonathan; Neely, Andy D. - Advanced Institute of Management Research <London> - 2006

reflects persistent differences in performance due, for example, to management. This paper looks at productivity differences …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005865987