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Local Government Finance and Training in Benue State, Nigeria
Hopkins, David - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 1 (1988) 3, pp. 26-35
The results of an assignment to examine local government finance and training in Benue State, Nigeria are presented in this case study. The financial and management techniques which need to be developed are discussed. A résumé of the financial and administrative condition is given and policy...
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South Asian Entrepreneurship: A View from the North
Barn, Sukhbinder S. - In: Journal of Research in Marketing and Entrepreneurship 2 (2000) 1, pp. 17-35
The paper, while having a cursory examination of ethnic minority business development in Newcastle‐u‐Tyne, examines issues that businesses further south have long since experienced and overcome as a result of a heavy concentration of support networks and institutions (Srinivasan, 1992). The...
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Benchmarking JIT
Yasin, Mahmoud M.; Wafa, Marwan; Small, Michael H. - In: Benchmarking: An International Journal 11 (2004) 1, pp. 74-92
Investigates several facets of the implementation of just‐in‐time (JIT) using a two‐tiered empirical approach that included a field study and a mailed survey. The 277 respondents to the survey included 130 manufacturing organizations, 61 service organizations and 86 public sector...
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Improving health care: the benefits and pitfalls of lean processes in the NHS
In: Strategic Direction 33 (2017) 3, pp. 22-24
Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places...
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The impact of organisational culture research on the practice of public relations by regional television
Harris, Phil; Ziegler‐Pierce, Silke; Harris, Irene - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (1999) 1, pp. 43-55
This paper reviews organisational culture research and explores how it can aid the understanding of regional television … organisations' practice of public relations. A comprehensive review of the organisational culture literature is made and frameworks … based upon this understanding are argued by the authors to allow for a fuller appreciation of corporate culture and its …
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Negotiating culture in a global environment
Rankin Frost, Alison - In: Journal of Communication Management 4 (2000) 4, pp. 369-377
Culture is still an issue for organisations both internally and externally, and becoming increasingly complex as … markets, customers and employees go ‘global’. Culture is a multidimensional concept: organisations need to negotiate their own … corporate culture; the national cultures of the nation‐states in which they operate; ethnic differences at regional and pan …
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Social value in policies for children: contract or culture?
Jordan, Bill - In: Journal of Children's Services 3 (2008) 3, pp. 65-75
Both the collapse of the financial system and the recent child protection scandals in the UK illustrate the limitations of the contract model for regulating social interactions. This article argues that the economic orthodoxy that has dominated recent public policy in the affluent Anglophone...
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Lessons from Columbine: effective school‐based violence prevention strategies and programmes
Elliott, Delbert - In: Journal of Children's Services 4 (2010) 4, pp. 53-62
debate around topics such as the gun culture, bullying, violent video games, goth culture and teenage use of the internet and …
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New Models of Human Resource Management in China and India
In: Journal of Chinese Human Resource Management 5 (2014) 1, pp. 84-87
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International media coverage of the Firestone tyre recall
Freitag, Alan - In: Journal of Communication Management 6 (2002) 3, pp. 239-256
The tendency for communication researchers in the area of crisis management to limit data collection and analysis by national borders consequently limits practitioner understanding of the dynamics of crisis planning and response. The Firestone/Ford tyre recall crisis of 2000‐2001 presents an...
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