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Getting the best out of the best: how businesses can use universities to their benefit

Kitson, Paul - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 36 (2004) 7, pp. 282-285

Britain lags behind other countries such as the USA and Japan in commercially exploiting the expertise of its universities, despite the world class research produced within the sector. The article explores the UK Government's response in terms of funding university‐business collaborations, and...

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Corporate strategy development and related management development: the case for the incremental approach, part 1 – the development of strategy

Rees, W. David; Porter, Christine - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 38 (2006) 5, pp. 226-231

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the case for the incremental development of corporate strategy and related issues of management development. Design/methodology/approach – A background in consultancy and management development in the UK and abroad is used to examine the...

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Europe's business brains: poorly led … and leaving

Barry, Tom - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 39 (2007) 2, pp. 113-115

Purpose – The aim of this research is to discover the special characteristics of technical professionals and the leadership skills required to manage, engage and retain these people. It also sought to establish leaders' assessment of their success in leading this particular group of people....

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How a systematic approach to innovation can bring radical improvements to organisations by liberating the staff

Desmond, Vincent - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 41 (2009) 6, pp. 321-325

members using quality processes, and argue that a structured, quality approach to engaging staff in improvement and innovation … based material and includes the author's opinion and interpretation. The integral focus is on encouraging innovation from … organisation. The case study organisations featured have found that introducing new methods of innovation can provide a manageable …

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Brilliance, innovation and growth – a big talent story

Timms, Perry - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 42 (2010) 5, pp. 236-239

Purpose – This paper aims to describe how the Big Lottery Fund is developing its leaders of the future through a talent program which may interest other organizations about to – or already engaged in – doing the same. Design/methodology/approach – A case study approach is taken by this...

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Improving delivery and content through technology and collaboration

Toms, Jeff - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 42 (2010) 7, pp. 394-397

Purpose – The paper seeks to examine how both training partnerships and innovation technology provide the scope to … content and some now offer remote delivery. The paper looks at the advantages of each innovation. Practical implications – The …

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The frontline manager: fronting up to organisational change

Hales, Sebastian; Rabey, Gordon - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 43 (2011) 6, pp. 368-376

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to propose an organisational structure not based on power and control but on the organic and functional processes of the front line. Design/methodology/approach – These ideas arose from discussions about the roles and training needs of frontline...

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Making innovation happen – moving beyond a conceptual framework

Ceserani, Jonne - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 44 (2012) 3, pp. 171-178

innovation fails to generate real results. Design/methodology/approach – The paper describes the origins of the Synectics …

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The information age: implications for education and training in a small economy

Garrihy, Damien; Garavan, Thomas N. - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 29 (1997) 7, pp. 208-217

responding. Examines innovation and creativity, and how education, training and other aspects of Ireland’s economy are impinging …

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The creativity advantage ‐ is your organization the leader of the pack?

Cook, Peter - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 30 (1998) 5, pp. 179-184

Success in product and service innovation depends on creativity as a key input. Without a healthy and continuing supply … how to profit from individual potential and then leverage it so that it produces organizational innovation and excellence …

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