Outputs (678)

Culture and conflict management style of international project managers (2008)
Journal Article

The management of culture has become increasingly important to many organisations and business disciplines, particularly multicultural and international project management. Cultural differences often result in varying degrees of conflict and require... Read More about Culture and conflict management style of international project managers.

La creación de spin-off universitarias en España: características, determinantes y resultados (2008)
Journal Article

Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective (2008)
Book Chapter

Purpose: Lean thinking has revolutionised the approach to manufacturing and there are indications that it can do the same for New Product Introduction [NPI] processes. This paper explores the question “Is the application of Lean principles to NPI suf... Read More about Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective.

Haldiram’s: India’s entrepreneurial answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts (2008)
Journal Article

Western companies are opening up their factories and offices in India in an unprecedented manner and thus creating a need to study the organization and management of their Indian counterparts. The emergence of India as an
economic power over the rec... Read More about Haldiram’s: India’s entrepreneurial answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts.

Projects and their management: A literature review (2008)
Journal Article

Over the years and more importantly in the recent past projects have been used as a delivery mechanism to do
business and accomplish objectives. No wonder it has become one of the fastest growing professions in the world.
Although the understanding... Read More about Projects and their management: A literature review.

Stats for the terrified: Impact of different teaching and learning approaches in the study of business statistics (2008)
Journal Article

Many students have a fear of studying Statistics & Mathematics. The objective of this study is to highlight the methods that could help students to improve the learning of Business Statistics. This paper could also provide a useful input for teachers... Read More about Stats for the terrified: Impact of different teaching and learning approaches in the study of business statistics.

Teams and Projects: A Literature Review (2008)
Journal Article

Teams and their constituents are clearly one of the critical success factors in a project. Symbiosis among team members is a must, but it does not necessarily mean that they need to agree on every point. This paper attempts to highlight the constitue... Read More about Teams and Projects: A Literature Review.

What is project success: A literature review (2008)
Journal Article

Most of the projects we hear of in media are either over budget, late or are simply not good enough and still
different lobbies of people claim that those projects have been successful. Neither the practitioners nor the
academicians seem to agree o... Read More about What is project success: A literature review.

The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level (2008)
Journal Article

This article explains how recent changes in the teaching & learning business statistics are influenced by the
increased use of computer and its associated technology. This paper also attempts to illustrate on how the pedagogy
associated has also un... Read More about The impact of computers and associated technology on the teaching and learning of business statistics at the university level.

Scope creep in software development (2008)
Journal Article

This article clarifies the role and effects of scope creep in software development projects. It discusses how scope can be effectively managed to avoid it from “creeping” and reducing chances of project success. By reviewing a range of literary works... Read More about Scope creep in software development.

Exploring SMEs' adoption of broadband in the northwest of England (2008)
Book Chapter

Formal strategic planning, operating environment, size, sector and performance: evidence from the UK’s manufacturing SMEs (2008)
Journal Article

The relationship between strategic planning and firm performance has long interested strategic management researchers. In the past decade, this research effort has slowed down, while strategic planning has gained greater popularity among managers. Ho... Read More about Formal strategic planning, operating environment, size, sector and performance: evidence from the UK’s manufacturing SMEs.

Does R&D really drive competitive advantage and performance? (2008)
Journal Article

The impact of strategy, leadership and culture on organizational performance (2008)
Journal Article

The role of universities in the evolution of the triple helix culture of innovation network: The case of Malaysia (2007)
Journal Article

Blue sky thinking (2007)
Journal Article

Building cars to customer order could provide the key to releasing billions of euros currently tied up in stock. Glenn Parry outlines a scheme to move the industry in this direction.

Risks of innovation in management education: Introducing a critical management perspective onto a project management MBA elective (2007)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Accounting for the dark side of corporate history: Organizational culture perspectives and the Bertelsmann case (2007)
Journal Article

Organizations are increasingly being called to account for their history. In particular, German and non-German companies have been called to account for their relations with the Nazi regime between 1933 and 1945. Organizations are not only accountabl... Read More about Accounting for the dark side of corporate history: Organizational culture perspectives and the Bertelsmann case.

The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality (2007)
Journal Article

In this paper, we explore the standardization of contemporary management knowledge, focusing in particular upon the role of 'standards' in creating and reifying 'organizational objects', with powerful consequences and with often unrecognized ethical... Read More about The politics of standards in modern management: Making 'the project' a reality.

Generation of cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs and demembranated sperm chromatin for the assembly and isolation of in vitro-formed nuclei for Western blotting and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (2007)
Journal Article

This protocol details methods for the generation of cell-free extracts and DNA templates from the eggs and sperm chromatin, respectively, of the clawed toad Xenopus laevis. We have used this system with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), as detailed... Read More about Generation of cell-free extracts of Xenopus eggs and demembranated sperm chromatin for the assembly and isolation of in vitro-formed nuclei for Western blotting and scanning electron microscopy (SEM).