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Lean production and quality of working life on the shop floor: The experience of British and Italian car workers (2008)
Book Chapter
Danford, A., Richardson, M., Pulignano, V., & Stewart, P. (2008). Lean production and quality of working life on the shop floor: The experience of British and Italian car workers. In A. Danford, M. Richardson, V. Pulignano, & P. Stewart (Eds.), Flexibility at Work: Critical Developments in the International Automobile Industry (45-82). Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan

Poetry. Chapter 8 (2008)
Book Chapter
Grisoni, L. (2008). Poetry. Chapter 8. In M. Broussine (Ed.), Creative Methods in Organisational Research (108-127). London: SAGE Publications

Developing leadership for sustainable development (2008)
Book Chapter
Edwards, G., Turnbull, S., Stephens, D., & Johnston, A. (2008). Developing leadership for sustainable development. In N. Huber, & M. Harvey (Eds.), Leadership: Impact, Culture and Sustainability. International Leadership Association (ILA)

Marketing politics… saving democracy (2008)
Book Chapter
Lloyd, J. (2008). Marketing politics… saving democracy. In A. Sargeant, & W. Wymer (Eds.), The Routledge Companion to Non Profit Marketing (317-335). Routledge

This chapter explores the challenge that electoral disengagement and negative public perceptions poses for politicians, political parties and democracy as a whole. It discusses potential strategies to address electoral disengagement and identifies a... Read More about Marketing politics… saving democracy.

Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences (2008)
Book Chapter
Mitra, A., & Singh, A. (2008). Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences. In A. Saith, M. Vijayabasker, & V. Gayathri (Eds.), ICTS and Indian social change: Diffusion, Poverty, Governance (251-267). New Delhi: Sage Publications

Growth and sustenance of local democracy, enabling public (especially developmental) policy formulation and facilitating direct service delivery to resident population are three complementary expectations that e-governance could be directed to fulfil... Read More about Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences.

Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective (2008)
Book Chapter
Parry, G., Graves, A., & James-Moore, M. (2008). Lean new product introduction: a UK aerospace perspective. In T. Rajmanohar (Ed.), Lean Product Development - Concept & Models. Icfai University Press

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.

Exploring SMEs' adoption of broadband in the northwest of England (2008)
Book Chapter
Ramdani, B., & Kawalek, P. (2008). Exploring SMEs' adoption of broadband in the northwest of England. In Y. K. Dwivedi, A. Papazafeiropoulou, & J. Choudrie (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission (504-523). Information Science Reference

Stories (2008)
Book Chapter
Simpson, P. (2008). Stories. In M. Broussine (Ed.), Creative Methods in Organizational Research (92-107). London: Sage

Creative dialogue (2008)
Book Chapter
Simpson, P., & Beeby, M. (2008). Creative dialogue. In M. Broussine (Ed.), Creative Methods in Organizational Research (53-69). London: Sage

The path of least resistance? Choice and constraint in HRM strategy in the UK hotel sector (2008)
Book Chapter
strategy in the UK hotel sector. In D. Tesone (Ed.), Handbook of Hospitality Human Resource Management (293-316). Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann

Guerrier and Deery (1998) suggest two central questions that are recurrent in HRM research in the hotel sector. Firstly, to what extent is the work of hospitality managers influenced by the industry context? Secondly, to what extent do hospitality ma... Read More about The path of least resistance? Choice and constraint in HRM strategy in the UK hotel sector.