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Higher level skills training: Meeting the needs of small businesses (1997)
Journal Article
Sadler Smith, E., Sargeant, A., & Dawson, A. (1997). Higher level skills training: Meeting the needs of small businesses. International Journal of Training and Development, 1(4), 216-229. https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2419.00022

In order for businesses to remain competitive it is suggested that across industry there is a requirement for ‘higher and broader’ skills. Universities have an important role to play in satisfying the need for higher level skills training for busines... Read More about Higher level skills training: Meeting the needs of small businesses.

Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland (1997)
Journal Article
Kekäle, T., Cicmil, S., & Kekale, T. (1997). Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland. Journal of Workplace Learning, 9(5), 169-176. https://doi.org/10.1108/13665629710169639

Presents a work-in-progress report on an exploratory study of change management in education. Aims to investigate management processes employed in a sample of schools in the times of change and an increased demand for effectiveness and higher quality... Read More about Implications of organizational and individual learning for effective change management in education - an exploratory study of management practices in elementary schools in England and Finland.

Marketing the arts—a classification of U. K. theatre audiences (1997)
Journal Article
Sargeant, A. (1997). Marketing the arts—a classification of U. K. theatre audiences. Journal of Nonprofit and Public Sector Marketing, 5(1), 45-62. https://doi.org/10.1300/J054v05n01_04

This article presents empirical research findings on the make-up of U.K. theatre audiences. A representative sample was taken of theatre attendees in the Plymouth area of South Devon and cluster analysis applied in an attempt to identify distinct mar... Read More about Marketing the arts—a classification of U. K. theatre audiences.

Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning (1997)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. (1997). Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning. Learning Organization, The, 4(1), 30-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/09696479710156451

Presents some findings from a study of organizational behaviour and change conducted in the Leicester District Land Registry (LDLR) Office with the objective of finding out the impact of the implementation of a quality initiative on the culture of a... Read More about Achieving completeness through TQ principles and organizational learning.

Bridging the academic-practitioner divide - a problem of perception? (1997)
Journal Article
Sadler-Smith, E., Sargeant, A., Sargeant, A., Sadler Smith, E., & Dawson, A. (1997). Bridging the academic-practitioner divide - a problem of perception?. Industrial and Commercial Training, 29(1), 16-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/00197859710156849

In 1995 the Universities of Plymouth and Exeter (with backing from the local Training Enterprise Council) took the decision to collaborate on an extensive piece of market research, designed to bring them closer to their local business community. Revi... Read More about Bridging the academic-practitioner divide - a problem of perception?.

Aristotle in the 21st Century (1997)
Journal Article
Fleetwood, S. (1997). Aristotle in the 21st Century. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 21(6), 729-744

Critical factors of effective project management (1997)
Journal Article
Cicmil, S. J., & Cicmil, S. (1997). Critical factors of effective project management. TQM Magazine, 9(6), 390-396. https://doi.org/10.1108/09544789710186902

Offers an insight into the renaissance of project management discipline in the context of strategic management and organizational design, and the need for increased awareness of and organizational learning in the subject. Proposes a flexible framewor... Read More about Critical factors of effective project management.