All Outputs (25)

The fundraising promise is both negative and dull (2006)
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Benchmarking charity performance: Returns from direct marketing in fundraising (2006)
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Despite rising public interest and concern only a handful of extant studies have addressed the performance of fundraising techniques and outlined the returns that might be expected. To date no one has examined the returns accruing from direct marketi... Read More about Benchmarking charity performance: Returns from direct marketing in fundraising.

The importance of 'process' in Rethinking Project Management: The story of a UK Government-funded research network (2006)
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This paper tells the story of a UK Government-funded research network called Rethinking Project Management, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council between 2004 and 2006. The story is significant because of the considerable a... Read More about The importance of 'process' in Rethinking Project Management: The story of a UK Government-funded research network.

Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network (2006)
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In 2003 the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) agreed to fund a research network - Rethinking Project Management - to define a research agenda aimed at enriching and extending the subject of project management beyond its... Read More about Directions for future research in project management: The main findings of a UK government-funded research network.

Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects (2006)
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This paper puts forth the somewhat controversial position that what is needed to improve project management in practice is not more research on what should be done or the frequency and/or use of traditional project management practices. We argue that... Read More about Rethinking Project Management: Researching the actuality of projects.

Magistrates' courts and the 2003 reforms of the criminal justice system (2006)
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This article analyses the potential impact of 2003 reform of criminal justice and courts on magistrates and the operation of summary justice

Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory (2006)
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One response to the possible outsourcing of the human resource (HR) function is to turn to 'science' and seek to demonstrate an empirical association between HR practices and increased organizational performance. This paper critically examines the sh... Read More about Beyond measuring the human resources management-organizational performance link: Applying critical realist meta-theory.

Marketing bequest club membership: An exploratory study of legacy pledgers (2006)
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Although bequest income accounts for 9% of overall giving in the United States many nonprofits continue to focus their solicitation efforts on the very wealthy, ignoring the bulk of the fund-raising database. In this study the authors work with three... Read More about Marketing bequest club membership: An exploratory study of legacy pledgers.

What is the true price of fundraising (2006)
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Keeping hold of your fundraising (2006)
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Online fundraising: Worth it's wait in gold (2006)
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Famous five reasons why donors give (2006)
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Do company wage policies persist in the face of minimum wages? (2006)
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Centre offers a wealth of opportunity (2006)
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Bequest motives and barriers to giving: The case of direct mail donors (2006)
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Charitable bequests currently account for 9 percent of overall giving in the United States. In this study we examine the motives for this form of support and the potential barriers to giving perceived by members of bequest societies or legacy clubs s... Read More about Bequest motives and barriers to giving: The case of direct mail donors.

Transferring management knowledge from the west to the Balkans: Dilemmas, diversity, and the need for congruence (2006)
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Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective (2006)
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There are currently two main accounts of labour markets: the mainstream labour market (MLM) account, which avoids serious analysis of social structures; and a rather unsystematic SOCIOECONOMIC account, which recognises that labour markets are embedde... Read More about Rethinking labour markets: A critical-realist-socioeconomic perspective.

New possibilities for project management theory: A critical engagement (2006)
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The case of research on the human resource management-organisational performance link (2006)
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Themes and issues: Reply to Shelia Dow and Paul Downward (2006)
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