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Infantilized adults or confident consumers? Enterprise discourse in the UK retail banking industry (2008)
Journal Article

In this paper we examine the implications of enterprise discourse within the context of a culture of consumption. Drawing on empirical work on the UK retail banking industry we demonstrate how retail banking in the UK is central to constructing 'conf... Read More about Infantilized adults or confident consumers? Enterprise discourse in the UK retail banking industry.

Case study on Haldiram’s: India’s answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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 rece... Read More about Case study on Haldiram’s: India’s answer to the McDonald’s and the Pizza Huts.

The project of life: Generalizing spiritual theory for applied project management research and the interconnections (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This is an inter-disciplinary systemic research work. This work is not an inter-religion comparison and attempts to establish a relationship between the disciplines of project management and spirituality. In doing so the literature review was conduct... Read More about The project of life: Generalizing spiritual theory for applied project management research and the interconnections.

Revisiting knowledge warehousing: Theoretical foundations (2008)
Journal Article

Ever since the late 1990s, different research communities have used the term 'knowledge warehousing' to refer to several types of IT-based tools. An extensive review of the literature on this topic revealed that existing approaches to knowledge wareh... Read More about Revisiting knowledge warehousing: Theoretical foundations.

Improving the aerospace supply chain: a preliminary assessment of an industry-level intervention (2008)
Report

The objectives of the study were to 1. Evaluate the SC21 initiative in relation to the changing industry context and consequent customer company requirements; and current trends in supply chain management; 2.Examine the impact operating within a co... Read More about Improving the aerospace supply chain: a preliminary assessment of an industry-level intervention.

Social capital and university-industry-government networks in offshore outsourcing - The case of India (2008)
Journal Article

This paper argues that the recent success that India has enjoyed in the domain of outsourcing of services can be explained through the triple helix paradigm of university-industry-government networks albeit in a manner that does not conform strictly... Read More about Social capital and university-industry-government networks in offshore outsourcing - The case of India.

The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies (2008)
Journal Article

© 2008, © Emerald Group Publishing Limited. Purpose – The purpose of this research note is to articulate the limitations that project management (PM) currently faces by outlining the PM literature’s frequent neglect of political, social and ethical d... Read More about The other side of projects: the case for critical project studies.

Managing knowlege resources for sustainable competitive advantage (2008)
Journal Article

Building on previous research which showed that the loss of staff could have a significance impact on the out-turn performance of a project; this work seeks to explore the relationship between knowledge management and human resource management. To... Read More about Managing knowlege resources for sustainable competitive advantage.

A post-mortem evaluation of an IT project: a case study of a process enhancement IT-project in a maintenance, repair and overhaul company (2008)
Journal Article

The present work represents a post mortem evaluation of an SAP-IT project. It focuses on critical success factors (CSF) in order to establish an appropriate guideline for the project evaluation. A review of contemporary project management literatur... Read More about A post-mortem evaluation of an IT project: a case study of a process enhancement IT-project in a maintenance, repair and overhaul company.

Counterfactual history, management and organizations: Reflections and new directions (2008)
Journal Article

This article reflects on the papers published in the Symposium on 'Counterfactual History in Management and Organizations'. After describing the background to the symposium we review some important themes in the multidisciplinary domain of counterfac... Read More about Counterfactual history, management and organizations: Reflections and new directions.

Developing an enterprise wide knowledge warehouse: challenge of optimal designs in the media industry (2008)
Journal Article

It has been common practice among organisations to develop standard operating procedures to gain advantages like standardisation, ensure continuity, and deal with contingency needs. Over time, processual perspectives of activity within organisations... Read More about Developing an enterprise wide knowledge warehouse: challenge of optimal designs in the media industry.

Influence of software trade on development of web-enabled governance initiatives: comparative perspectives of Indian and UK experiences (2008)
Book Chapter

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.

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.

Strategies for profitability with short contracts (2008)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

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.