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Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain (2009)
Journal Article
Kamerade, D. (2009). Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain. Sociological Research Online, 14(5), 2. https://doi.org/10.5153/sro.2049

This paper evaluates both the economic, or rational choice, and sociological theories to examine the effects of part-time working on employees' activity in voluntary associations. Using longitudinal data analysis of the British Household Panel Survey... Read More about Part-time work and activity in voluntary associations in Great Britain.

The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME (2009)
Book Chapter
Owens, J. D., & Dawson, J. (2009). The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME. In A. Gunasekaran, & T. Shea (Eds.), Organizational Advancements through Enterprise Information Systems: Emerging Applications and Developments (134-155). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-968-7.ch009

Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems are pervasive information systems that have been fundamental in organisations for the past two decades. ERP systems may well count as the most important development in technology in the 1990s’. There are m... Read More about The underlying test : human, organisational and technical considerations adjoined with critical success factors when implementing ERP : a cases study of a UK SME.

Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing (2009)
Book Chapter
Sirkeci, I., & Mannix, R. (2009). Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing. In Handbook of Research on Mobile Marketing Management (94-114). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-1598-4.ch064

Mobile technologies have posed new challenges for marketers as well as opportunities in an increasingly global market with high human mobility within and across borders. To understand and address customer needs more effectively, this chapter proposes... Read More about Segmentation challenges posed by ‘transnationals’ in mobile marketing.

Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks (2009)
Journal Article
banks. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 5(4), 391-406. https://doi.org/10.1108/17439130910987549

Purpose – The main aims of this paper are: first, to investigate how decisions are currently made within the Egyptian public sector environment; and, second, to determine whether the decision making can be significantly improved through the use of cr... Read More about Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks.

Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks (2009)
Journal Article
banks. International Journal of Managerial Finance, 5(4), 391-406. https://doi.org/10.1108/17439130910987549

Purpose – The main aims of this paper are: first, to investigate how decisions are currently made within the Egyptian public sector environment; and, second, to determine whether the decision making can be significantly improved through the use of cr... Read More about Credit scoring and decision making in Egyptian public sector banks.

An integrative framework for strategy process based on its theoretical roots (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Nandakumar, M., Ghobadian, A., & O'Regan, N. (2009, September). An integrative framework for strategy process based on its theoretical roots. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference 2009 : The End of the Pier? Competing Perspectives on the Challenges Facing Business and Management, Brighton, UK

Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Wells, S. (2009, September). Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities. Presented at Fifth Education in a Changing Environment Conference Critical Voices, Critical Times, University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester

The vision of the recently established Salford Business School (SBS) includes the improvement of open enrolment programmes to provide executive education. Open enrolment programmes differ from traditional credit bearing programmes in that they do not... Read More about Open enrolment programmes at Salford Business School: challenges and opportunities.

Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education? (2009)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Whatley, J. (2009, September). Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?. Presented at The aims of the workshop were to: share what is commonly meant by “teamwork” skills; share common issues and challenges in assessment facing educators who utilise team work; propose possible multiple action to resolve the potential challenges., University of Salford, Salford, Greater Manchester

Teamwork is widely acknowledged as an essential skill for students in higher education to prepare them to the real-life team working environments (Lynch, Heinze 2007). But, it is not easy to assess team working skills (Cooper and Heinze 2007). Moreov... Read More about Can teamwork skills be assessed fairly in higher education?.