Outputs (42)

An evaluation of organisational groundwork and learning objectives for new product development (2004)
Journal Article
Owens, J. D. (2004). An evaluation of organisational groundwork and learning objectives for new product development. Journal of Enterprising Culture, 12(4), 303-325. https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218495804000166

This paper discusses New Product Development (NPD) Process and the percep-tion required for effective NPD Learning (NPDL). A model of learning for NPD organisations is presented and the necessity to assess progression towards learn-ing objectives at... Read More about An evaluation of organisational groundwork and learning objectives for new product development.

Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance (2004)
Journal Article
Taylor, E. (2004). Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance. British Food Journal, 106(10/11), 808-818. https://doi.org/10.1108/00070700410561405

Despite a 1993 ACMSF Report on Salmonella in Eggs, which offered specific guidance for caterers, outbreaks of Salmonellosis still occur, are frequently associated with the catering industry, and in many cases eggs have been implicated as the source o... Read More about Investigating safe egg use in the catering industry: a pilot study to estimate the nature and extent of adherence to government guidance.

An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory' (2004)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G. (2004). An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'

This paper discusses the presentation of fame that can be identified through popular search terms. These terms reveal how the rapidly shifting interest in individual identities of ‘fame’ are cast against a continuous sequence of expected and unexpect... Read More about An index of fame: critical identifications of fame in the 'social laboratory'.

E business : knowledge transfer from Higher Educational Institutions to industry (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Owens, J. D., & McManus, J. (2004, October). E business : knowledge transfer from Higher Educational Institutions to industry. Presented at International Conference on Intellectual Capital, Knowledge Management and Organisational Learning, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Knowledge Transfer is fast becoming a commercial necessity for many industries, in order that they may effectively manage their intellectual assets and gain competitive advantage. Subsequently, to be able to maximise that advantage, knowledge manage... Read More about E business : knowledge transfer from Higher Educational Institutions to industry.

On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component (2004)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., Dwight, R., & Al-Musrati, A. (2004). On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component. Reliability Engineering and System Safety, 89(2), 199-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ress.2004.08.019

This paper considers age-based replacement and block replacement when reliability is also a decision criterion. We describe how specification of the operational reliability of component function determines the replacement policy, and that setting a... Read More about On reliability criteria and the implied cost of failure for a maintained component.

World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership? (2004)
Journal Article
Owens, J. (2004). World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership?. Management services (Enfield), 48(10), 8-12

A supply chain has varying elements that require translation, both forwards and backwards, to the other stages involved in the supply chain. A world-class supply chain can provide value-adding processes that can deliver for both the organisation and... Read More about World Class Supply : is it just a question of effective partnership?.

User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Kutar, M., Britton, C., Swann, J., & Barker, T. (2004, September). User preference and performance with UML interaction diagrams. Presented at Proceedings of IEEE 2004 Symposium on Visual Languages and Human-Centric Computing (VLHCC’04), Rome, Italy

Reflections on the use of blended learning (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2004, September). Reflections on the use of blended learning. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford, UK

This paper reflects upon the experience of the delivery of a program at the University of Salford using blended learning. Facilitated by action research, it reports on the lessons learnt since the paper by Procter “Blended Learning in Practice”(Proct... Read More about Reflections on the use of blended learning.

Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Zaitseva, E., Shaylor, J., & Whatley, J. (2004, September). Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

International educational collaboration, facilitated by web-based means, has important benefits in higher education. The CAB project is aimed at designing, experimenting and evaluating ways of introducing collaboration into the educational practice o... Read More about Collaboration across border: benefits and pitfalls of an international collaborative project.

Management information or trompe l'oeil (2004)
Presentation / Conference
Sobreperez, P., Ferneley, E., & Wilson, F. (2004, September). Management information or trompe l'oeil. Presented at Pacific Conference on Information Systems, Shanghai

Management information generated by workflow information systems is often used for planning, costing, decision making and other management activities. By application of the principles of Grounded Theory, this paper summarises studies of acceptance of... Read More about Management information or trompe l'oeil.