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To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools (2020)
Thesis
Xu, D. To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools. (Thesis). University of Salford

According to the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA, 2020), In 2018-19, the amount of student enrolments domiciled from China reached 115,435, 32% of non-UK domiciled students for their first year studies come from China. Despite the trend of m... Read More about To identify issues that impact upon the acculturation and adaptation of Chinese Mandarin-speaking students taking undergraduate studies in British business schools.

Strategic Digital Transformation : a results-driven approach (2019)
Book
Fenton, A., Fletcher, G., & Griffiths, M. (2019). Strategic Digital Transformation : a results-driven approach. Oxon: Routledge

Emerging technologies are having a profound impact upon business as individuals and organisations increasingly embrace the benefits of the ‘always on’ attitude that digital technologies produce. The use of the web, apps, cloud storage, GPS and Intern... Read More about Strategic Digital Transformation : a results-driven approach.

Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat (2019)
Book Chapter
Chen, Y., & Zhao, W. (2019). Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat. In A. Fenton, G. Fletcher, & M. Griffiths (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: A Results-Driven Approach (174-181). Routledge

Business innovation is closely associated with the enterprise boundary, focusing on internal control to carry out innovation activities and use internal innovation resources. But this format faces the challenge of knowledge dispersion, information di... Read More about Service innovation and transformation : the case of WeChat.

Understanding how others see your organisation (2019)
Book Chapter
Kane, S. (2019). Understanding how others see your organisation. In A. Fenton, G. Fletcher, & M. Griffiths (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: a results-driven approach (86-94). Oxon: Routledge

Armed with an understanding of influential external changes, knowledge of the value created by these changes and an awareness of what competitors are doing in response, the spotlight now turns internally to understanding your own organisation in the... Read More about Understanding how others see your organisation.

Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time (2019)
Book Chapter
Lord, J., & Fenton, A. (2019). Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time. In A. Fenton, M. Griffiths, & G. Fletcher (Eds.), Strategic Digital Transformation: a results-driven approach (157-164). Oxon: Routledge

This chapter focuses on the human resource issues faced in the “always on” VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous) world. With all of the benefits and flexibility of mobile digital working and data-driven management, this can also have nega... Read More about Managing your human resources : sequential-tasking and maker time.

Transferring knowledge for innovation through partnership between university & Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs): a social capital perspective (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Udagedara, R., Yusup, N. H., & Griffiths, M. (2019, September). Transferring knowledge for innovation through partnership between university & Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs): a social capital perspective. Presented at BAM 2019 Annual Conference, Aston University, Aston

Building upon forty-three semi-structured interviews with universities partnership with technology-based small firms (TBSFs) for knowledge transfer in the United Kingdom, this
study explores how social capital influences knowledge transfer in foster... Read More about Transferring knowledge for innovation through partnership between university & Technology-Based Small Firms (TBSFs): a social capital perspective.

SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts (2019)
Book
Aarons, T., Abduljawad, S. A. S., Aboelkheir, A., Addis, M. C., Adeboye, O., Adeniyi, I. A., …Yusup, N. H. (2019). E. M. Barnes, D. Greensmith, M. Griffiths, U. Hurley, T. Ireland, C. Starbuck, …D. Whitnall (Eds.), SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts. Salford, UK: University of Salford

Welcome to the Book of Abstracts for the 2019 SPARC conference. This year we not only celebrate the work of our PGRs but also our first ever Doctoral School Best Supervisor awards, which makes this year’s conference extra special. Once again we have... Read More about SPARC 2019 Fake news & home truths : Salford postgraduate annual research conference book of abstracts.

Surveillance in the Digital Society (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., McLean, R., & Eneman, M. (2019, June). Surveillance in the Digital Society. Presented at ECIS 2019, Sweden

Surveillance is not a new phenomenon, digitalization has however enabled surveillance of a magnitude we have not seen before. On social media people share the intimacies of their lives, leading to a huge repository of information. Additionally the vo... Read More about Surveillance in the Digital Society.

Hiding in the light : recognising UK mid size businesses as a distinct category and their economic and social value to the nation (2019)
Report
McKenna, S., Fletcher, G., & Griffiths, M. (2019). Hiding in the light : recognising UK mid size businesses as a distinct category and their economic and social value to the nation

For most, the term ‘mid size business’ (MSB) usually conjures up images of very little – or confusion with the SME concept.


Despite their tremendous performance and contribution, MSBs remain unrecognised and underserved. Too big to benefit fro... Read More about Hiding in the light : recognising UK mid size businesses as a distinct category and their economic and social value to the nation.

Reimagining (2018)
Book
(2018). M. Griffiths, & D. Whitnall (Eds.), Reimagining. Salford, UK: University of Salford

This book has been put together based on the University of Salford's Futures Day at The Festival of Research 2018. Colleagues, researchers and students came together to develop ideas about what the future could look and feel like? This booklet summ... Read More about Reimagining.

Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd (2018)
Journal Article
Heinze, A., Griffiths, M., Fenton, A., & Fletcher, G. (2018). Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd. Global Business and Organizational Excellence, 37(4), 6-13. https://doi.org/10.1002/joe.21859

To attract a generation of workers and consumers who have never known a world without Wi-Fi, smartphones, or social media, organizations increasingly have no choice but to incorporate digital technology into every aspect of their operations and proce... Read More about Knowledge exchange partnership leads to digital transformation at Hydro-X Water Treatment, Ltd.

Digital business evolution : lessons from a decade of KTP industry projects (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Griffiths, M., Heinze, A., Fenton, A., & Fletcher, G. (2018, March). Digital business evolution : lessons from a decade of KTP industry projects. Presented at UK Academy for Information Systems Conference, Oxford, UK

Digital transformation is a daunting process for many business leaders, who sometimes find themselves in unfamiliar territory. This challenge is particularly prominent for resource-stretched and multi-skilled small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs)... Read More about Digital business evolution : lessons from a decade of KTP industry projects.

Business IT strategy in action : case study of #PUPRU (2016)
Journal Article
Chen, Y., Griffiths, M., & Dron, R. (2016). Business IT strategy in action : case study of #PUPRU. GSTF journal on business review (Online), 4(4), https://doi.org/10.5176/2010-4804_4.4.399

Predicted key business IT trends through to 2020 acknowledge there will be increased adoption of disruptive technologies that will impact within business contexts (Gartner (1), 2015). These include moves to small-screen marketing, rising value of big... Read More about Business IT strategy in action : case study of #PUPRU.

Skeuomorphic reassurance : personhood and dementia (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Kreps, D., Burmeister, O., & Blaynee, J. (2016, September). Skeuomorphic reassurance : personhood and dementia. Presented at 12th IFIP TC 9 International Conference on Human Choice and Computers, HCC12 2016, Proceedings, Salford, UK

This paper introduces the concept of ‘skeomorphic reassurance’ as a guiding principle for human interfaces in technological development and design, particularly for older people and people with dementia (PwD). Skeuomorphs exhibit decorative design el... Read More about Skeuomorphic reassurance : personhood and dementia.

Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship (2016)
Journal Article
Kreps, D., Fletcher, G., & Griffiths, M. (2016). Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship. The future of identity in the information society : 4th IFIP WG 9.2, 9.6, 11.6, 11.7/Fidis International Summer School, Brno, Czech Republic, September 1-7, 2008, revised selected papers / Vashek Matyáš ... [et al.] (eds.), 474, 9-21. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44805-3

Since 1974, the Human Choice and Computers (HCC) conference series has firmly remained at the cutting edge of innovative thinking about the interface between the social and technology. This introductory chapter to the proceedings of the 12th Human Ch... Read More about Human choice and computers : an ever more intimate relationship.

Collaborative HCI and UX : longitudinal diary studies as a means of uncovering barriers to digital adoption (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Blaynee, J., Kreps, D., Kutar, M., & Griffiths, M. (2016, July). Collaborative HCI and UX : longitudinal diary studies as a means of uncovering barriers to digital adoption. Presented at 30th International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2016 - Fusion!), Bournemouth University, Poole, UK

In this paper, our proposition is that longitudinal research, such as diary studies, can be used to uncover the core needs of those users who are over 65 and experience difficulty with digital interfaces. Through a two year research project, we have... Read More about Collaborative HCI and UX : longitudinal diary studies as a means of uncovering barriers to digital adoption.

Creatively prototyping the future high street (2016)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., Holmes, K., & McLean, R. (2016). Creatively prototyping the future high street. Production Planning and Control, 27(6), 477-489. https://doi.org/10.1080/09537287.2016.1147094

This paper gives a voice to a range of community and individual stakeholders who would not generally be heard in the conventional town planning process. We present a methodological technique, described as creative prototyping, that has at its heart,... Read More about Creatively prototyping the future high street.

Creative entrepreneurial start-ups in Greater Manchester (2016)
Presentation / Conference
McCourt, A., Griffiths, M., & Martin, P. (2016, March). Creative entrepreneurial start-ups in Greater Manchester. Presented at American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, San Francisco

The social supply chain and the future high street (2016)
Journal Article
Fletcher, G., Greenhill, A., Griffiths, M., & McLean, R. (2016). The social supply chain and the future high street. Supply Chain Management, 22(1), 78-91. https://doi.org/10.1108/SCM-05-2014-0154

Purpose: The paper examines how independent social and commercial activities have developed in response to the perceived decline in the UK High Street and in response to the challenges of increasing digital retailing opportunities. This examination i... Read More about The social supply chain and the future high street.