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Liability for professional athletes' injuries: a comparative analysis of where the risk lies (2006)
Journal Article
James, M. (2006). Liability for professional athletes' injuries: a comparative analysis of where the risk lies. Web journal of current legal issues,

Over the past 20 years, there has been an unprecedented increase in sports labour migration, international competition and litigation arising from sports injuries. As athletes move between jurisdictions and play abroad more frequently, the legal norm... Read More about Liability for professional athletes' injuries: a comparative analysis of where the risk lies.

Online communication and information technology education (2006)
Journal Article
Heinze, A., & Procter, C. (2006). Online communication and information technology education

Blended Learning, a learning facilitation that incorporates different modes of delivery, models of teaching, and learning styles, introduces multiple media to the dialog between the learner and the facilitator. This paper examines online communicatio... Read More about Online communication and information technology education.

Enabling or disabling technologies? A critical approach to web accessibility (2006)
Journal Article
Adam, A., & Kreps, D. (2006). Enabling or disabling technologies? A critical approach to web accessibility. https://doi.org/10.1108/09593840610689822

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to analyse the continuing problem of web accessibility for disabled people as a critical information systems issue.
Design/methodology/approach – The ways in which the web is used by disabled people, and prob... Read More about Enabling or disabling technologies? A critical approach to web accessibility.

Achieving information fulfilment in the networked society: part 1: introducing new concepts (2006)
Journal Article
Burke, M. (2006). Achieving information fulfilment in the networked society: part 1: introducing new concepts. New Library World, 107(9/10), 444-449. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074800610702624

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to introduce the idea of information fulfilment. The networked society provides many opportunities for information flow. However, information professionals readily accept that, although one is surrounded by info... Read More about Achieving information fulfilment in the networked society: part 1: introducing new concepts.

Catastrophic risks (2006)
Book Chapter
Rembielak-Vitchev, G. (2006). Catastrophic risks. In Hradecke Ekonomicke Dny 2006 (297-300). Hradec Kralowe, Czech Republic: Univerzita Hradec Kralowe

Revolutionary syndicalist opposition to the First World War: An international comparative reassessment (2006)
Journal Article
Darlington, R. (2006). Revolutionary syndicalist opposition to the First World War: An international comparative reassessment. Revue belge de philologie et d'histoire (Imprimé), 12(4), 983-1003

It has been argued that support for the First World War by the important French syndicalist organisation, the Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT) has tended to obscure the fact that other national syndicalist organisations remained faithful to th... Read More about Revolutionary syndicalist opposition to the First World War: An international comparative reassessment.

Aspects of knowledge representation (2006)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2006). Aspects of knowledge representation. In S. Strijbos, & A. Basden (Eds.), In Search of an Integrative Vision of Technology: Interdisciplinary Studies in Information Systems (19-38). Kluwer/Springer

Peer-to-peer communication between students to facilitate placements (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Keegan, H., & Procter, C. (2006, January). Peer-to-peer communication between students to facilitate placements. Presented at ASET Annual Placement and Employability Professionals' Conference

This paper explores the use of a discussion board to facilitate discussion between students on placement and seeking placements. Evidence is presented that this peer to peer communication can alleviate some of the obstacles to students either seekin... Read More about Peer-to-peer communication between students to facilitate placements.

Barriers of implementing ISO 9001 : 2000 in the government departments and authorities in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (2006)
Thesis
Alhaj, S. Barriers of implementing ISO 9001 : 2000 in the government departments and authorities in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. (Thesis). University of Salford

ISO 9000 (2000) is a quality management system with a high reputation all around the globe. It is a set of requirements used by organisations to attain customer satisfaction.
The number of organisations implementing the ISO 9000 (2000) are increasin... Read More about Barriers of implementing ISO 9001 : 2000 in the government departments and authorities in the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.

State and parameter estimation techniques for stochastic systems (2006)
Thesis
Carr, M. State and parameter estimation techniques for stochastic systems. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This thesis documents research undertaken on state and parameter estimation
techniques for stochastic systems in a maintenance context. Two individual problem
scenarios are considered. For the first scenario, we are concerned with complex
systems... Read More about State and parameter estimation techniques for stochastic systems.

The agility of the business process improvement in a UK luxury car manufacturing context (2006)
Thesis
Liu, X. The agility of the business process improvement in a UK luxury car manufacturing context. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Agility, a modem management concept, is the ability to thrive and prosper in a
continuous changing and competitive environment. Currently, agile theories are still
very much general and mainly covering manufacturing. Business processes that are... Read More about The agility of the business process improvement in a UK luxury car manufacturing context.

Creating competitive advantage through product quality dimensions in medium-sized manufacturing engineering firms in Tanzania (2006)
Thesis
Luvanda, E. Creating competitive advantage through product quality dimensions in medium-sized manufacturing engineering firms in Tanzania. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The aim of this research was to develop a framework that could be used to understand
how the creation of competitive advantage through product quality dimensions is
addressed in medium-sized engineering firms in Tanzania.
The important elements... Read More about Creating competitive advantage through product quality dimensions in medium-sized manufacturing engineering firms in Tanzania.

Auditing in United Kingdom (UK) small and medium enterprises (SMEs) (2006)
Thesis
Onions, R. Auditing in United Kingdom (UK) small and medium enterprises (SMEs). (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The research questions are:
1. Do most SMEs receive limited systems auditing attention?
2. Do auditors pay inadequate attention to aspects of Information
Technology and Security?
3. Is unreported fraud widespread within SMEs and is it growing?
4... Read More about Auditing in United Kingdom (UK) small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

Operationalising business-level generic strategies (2006)
Presentation / Conference
Ghobadian, A., Nandakumar, M., & O'Regan, N. (2006, January). Operationalising business-level generic strategies. Presented at British Academy of Management Conference, Belfast, United Kingdom

Electronic business : a business model can make the difference (2006)
Journal Article
Owens, J. D. (2006). Electronic business : a business model can make the difference. Management services (Enfield), 50(1), 24-29

Conducting business electronically, electronic commerce has such well-documented advantages that if a business does not engage in doing so one must question the wisdom of management. The major growth in this transition will be from established ‘bric... Read More about Electronic business : a business model can make the difference.