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Academic staff recruitment and selection in Sultanate of Oman : the case of Colleges of Technology in Ministry of Manpower (2012)
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Al Muniri, K. Academic staff recruitment and selection in Sultanate of Oman : the case of Colleges of Technology in Ministry of Manpower. (Thesis). University of Salford

The focus of this research is on the recruitment and selection (R&S) practices and processes used by the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) Colleges of Technology (CTs) in Oman. The recent rapid expansion of these CTs has raised the required numbers of ac... Read More about Academic staff recruitment and selection in Sultanate of Oman : the case of Colleges of Technology in Ministry of Manpower.

The effects of ISO 9001:2000 certification on the internal organisational processes in the local government - the Malaysian context (2012)
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Wahab, A. The effects of ISO 9001:2000 certification on the internal organisational processes in the local government - the Malaysian context. (Thesis). University of Salford

The number of organisations worldwide certified with the ISO 9001:2000 QMS has increased dramatically in the last decade. Malaysia, as many other developing nations, had also experienced a rapid growth in the number of ISO 9000 certified organisati... Read More about The effects of ISO 9001:2000 certification on the internal organisational processes in the local government - the Malaysian context.

Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics (2012)
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Maskell, S. Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics. (Dissertation). University of Salford

In the year 1997, within the United Nations' building, several of the world's largest countries chose to address the issue of climate change. For some years prior to 1997, there were grumblings by NGOs (non-government organisations), such as Green... Read More about Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics.

Multivariate counting processes with application to repairable systems (2012)
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Bell, S. Multivariate counting processes with application to repairable systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

Survival processes and recurrent event processes are the subject of many texts. The works of Kalbfleisch and Prentice (2002), Cook and Lawless (2008) and Aalen et al. (2008) all provide detailed discussion of univariate event processes on which we... Read More about Multivariate counting processes with application to repairable systems.

Hospitality and mood : enriching Ciborra's metaphor to understand mobile technology implementation on the police front-line (2012)
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Coleman, E. Hospitality and mood : enriching Ciborra's metaphor to understand mobile technology implementation on the police front-line. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis aims to explore the role of feelings, context of work, and the technology itself in understanding individual level responses to an organisational level IT implementation process. Ciborra's hospitality metaphor is used as a theoretical l... Read More about Hospitality and mood : enriching Ciborra's metaphor to understand mobile technology implementation on the police front-line.

Blended learning in Saudi Arabia girls' secondary schools : an exploratory case study (2012)
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Bukhari, E. Blended learning in Saudi Arabia girls' secondary schools : an exploratory case study. (Thesis). University of Salford

Blended learning (BL) has been the subject of much research recently, and the present dissertation adds to this growing body of knowledge as the first substantial study on BL in secondary education for girls in Saudi Arabia. Based on field work com... Read More about Blended learning in Saudi Arabia girls' secondary schools : an exploratory case study.

Graduate recruitment in Oman's private construction industry (2012)
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Al-nabhani, S. Graduate recruitment in Oman's private construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Traditionally, the Sultanate of Oman has relied heavily on expatriate labour to build its economy, but with the expansion of the Higher Education (HE) sector and increasing numbers of Omani nationals graduating from HE, there has been a call for th... Read More about Graduate recruitment in Oman's private construction industry.

A study of change management whilst implementing total quality management within the Dubai police force (2012)
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Al Suwaidi, S. A study of change management whilst implementing total quality management within the Dubai police force. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) today, the Dubai Police considers itself the most forward thinking and progressive Arab police force. Comprising its ranks are fifteen thousand personnel of the highest educational standard of any organisation (Dub... Read More about A study of change management whilst implementing total quality management within the Dubai police force.

Mathematical models for vector-borne infectious disease mapping with application to Dengue disease in Malaysia (2012)
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Samat, N. Mathematical models for vector-borne infectious disease mapping with application to Dengue disease in Malaysia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Few publications consider the estimation of relative risk for vector borne infectious diseases. Most of these articles involve exploratory analysis that includes the study of covariates and their effects on disease distribution and the study of geo... Read More about Mathematical models for vector-borne infectious disease mapping with application to Dengue disease in Malaysia.

A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour (2012)
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Sandhu, M. A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour. (Thesis). University of Salford

The main focus of this thesis is to investigate consumer ethnocentric behaviour (indeed morality, appropriateness to buy domestic products; Shimp and Sharma, 1987) and the effect of different socio-cultural and psychological constructs namely relig... Read More about A study of the influence of religiosity, materialism and animosity on consumer ethnocentric behaviour.

Metric based evaluation of mobile devices : Mobile Goal Question Metric (mGQM) (2012)
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Hussain, A. Metric based evaluation of mobile devices : Mobile Goal Question Metric (mGQM). (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The constant developments in technology of mobile devices are rapidly increasing the demand for applications on these devices. In October 2010, there were 300,000 applications for iPhone available on iTunes store to be downloaded, and as of January... Read More about Metric based evaluation of mobile devices : Mobile Goal Question Metric (mGQM).

Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach (2011)
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Ali, N. Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach. (Thesis). University of Salford

Trauma, a term used in medicine to describe a physical injury, is believed to be one of the major causes of death and disability in modern societies. The development of the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) method by Boyd et al. (1987) can b... Read More about Modelling outcome prediction for trauma patients : an artificial intelligence approach.

Economic downturns and the determination of portfolio asset allocation (2011)
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Syed Salim, S. M. N. B. Economic downturns and the determination of portfolio asset allocation. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

A most common question in finance, particularly in investment perspective, is how an investor should allocate his wealth. Robert C. Merton (1975) remarks that the quest for an answer to the problem of lifetime consumption a... Read More about Economic downturns and the determination of portfolio asset allocation.

Understanding the pre-evaluation process of information system investment : a case of the Jordanian banking sector (2011)
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Shrafat, F. Understanding the pre-evaluation process of information system investment : a case of the Jordanian banking sector. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The general purpose of this research is to close a gap in knowledge by generating new knowledge and understanding of the pre-evaluation structures, procedures and practices adopted by a large Jordanian bank in justifying information system (IS) i... Read More about Understanding the pre-evaluation process of information system investment : a case of the Jordanian banking sector.

On the interactions between supply chain and project management : theoretical and empirical considerations (2011)
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Polychronakis, Y. On the interactions between supply chain and project management : theoretical and empirical considerations. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The research presented in this document is predominantly addressed via eight main journal publications and further supported by fifteen conference proceedings, other industrial projects and research grants. The research rests on two interlinked m... Read More about On the interactions between supply chain and project management : theoretical and empirical considerations.

Sparse data inference for point process failure models incorporating multiple maintenance effects (2011)
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Kearney, J. Sparse data inference for point process failure models incorporating multiple maintenance effects. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

The primary scenario within repairable system reliability estimation investigated is that of a single failure mode the likelihood of which occurring is supposed to be affected by maintenance activities of varying effect and degree. Since the stru... Read More about Sparse data inference for point process failure models incorporating multiple maintenance effects.