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The pursuit of understanding: Modelling dynamic behaviour in disease, life and love (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Dangerfield, B. (2003, November). The pursuit of understanding: Modelling dynamic behaviour in disease, life and love. Presented at Inaugural Lecture: Professor Brian Dangerfield, University of Salford

The past 15 years have seen developments in management science which, when modelling complex systems, switch the focus away from the pursuit of prediction and towards increased understanding of the qualitative behaviour patterns which can arise. Obt... Read More about The pursuit of understanding: Modelling dynamic behaviour in disease, life and love.

Subjective reliability analysis using predictive elicitation (2003)
Book Chapter
Percy, D. (2003). Subjective reliability analysis using predictive elicitation. In B. Lindqvist, & K. Doksum (Eds.), Mathematical and statistical methods in reliability (57-72). Singapore: World Scientific Publishing Co

Software systems to support students working on team projects (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Whatley, J., Ferneley, E., & Jones, M. (2003, September). Software systems to support students working on team projects. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment, University of Salford

In this paper an agent system is described which has been designed to support students undertaking team projects as part of their studies on campus. Team projects form an important part of the learning process for students in the Information Systems... Read More about Software systems to support students working on team projects.

Towards electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) in the United Kingdom National Health Service - stakeholder evaluation of ETP solutions (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Chadwick, D., Whatley, J., & Sobreperez, P. (2003, September). Towards electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) in the United Kingdom National Health Service - stakeholder evaluation of ETP solutions. Presented at 3rd International Conference on the Management of Healthcare and Medical Technology, Warwick

The UK government has stated as part of its national plan of reform for the NHS that a system for the Electronic Transfer of Prescriptions (ETP) will be operational by 2004. Various systems for ETP have been developed and these are briefly outlined i... Read More about Towards electronic transfer of prescriptions (ETP) in the United Kingdom National Health Service - stakeholder evaluation of ETP solutions.

Blended learning in practice (2003)
Presentation / Conference
Procter, C. (2003, September). Blended learning in practice. Presented at Education in a Changing Environment conference, Salford

This paper is in two parts. Firstly it attempts to create a definition of blended learning. It argues that blended learning need not be seen as the province of technical experts or of distance-learning students. Blended learning is simply the effec... Read More about Blended learning in practice.

Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs (2003)
Journal Article
Swift, J., & Lawrence, K. (2003). Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs. Journal of European Industrial Training, 27(8), 389-397. https://doi.org/10.1108/03090590310498522

In 2000, Academic Enterprise in the University of Salford, UK began working with TradePartnersUK to investigate how higher education could support the development of international trade, particularly in the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME) sec... Read More about Business culture in Latin America: interactive learning for UK SMEs.

Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning (2003)
Journal Article
Whatley, J., & Bell, F. (2003). Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning. Educational Media International, 40(1-2), 139-152. https://doi.org/10.1080/0952398032000092189

Online learning is facilitated by various forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC). In higher education, CMC presents an opportunity to expand the learning community, even across national borders. This paper reports on two cycles of action rese... Read More about Discussion across borders: benefits for collaborative learning.

A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. (2003)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Apeland, S. (2003). A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(4), 371-378. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601505

The timing of replacement of equipment is dependent on factors like replacement costs, discount factors and differences in productivity, reliability and safety of existing and new equipment. Predictions related to these factors are, however, normally... Read More about A fully subjective approach to capital equipment replacement..

The phenomenal power of business intelligence: managerial skills for the 21st century (2003)
Book
Burke, M. (2003). The phenomenal power of business intelligence: managerial skills for the 21st century. London: Routledge Taylor & Francis (Europa)

In this digital age, information is pivotal to organizations. This book aims to raise awareness of the need to radically change management styles to fit with the new patterns of working in the 21st century. Each chapter provides ideas and discussion... Read More about The phenomenal power of business intelligence: managerial skills for the 21st century.

Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. (2003)
Journal Article
Wang, W. (2003). Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 54(3), 273-282. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601508

This paper reports on a study of modelling condition monitoring intervals. The model is formulated based upon two important concepts. One is the failure delay time concept, which is used to divide the failure process of the item into two periods, nam... Read More about Modelling condition monitoring intervals: A hybrid of simulation and analytical approaches..

"Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction (2003)
Journal Article
Fallon, P., & Schofield, P. (2003). "Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction. Journal of Quality Assurance in Hospitality and Tourism, 4(3/4), 77-96. https://doi.org/10.1300/J162v04n03_06

The paper compares the predictive validity of six models used in the measurement of satisfaction; it is concerned with their application at destination level, with particular reference to Orlando, Florida. Using factor analysis and multiple regressio... Read More about "Just trying to keep the customer satisfied": a comparison of models used in the measurement of tourist satisfaction.

Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems (2003)
Journal Article
Burke, M. (2003). Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems. Journal of Documentation, 59(2), 131-142. https://doi.org/10.1108/00220410310463482

Discusses some of the philosophical ideas about knowledge and applies them to organizational design and information processing in order to create new ideas and new ways of thinking. Explains how this can be achieved by a discussion of the issues surr... Read More about Philosophical and theoretical perspectives of organisational structures as information processing systems.

Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council - raising the standards and benefits of sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification (2003)
Report
Sanabria, R., Skinner, E., Font, X., Maccarrone-Eaglen, A., Sallows, M., & Fredericksen, M. (2003). Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council - raising the standards and benefits of sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification

Certification of sustainable tourism and ecotourism can help to reduce the negative environmental and social impacts of tourism, ensure that the tourism industry is held accountable and provide marketing benefits to those firms that meet the certif... Read More about Sustainable Tourism Stewardship Council - raising the standards and benefits of sustainable tourism and ecotourism certification.

Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence. (2003)
Journal Article
Scarf, P., & Deara, M. (2003). Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence. Naval Research Logistics, 50(1), 70-87. https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.10051

Block replacement and modified block replacement policies for two-component systems with failure dependence and economic dependence are considered in this paper. Opportunistic maintenance policies are also considered. Where tractable, long-run costs... Read More about Block Replacement Policies for a Two-Component System with Failure Dependence..