Outputs (286)

Reframing online shopping through innovative and organic user-oriented design (2011)
Book Chapter

The structure and form of the Web is defined by specific design elements; its protocols, the scope of acceptable file formats and the capability of clients. These elements are intentionally minimal constraints but nonetheless structure what can be ac... Read More about Reframing online shopping through innovative and organic user-oriented design.

Law and the built environment (2010)
Book

Editorial: Syndicalsm and radical unionism (2010)
Journal Article

Introducing Digital Literacy Skills Through IBL: A Comparative Study of UG and PG Business Information Systems Students (2010)
Journal Article

This paper reports a comparative study of Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) at Undergraduate (UG) and
Postgraduate (PG) levels at a university in the north west of England. Both student cohorts undertook a
professional, legal and ethical module centre... Read More about Introducing Digital Literacy Skills Through IBL: A Comparative Study of UG and PG Business Information Systems Students.

Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology (2010)
Journal Article

Excessive and inappropriate speeding is--according to the ACPO2 Road Policing Strategy--one of the four key behaviours which contribute to avoidable deaths and injury by making collisions more likely, and by making the resultant injuries worse.3 Alth... Read More about Mechanical law enforcement: speeding and camera technology.

Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity (2010)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The prevalence of obesity in the UK is mirroring trends in the USA. There is a need for research to provide public health agencies with advice as to the most effective means of securing behavioural change. The work reported here is in its very early... Read More about Towards a model-based tool for evaluating population-level interventions against childhood obesity.

Experiences of undergraduate students using e-portfolios on work placements (2010)
Book Chapter

A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital (2010)
Journal Article

This paper examines the development of clinical pathways in a hospital in Australia based on empirical clinical data of patient episodes. A system dynamics (SD)-based decision support system (DSS) is developed and analyzed for this purpose.
System d... Read More about A system dynamics-based simulation study for managing clinical governance and pathways in a hospital.

ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs (2010)
Journal Article

ABC inventory classifications are widely used in practice, with demand value and demand volume as the most common
ranking criteria. The standard approach in ABC applications is to set the same service level for all stock keeping units
(SKUs) in a c... Read More about ABC classification : service levels and inventory costs.

Relationship marketing: A consumer experience approach (2010)
Book

Beyond Microsoft : an international agreement on abuse of market power? (2010)
Book Chapter

Tagging is connecting: shared object memories as channels for sociocultural cohesion (2010)
Journal Article

Corporate governance and the financial crisis: did the theories stand the test? (2010)
Journal Article

Three key theories - the agency theory, stewardship theory and path dependence theory have served to explain the relationship between directors and shareholders in the field of cor-porate governance. However, none of the theories alone have stood the... Read More about Corporate governance and the financial crisis: did the theories stand the test?.

The EU as an international security actor : a comprehensive approach (2010)
Thesis

There is a vibrant discussion in academia about the role of the European Union (EU) in international security. However, this discussion largely concentrates on the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP) not fully acknowledging the instruments of... Read More about The EU as an international security actor : a comprehensive approach.

Understanding construction competitiveness : the contribution of system dynamics (2010)
Journal Article

Construction sector competitiveness has been a subject of interest for many years. Research too often focuses on the means of overcoming the ‘barriers to change’ as if such barriers were static entities. There has been little attempt to understand th... Read More about Understanding construction competitiveness : the contribution of system dynamics.

The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today (2010)
Journal Article

This article provides a brief evaluation of the state of workplace union reps’ organization in Britain as we approach the second decade of the 2000s. It documents the severe weakening of workplace union organization over the last 25 years, which is r... Read More about The state of workplace union reps organisation in Britain today.

Diversity in cognitive models (2010)
Book Chapter

Towards a cognitive model of interaction with notations (2010)
Book Chapter

Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world (2009)
Journal Article

Connecting to people and resources online is no longer something that takes place mainly in our place of study or work: we are also ‘connected’ in our homes and even on our journey on the way to and from university. In 1998, 9% of UK homes had acces... Read More about Connectivism: a network theory for teaching and learning in a connected world.

The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting (2009)
Book Chapter

The forecasting needs for inventory control purposes are hierarchical. For SKUs in a product family or a SKU stored across different depot locations, forecasts can be made from the individual series’ history or derived top-down. Many discussions ha... Read More about The effect of correlation between demands on hierarchical forecasting.