Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS (2002)
Journal Article
Willcocks, S., & Conway, A. (2002). Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS. Health Services Management Research, 15(2), 106-115. https://doi.org/10.1258/0951484021912879

This paper reports on empirical work examining the conseqences for the development of the role of Primary Care Groups of the shift from competition (in the internal market) to relationships based on collaboration and partnership. Previous work (Conwa... Read More about Managing the 'seamless service': primary care groups in the new NHS.

Foreign language competence and cultural affinity: a study of UK executives in foreign markets (2002)
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Swift, J. (2002). Foreign language competence and cultural affinity: a study of UK executives in foreign markets. Cross Cultural Management: An International Journal, 9(2), 4-24. https://doi.org/10.1108/13527600210797370

Reports exploratory research which examines the relationship between the extent to which executives have a positive attitude towards a foreign culture and the level of competence they have achieved in that language. Suggests that this was a weak corr... Read More about Foreign language competence and cultural affinity: a study of UK executives in foreign markets.

Battle lines on three fronts: The RFU and the lost war against professionalism (2002)
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Williams, P. (2002). Battle lines on three fronts: The RFU and the lost war against professionalism. International Journal of the History of Sport, 19(4), 114-136. https://doi.org/10.1080/714001793

As rugby union's development in the late twentieth century brought it to resemble other professional team sports, The Rugby Football Union remained steadfast in retaining the game's officially amateur status. This essay attempts to identify a critica... Read More about Battle lines on three fronts: The RFU and the lost war against professionalism.

Leadership in higher education (2001)
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Davies, J., Hides, M., & Casey, S. (2001). Leadership in higher education. Total Quality Management and Business Excellence, 12(7), 1025-1030. https://doi.org/10.1080/09544120120096197

Higher education establishments are undergoing a phenomenal amount of change driven by the various stakeholders (e.g. Government, students and local communities). Traditionally, universities have been governed on a collegiate basis, focusing on devel... Read More about Leadership in higher education.

Model-based scenarios for the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: the consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy (2001)
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Dangerfield, B., Fang, Y., & Roberts, C. (2001). Model-based scenarios for the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: the consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy. System Dynamics Review, 17(2), 119-150. https://doi.org/10.1002/sdr.211

A system dynamics model of HIV/AIDS epidemiology is employed to simulate the effects of triple combination antiretroviral therapy in the treatment of HIV/AIDS. The epidemic data on homosexual men in the UK (1981--1998) have been used to fit the basel... Read More about Model-based scenarios for the epidemiology of HIV/AIDS: the consequences of highly active antiretroviral therapy.

Mixed multivariate generalized linear models for assessing lower-limb arterial stenoses. (2001)
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Cengiz, M., & Percy, D. (2001). Mixed multivariate generalized linear models for assessing lower-limb arterial stenoses. Statistics in Medicine, 20(11), 1663-1679. https://doi.org/10.1002/sim.924

Experiments and observational studies often involve gathering information on several response variables, enabling us to model their dependence on observable predictor variables. Despite associations between the response variables, they are often anal... Read More about Mixed multivariate generalized linear models for assessing lower-limb arterial stenoses..

On the bias of intermittent demand estimates. (2001)
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Syntetos, A., & Boylan, J. (2001). On the bias of intermittent demand estimates. International Journal of Production Economics, 71(1-3), 457-466. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0925-5273%2800%2900143-2

Forecasting and inventory control for intermittent demand items has been a major problem in the manufacturing and supply environment. Croston (Operational Research Quarterly 23 (1972) 289), proposed a method according to which intermittent demand est... Read More about On the bias of intermittent demand estimates..

Realising potential : the new motivation game (2001)
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Gee, C., & Burke, M. (2001). Realising potential : the new motivation game. Management Decision, 39(2), 131-137. https://doi.org/10.1108/00251740110384671

This article establishes the role played by the manager in motivating his or her employees on a consistent basis. The restructuring of the economy in the 1980s and 1990s directly challenged the manager’s task in motivating employees by increasing the... Read More about Realising potential : the new motivation game.

The social construction of electronic space (1996)
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Fletcher, G., & Greenhill, A. (1996). The social construction of electronic space. Social Semiotics, 6(2), 179-198. https://doi.org/10.1080/10350339609384472

Computer‐mediated communication is a phenomenon of post‐industrial society. As a consequence of the interactivity and persistent textual nature of this form of communication, new spaces of sociality are constructed which can be analysed and interpret... Read More about The social construction of electronic space.

Information on management (1995)
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Burke, M. (1995). Information on management. Management Decision, 33(5), 29-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003900

There have been many developments in recent years concerning the theory and practice of management. Keeping up to date in this area is vital to the busy manager – new areas such as innovation, creativity and empowerment in particular have developed i... Read More about Information on management.

Can models fitted to small data samples lead to maintenance policies with near-optimum cost? (1995)
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Baker, R., & Scarf, P. (1995). Can models fitted to small data samples lead to maintenance policies with near-optimum cost?. IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 6(1), 3-12. https://doi.org/10.1093/imaman/6.1.3

In a general context of maintenance modelling, the excess cost of operating at the
estimated optimum value of some decision variable (as opposed to the true unknown
optimum) is related to the sample size of the dataset available for modelling. Alth... Read More about Can models fitted to small data samples lead to maintenance policies with near-optimum cost?.

Sources of UK business information (1995)
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Burke, M. (1995). Sources of UK business information. Management Decision, 33(5), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000003901

Endeavours to guide managers through the maze of business information. Does not pretend to be a survey of all existing business literature, but provides pointers in three key areas – that of business directories including Internet sources, market inf... Read More about Sources of UK business information.

Creativity circles in information management (1994)
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Burke, M. (1994). Creativity circles in information management. Librarian Career Development, 2(2), 8-12. https://doi.org/10.1108/09680819410061674

Based on the premiss that, as technology gradually takes over most of the clerical functions of management, the one function which computers and automation may never replicate is the creativity of the human mind. Examines the implications of the mana... Read More about Creativity circles in information management.

The learning experience: student perceptions and evaluations (1994)
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Stephen, P., & Burke, M. (1994). The learning experience: student perceptions and evaluations. Librarian Career Development, 2(3), 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/09680819410066921

Describes the library and information course at Manchester's Department of Library and Information Studies which has recently been updated to present the course as a crucial part of (not a prelude to) a career, and help students to decide on their ca... Read More about The learning experience: student perceptions and evaluations.