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Critical incident management : engendering experience through simulation (1996)
Thesis
Crego, J. Critical incident management : engendering experience through simulation. (Thesis). University of Salford

The world of operational police command is a challenging and complex one,
where significant command decisions need to be made amid uncertainty and
within narrowing time-frames. The consequences attached to these decisions
can often be far reaching... Read More about Critical incident management : engendering experience through simulation.

The social construction of electronic space (1996)
Journal Article
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.

Out with the old, in with the new? Training for new management issues in the year 2000 (1995)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (1995, May). Out with the old, in with the new? Training for new management issues in the year 2000. Presented at First British-Nordic Conference on Library and Information Studies, The Royal School of Librarianship, Copenhagen, Denmark

The management profession is subject to change, evolution and development. Old techniques and practices are
continuously being replaced with new ideas and tomorrow's manager needs to be aware of these changes in order to be
effective.
Management i... Read More about Out with the old, in with the new? Training for new management issues in the year 2000.

Can models fitted to small data samples lead to maintenance policies with near-optimum cost? (1995)
Journal Article
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?.

A simple condition monitoring model for a direct monitoring process (1995)
Journal Article
for a direct monitoring process. European Journal of Operational Research, 82, 258-269

This paper addresses the problem of condition monitoring of a component which has available a measure of
condition called wear. Wear accumulates over time and monitoring inspections are performed at chosen times to
monitor and measure the cumulativ... Read More about A simple condition monitoring model for a direct monitoring process.

Introduction to scenario forecasting (1994)
Presentation / Conference
Burke, M. (1994, March). Introduction to scenario forecasting. Presented at Fourth International Conference on European Business Information Conference, Paris, France

A framework for method integration (1994)
Presentation / Conference
Oates, B. J., & Bell, F. (1994, March). A framework for method integration. Presented at 2nd BCS Conference on Information System Methodologies, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh

In the information systems field, there is growing interest in the issue of method integration. The aim of this paper is to begin to build a framework for the understanding and evaluation of work in this area, using a new model of a method to analyse... Read More about A framework for method integration.

Performance and efficiency measurement in local authority building organisations (1994)
Thesis
Ruddock, L. Performance and efficiency measurement in local authority building organisations. (Thesis). University of Salford

This work constitutes a study of the operations of local
authority building direct labour organisations (DLOs)
during the 1980s,
An overt aim of Part III of the 1980 Local Government,
Planning and Land Act was to improve efficiency in the
operat... Read More about Performance and efficiency measurement in local authority building organisations.

Creativity circles in information management (1994)
Journal Article
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.