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1 – 9 of 9Argues that leadership in a learning organization is only accorded to those who situationally articulate its cultural beliefs. Normative attitudes are not a mainstay, yet the more…
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Argues that leadership in a learning organization is only accorded to those who situationally articulate its cultural beliefs. Normative attitudes are not a mainstay, yet the more abundant the learning potential the more scope there is for ambiguity which frequently militates against effective organization. In addressing this there is no scope for ruthless leadership because it drives away innovation, but in the inevitable demand for focus some learners surely suffer and the leader must merit propitiation for decisions engineered. The argument is illustrated from the author’s own workplace role with a myriad innovative ideas which have blossomed.
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Focuses on new organizational learning initiatives and the rise of corporate universities. Considers why many organizations are shunning the traditional universities in order to…
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Focuses on new organizational learning initiatives and the rise of corporate universities. Considers why many organizations are shunning the traditional universities in order to create their own tailor made route to learning. Highlights the changes brought about by Internet access to knowledge combined with the growth in lifelong and workplace learning. Considers the value of listening to customer feedback and considering his/her requirements with care. Education providers would be wise to look to the needs of the customer rather than stick rigidly to their own criteria.
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Considers the factors that are driving the switch from mainstream higher education to internalized corporate university/corporate business school structures. Reviews the reasons…
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Considers the factors that are driving the switch from mainstream higher education to internalized corporate university/corporate business school structures. Reviews the reasons why managers learn best at work and the dynamic curriculum needed to support management development and a return on investment in learning. Profiles the role of the Internet in “democratizing” knowledge access and the signs of maturity and progress that characterize the emerging corporate structures for learning at work.
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Richard Teare, Hadyn Ingram, Gordon Prestoungrange and Eric Sandelands
Contends that high performance in terms of managerial learning, attainment and return on investment in learning can be readily achieved using the process of action learning…
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Contends that high performance in terms of managerial learning, attainment and return on investment in learning can be readily achieved using the process of action learning. Profiles the contemporary origins of action learning and its application to business challenges and argues that it is the most appropriate learning approach for corporate business school/university structures. Suggests that to add value to the enterprise itself and to recognize the individual, companies should invest in their own accredited learning rather than sending high potential people away from the organization to study. Provides a case study illustration of how one UK hospitality firm secured a significant return on investment in learning during the early pilot work for IMCA Socrates – a corporate business school solution that offers an embedded system for accrediting learning at work.
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The notion that management learning should first and foremost meet the needs of business clearly makes sense. It seems almost inconceivable, then, that it has taken over half a…
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The notion that management learning should first and foremost meet the needs of business clearly makes sense. It seems almost inconceivable, then, that it has taken over half a century and a near revolution in working attitudes for workplace‐focused action learning to gain mainstream acceptance.
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The word witch conjures up a black-cloaked figure with a pointed hat flying on a broomstick, often with green skin and a hooked nose: the epitome of feminine evil. Although this…
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The word witch conjures up a black-cloaked figure with a pointed hat flying on a broomstick, often with green skin and a hooked nose: the epitome of feminine evil. Although this version of witches was popularised in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and commercialised in mid-twentieth-century North American Halloween costumes, conjecture is that it originated from the slightly greenish hue of applying botanical remedies, or the appearance of witches who had endured bruising and painful torture. During the height of the European witch hunts (about 1450–1750, with the greatest intensity 1550–1650), an estimated 40,000–60,000 witches were executed (Levack, 1987). Although some men factored into this death toll, estimates are that 75–80% of witches executed were women (Gibbons, 1998). Fear and persecution of witches exists globally, dating to Ancient Rome, but the more systematic purges were the result of complex forces, including rapid social and economic changes of the Early Modern era, the Reformation, the Little Ice Age and the Plague (Federici, 2014; Golden, 2006). Those perceived as witches, often impoverished, older, single women, were easy scapegoats for society's ills.
In recent decades, the depth and accuracy of archival research into witch hysteria have improved. Drawing on this research, this chapter examines the place of witch persecutions in the contemporary context. Although people often recognise the injustice of these persecutions, few countries have granted legal pardons or erected memorials to their victims. Why is the acknowledgement of these injustices so slow coming? What fears about witches do we still harbour?
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This paper aims to explain the nature, and identify the quality criteria of a doctoral thesis by explication for professional management development.
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This paper aims to explain the nature, and identify the quality criteria of a doctoral thesis by explication for professional management development.
Design/methodology/approach
A working definition of a professional doctoral explication thesis (DET) is proposed and substantiated by five experts. The paper takes a practical, educational approach to senior executive development through action learning and explication writing; and it briefly explains the philosophical assumptions underpinning the practice of explication writing, including grounded theory, personal construct theory, critical theory, and systems theory.
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The paper identifies the main principles affecting the quality of a thesis, the main characteristics of a DET, the differences between a DET and a PhD thesis, and the differences between “researching” and “writing” an explication.
Research limitations/implications
Length of a journal article severely restricts capacity to explain in detail how to write, supervise and examine a DET. With these limitations, this paper presents a rationale for, and new conceptual models of, both knowledge creation and a thesis by explication.
Practical implications
The paper offers a practical checklist for candidates, supervisors and examiners for evaluating the quality of a DET, the published works supporting it, and the oral examination.
Originality/value
The contributions relate to first, conceptual models of knowledge creation, explication research activities and explication writing; and second, a practical checklist mentioned above.
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Gagan Deep Sharma, Babak Taheri, Mansi Gupta and Ritika Chopra
This paper aims to proffer a broad overview of publications in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM) by conducting bibliometric analyses for the…
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This paper aims to proffer a broad overview of publications in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management (IJCHM) by conducting bibliometric analyses for the duration ranging from 1989 to 2022.
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The research approach analyses the top authors, publications, most collaborative countries and top co-occurring keywords and significant themes published in IJCHM with the help of the Scopus database. The study entails performance analyses on IJCHM. A de-duplicating process was used to study the evolution of themes, so that the keywords identified from co-occurrences of authors’ keywords and thematic evolution map were refined to first- and second-order themes, further leading to the development of inductive analysis proposing aggregate themes.
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The findings of this study not only help paint a comprehensive picture of the customer experience, but also illustrate how topics have evolved in the literature and reveal the most relevant upcoming fields of research. The thematic evolution map reveals thematic areas. There is evidence of contributions by authors across the world and spanning a multitude of themes such as business ethics, corporate and firm performance, stakeholders and avenues for the management of disruption, specifically in times of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak.
Research limitations/implications
Significant trends in authors, publications, nations, authors’ keywords and themes as uncovered by this study can greatly help budding authors understand the expectations and emerging research themes that define the IJCHM.
Originality/value
Through extensive bibliometric analyses, this study has created a historical log of the publications in IJCHM. It has identified the key research trends for future research and presented a conceptual framework based on the keyword analysis map and thematic evolution.
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