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Publication date: 30 September 2013

Kelly Shaw, Colleen M. Cartwright, Shankar Sankaran, Jacqueline Kelly, Bob Dick, Alan Davies and Jocelyn Craig

– The purpose of this paper is to identify the domains of performance needed by leaders in aged and community care not-for-profit organisations.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to identify the domains of performance needed by leaders in aged and community care not-for-profit organisations.

Design/methodology/approach

Focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with senior managers employed by faith-based aged and community care not-for-profit organisations, academics in ageing and business fields and senior government employees from aged services departments and agencies in Australia. Results were content transcribed and analysed thematically in order to identify the major themes that emerged.

Findings

A total of 37 people participated in the study. The domains of performance identified by participants as required of leaders in aged and community care were: professionalism; collaboration and teamwork; judgement and decision making; communication; scholarship and teaching; management; advocacy; and leadership. The performance requirements that were identified for leaders in aged and community care not-for-profit organisations were broader than just leadership per se.

Research limitations/implications

The findings of this study suggest that the aged and community care not-for-profit sector has specific requirements for the performance of its leaders. Leadership is one of a number of performance attributes desirable in leaders in this sector.

Practical implications

The aged and community care not-for-profit sector has distinctive needs and specific requirements of its leaders.

Originality/value

It is recommended that a broad range of performance attributes are taken into account by aged and community care not-for-profit organisations when recruiting and training staff in leadership positions.

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Leadership in Health Services, vol. 26 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1879

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Publication date: 1 June 1998

Eric Winter

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Reference Reviews, vol. 12 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 1 May 2006

John Diamond and Alan Southern

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview to four papers in this issue that deal with regeneration.

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Purpose

The purpose of this editorial is to provide an overview to four papers in this issue that deal with regeneration.

Design/methodology/approach

This guest editorial summarizes four papers from a regeneration management conference held at the University of Liverpool.

Findings

City growth coalitions are, it seems, in abundance, and one should be aware of their unintended outcomes, likewise, such outcomes that occur during partnership processes.

Originality/value

Readers gain a quick overview of regeneration which will be of interest to academics and practitioners alike.

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International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, vol. 26 no. 5/6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0144-333X

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Publication date: 22 March 2023

The move comes after a series of freight rail accidents, the most prominent of which was the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying hazardous materials (hazmat) in East…

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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB276871

ISSN: 2633-304X

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Publication date: 1 January 2014

Alan Southern

This chapter explores the importance of place in the creation of new enterprise and wealth.

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Purpose

This chapter explores the importance of place in the creation of new enterprise and wealth.

Methodology/approach

The chapter deploys a case study of the Liverpool city-region and provides a critical review of the conditions for small enterprise in the locality, with attention paid to enterprise in low income communities.

Findings

The argument here suggests that place and public investment are important contributory factors to help understand how enterprise can contribute to wealth creation.

Research limitations/implications

Further work is required to comprehend the wider aspects of enterprise in the context of place and particularly its relevance to low income communities.

Practical implications

Policy makers may acknowledge how enterprise as a tool of wealth creation can reinforce local dynamics of social and economic exclusion and that the nuance of place needs to be taken into account.

Social implications

Small enterprises have a wider potential beyond their economic role to impact local communities.

Originality/value

There are some studies in entrepreneurship that consider the propinquity between enterprise, place and wealth creation although placing this in the context of local economic decline and low income communities is a relatively under researched and misunderstood domain.

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Enterprising Places: Leadership and Governance Networks
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78350-641-5

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Publication date: 1 January 1987

Andrew J. Chalk, John A. Steiber and Alan W. Tompkins

At present, the domestic airline industry is in turmoil. Industry watchers have witnessed the demise of two major airlines (Braniff and Continental) followed by their subsequent…

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At present, the domestic airline industry is in turmoil. Industry watchers have witnessed the demise of two major airlines (Braniff and Continental) followed by their subsequent rebirth, and the default of Air Florida. United has purchased the Pacific routes of Pan Am. TWA is buying Ozark, its principal competitor in its St. Louis hub. Likewise, Northwest has made a bid to buy its principal competition (Republic) in its Minneapolis/St. Paul hub.

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Journal of Business Strategy, vol. 7 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0275-6668

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Publication date: 1 September 2001

Alan Southern

Much has been written about the role of information and communications technology (ICTs) as a principled input of the “new economy”. Much has also been written about the demise of…

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Much has been written about the role of information and communications technology (ICTs) as a principled input of the “new economy”. Much has also been written about the demise of older industrial regions and local economies. In a populist narrative about contemporary society it seems that the world of the new entrepreneurial dot.com businesses is in the ascendancy, while the older industries of steel, shipbuilding and general manufacturing reflect some bygone time of mass employment and standardised production. But does the logic of the industrial age necessarily feed into the logic of the new economy? Perhaps, despite the rhetoric of the knowledge driven economy, the informational age and the network society, there is nothing inevitable in such development. However, there is evidence of a concerted effort by local and regional governance agencies to initiate planning and policy for ICTs as a regeneration tool. This is, in fact, an empirical study of how, why and when places pursue strategies for ICTs. The locus of study is the North East region of the UK. This is a region built on the heavy industries of deep coal‐mining, shipbuilding, steel‐making and engineering. In this region manufacturing still makes a greater contribution to regional GDP than the service sector. Yet, here, there are clear examples of attempts to stimulate new types of economic activity based on ICTs. The region, it is argued, must engage with the new knowledge economy if it is to survive the myriad social relations thrown up through the unrelenting processes of globalisation. To do this, so the discussion follows, public and private must come together to enable businesses, large and small, community groups and government to play a full role in the new economy; by becoming more knowledge driven and through raising information processing capabilities. Adopts a critical stance towards the idea of ICTs as a tool for regeneration but shows how efforts to establish the correct enabling mechanisms are in fact grounded in the promise of new technologies held by key local and regional players.

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International Journal of Public Sector Management, vol. 14 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3558

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Publication date: 25 May 2023

Russell Craig and Joel Amernic

This paper points to five features that CEO language should have to help enable a robust safety culture.

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Purpose

This paper points to five features that CEO language should have to help enable a robust safety culture.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper draws empirical support mainly from the CEO-speak of the CEO of Norfolk Southern Railway in the year prior to the major derailment of a company train and subsequent toxic chemical spill in East Palestine Ohio in February 2023.

Findings

CEOs should incorporate the following five features into their CEO-speak. They should actually use the word safety but “in doing so” avoid platitudes about safety. They should exude genuine commitment to safety “cite meaningful safety performance measures” and not ignore operating risks.

Originality/value

Safety is a critically important aspect of corporate endeavor. Yet discussion of it is grossly under-represented in the professional and academic literature. This paper offers sound suggestions that reinforce the need for CEOs to write and speak in a way that ensures their company’s commitments to a strong safety culture are not merely platitudinous buzzwords but are genuinely key strategic elements of their company’s business model.

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Strategy & Leadership, vol. 51 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1087-8572

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Publication date: 3 December 2005

Ward Churchill

There is no argument among serious researchers that a mongoloid stock first colonized the New World from Asia. Nor is there controversy about the fact that these continental…

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There is no argument among serious researchers that a mongoloid stock first colonized the New World from Asia. Nor is there controversy about the fact that these continental pioneers used the Bering Land Bridge that then connected the Asian Far East with Alaska.– Gerald F. Shields, et al.American Journal of Genetics (1992)

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Social Theory as Politics in Knowledge
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ISBN: 978-1-84950-363-1

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Publication date: 1 February 2004

Lawson K. Savery and J. Alan Luks

From previous research it appears that training of employees is strongly related to profit. The Australian Government collected data on approximately 10,000 registered small and…

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From previous research it appears that training of employees is strongly related to profit. The Australian Government collected data on approximately 10,000 registered small and medium enterprises conducting business in four studies over a four‐year period. A panel of 3,867 firms were measured over the four years and the influence of strategic decisions made in year one (such as increase production) could be plotted on how they inclined decisions on other issues such as training. It seems that the amount of training is an important precursor for firms who wish to improve their productivity. Those firms who have desired to increase production in the following three years are also more likely to be involved in training whilst those who have decided to reduce their production levels tend to reduce their levels of training.

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Journal of Management Development, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0262-1711

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