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Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cuttingâedge research and case studies.
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Reviews the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoints practical implications from cuttingâedge research and case studies.
Design/methodology/approach
This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.
Findings
This review is based on âStrategic thinking about disruptive technologiesâ by Nick Evans, Bill Ralston and Andrew Broderick. They describe a project carried out by SRICâBI for the US government to identify the most important civilian technologies disruptive to US interests up to 2025. Six technologies identified as likely to be the most disruptive were biofuels and bioâbased chemicals, biogerontechnology, clean coal, energyâstorage materials, service robotics, and The Internet of Things.
Practical implications
Provides strategic insights and practical thinking that have influenced some of the world's leading organizations.
Originality/value
The briefing saves busy executives and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easyâtoâdigest format.
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Nick Evans, Bill Ralston and Andrew Broderick
A company's strategy work is not complete without a consideration of the ongoing emergence of disruptive technologies from laboratories around the globe. This paper aims to…
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A company's strategy work is not complete without a consideration of the ongoing emergence of disruptive technologies from laboratories around the globe. This paper aims to offerone such methodology â the opportunityâdiscovery process â to systematically look at a full range of emerging technologies, see the commercialization possibilities, and lay the foundation for understanding what to do.
Design/methodology/approach
All of the steps in the opportunityâdiscovery process are demonstrated in a project done for the US government. The challenge was to identify the most important civilian technologies disruptive to the US interests up to 2025.
Findings
In this paper, biogerontechnology is used to show the product of the analysis methodology. For biogerontechnology, the disruptive potential comes in the form of new treatment modalities and shifts in the cost, allocation, and use of healthâcare resources.
Research limitations/implications
More research needs to be done to examine the commercial opportunities of biogerontechnology.
Practical implications
The task of analyzing disruptive technologies is also critically important because making the uncertainties about the future explicit is the key to understanding the possibilities and making good choices about where and when to invest the company's precious time and resources.
Originality/value
This is the first case study of the SRIâBC opportunity analysis, and it highlights the scenario approach to understanding disruptive technology.
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Andrew Broderick and Glenn Pearce
Adventure training (AT) as a movement has its origins in outdoorâbased experiential programs such as âoutward boundâ. Recently, educators have questioned the educational value of…
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Adventure training (AT) as a movement has its origins in outdoorâbased experiential programs such as âoutward boundâ. Recently, educators have questioned the educational value of the âoutdoorâ component of AT and there is an opinion that it is the novelty of the setting/activities and the provision of psychological (rather than physical) risk that are its key elements. With this in mind, indoor adventure training (IAT) offers new possibilities for management training and development. Indoorâbased experiential education removes uncontrollable outdoor factors such as climate, danger, emotional distress and the need for physical abilities. These outdoor factors can be replaced by educational drama elements that encourage engagement, fantasy and meaning through theatre form. In this paper the theoretical development of IAT is discussed and an outline is given of a revolutionary IAT approach that immerses participants in a themed dramatic experience with the purpose of developing such things as learning about teamwork, problem solving and communication skills.
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Katy Kerrane, Andrew Lindridge and Sally Dibb
This paper aims to investigate how consumption linked with life transitions can differ in its potential to bring about ongoing liminality. By examining how consumers can draw on…
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This paper aims to investigate how consumption linked with life transitions can differ in its potential to bring about ongoing liminality. By examining how consumers can draw on overlapping systems of resources, different ways in which consumers negotiate ongoing liminality following the transition to motherhood are identified.
Design/methodology/approach
The authors conducted an interpretive, exploratory study using in-depth phenomenological interviews with 23 South Asian mothers living in the UK. The sample consisted of mothers at different stages of motherhood.
Findings
Following life transitions, consumers may encounter liminal hotspots at the intersection of overlapping systems of resources. The findings examine two liminal hotspots with differing potential to produce ongoing liminality. The study shows how consumers navigate these liminal hotspots in different ways, by accepting, rejecting and amalgamating the resources at hand.
Research limitations/implications
The research sample could have been more diverse; future research could examine liminal hotspots relating to different minority groups and life transitions.
Practical implications
Marketers need to examine the different ways in which consumers draw on different systems of resources following life transitions. The paper includes implications for how marketers segment, target and market to ethnic minority consumers.
Originality/value
Due to increasingly fluid social conditions, there are likely to be growing numbers of consumers who experience ongoing liminality following life transitions. A preliminary framework is presented outlining different ways that consumers negotiate ongoing liminality by drawing on overlapping systems of resources, broadening the understanding of the role that marketplace resources play beyond life transitions.
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The purpose of this paper is to examine male and female executives as leaders âchampioningâ gender change interventions. It problematizes current exhortations for male leaders to…
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The purpose of this paper is to examine male and female executives as leaders âchampioningâ gender change interventions. It problematizes current exhortations for male leaders to lead gender change, much as they might lead any other business-driven change agenda. It argues that organizational gender scholarship is critical to understanding the gendered nature of championing.
Design/methodology/approach
This paper draws on a feminist qualitative research project examining the efficacy of a gender intervention in a university and a policing institution. Interviews with four leaders have been chosen from the larger study for analysis against the backdrop of material from interviewees and the participant observation of the researcher. It brings a social constructionist view of gender and Ackerâs gendering processes to bear on understanding organizational gender change.
Findings
The sex/gender of the leader is inescapably fore-fronted by the gender change intervention. Gendered expectations and choices positioned men as powerful and effective champions while undermining the effectiveness of the woman in this study.
Research limitations/implications
Further research examining male and female leaders capacity to champion gender change is required.
Practical implications
This research identifies effective champion behaviors, provides suggestions for ensuring that gender equity interventions are well championed and proposes a partnership model where senior men and women play complementary roles leading gender change.
Originality/value
This paper is of value to practitioners and scholars. It draws attention to contemporary issues of leadership and gender change, seeking to bridge the gap between theory and practice that undermines our change efforts.
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This section of the survey is concerned with the historical development of English language dictionaries for children and young people through beginning college years. Excluded…
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This section of the survey is concerned with the historical development of English language dictionaries for children and young people through beginning college years. Excluded are dictionaries of eponyms, etymologies, foreign words and phrases, homonyms and homophones, regional dialect, rhymes, slang, synonyms and homonyms and other compendiums of silmilar nature. Thesauri are briefly touched upon. These limitations apply solely to this section of the column; new reference books received by the writer, no matter what their category, are reviewed in Part II.
Elanor Lucy Webb, Annette Greenwood, Abbey Hamer and Vicky Sibley
Forensic health-care workers are frequently exposed to behaviours that challenge and traumatic material, with notably high levels in developmental disorder (DD) services. The…
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Forensic health-care workers are frequently exposed to behaviours that challenge and traumatic material, with notably high levels in developmental disorder (DD) services. The provision of support is key in alleviating distress and improving work functioning. This paper aims to incite clarity on whether staff in DD services are more likely to access trauma support. The prevailing needs and outcomes for this population are also explored.
Design/methodology/approach
Data was extracted retrospectively from a database held by an internal trauma support service (TSS) for staff working in a secure psychiatric hospital. Overall, 278 permanent clinical staff accessed the TSS between 2018 and 2020, 102 (36.7%) of whom worked in an adult DD forensic inpatient service.
Findings
Staff working in DD services were over-represented in referrals to the TSS with a greater number of referrals per bed in DD services than in non-DD services (0.94 vs 0.33). DD staff were comparatively more likely to access support for non-physical, psychologically traumatic experiences. Psychological needs and outcomes following support were comparable between staff across services.
Practical implications
The findings highlight the more frequent need for trauma support of staff in forensic inpatient DD settings. Embedding a culture of safety and openness, and establishing appropriate and responsive models of staff support reflect key priorities for inpatient DD health-care providers, for the universal benefit of the organisation, workforce and service users.
Originality/value
This study offers novel insight into levels of access to support for staff working with people with DDs.
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Edward G. Ochieng, Andrew D.F. Price, Charles O. Egbu, Ximing Ruan and Tarila Zuofa
The purpose of this paper was to examine UK shale gas viability. The recent commitment to shale gas exploration in the UK through fracking has given rise to well-publicised…
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The purpose of this paper was to examine UK shale gas viability. The recent commitment to shale gas exploration in the UK through fracking has given rise to well-publicised economic benefits and environmental concerns. There is potential for shale gas exploration in different parts of the UK over the next couple of decades. As argued in this study, if it does, it would transform the energy market and provide long-term energy security at affordable cost.
Design/methodology/approach
Interviews with senior practitioners and local communities were recorded, transcribed and entered into qualitative research software Nvivo. Validity and reliability were achieved by first assessing the plausibility in terms of already existing knowledge on some of the economic and environmental issues raised by participants.
Findings
Findings from this study suggest that environmental, health and safety risks can be managed effectively provided operational best practices are implemented and monitored by the Health and Safety Executive; Department of Energy, Climate Change; and the Mineral Planning Authorities. Participants further suggested that the integration of shale gas technology will protect consumers against rising energy prices and ensure that government does not get exposed to long-term geopolitical risks.
Practical implications
The present study corroborates the position that environmental, health and safety risks can be managed effectively provided operational best practices are implemented and monitored by the Health and Safety Executive; Department of Energy, Climate Change; and the Mineral Planning Authorities.
Social implications
The present study confirms that the government is committed to ensuring that the nation maximises the opportunity that cost-effective shale gas technology presents, not just investment, cheap energy bills and jobs but providing an energy mix that will underpin the UK long-term economic prosperity.
Originality/value
The present study corroborates the position that environmental, health and safety risks can be managed effectively provided operational best practices are implemented and monitored by the Health and Safety Executive; Department of Energy, Climate Change; and the Mineral Planning Authorities. As shown in this study, the UK has a very strong regulatory regime compared to USA; therefore, environmental, health and safety risks will be very well managed and unlikely to escalate into the crisis being envisioned.
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Catherine Demangeot, Amanda J. Broderick and C. Samuel Craig