This talk is about the future. There is only one certain thing we know about the future and that is that we know nothing about the future.
C. Burrows, T. Furniss and G. Leadbetter
The conveyance of aggressive chemical liquors is probably one of the most difficult and costly problems facing industry today. The problem has special emphasis in the sector of…
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The conveyance of aggressive chemical liquors is probably one of the most difficult and costly problems facing industry today. The problem has special emphasis in the sector of process piping systems where elevated temperatures, high pressures and flow rates tend to intensify the corrosive action. Add to this the factor of all‐too‐frequent changes in process technology and you have a situation where installed piping can be obsolete shortly after its commissioning.
June MON.21. Evening meeting at Aslib, 5 for 5.30 p.m. Joint meeting with Institute of Information Scientists. Walter M. Carlson, Director of Technical Information, United States…
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June MON.21. Evening meeting at Aslib, 5 for 5.30 p.m. Joint meeting with Institute of Information Scientists. Walter M. Carlson, Director of Technical Information, United States Defense Documentation Center.
September THUR.2. Visit to Port of London Authority. See paragraph below.
SK Rait, Blaise Cronin and Margaret Marshall
FOR some time, many public librarians have become very sensitive to issues of library provision for multi‐cultural minorities. Many library authorities have recognised that they…
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FOR some time, many public librarians have become very sensitive to issues of library provision for multi‐cultural minorities. Many library authorities have recognised that they had a clear duty to meet multi‐cultural needs. Library services in foreign languages are not new for British public librarians and small collections of material in the main European languages were often seen. On a national scale, a central collection in Polish was also formed to meet the particular needs of people who had settled here during and after World War Two. Since the 1960s with people coming from the Indian sub‐continent, demands for Asian books began to appear, and some efforts were made to satisfy these demands. The year 1974 has a significant importance in the history of multi‐cultural library services. From that time the words ‘ethnic minorities’ were mainly directed towards Asian Communities, though the ethnic minorities were invariably called Indians, Pakistanis or Asians, Afro‐Caribbeans, Coloured, Blacks and sometimes even Disadvantaged. The term ‘ethnic minorities’ was rejected by Gundara, J and Warwick, R saying that the terms ethnic minorities and multi‐cultural are by no means interchangeable. The term ‘ethnic’ pertains only to ethnicity, whereas the word multi‐cultural focuses on cultures, surpassing the crude and often meaningless ethnic distinctions. (Gundara and Warwick, 1981, 67.)
Clive Bingley, Allan Bunch and Edwin Fleming
AFTER the little flurry of dispute recently whether Sir Keith Joseph should or should not have been invited to address the LA conference in Sheffield this year, the Secretary for…
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AFTER the little flurry of dispute recently whether Sir Keith Joseph should or should not have been invited to address the LA conference in Sheffield this year, the Secretary for Industry has himself withdrawn, on the grounds that he now finds himself obliged to lead an overseas trade delegation at the same time as the conference. Thus hot air doth dissolve into the atmosphere, as Hamlet might have said (but did not).
Science parks are business clusters situated in a particular geographical location, originally conceptualized by local universities, local government and businesses. In recent…
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Science parks are business clusters situated in a particular geographical location, originally conceptualized by local universities, local government and businesses. In recent times, science park stakeholders and tenants are starting to pursue social value and even how to manage. This study aims to clarify the understanding of social value in an innovation ecosystem.
Design/methodology/approach
This study combines existing literature studies and concepts, observations in a real-life innovation ecosystem – a Bioscience Park – and interviews of key personnel managing the science park.
Findings
Science Park Social Value (SPSV) is a value resulting from interaction among groups and not just the pursuit of a single firm-level goal. SPSV emanates from the firms within the science park in reaction to the demands of the actors or entities within and outside the innovation ecosystem of the science park: internal operations, external stakeholders and infexternal or broader societal impact. In addition to this, the author has conceptualized a framework for social value of an innovation ecosystem, which will require further research.
Research limitations/implications
This paper creates a link between concepts about social value, innovation ecosystem (e.g. science park) and stakeholder theory.
Practical implications
SPSV will be useful for science park orchestrators or managers to manage expectations of social and non-social actors.
Social implications
Social value of a science park will bring a new light on the stigma that science parks are only money-making ventures and are not in touch with social issues.
Originality value
This study theorized and researched previously unrelated concepts.
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Begins with the author’s obituary of Gordon Pask which outlines his work. The author then makes some general comments on Pask’s work on learning and teaching machines and gives a…
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Begins with the author’s obituary of Gordon Pask which outlines his work. The author then makes some general comments on Pask’s work on learning and teaching machines and gives a brief description of conversation theory. The author concludes by outlining his views on some current implications of Gordon’s ideas and work, and indicates some possible new research areas arising.
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Patrick L. Hill, Rachel D. Best and M. Teresa Cardador
Personality research often has focused on how people change in response to the work environment, given that work constitutes a significant portion of the daily life of adults…
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Personality research often has focused on how people change in response to the work environment, given that work constitutes a significant portion of the daily life of adults. However, most research has failed to consider the effect of the work context on purpose in life. This omission is surprising given that purpose research involves several characteristics that align well with the occupational psychology and organizational behavior literatures. The current research considers how one feature of the work context, work stress, may (or may not) facilitate the purpose development process. We put forth a Purpose and Work Stress (PAWS) model which explains why understanding whether work stress is perceived as harmful or challenging to employees can provide significant insight into whether that occupation is aligned with the individual’s purpose in life. Furthermore, the model highlights that the ability to monitor and interpret work stress may help an individual identify and cultivate their purpose. Implications of the PAWS model are described, including how it may help us understanding the roles for retirement and job crafting on purpose.
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Loreta Tauginienė and Jolanta Urbanovič
This chapter guides the reader to an understanding of social responsibility in educational settings, namely on school/university social responsibility (USR). The phenomenon of…
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This chapter guides the reader to an understanding of social responsibility in educational settings, namely on school/university social responsibility (USR). The phenomenon of social responsibility in these settings is nuanced when encountering stakeholders, either external or internal. This chapter conceptualizes school/USR and describes related stakeholders and their management strategies. In addition to this, the chapter discusses eight transition lines of stakeholders developed on the expectations of stakeholders, the degree and the format of engagement and impacts on society and institutions: pupil–student; teachers-academics; parents; alumni; future employers; business sector; funding providers; and society at large. It concludes that a managerial pattern while implementing social responsibility by involving stakeholders differs by educational setting. This is to say that school social responsibility is rather carried out through process, whereas USR concerns both process and outputs. This distinction results in introducing the definition of school/USR as a commitment toward performance based on ethical and other conventional principles that are respectively substantiated in the mission, values and related activities in the interplay with all possible stakeholders in order to create social value foremost.