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Publication date: 1 December 2002

Kate Kearins and Keith Hooper

This paper outlines and exemplifies the use of a method for analysing power relations based on the work of French social theorist, Michel Foucault. The overall research aim of…

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This paper outlines and exemplifies the use of a method for analysing power relations based on the work of French social theorist, Michel Foucault. The overall research aim of genealogical analysis is to produce “a history of the present”, a history which is essentially critical with its focus on locating forms of power, the channels it takes and the discourses it permeates. Research combining Foucauldian theorisation and method necessarily involves a selective search for injustice and subjection to reveal plausible alternatives to more pervasively modernist histories, which tend to revere progress. Salient features of a genealogical research method are detailed in the context of an actual research project previously conducted by the authors and reproduced here for the purposes of exemplification explicitly as a genealogy.

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Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, vol. 15 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0951-3574

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Donald McLean

To provide a brief introduction to the special section of papers.

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Purpose

To provide a brief introduction to the special section of papers.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper outlines the themes of each of the four papers.

Findings

The four invited papers deal with various aspects of operational efficiency in aviation. Each paper, either explicitly or implicitly, treats the current concern in the aviation industry with improving this efficiency, although no universally‐accepted definition can be found easily in the extensive literature.

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Introduces the papers which deal with the various aspects of operational efficiency in aviation.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 78 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 October 2004

Donald McLean

Introduces the issue, outlining the contribution that the scientific disciplines of measurement and control make to the operational success of all aircraft and how these are…

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Introduces the issue, outlining the contribution that the scientific disciplines of measurement and control make to the operational success of all aircraft and how these are applied by the Aviation Panel on the Institute of Measurement and Control.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 76 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 January 2006

Donald McLean

To provide for the use of airlines and other civil aviation organizations a practical definition of operational efficiency and to show how it can be determined.

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Purpose

To provide for the use of airlines and other civil aviation organizations a practical definition of operational efficiency and to show how it can be determined.

Design/methodology/approach

A brief account of air transport economics is used to demonstrate how bom load factors and aircraft utilization need to be considered in assessing operational efficiency. Then other efficiencies are treated briefly before an example is given of how the better of two fictitious aircraft can be chosen for a particular route. A second example involving the calculation of the operational efficiency achieved by an imaginary airline is also given to show that the typical value is lower than might be expected, particularly in view of the relatively high load factors involved.

Findings

Provides performance values and economic figures which are typical of current airline operations.

Practical implications

Use of the proposed definition will allow the consistent assessment of the economic performance of airlines.

Originality/value

At present there is no definition of operational efficiency in general use although it is greatly needed by airlines. The definition proposed in this paper is practical and easy to use.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 78 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 December 2003

Donald McLean

Fully automatic flight will be required in the near future to improve the financial state and safety of commercial air transportation. Technological means of providing fully…

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Fully automatic flight will be required in the near future to improve the financial state and safety of commercial air transportation. Technological means of providing fully automatic flight for aircraft have already been developed, but there remains the need to provide other systems with which aircraft must interact. Chief of these is the provision of an air traffic management system. Provides a description of the schemes which are being developed to bring about Free Flight.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 75 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 7 January 2019

Spencer Lilley

This paper aims to provide an introduction to Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, briefly describing their origin, population structure, language and knowledge…

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This paper aims to provide an introduction to Māori, the indigenous people of New Zealand, briefly describing their origin, population structure, language and knowledge structures. There is also a description of the process by which Māori knowledge systems were transformed into a written structure from predominantly oral and visual forms. In the latter part of the paper, there is a discussion about how the growing demand by Māori clients changed the delivery of resources and services in New Zealand libraries and led to the development of Māori collections in libraries.

Design/methodology/approach

Using a case study approach this paper outlines the impact that literacy and publishing had on Māori traditional knowledge transfer methods. The implication of these developments and their importance to libraries is considered as part of the Treaty of Waitangi reconciliation process and the growing consciousness of the need to be fulfilling the information needs of Māori clients.

Findings

The development of Māori collection has been successful and plays a critical role in meeting the cultural, linguistic, research and recreational information needs of Māori clients.

Research limitations/implications

This case study provides a model for the development of indigenous collections in other countries.

Originality/value

This paper makes a contribution to an area that has not had a significant amount of literature published on it.

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Collection and Curation, vol. 38 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2514-9326

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Publication date: 26 February 2016

Nicole M. Gaston, Alison Fields, Philip Calvert and Spencer Lilley

This investigation aims to highlight the need for the information professions globally to value diverse knowledge paradigms in a world where people from diverse cultures and…

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Purpose

This investigation aims to highlight the need for the information professions globally to value diverse knowledge paradigms in a world where people from diverse cultures and backgrounds interact with information on a daily basis. We provide examples from the Library and Information Science (LIS) profession in New Zealand which has been shaped by socially and culturally inclusive education and practices which take into account diverse ways of knowing and understanding the world and information.

Methodology/approach

An investigation into socially and culturally inclusive LIS education initiatives worldwide contextualizes a discussion of current LIS curricula in New Zealand and their delivery. The achievements and challenges in LIS education, the library profession, and library service are considered alongside the rich and varied nature of New Zealand society and the provision and accessibility of library services.

Findings

LIS education is at the start of this process, and New Zealand education providers promote a range of socially and culturally inclusive practices within their programs resulting in LIS graduates who are equipped to make ongoing contributions to an inclusive society through their professional work. We conclude that these three inseparable components of LIS in New Zealand result in social and cultural inclusion, but can always be further enhanced.

Originality/value

This chapter draws attention to the absence of consideration for non-Western knowledge paradigms in LIS curricula worldwide, and brings together diverse examples, mandating for library services and a library profession that reflect the rich social and cultural makeup of the communities we serve. We conclude that three inseparable components of LIS in New Zealand result in social and cultural inclusion, and there is always opportunity for further enhancement.

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Perspectives on Libraries as Institutions of Human Rights and Social Justice
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-057-2

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Publication date: 1 April 1985

TWO years ago, a new Rolls‐Royce engine went smoothly and very quietly into service in both Britain and America. The engine, the Rolls‐Royce 535C, followed its outstanding…

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TWO years ago, a new Rolls‐Royce engine went smoothly and very quietly into service in both Britain and America. The engine, the Rolls‐Royce 535C, followed its outstanding development and test programme by quickly establishing itself as the most reliable new engine to go into airline service. Now the company has another success on its hands — the 535 engine has won for Rolls‐Royce not just one, but two 1985 Design Council Awards. The 1985 Design Council Awards will be presented to the 22 winning companies by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh at a ceremony on Thursday, 2 May at the National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, Hampshire.

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 57 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 1 December 2003

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Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, vol. 75 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0002-2667

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Publication date: 23 February 2010

Jacques Richardson

This paper aims to recall, with specific developments in international relations, how the major powers failed to avoid prolonged political conflict that teetered for a

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Purpose

This paper aims to recall, with specific developments in international relations, how the major powers failed to avoid prolonged political conflict that teetered for a half‐century on the brink of war.

Design/methodology/approach

Evocation of developments tending to confirm reciprocal hostility instead of cooperation between partners in international enterprise.

Findings

Foresight and determination, often translatable into expression of trust, may ensure the success of an undertaking. The Cold War, with its political as well as psychological origins, was not such a case.

Research limitations/implications

The period's history, now already detailed, remains incomplete. This paper is an effort to supplement other reconstructions.

Originality/value

Planners, strategists and designers may profit from the material reviewed to avoid hostile interpretation by partners in future efforts of combined initiative.

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Foresight, vol. 12 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1463-6689

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