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Publication date: 1 August 1978

EG WOOD

As a long standing advocate of the virtues of added value, I would like to comment on the article by Ivor Stolliday and Margaret Attwood. Like them, I am seriously concerned that…

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As a long standing advocate of the virtues of added value, I would like to comment on the article by Ivor Stolliday and Margaret Attwood. Like them, I am seriously concerned that added value should not be oversold as a panacea. Indeed, so many people are now jumping onto the bandwagon that those who laboriously pushed it up to the top of the hill are being trampled underfoot by the newcomers. My experience of running many seminars and workshops is similar to that of the ARMC, namely, that those who arrive wanting only a formula for an AV pay scheme depart realising that the pay scheme is only the tip of the iceberg.

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Industrial and Commercial Training, vol. 10 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0019-7858

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Publication date: 1 June 1978

IVOR STOLLIDAY and MARGARET ATTWOOD

It has become an article of faith to believe that the root of the British industrial malaise lies in low productivity. The apparent permanence of a poor productivity record in…

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It has become an article of faith to believe that the root of the British industrial malaise lies in low productivity. The apparent permanence of a poor productivity record in Britain was brilliantly chronicled by Corelli Barnett in his recent article in ICT on ‘The hundred year sickness’. The government, industry, and commentators point to the unfavourable comparisons between British industry and our foreign competitors. The car industry seems to be the favourite example for this masochistic mode of analysis.

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Industrial and Commercial Training, vol. 10 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0019-7858

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Publication date: 29 March 2011

Gareth J. Johnson

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Reference Reviews, vol. 25 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0950-4125

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Publication date: 29 June 2010

Ian Cunningham

The aim is to expose shoddy and unprofessional thinking and activity amongst some trainers.

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Purpose

The aim is to expose shoddy and unprofessional thinking and activity amongst some trainers.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper uses dictionary definitions and experience to expose linguistic errors by trainers who label their courses as workshops – when they are not.

Findings

The analysis shows that trainers mis‐use the English language in order to promote their courses.

Practical implications

The practical implications for the buyers of learning and development activity is to beware of trainers disguising their courses as workshops.

Social implications

One implication is the waste by organizations on courses that masquerade as workshops – hence reducing practical application and transfer of learning.

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No‐one has written on this subject before.

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Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, vol. 24 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7282

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Publication date: 1 November 2006

Ian Cunningham

The paper is aims to promote both dialogue and action around learning in organizations.

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Purpose

The paper is aims to promote both dialogue and action around learning in organizations.

Design/methodology/approach

The basis of the paper is in the collective experience of the 13 authors who produced the Declaration.

Findings

The paper argues for the central importance of learning for all organizations.

Research limitations/implications

The research for the paper is in the collective writings of the 13 authors.

Practical implications

The practical implications of the ideas promoted can be considerable. Very few organizations practise what is suggested in the paper.

Originality/value

The paper is of value to anyone working in organizations, not just learning and development professionals. It can be the basis for developing organizational learning strategies.

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Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal, vol. 20 no. 6
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1477-7282

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Publication date: 23 May 2008

Stuart Hannabuss

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Library Review, vol. 57 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0024-2535

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Publication date: 9 February 2010

David Borowski, Margaret Knox, Venkat Kanakala, Stuart Richardson, Keith Seymour, Stephen Attwood and Bary Slater

Gallstone‐related illnesses are one of the most common reasons for emergency hospital admissions, often with serious complications. Standard treatment of uncomplicated…

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Gallstone‐related illnesses are one of the most common reasons for emergency hospital admissions, often with serious complications. Standard treatment of uncomplicated gallstone‐disease is by laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which can be safely and cost‐effectively performed during a short hospital stay or as day‐case. This paper aims to evaluate the referral pattern of patients with gallstones, which treatment is given and whether patients admitted as emergency could have benefited from earlier elective referral. The management of these patients is examined in the context of payment by results to determine cost and potential savings.

Design/methodology/approach

The approach takens was prospective clinical audit and patient questionnaire in a district general hospital. Cost comparisons were made using secondary care income (NHS tariff) and estimated cost of hospitalisation, investigations and treatment.

Findings

Between May and July 2007, 114 patients were admitted with symptomatic gallstones, 62 (54.4 per cent) were emergencies. Cholecystectomy was performed in all 52 elective patients and performed or planned for 59/62 (95.2 per cent) emergencies. A total 17/62 emergencies (27.4 per cent) presented with complications of gallstones. 38/62 (61.3 per cent) had similar symptoms before, with 21/38 (55.3 per cent) diagnosed in primary care or by another hospital department. 11 (52.4 per cent) of these had not been referred for a surgical opinion; taking account of age, co‐morbidity and data acquired for elective admissions, the cost of their treatment could have been reduced by at least £16,194.

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A large proportion of patients admitted with symptomatic biliary disease could have been referred earlier and electively. Such referral practice could improve the quality of care and reduce cost for the NHS both in primary and secondary care.

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International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, vol. 23 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0952-6862

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Publication date: 5 December 2016

Tony Burns

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Amartya Sen’s notion of adaptation and his views on identity politics by focussing on the issue of slavery and…

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between Amartya Sen’s notion of adaptation and his views on identity politics by focussing on the issue of slavery and, more specifically, on the example of the happy or contented slave.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper is text based. The methodological approach adopted is that of conceptual analysis, as is typical for work of this kind.

Findings

The paper concludes that the example of the happy or contented slave is indeed a fruitful one for those interested in exploring the relationship between Sen’s views on “the adaptation problem” and his views on identity politics, especially in relation to the subjection of women. Here Sen’s debt to the ideas of Mary Wollstonecraft and John Stuart Mill is particularly important.

Research limitations/implications

One implication of the argument of the paper is that there is a need to consider more carefully the differences that exist between the views of Wollstonecraft and Mill, so far as the example of the happy or contented slave is concerned.

Practical implications

One practical implication of the paper is that, hopefully, it establishes the continued relevance of the ideas of thinkers such as Wollstonecraft and Mill today, not least because of the influence that they have had on theoreticians such as Amartya Sen.

Social implications

The paper addresses issues which are of considerable social and political significance, especially for women in underdeveloped societies today.

Originality/value

The example of the happy or contented slave has not received much discussion in the literature on Sen, although Sen himself has suggested that the distinction between happiness and contentment is an important one, which does merit further discussion.

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International Journal of Social Economics, vol. 43 no. 12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0306-8293

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Publication date: 8 February 2011

John Edmonstone

The paper aims to describe the emerging critique of leader development in health care and to describe an alternative approach.

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Purpose

The paper aims to describe the emerging critique of leader development in health care and to describe an alternative approach.

Design/methodology/approach

The paper explores the growing critique of leader development, highlighting the concentration on the development of individual human capital. The creation of social capital through an emphasis on leadership development is explained. Design principles and potential obstacles are identified.

Findings

A rebalancing of the field from an over‐concentration on the development of individual leaders to an emphasis on context and relationships is necessary.

Practical implications

Although the basic building‐blocks of development will remain the same, there is a need to rebalance them towards leadership rather than leaders.

Originality/value

The paper brings together in one place various strands of concern over leader development in health care and makes a case for change.

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Leadership in Health Services, vol. 24 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1751-1879

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Publication date: 22 September 2022

Robert N. Eberhart, Stephen Barley and Andrew Nelson

We explore the acceptance of new contingent work relationships in the United States to reveal an emergent entrepreneurial ideology. Our argument is that these new work…

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We explore the acceptance of new contingent work relationships in the United States to reveal an emergent entrepreneurial ideology. Our argument is that these new work relationships represent a new social order not situated in the conglomerates and labor unions of the past, but on a confluence of neo-liberalism and individual action situated in the discourse of entrepreneurialism, employability, and free agency. This new employment relationship, which arose during the economic and social disruptions in the 1970s, defines who belongs inside an organization (and can take part in its benefits) and who must properly remain outside to fend for themselves. More generally, the fusing of entrepreneurship with neo-liberalism has altered not only how we work and where we work but also what we believe is appropriate work and what rewards should accompany it.

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Entrepreneurialism and Society: New Theoretical Perspectives
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-80382-658-5

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