Peter Thornton and Mike Waddington
Instability and increasingly rapid change are both features of the contemporary business environment. They are a reality with which all members of the business community…
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Instability and increasingly rapid change are both features of the contemporary business environment. They are a reality with which all members of the business community, irrespective of size or area of activity, must come to terms if they are to survive and prosper. The requirement, therefore, is for flexible systems which will enable managers to formulate better plans and which will reduce company response times so that problems can be anticipated and opportunities seized. Consequently managements' paramount requirement is for systems which can produce timely and comprehensive management information — a resource which tends to be in short supply in many smaller organisations.
Paul Waddington and Mike Filby
Primary care groups need to address some uncomfortable issues if they are to become effective as organisations in their local networks. The paper examines PCGs' relationships with…
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Primary care groups need to address some uncomfortable issues if they are to become effective as organisations in their local networks. The paper examines PCGs' relationships with their health authorities, given the inherent contradictions in national policy, and recommends a devolved approach to ensure that a range of stakeholders can participate in their work.
In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of…
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In the last four years, since Volume I of this Bibliography first appeared, there has been an explosion of literature in all the main functional areas of business. This wealth of material poses problems for the researcher in management studies — and, of course, for the librarian: uncovering what has been written in any one area is not an easy task. This volume aims to help the librarian and the researcher overcome some of the immediate problems of identification of material. It is an annotated bibliography of management, drawing on the wide variety of literature produced by MCB University Press. Over the last four years, MCB University Press has produced an extensive range of books and serial publications covering most of the established and many of the developing areas of management. This volume, in conjunction with Volume I, provides a guide to all the material published so far.
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Paul Waddington and Mike Filby
This article reports on the fourth in a series of annual Pavilion conferences, charting the gritty texture of real‐time organisational development set against the formal policy…
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This article reports on the fourth in a series of annual Pavilion conferences, charting the gritty texture of real‐time organisational development set against the formal policy agenda. Those engaged in PCT development will find the messages instructive and reassuring.
Sport is acknowledged for fostering positive competencies, behaviours and attitudes contributing to individuals' social and physical well-being and development. However, recent…
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Sport is acknowledged for fostering positive competencies, behaviours and attitudes contributing to individuals' social and physical well-being and development. However, recent research suggests that athletes may face adverse effects on their health, safety and well-being due to violence against them. Numerous studies highlight that athletes across various sports endure physical, sexual and emotional violence. Given the pervasive nature and severity of such violence, understanding athletes' widespread tolerance for these experiences is crucial. This chapter employs figurational sociology to analyse violence against athletes, specifically exploring how violence and abuse in sport tends to become normalised. By placing a strong emphasis on the interdependence of individuals and their actions within social networks, figurational sociology highlights how abuse in sport is influenced by the relationships and interactions between athletes, coaches and other actors, such as medical staff, peers and parents. Moreover, through the analysis of dynamic power relations across various actors and the role of habitus, this sociological perspective offers valuable insights into the dynamics of abuse in sport.
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Home Secretary David Waddington today visited Flexcrete Ltd, Preston‐based world leaders in concrete repair technology, for the official opening of their new premises, housing…
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Home Secretary David Waddington today visited Flexcrete Ltd, Preston‐based world leaders in concrete repair technology, for the official opening of their new premises, housing production lines, laboratory, office and conference facilities.
Anthony C. Klotz and Ryan D. Zimmerman
Although a significant body of work has amassed that explores the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of employee turnover in organizations, little is known about how…
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Although a significant body of work has amassed that explores the antecedents, correlates, and consequences of employee turnover in organizations, little is known about how employees go about quitting once they have made the decision to leave. That is, after the decision to voluntarily quit their job is made, employees must then navigate through the process of planning for their exit, announcing their resignation, and potentially working at their company for weeks after their plans to resign have been made public. Our lack of understanding of the resignation process is important as how employees quit their jobs has the potential to impact the performance and turnover intentions of other organizational members, as well as to harm or benefit the reputation of the organization, overall. Moreover, voluntary turnover is likely to increase in the coming decades. In this chapter, we unpack the resignation process. Specifically, drawing from the communication literature and prior work on employee socialization, we develop a three-stage model of the resignation process that captures the activities and decisions employees face as they quit their jobs, and how individual differences may influence how they behave in each of these three stages. In doing so, we develop a foundation upon which researchers can begin to build a better understanding of what employees go through after they have decided to quit but before they have exited their organization for the final time.
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Mike Rigby and Miguel Angel García Calavia
The paper examines the approach of United Kingdom (UK) Trade Unions to the use of institutional power resources (IPR) in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Purpose
The paper examines the approach of United Kingdom (UK) Trade Unions to the use of institutional power resources (IPR) in the second half of the twentieth century.
Design/methodology/approach
Using secondary material, it examines the unions' approach to IPR in three cases; collective bargaining; worker representation and trade union structure.
Findings
The paper concludes that unions did not appreciate the importance of, and lacked a strategic approach to, IPR. Although employer and government action were largely responsible for the decline of industrial relations institutions, the failure of the unions to engage with IPR contributed to this process. It explains the failure of the unions to engage with IPR by reference to their lack of strategic capabilities and skills in relation to power resources (PRs) in general and IPR in particular.
Research limitations/implications
It would have been interesting to collect primary data via interviews with union actors from the period examined to test the interpretation of secondary data contained in the article.
Practical implications
The paper has identified the kind of strategic decision-making which is necessary for unions to engage effectively with IPR. It is has also indicated the key skills which unions need to develop to be able to manage their engagement with IPR.
Social implications
The paper has implications for the role of trade unions in society, showing the need for them to develop narratives to convince society of the importance of their role and action and to develop the skills which enable them to connect with other social groups, e.g. intermediation, engagement with coalitional resources.
Originality/value
Analysis of the decline of industrial relations institutions in this period has emphasized the role of employers and the state. This paper contributes to a more balanced perspective on this decline by drawing attention to the lack of a union strategy towards IPR and the importance of the detail of the management and employment of power resources.