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Publication date: 1 April 1989

Natasha Owen

At a conference in London almost two years ago, David Cotts, President of the North American International Facility Management Association (IFMA) gave a personal view of the…

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At a conference in London almost two years ago, David Cotts, President of the North American International Facility Management Association (IFMA) gave a personal view of the changes he felt would affect the facilities management profession over the next decade.

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Facilities, vol. 7 no. 4
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 March 1990

Natasha Owen

Describes the development of the recently completed IBM SoftwareCentre outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. Shows how the centre′s designersmanaged to reconcile IBM′s corporate…

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Describes the development of the recently completed IBM Software Centre outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. Shows how the centre′s designers managed to reconcile IBM′s corporate specifications, standards, and needs with strict Danish building regulations. Considers the role of energy conservation and consulting with workplace users and managers in the development process.

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Publication date: 1 March 1987

Natasha Owen

It is estimated that managers spend more time in meetings than in any other single activity — these will vary from informal discussion or briefing sessions around the workplace to…

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It is estimated that managers spend more time in meetings than in any other single activity — these will vary from informal discussion or briefing sessions around the workplace to carefully planned formal presentations involving sophisticated audio‐visual support Even in the smallest of organisations, the provision of comfortable, well‐designed and adequately equipped meeting rooms is essential. Not only is the meeting room a prime tool for management, training and selling the organisation's service, it is also the most potent indicator of corporate image and an important element in the overall design brief.

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Facilities, vol. 5 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 February 1990

Focuses on the first generation of intelligent buildings and triesto determine what benefits they have provided. Gives a brief perspectiveon developments in the USA, Japan and…

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Focuses on the first generation of intelligent buildings and tries to determine what benefits they have provided. Gives a brief perspective on developments in the USA, Japan and Europe and provides examples of intelligent buildings in Chicago, Tokyo and Paris. Identifies four classes of intelligent building.

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Facilities, vol. 8 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 August 1990

Andrew Laing

Asks what happens to company headquarters when an organisationdecides to downsize its operations. Examines new organisationalimperatives and the reasons for restructuring and…

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Asks what happens to company headquarters when an organisation decides to downsize its operations. Examines new organisational imperatives and the reasons for restructuring and streamlining. Presents the ways that headquarters buildings have responded to the changing business environment. Offers some examples of shrinking headquarters in the United Kingdom. Suggests that it has been possible for some companies to develop, use and manage shrinking headquarters creatively.

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Facilities, vol. 8 no. 8
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 1 January 1987

The churn factor Internal moves are a sensitive issue for most facilities managers. Disruptive, costly — and unpredictable — they highlight many of the worst aspects of crisis…

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The churn factor Internal moves are a sensitive issue for most facilities managers. Disruptive, costly — and unpredictable — they highlight many of the worst aspects of crisis management According to IFMA research, facilities managers face an average annual churn rate of 25 per cent, but the level can be as high as 100 per cent in fully‐occupied space. So what is the right approach for those faced with the difficult role of coordinator? And to what extent can moves be planned in relation to an overall facilities strategy?

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Facilities, vol. 5 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 28 August 2007

Frank Duffy

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Facilities, vol. 25 no. 11/12
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0263-2772

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Publication date: 15 June 2011

Forrest C. Lane and Natasha H. Chapman

The social change model of leadership (SCM) is a widely used leadership model in higher education. StrengthsQuest is conceptually similar to the individual values of the SCM in…

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The social change model of leadership (SCM) is a widely used leadership model in higher education. StrengthsQuest is conceptually similar to the individual values of the SCM in its aim to identify and grow individual talents. This model is based on the idea that individuals perform at higher levels when they build upon their identified talents (Clifton & Harter, 2003). Prior studies have not examined the relationship of hope or one’s belief in their identified StrengthsQuest talents to the individual values of the SCM. This study examines that relationship using the adult-trait hope and strengths self-efficacy scales. The relationship between these constructs along and other predictors of social change capacity were explored using canonical correlation analysis. Strengths self-efficacy, hope, and student engagement were statistically significant (73% of the variability among the individual values of the SCM). Gender, race, and community service were not statistically significant in this study.

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Journal of Leadership Education, vol. 10 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 1552-9045

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Publication date: 20 October 2021

Gowsia Bashir and Natasha Saqib

This study aims to examine franchising from an entrepreneurial perspective. The study investigates the extent to which franchisees exhibit entrepreneurial characteristics and…

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Purpose

This study aims to examine franchising from an entrepreneurial perspective. The study investigates the extent to which franchisees exhibit entrepreneurial characteristics and various aspects of franchise development.

Design/methodology/approach

The questionnaire was distributed to 430 franchisees operating in India and 409 responses were received. Descriptive and inferential statistics, such as correlation, analysis of variance and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data.

Findings

The study’s findings indicate that franchisees also exhibit entrepreneurial characteristics and behavior. Additionally, as evidenced by their franchisee selection process, franchisors appear to value entrepreneurial personalities within their franchised outlets.

Research limitations/implications

By generating sufficient business enterprises, the franchising system of entrepreneurship can be promoted as one of the solutions for developing countries. Additionally, the findings of this study suggest research implications for elucidating the entrepreneurial position of franchisees.

Originality/value

Considerable ambiguity exists when franchisees’ activities of operating and managing their outlets are considered entrepreneurial firms. The purpose of this study is to examine the role of franchising in the development of entrepreneurship. It provides empirical evidence for the extent of franchisees’ entrepreneurial tendencies and elaborates on key arguments in the franchising and entrepreneurship kinds of literature.

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Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies, vol. 15 no. 1
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 2053-4604

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Publication date: 14 December 2018

Joanna Tegnerowicz

The aim of this article is an analysis of the links between race and psychotic illness, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, as well as psychiatric, police and prison violence…

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The aim of this article is an analysis of the links between race and psychotic illness, psychiatric diagnosis and treatment, as well as psychiatric, police and prison violence against people with mental health problems. The analysis focuses on Black men who are more frequently diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders and who face more brutal treatment than other people with such diagnoses. We have adopted a multidisciplinary approach which draws insights from psychiatry, psychology, and sociology and challenges the biologistic interpretation of “mental illness.” We take into account the United States and Britain – two countries with large Black minorities and an established tradition of research on these groups. Among the crucial findings of this study are the facts that racial bias and stereotypes heavily influence the way Black men with a diagnosis of psychotic illness are treated by the psychiatric system, police and prison staff, and that the dominant approach to psychosis masks the connections between racism and mental health.

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Inequality, Crime, and Health Among African American Males
Type: Book
ISBN: 978-1-78635-051-0

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