Food may look attractive and taste delicious and yet it can still be the cause of acute illness and even death if it has not been prepared, stored and served with the right amount…
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Food may look attractive and taste delicious and yet it can still be the cause of acute illness and even death if it has not been prepared, stored and served with the right amount of care. Recent serious outbreaks of food poisoning have alerted us all to the potential hazards which Susan Holmes, BSc, SRN, MRSH describes
Any new method of food preservation which reduces the need for chemical additives must be regarded with interest. Susan Holmes, BSc, SRN, explains how irradiation can be used to…
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Any new method of food preservation which reduces the need for chemical additives must be regarded with interest. Susan Holmes, BSc, SRN, explains how irradiation can be used to control bacterial contamination and extend the shelf life of a wide variety of foods
Although the condition of food allergy has not always been clearly defined the concept has, in recent years, attracted considerable attention particularly as it is commonly…
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Although the condition of food allergy has not always been clearly defined the concept has, in recent years, attracted considerable attention particularly as it is commonly believed that the incidence is increasing and that the condition is exacerbated by modern methods of food processing. The common belief that the medical profession is not sufficiently well informed to deal with the problem has led to a marked growth in ‘alternative methods’ of diagnosis and treatment many of which have little scientific basis. Against this background the Royal College of Physicians, in conjunction with the British Nutrition Foundation, established a joint committee to study the problem and make any recommendations considered necessary. Susan Holmes BSc, SRN, presents a summary of the report and its recommendations.
Susan M. Wallace and R.D. Holmes
As part of the selection process for a computer system for Sandwell Libraries, we invited the three suppliers we had shortlisted to demonstrate their systems to staff. The…
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As part of the selection process for a computer system for Sandwell Libraries, we invited the three suppliers we had shortlisted to demonstrate their systems to staff. The demonstrations were meant to have various purposes:
Susan Holmes and Douglas Maclnnes
It is often assumed that prison staff are particularly stressed due to their frequent exposure to traumatic events, which may damage not only individuals but also prisons and…
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It is often assumed that prison staff are particularly stressed due to their frequent exposure to traumatic events, which may damage not only individuals but also prisons and prisoners. While the impact of such stress may be recognised, the factors contributing to its development are unclear.The work reported here is part of a larger investigation of health care provision in a Greater London prison. Qualitative approaches were used to access the understandings of staff and key informants of the difficulties associated with their working environment. This enabled us to accommodate different working contexts, ensuring that the findings were grounded in the reality of the work undertaken by the participants.The data revealed that lack of training contributed significantly to the development of stress, reducing confidence in dealing with the many traumatic situations encountered. However, interpersonal relationships provided mutual support during crises. General working conditions, including workload and staff redeployment, were also important contributors to high levels of sickness‐absence which, in turn, exacerbated stress. Poor management practices, combined with a perceived lack of support, further aggravated stress.While it may be tempting to blame individuals for their inability to cope, all organisations have a duty of care to their employees and must take steps, at both the individual and organisational level, to prevent and manage work‐related stress.
The National Advisory Committee on Nutrition Education, NACNE for short, was the brain child of the British Nutrition Foundation and the Health Education Council. It was formed in…
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The National Advisory Committee on Nutrition Education, NACNE for short, was the brain child of the British Nutrition Foundation and the Health Education Council. It was formed in 1979, and as well as the two parent bodies now includes nutrition educationists, others from the academic world, representatives of the food industry, the Department of Health and Social Security, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and also the Scottish Health Education Group.
Is food allergy one of the trials of the twentieth century, or is its apparently common occurrence mainly due to improved diagnosis?
Janine Burghardt and Klaus Möller
This study examines the relationship between the use of management controls and the perception of meaningful work. Meaningful work is an important driver of individual performance…
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Purpose
This study examines the relationship between the use of management controls and the perception of meaningful work. Meaningful work is an important driver of individual performance of managers, and employees and can be enabled by sufficient use of management controls. The purpose of this paper is to address this issue.
Design/methodology/approach
Based on bibliometric analyses and a structured literature review of academic research studies from the organizational, management and accounting literature, the authors develop a conceptual model of the relationship between the use of management controls and the perception of meaningful work.
Findings
First, the authors propose that the use of formal management controls in a system (i.e. the levers of the control framework) is more powerful than using unrelated formal controls only. Second, they suggest that the interaction of a formal control system together with informal controls working as a control package can even stretch the perception of meaningful work. Third, they argue that the intensity of the control use matters to enhance the perception of meaningful work (inverted u-shaped relationship).
Originality/value
This study presents the first conceptual model of the relationship between the use of management controls and the perception of meaningful work. It provides valuable implications for practice and future research in the field of performance management.
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Holly J. McCammon, Allison R. McGrath, Ashley Dixon and Megan Robinson
Feminist legal activists in law schools developed what we call critical community tactics beginning in the late 1960s to bring about important cultural change in the legal…
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Feminist legal activists in law schools developed what we call critical community tactics beginning in the late 1960s to bring about important cultural change in the legal educational arena. These feminist activists challenged the male-dominant culture and succeeded in making law schools and legal scholarship more gender inclusive. Here, we develop the critical community tactics concept and show how these tactics produce cultural products which ultimately, as they are integrated into the broader culture, change the cultural landscape. Our work then is a study of how social movement activists can bring about cultural change. The feminist legal activists’ cultural products and the integration of them into the legal academy provide evidence of feminist legal activist success in shifting the legal institutional culture. We conclude that critical community tactics provide an important means for social movement activists to bring about cultural change, and scholars examining social movement efforts in other institutional settings may benefit from considering the role of critical community tactics.