The general theme of this thesis is that economic integration in the case of developing countries ought to be conceived as a strategy for economic development, rather than as a tariff issue. Considering that developing countries are still in the process of realising their econom…
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Although equal opportunities training with regard to women was wellknown to exist in London local authorities, the evaluation methodsused, their range and good practices were virtually unknown and sotraining had given birth to expectations whose results wereunexplored. A study w…
The study sets off to explore why public service managers who return from management and related courses fail to transfer their learning to their work situation. The problem is assessed as important because of the considerable financial and human resources invested by government…
This thesis is based on participant observation undertaken by the author as an operative in a manufacturing bakery. The problems of control and resistance observed during this period are analysed in terms of their importance in the constitution of the symbolic reality, or order,…
This study begins with general questions concerning the supply of appropriately qualified and motivated manpower to certain occupations and with related questions concerning occupational attitudes and choices of school leavers. Prevailing concepts and theories earlier advanced a…
This report considers the use of Caseloading within Further Education. It includes a detailed description of Caseloading and the differing models available. A review of the limited literature available on Caseloading is included, and discussion of the environmental features that…
This study examines decision making in large and small firms undertaking biotechnology innovation and identifies factors influencing innovation. It also considers aspects of environments external to firms, but relevant to the process of innovation. The study suggests that innova…
Accounting change occurred in the Czech Republic as a result of the political revolution in 1989 which heralded the resurrection of democracy and the re-establishment of a market economy. The Czech Republic is gradually rebuilding the framework within which companies are able to…
This thesis is an investigation into the implementation of computer-based office information systems in organizations. The research methods employed are both qualitative and quantitative, and include fifteen case studies and a postal survey. A review of the literature and the ca…
This study is concerned with the issue of international technology transfer, particularly to developing countries through licensing. Given the imperfect nature of technology market, multinational enterprises (MNEs) wield considerable amount of bargaining power in the negotiation…
This thesis follows the argument that, to fully understand the current position of national research laboratories in Great Britain one needs to study the historical development of the government research establishment as a specific social institution. A particular model is outli…
Strategic models like Porter's (1985) value chain have not been fully evaluated in the strategy literature and applied to all industries. To theoretically redefine the value chain technique, this research evaluates the value chain's use with various strategic issues by applying …
The aim of the research is to test whether an attribution approach from social/organisationalpsychology can illuminate the problem of women's unequal status in managemenL It has beensuggested that within organisations, the process of causal attribution devalues women's performan…
This research study focuses on the comparative analysis of management training and development in the hotel industry of the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United Kingdom (UK) between 1989 and 1993. Eighty-two responses (industry survey with Questionnaire) were received…