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Aligning Aims In Innovation Management: A Participatory Approach To Defining Mission And Vision Statements, Colm O’Kane, Pearl M. O'Rourke
Aligning Aims In Innovation Management: A Participatory Approach To Defining Mission And Vision Statements, Colm O’Kane, Pearl M. O'Rourke
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The problem of ensuring management and employees have clearly defined goals to work towards is one which has engaged management practitioners for some time. It is a challenge which engages organisations across industry sectors and business types (Prahalad 1999; O’Gorman 1999). This article describes the development of a framework for the identification of guiding goals for organisations using the principles of participatory design. The framework described involves internal and external stakeholders in the development of mission and vision statements. A pilot study using the initial stages of this framework was implemented with academic staff of an undergraduate academic programme in …
Development Of A Framework To Facilitate A Collaborative Peer Learning 2:1 Model Of Practice Placement Education, Ann-Marie Lynam, Clare Corish, Deirdre Connolly
Development Of A Framework To Facilitate A Collaborative Peer Learning 2:1 Model Of Practice Placement Education, Ann-Marie Lynam, Clare Corish, Deirdre Connolly
Level 3
Aim: The educational approach towards practice placement education in health-related disciplines has changed in recent years. The use of collaborative or peer learning models has increased, associated with positive effects on desired outcomes such as learning, competence and reflective practice. At present, there is little published literature on the implementation or use of such models in dietetics practice placement education. The aim of this study was to conduct a pilot study of a collaborative peer learning 2 students to 1 educator (2:1 model). Methods: Experienced practice placement educators from four clinical sites in the discipline of dietetics in the Republic …
An Investigation Into The Tacit Knowledge Transfer Process In An Open Plan Office Environment, Caroline Bernie
An Investigation Into The Tacit Knowledge Transfer Process In An Open Plan Office Environment, Caroline Bernie
Level 3
The research described in this article aimed to investigate the link between the internal organisational layout and its impact on the tacit knowledge transfer process in an open plan administrative working environment. In recent years academic literature in the area of Knowledge Management has concentrated on the management of knowledge within the organisation with particular focus placed upon management systems and the introduction of knowledge measurement tools.
Why So Many Mergers And Acquisitions Fail, Nicholas Ingle
Why So Many Mergers And Acquisitions Fail, Nicholas Ingle
Level 3
Over the last number of years mergers and acquisitions (M&As) as a strategic growth option has begun to take off and increasingly organisations are turning to this in-organic method to achieve a competitive advantage and greater speed of entry to new markets. But M&As suffer from high failure rates, with poor integration accounting for a third of all failures. Management has cited a lack of an adequate conceptual schemes to guide them through the acquisition integration process. Hence, the reason for the research findings presented here: developing a process model for acquisition integration success. A pragmatic qualitative case study methodology …