scholarly journals The UK Network of Age-friendly Communities: a general review

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuèle Rémillard-Boilard
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Local Level ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Internal Working ◽  
National Programmes ◽  
Depth Interview ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed account of the work and contribution of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities, a platform established to support the development of age-friendly communities across the UK. Design/methodology/approach This paper draws on a review of both external and internal working documents, communications with network representatives, and an in-depth interview conducted with the current manager of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities. Findings Since its formation, the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities has provided cities with an important platform for knowledge exchange and peer support, and helped build commitment to the age-friendly agenda at the local, national and international level. Through the presentation of various examples, the article illustrates that network members have not only helped drive this agenda forward by developing a collective voice, but also by developing a wide range of initiatives at the local level. Originality/value Despite an increased interest in documenting age-friendly experiences around the world, the experience of national programmes remains under-explored in the age-friendly literature to date. To the knowledge, this paper is one of the first to describe the work and contribution of the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities.

The potential of prison-based democratic therapeutic communities

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Bennett ◽  
Richard Shuker
Keyword(s):  
Literature Review ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Therapeutic Community ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Therapeutic Communities ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Sexually Violent ◽  
Self Harm ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to describe the work of HMP Grendon, the only prison in the UK to operate entirely as a series of democratic therapeutic communities and to summarise the research of its effectiveness. Design/methodology/approach The paper is both descriptive, providing an overview of the work of a prison-based therapeutic community, and offers a literature review regarding evidence of effectiveness. Findings The work of HMP Grendon has a wide range of positive benefits including reduced levels of disruption in prison, reduced self-harm, improved well-being, an environment that is experienced as more humane and reduced levels of reoffending. Originality/value The work of HMP Grendon offers a well established and evidenced approach to managing men who have committed serious violent and sexually violent offences. It also promotes and embodies a progressive approach to managing prisons rooted in the welfare tradition.

Illicit finance and money laundering trends in Eurasia

2019 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 388-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stefan Cassella
Keyword(s):  
Money Laundering ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Common Elements ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Western Countries ◽  
The World ◽  
Beneficial Ownership ◽  
The Usa ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review recent examples of sophisticated money laundering operations involving financial institutions in Eurasia, including Russia and Moldova, and the resulting flow of licit and illicit capital from that part of the world to the UK, the USA, and other Western countries. Design/methodology/approach Relying on materials from publicly available sources, the study uses several case studies to illustrate various money laundering methods with a view toward identifying common elements and aspects of the schemes that might be considered new or innovative. Findings In particular, the study examines the roles that lax anti-money laundering compliance by financial institutions and the use of shell corporations designed to conceal the beneficial ownership of the companies and their assets have played in virtually all of the money laundering schemes. Originality/value The paper discusses the risks that these emerging money laundering methods pose to Western countries and their financial institutions and the approaches that governments might take to minimize those risks and raise the barriers for the laundering of illicit funds within their jurisdictions.

Property valuation in the UK: material uncertainty and COVID-19

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (5) ◽  
pp. 463-470
Author(s):  
Nick French
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Property Values ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Property Valuation ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Value Changes ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
Rental Value

PurposeAn understanding of uncertainty has always been an integral part of property valuations. No valuation is certain, and the valuer needs to convey to the user of the valuation in the degree of uncertainty pertaining to the market value.Design/methodology/approachThis practice briefing is a short overview of the importance of understanding uncertainty in valuation in normal markets and the particular difficulties now with the material uncertainty created by the COVID-19 pandemic.FindingsThis paper discusses how important it is for the valuer and the client to communicate and understand the uncertainty in the market at any point of time. The COVID-19 has had a significant impact on property values and the importance of clarity within valuation reports.Practical implicationsThis paper looks at the importance of placing capital and rental value changes due to material uncertainty in valuation reports.Originality/valueThis provides guidance on how professional bodies are advising their members, around the world, on how to report valuations and market value in the context of material uncertainty.

Co-creation in design: how the UK company Own Label combines openness and ownership to manage talent

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 34-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thorsten Roser ◽  
Robert DeFillippi ◽  
Julia Goga Cooke
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Market Analysis ◽  
Fashion Design ◽  
Niche Markets ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
The World ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – This case study of a fashion-design company aims to show how a co-creation initiative produces competitive advantage by nurturing creativity, expanding the company’s innovation capabilities and enabling it to engage with both taste-making customers and designers from anywhere in the world. Design/methodology/approach – In 2009, Fronteer Strategy, a Netherlands-based market-analysis firm published a conceptual framework for identifying specifically how a firm’s processes and initiatives employ co-creation. This case looks at how this theoretical framework compares with the actual complexities of the co-creation process developed by Own Label. Findings – Own Label’s co-creation approach is a hybrid model that utilizes more than one type of co-creation across its fashion-design process. Practical implications – What makes co-creation in design-intensive industries a disruptive approach is the democratization of the process by which design choices are made. Originality/value – Own Label is utilizing its hybrid models of co-creation in order to strategically position its self in niche markets, adapt faster to trends, as well as to be a design leader.

scholarly journals Uncovering the hidden cost of staff fraud: an assessment of 45 cases in the UK

2015 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark Button ◽  
Dean Blackbourn ◽  
Chris Lewis ◽  
David Shepherd
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Initial Value ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Hidden Cost ◽  
Additional Costs ◽  
Permanent Staff ◽  
Intangible Costs ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide evidence on the additional costs of dealing with staff fraud, beyond the initial fraud loss, based on 45 cases of staff fraud. Design/methodology/approach – The research began with a “brainstorming” session with counter fraud professionals to map all potential costs in a staff fraud. It then utilised a twin-track approach of a survey and interviews. A survey was distributed using a number of methods yielding 28 usable cases. Interviews were also sought with organisations willing to discuss staff fraud, which secured a further 17 cases. Both the survey and interview used the same questionnaire, although the latter enabled a deeper questioning of participants. Findings – This study examined 45 cases of staff fraud from a wide range of sectors drawn predominantly from larger organisations. From each of these cases detailed, estimates of the costs of dealing with the fraud were identified. Major additional costs included the costs of investigation, staff suspensions, internal disciplinary costs, external sanctions, permanent staff replacement, miscellaneous costs as well as intangible costs. The findings identified significant costs which are significantly above the initial value of the fraud, particularly on initial frauds under £25,000. Research limitations/implications – Staff fraud is a very sensitive subject with many organisations unwilling to reveal what happens when it occurs. The approach was therefore to secure as much data as possible and as such this might not be representative of the broader economy. Practical implications – The paper highlights the need for greater investment in prevention given the substantial costs of staff fraud to deal with. Originality/value – This is the first attempt to gauge the full costs of staff fraud to an organisation.

Communication – a culture of open dialogue

2015 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Val Jackson ◽  
Alex Perry
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Close Collaboration ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The World ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
The Usa ◽  
Open Dialogue ◽  
The Uk

Purpose – Open dialogue (OD) is an innovative approach to mental health crises based on close collaboration between services and an individual’s family and social network. The approach was originally designed by Jaakko Seikkula and his colleagues in Tornio, Finland and is now being developed in many countries around the world, in particular Denmark, Germany, Norway and the USA. OD describes both a way of being with families and also a way of organising services aimed at maximising communication and connection. The purpose of this paper is to describe the principles of OD, it’s development in Finland and here in the UK. Design/methodology/approach – This paper is a description of the principles and outcomes of OD as practised in Western Finland. It also describes the recent developments in the UK using the approach. Findings – This paper is descriptive of the model and is not of a research project. Originality/value – Whilst care must be taken in assuming that these remarkable results are transferable to the UK, other countries and several Mental Health trusts in England are actively engaged with developing an OD approach.

Beyond Brexit’s uncertainty: the foreseeable Britain’s innovative stagnation

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 773-790 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcides J. Padilla ◽  
Alexander Garrido
Keyword(s):  
Economic Performance ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The World ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Integration Analysis

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the causes that determine the UK’s civilian research and development (R&D) expenditure to forecast its possible evolution in a post-Brexit scenario. Design/methodology/approach The authors use the Johansen’s co-integration analysis for time series. Findings The authors find a co-integration relationship between R&D and variables such as exports, military expenditure, patents, EU GDP per capita and USA GDP per capita. The authors also observed a stagnation in the foreseen R&D expenditure over the next five years. Research limitations/implications The authors warned that the results can only be viewed as a glance into the understanding of the complex elements that undergird the UK’s civilian, scientific and technological policy-making. But the authors see them as an interesting starting point for scrutinizing current shortcomings in policy-making, while providing clues for corrective action that would otherwise lead the UK to a structural crisis in its economic performance. Originality/value This study constitutes a first attempt to account for the loss of the UK’s innovative influence all over the world.

Robot innovation brings to agriculture efficiency, safety, labor savings and accuracy by plowing, milking, harvesting, crop tending/picking and monitoring

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (6) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Bloss
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Development Projects ◽  
Agricultural Field ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
The Many ◽  
Practical Implications ◽  
The Way

Purpose – This paper aims to review the dramatic entry of robotics into the field of agriculture. Design/methodology/approach – Research of efforts around the world to apply robots to agricultural needs and participation in webcasts of the latest in agricultural robotic development projects. Findings – Robots are enabling many new and innovative methodologies for performing traditional agricultural tasks of all types. Providing saving in labor, improved performance and faster field coverage. Practical implications – Readers may be very surprised at the many tasks that robots are already addressing in the agricultural field around the world and the way just applications can have major benefits to farming. Originality/value – A review of the wide range of the innovative application of robots to agricultural tasks worldwide.

Absorbing the world as a lean learning strategy

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-15
Keyword(s):  
Absorptive Capacity ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Reading Time ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The World ◽  
Pertinent Information ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings The viewpoint discusses how organizational absorptive capacity may be maximized through actions and interactions of a wide range of individual, managerial, organizational, and inter-organizational factors. Originality/value The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Suicide in young people

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woody Caan
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Local Context ◽  
Youth Suicide ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to relate the health services’ prevention imperative to a new priority area, youth suicide. Design/methodology/approach The content is based on the latest UK policy documents and participation in recent events for policy-makers. Findings Suicide among young people is increasing, and traditional approaches are not reducing these deaths. Involving young people as researchers or trainers has been helpful, and policy-makers need to address the present social and cultural risk factors. Research limitations/implications Evidence differs between countries, and a local context may be important. Practical implications In the UK, local profiles are being developed and there is an increasing need identified for relevant training for a wide range of professionals. Social implications The participation of young people in developments may be emancipatory, for all concerned. Originality/value Because this year, young persons’ mental health will be an international priority, this may be the time to galvanise action for improved planning and resources for the prevention of youth suicide.

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