Strategies for facilitating creative music collaboration online

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 163-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam Martin ◽  
Morten Büchert
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
Online Collaboration ◽  
Creative Collaboration ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Creative Music ◽  
Online Music ◽  
The Impact

Online collaboration between musicians in 2020 is a rapidly developing practice due to a range of environmental, epidemiological and creative motivations. The technical facility to collaborate in a variety of different formats exists via file-sharing services, video conferencing suites and specialist music services such as Splice and Auddly. Yet, given this proliferation of technologies, little attention has been paid into how creative musicians can most meaningfully utilize these new collaborative opportunities within their working practice. In this article, we wish to share some reflections from a case study of online music collaboration gained through our experience of facilitating three online songwriting camps with students from Leeds Conservatoire in the United Kingdom and Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Denmark. This article will particularly focus on the importance of managing roles, the impact of communication tools and the requirement for time management when collaborating online before proposing a set of guidelines derived from this study to help enable productive online creative collaboration.

scholarly journals Disability Benefit Receipt and Reform: Reconciling Trends in the United Kingdom

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 173-190 ◽  
Author(s):  
James Banks ◽  
Richard Blundell ◽  
Carl Emmerson
Keyword(s):  
Health Condition ◽  
Disability Benefits ◽  
Disability Benefit ◽  
Younger Women ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental And Behavioral Disorders

The UK has enacted a number of reforms to the structure of disability benefits that has made it a major case study for other countries thinking of reform. The introduction of Incapacity Benefit in 1995 coincided with a strong decline in disability benefit expenditure, reversing previous sharp increases. From 2008 the replacement of Incapacity Benefit with Employment and Support Allowance was intended to reduce spending further. We bring together administrative and survey data over the period and highlight key differences in receipt of disability benefits by age, sex, and health. These disability benefit reforms and the trends in receipt are also put into the context of broader trends in health and employment by education and sex. We document a growing proportion of claimants in any age group with mental and behavioral disorders as their principal health condition. We also show the decline in the number of older working age men receiving disability benefits to have been partially offset by growth in the number of younger women receiving these benefits. We speculate on the impact of disability reforms on employment.

scholarly journals Nottingham Express Transit

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Disney ◽  
Will Rossiter ◽  
David J Smith
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Air Quality ◽  
Carbon Emissions ◽  
Traffic Congestion ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Detailed Examination ◽  
Light Rail ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact

Traffic congestion at peak times has long been a problem facing cities in the United Kingdom.1 Latterly concern about combating congestion has been hightened by worries over carbon emissions and poor air quality. In tackling these problems, green innovations incorporating new technologies appear to have much to offer, although progress in implementing these sorts of innovation appears to have been slow. This case study analyses the efforts of one city to tackle these problems by pioneering a number of green innovations including the introduction of a light rail system employing trams known as Nottingham Express Transit as well as electric and gas-powered buses. The nature of these innovations is explored together with a detailed examination of how they came to be implemented and the impact they have had.

Evaluating the Impact of Progressive Beer Duty on Small Breweries: A Case Study of Tax Breaks to Promote Smes

2010 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Wyld ◽  
Geoff Pugh ◽  
David Tyrrall
Keyword(s):  
Economic Theory ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Policy Debate ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Tax Relief ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
The Impact

We examine whether the 2002 introduction of progressive beer duty (PBD) in the UK has had its desired or predicted effects. The purpose of the new tax relief was, in the words of the then Chancellor of the Exchequer, to “encourage one group of small businesses: the nation's small brewers”. A dataset has been created of all small breweries in the United Kingdom from 1988 to 2008, recording the dates of their creation, progression, and, where relevant, extinction. We find no evidence of a change in survivorship consequent upon the introduction of PBD. However, there is some evidence of an increase in the rate of formation of small breweries. These findings are consistent with predictions from standard economic theory and thus may be relevant to wider policy debate on the use of targeted tax breaks to support small and medium enterprises.

Examining Information Systems Outsourcing: A Case Study from the United Kingdom

1998 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 111-126
Author(s):  
Alan Jeffs ◽  
Fowler Ben
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Information Services ◽  
The Real ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines the issue of outsourcing information services (IS) through the framework of case study-based, grounded research, located in a major UK company. The impact of outsourcing drivers including efficiency, IS alignment and the human resource dimension are explored and balanced against the perceived outsourcing risks. It is also postulated that although managers claim rational economic benefits, when making outsourcing decisions, they may, in fact, be bounded in their rationality by their perception of the quality experienced as users of IS/IT. Hence, it is suggested that the real justification for outsourcing may be that it provides a definitive, albeit drastic, vehicle for change.

scholarly journals Supportive Organisational Culture and Employee Job Satisfaction: A Critical Source of Competitive Advantage. A Case Study in a Selected Banking Company in Oxford City-UK.

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 290-300
Author(s):  
Elvis Asiedu
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Competitive Advantage ◽  
Organisational Culture ◽  
Growth Opportunities ◽  
Employee Job Satisfaction ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Culture Growth ◽  
Mind Set ◽  
The Impact

Banking jobs are becoming more and more lucrative and many people are joining the industry. Although numerous scholars have written more about the topic, many have failed to research into the banking industry on how organisational culture and employee job satisfaction can be used as a source of competitive advantage. This study investigates on how the impact of organisational culture on employee job satisfaction can be a source of competitive advantage. Using a case study method, the paper derives quantitative data from the employees of a selected banking company in Oxford-city, a city the, United Kingdom. The selected banking company has four (4) branches in Oxford with 100 workers working in all the four branches. A review of literature in two-fold: (i). Understanding supportive organisational culture and employee job satisfaction, and (ii). The impacts of organisational culture on the employee job satisfaction as a source of competitive advantage are conducted. This is followed by a summary of methodology and data analysis, ethical consideration and conceptual framework. Empirical analysis was conducted to determine the effects of organisational culture on employee job satisfaction as a source of competitive advantage. The empirical findings show that cultural traits of communication, motivation, growth opportunities and supervising support in organisations tend to make employees shift mind-set and help the firm in its competitive advantage. However, the discussion found out that employees within the company were not motivated enough to perform better due to lack of rewarding culture, growth opportunities (training) culture, communication and supervisory supportive culture.Int. J. Soc. Sci. Manage. Vol-2, issue-3: 290-300 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/ijssm.v2i3.12551 

SMEs and Environmental Regulations: A Study of the UK Screen-Printing Sector

10.1068/c0321 ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-566 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dean Patton ◽  
Ian Worthington
Keyword(s):  
Screen Printing ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Environmental Legislation ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Environmental Behaviour ◽  
Corporate Greening ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact

In the literature of corporate greening, the regulatory domain has been identified as a key influence on the environmental behaviour of firms and has been linked to actions beyond compliance and to the pursuit of competitive advantage. That said, studies of the environmental performance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) suggest that, on the whole, smaller firms tend to take a more reactive and compliant stance with regard to environmental legislation, with little evidence existing to suggest that regulation provides a strong baseline for internally driven change. The authors report the findings from empirical research undertaken to assess the impact of environmental legislation upon the activities of SMEs within the screen-printing sector in the United Kingdom and explore the motivations that have driven responses to such legislation. The aim of the research was to examine the extent to which regulation was a factor in explaining SME environmental behaviour, and to identify the nature of corporate responses to environmental change. In addressing these issues a hybrid methodology was adopted, based on a quantitative survey of 200 firms in the UK screen-printing industry and a qualitative analysis of five organisations chosen from the survey respondents. The results of the survey—which had a usable response rate of 33%—and from the case-study interviews shed important light on SME attitudes, awareness, and responses to existing regulatory requirements. The authors comment on how far the evidence supports the propositions in the extant literature and examine possible policy implications of the findings.

scholarly journals A Case Study of the Productivity of the Prefix Cyber- in English and Greek Legal Languages

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (1) ◽  
pp. 35-57
Author(s):  
Hanna Ciszek ◽  
Aleksandra Matulewska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United States Of America ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Greek Language ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Legal Texts ◽  
European Union Legislation ◽  
New Phenomena ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The aim of the paper is to investigate the impact of the Greek language on modern legal languages in the United Kingdom and United States of America. The focus is placed on terms with the prefix cyber- of Greek origin that have recently enriched the English legal languages in connection with the fact that certain new phenomena (legal institutions) have been regulated by laws as a result of the development of new technologies. Therefore, the authors have investigated the occurrence of terms with the prefix cyber- in legislation and other legal texts. Apart from the analysis of borrowings in the English legal languages, the authors have also investigated the occurrence of equivalent terms in Greek and Cypriot legislation and other genres of legal texts. Furthermore, the analysis involved the investigation of the occurrence of terms with the analysed prefix cyber- in European Union legislation and terminological databases (mostly IATE) to find out whether the borrowings may become internationalisms of Greek origin. Furthermore, the authors have also investigated whether for those terms with a prefix of Greek origin there are synonyms in the languages under scrutiny of non-Greek origin.

scholarly journals International obligations and devolved powers – ploughing through competences and GM crops

2018 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annegret Engel ◽  
Ludivine Petetin
Keyword(s):  
International Level ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Crop Cultivation ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Legal Challenges ◽  
International Obligations ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Eu

This article analyses the impact of Brexit on devolved competences in environmental protection. It maps the post-Brexit division of the United Kingdom (UK)’s internal (devolved) and external (international) competences and how this may shift when competences are returned from the European Union (EU). Crucially, the article suggests that certain of these EU powers do not simply derive from the EU but are, in fact, already held by the devolved regions in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity. Consequently, devolved competences are under threat of being pre-empted as the UK seeks to harmonise otherwise fragmented policies and legislation to comply with obligations at international level. This conundrum is illustrated here using a case study on genetically modified crop cultivation, which identifies the conflicts in the UK’s proclaimed strategy post-Brexit between international obligations and devolved competences and the legal challenges this entails.

scholarly journals Negotiating stigmatised identities: Enterprising refugee women in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 026624262199703
Author(s):  
Nkechi Adeeko ◽  
Lorna Treanor
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Women Refugees ◽  
Identity Work ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Refugee Women ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Impact

This article critically analyses the complexities of identity work among refugee women entrepreneurs in the United Kingdom. Once labelled as refugees, individuals are homogenised and disadvantaged by association with this stigmatised identity. We explore how women refugees undertake dynamic identity work to recreate themselves as entrepreneurs attempting to ameliorate such stigma. Using case study evidence, we find that claiming an entrepreneurial identity enables the refutation of the stigmatised refugee label and as such, it can be personally enhancing by improving well-being and socio-economic standing. The vestigial negative effects upon access to entrepreneurial resources arising from gendered constraints and a refugee background however, persist. Thus, these refugee entrepreneurs face a double-edged sword; while challenging stigmas through entrepreneurship is potentially liberating, having a refugee background acerbates the impact of enduring structural challenges upon women’s entrepreneurial activity. This has implications for venture potential and relatedly, to the sustainability of fragile entrepreneurial identities among a cohort of vulnerable women.

Adopting Tools for Online Synchronous Communication

2009 ◽  
pp. 413-424
Author(s):  
Elizabeth Murphy ◽  
Thérèse Laferriere
Keyword(s):  
Time Management ◽  
Communication Complexity ◽  
Video Conferencing ◽  
The Other ◽  
Synchronous Communication ◽  
Relative Advantage ◽  
Temporal Constraints ◽  
Communication Tools ◽  
Time Zones ◽  
Audio Conferencing

this chapter considers some of the issues related to the adoption of online synchronous communication tools and proposes strategies to help deal with these issues. Two contrasting contexts of use of online synchronous tools are described. In one context, audio-conferencing using Elluminate LiveTM is highlighted, in the other, video-conferencing using iVisitTM. Issues related to use of these tools for synchronous communication are considered from the perspective of relative advantage, compatibility, and complexity. The advantages included the immediacy, spontaneity, intimacy, efficiency, and convenience of communication. Complexity manifested itself in relation to time management, shifting and evolving technical and pedagogical needs, and changes in instructors’ roles. Compatibility issues included the demands on instructors, lack of freedom from temporal constraints, and difficulties with communication across time zones and when multi-tasking.

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