scholarly journals Sustainable Knowledge Transfer from Business Simulations to Working Environments: Correlational vs. Configurational Approach

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 2154
Author(s):  
Daniel Lovin ◽  
Monica Raducan ◽  
Alexandru Capatina ◽  
Nicoleta Cristache
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Qualitative Comparative Analysis ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Configurational Approach ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Business Simulations ◽  
New Research ◽  
Research Avenue

Employing both a correlational and a configurational framework, this study proposes that engagement in business simulations, working environment culture, and acquired knowledge on business simulations are forerunners of sustainable knowledge transfer from business schools to organizations through business simulations training. Using a sample of 120 graduates from a Romanian business school, the results from configurational framework (based on regression analyses) reveal that knowledge transfer is explained by engagement in business simulations and working environment culture. However, findings highlight no correlation between acquired knowledge through business simulations and knowledge transfer. We have also employed fsQCA (fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis), which reveals that engagement in business simulations, working environment culture, and acquired knowledge on business simulations are adequate conditions for knowledge transfer. This study sheds light on a new research avenue of knowledge transfer from business schools to industry, less investigated by prior research.

Serum of 8-OHdG as a potential biomarker of oxidative DNA damage in workers exposed to harmful working environments

2020 ◽  
pp. 783-783
Author(s):  
I. A. Umnyagina ◽  
L. A. Strakhova ◽  
T. V. Blinova
Keyword(s):  
Oxidative Stress ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Blood Serum ◽  
Oxidative Dna Damage ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Working Environments ◽  
Potential Biomarker ◽  
High Level ◽  
Damage Marker

In the blood serum of 70% individuals exposed to harmful factors of the working environment, a high level of oxidative stress and the DNA damage marker 8-Hydroxy-2’-Deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) were detected.

scholarly journals A Generalized Approach for Evaluating the Mechanical Properties of Polymer Nanocomposites Reinforced with Spherical Fillers

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 830
Author(s):  
Julio Cesar Martinez-Garcia ◽  
Alexandre Serraïma-Ferrer ◽  
Aitor Lopeandía-Fernández ◽  
Marco Lattuada ◽  
Janak Sapkota ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Polymeric Nanocomposites ◽  
Mechanical Reinforcement ◽  
Future Studies ◽  
Three Phase ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Filler Network ◽  
New Research ◽  
Good Agreement ◽  
Research Avenue

In this work, the effective mechanical reinforcement of polymeric nanocomposites containing spherical particle fillers is predicted based on a generalized analytical three-phase-series-parallel model, considering the concepts of percolation and the interfacial glassy region. While the concept of percolation is solely taken as a contribution of the filler-network, we herein show that the glassy interphase between filler and matrix, which is often in the nanometers range, is also to be considered while interpreting enhanced mechanical properties of particulate filled polymeric nanocomposites. To demonstrate the relevance of the proposed generalized equation, we have fitted several experimental results which show a good agreement with theoretical predictions. Thus, the approach presented here can be valuable to elucidate new possible conceptual routes for the creation of new materials with fundamental technological applications and can open a new research avenue for future studies.

scholarly journals Against management: Auto-critique

Organization ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 135050842110209
Author(s):  
Martin Parker
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
The Uk ◽  
North Western ◽  
Made In ◽  
Highly Cited

In this review I consider the 20 years that have passed since the publication of my book Against Management. I begin by locating it in the context of the expanding business schools of the UK in the 1990s, and the growth of CMS in north western Europe. After positioning the book within its time, and noting that the book is now simultaneously highly cited and irrelevant, I then explore the arguments I made in the final chapter. If the book is of interest for the next two decades, it because it gestures towards the importance of alternative forms of organization, which I continue to maintain are not reducible to ‘management’. Given the intensifying crises of climate, ecology, inequality and democracy, developing alternatives must be understood as the historical task of CMS within the business school and I propose a ten-point manifesto in support of that commitment.

“That's not how I see it”: female and male perspectives on the academic role

2007 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 497-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sue Shaw ◽  
Catherine Cassell
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Business School ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
School Context ◽  
Empirical Work ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Academic Role ◽  
The Uk

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to provide a piece of empirical work that examines gender differences in how academics make sense of performance within university business schools in the UK.Design/methodology/approachThe research reported draws on data collected using a life history and repertory grid methodology with male and female interviewees from two university business schools.FindingsThe findings are discussed in relation to how academics understand what is valued about their role and what they believe the organisation rewards and values when it comes to promotion. Gender differences are shown to exist in the ways women and men define the academic role and in what they think is important both to themselves and the institution.Originality/valueThe paper presents original data on gender differences within a business school context.

scholarly journals Reconstituting relevance: exploring possibilities for management educators' critical engagement with the public

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Bridgman
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Organizational Activity ◽  
School Faculty ◽  
Recent Debate

This article considers the possibilities of, and threats to, the performance of a critical public role by business school faculty, based on an empirical study of UK research-led business schools. Its reference point is a recent debate about the 'relevance' of management education to management practice-a debate which has become polarized around nodal points of 'critical' and 'engaged' with the implication that engagement with external constituencies requires the suspension of critique and conversely, that critique of received wisdom is of little relevance to stakeholders. The notion of a critical engagement with the public asserts that business schools can serve a valuable democratic function as scrutinizers of organizational activity. This role is largely marginalized in prevailing conceptions of an increasingly commercialized business school, but the empirical study suggests there is some cause for optimism. The demonstration of 'relevance' does not have to involve the pursuit of a narrow commercialization agenda where the business school propagates a strictly managerialist view of the world. Copyright © 2007 Sage Publications.

scholarly journals Restating the case: How revisiting the development of the case method can help us think differently about the future of the business school

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Bridgman ◽  
Stephen Cummings ◽  
C McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Case Method ◽  
Harvard Business School ◽  
Linear Evolution ◽  
Management Learning ◽  
Innovative Thinking ◽  
History Of

© Academy of Management Learning & Education. Although supportive of calls for business schools to learn the lessons of history to address contemporary challenges about their legitimacy and impact, we argue that our ability to learn is limited by the histories we have created. Through contrasting the contested development of the case method of teaching at Harvard Business School and the conventional history of its rise, we argue that this history, which promotes a smooth linear evolution, works against reconceptualizing the role of the business school. To illustrate this, we develop a "counterhistory" of the case method-one that reveals a contested and circuitous path of development-and discuss how recognizing this would encourage us to think differently. This counterhistory provides ameans of stimulating debate and innovative thinking about how business schools can address their legitimacy challenges, and, in doing so, have a more positive impact on society.

scholarly journals Co-creating Positive Working Environments: a meta mediation perspective

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 298-307
Keyword(s):  
Conflict Management ◽  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Work Environment ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Management Systems ◽  
Working Relationships ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Working Environments

This article is a practitioner reflection on taking a meta mediation perspective on working with two organizations in co-creating a positive and constructive working environment. This perspective is grounded in the theoretical framework of strategic conflict management systems. The approach taken is to consider a specific process for engaging with organizations by looking at the two case study organizations – one small and growing, the other medium-sized and resource-constrained. The reflection first considers the antecedents for both organizations in engaging in this way. It then sets out the process for whole organization engagement through dialogue. The outcomes for each organization are then shared. The conclusion reached is that both organizations benefited from the engagement in terms of improvements in work environment, working relationships, conflict competence and organizational performance. Some of the ethical considerations for mediators working with organizations in this way are reflected on including neutrality and impartiality, confidentiality and self determination.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE GAP DAN ADAPTASI LINGKUNGAN KERJA KARYAWAN LOKAL DI HOTEL MILIK ASING

KRITIS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-193
Author(s):  
Janio Abilio Madeira Soares ◽  
Titi Susilowati Prabawa
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Learning By Doing ◽  
Qualitative Approach ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Capital City ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
Internal Conflicts ◽  
Timor Leste ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Depth Interviews

This research is meant to explore how local employees who work in International hotels in Dili, the capital city of Timor Leste adapt to the working environment. Without enough knowledge about hospitality, they acquire the skills through the knowledge transfer from the senior workers and through learning by doing. This research uses qualitative approach. In order to obtain data, in-depth interviews were done with 16 employees of the two hotels under research, i.e., Novo Turismo Hotel and Timor Plaza hotel. The research finds that kinship value in their working environment helps to accelerate transfer knowledge for the employees in Novo Turismo Hotel dan Timor Plaza. The process brings positive effects to training fund, potentials of internal conflicts and the cost of damages caused by the negligence of local employees.

scholarly journals Reconstituting relevance: exploring possibilities for management educators' critical engagement with the public

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Todd Bridgman
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Business School ◽  
Business Schools ◽  
Management Practice ◽  
The Public ◽  
Critical Engagement ◽  
Public Role ◽  
Organizational Activity ◽  
School Faculty ◽  
Recent Debate

This article considers the possibilities of, and threats to, the performance of a critical public role by business school faculty, based on an empirical study of UK research-led business schools. Its reference point is a recent debate about the 'relevance' of management education to management practice-a debate which has become polarized around nodal points of 'critical' and 'engaged' with the implication that engagement with external constituencies requires the suspension of critique and conversely, that critique of received wisdom is of little relevance to stakeholders. The notion of a critical engagement with the public asserts that business schools can serve a valuable democratic function as scrutinizers of organizational activity. This role is largely marginalized in prevailing conceptions of an increasingly commercialized business school, but the empirical study suggests there is some cause for optimism. The demonstration of 'relevance' does not have to involve the pursuit of a narrow commercialization agenda where the business school propagates a strictly managerialist view of the world. Copyright © 2007 Sage Publications.

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