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Cambridge Centre for Business Research SME Dataset (Second Panel), 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The main objective of the research project was to create a longitudinal panel database of SME data relating to a wide range of non-financial and attitudinal characteristics, and a limited number of financial variables not normally available in modified company accounts, from a national postal survey. This...
Cambridge Centre for Business Research Management Practice of Foreign Ownership Firms Dataset, 1985-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Foreign direct investment [FDI] into the United Kingdom (UK) has grown considerably in recent years. US, French, German and Japanese companies have generally accounted for the largest share of this FDI. In addition to greenfield and expansion investment, a major vehicle for inward FDI has been the...
Management of Productivity, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to:
(1) investigate labour relations arrangements in large manufacturing establishments, and their relationship to plant performance;
(2) assess the role of plant managers in the management of the modern corporation.
This was the first systematic survey of workplace...
Socio-technical Systems and Call Centres : a Case Study Investigation, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Following a growth in the number of people employed in call centres, defined as those workers who simultaneously use a telephone and computer, this research project set out to investigate the way social and technical systems are used in their work organisation. The research focused particularly on the...
Patterns and Prospects for Partnership at Work in the United Kingdom, 2001-2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project aimed to examine partnership at work as a social process in which the forms and outputs of partnership and non-partnership arrangements are shaped by the interplay of relations between management, trade unions and employees.
The aims of the research were to define the content of...
Measuring and Explaining Management Practices across Firms and Countries, 1994-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study comprises the data used for the following published academic journal articles:
Bloom, N. and Van Reenen, J. (2007) 'Measuring and explaining management practices across firms and countries', Quarterly Journal of Economics, 122(4), pp.1351–1408.
The study used an innovative survey tool to...
Triaging Values: How NGOs make decisions about resource allocation, 2013-2017
Qualitative interviews with managers in human rights NGOs (n=36), conservation organisations (n=44), and churches and mission agencies (n=30) about practices of prioritization.
Our research aimed to address the following questions: How do these organizations allocate resources to specific areas, and specific groups of beneficiaries and specific types of activities? What are...
Employers' Manpower and Skills Practices Survey (EMSPS), 1990-1991
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This dataset explores employers' skill formation practices, including their skill needs, recruitment practices, training and other employee related activities.
Users requiring the WIRS data to accompany this dataset should order SN:2858 <i>Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, 1990</i>.Main...
Personalised Managerial Innovation I and II, 1993-1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This project originated in an earlier study commissioned by Dundee University based on narratives of managers talking about their innovations. Four main themes emerged: the innovator, their perceptions of context, the tactics they used in pursuing their innovation, and the social processes that unfolded....
Organisational Context and the Process of Strategy Development, 1994-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The overall objective of this research was to develop a clearer and more realistic understanding of the complexity of the relationship between the strategy development process and organisational context. It sought to: explore differences and similarities in the processes of strategy development within and...
Management Audit - ESRC Personal Interview Study, 1984
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The study formed part of an overall examination by the ESRC of the competiveness of British industry. The specific aim was to understand strategic perceptions, methods used and background of managers in Britain.Main Topics:Variables
The major variables included company size, whether the manager was based...
Small Firms, Management Strengths and External Expertise, 1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of this study were:
to identify the management competencies and weaknesses of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), focusing on the availability of internal expertise in relation to that available from external sources;
to assess the significance for SMEs of private and public sector...
Britain's Managers Over Twenty Years, 2000-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project was a longitudinal study of Britain's managers, and comprises the results of a survey conducted in the year 2000, building upon similar surveys of managerial attitudes conducted in 1980 and 1990. The main objective of the research was to create a unique database that will enable...
Management and Labour in Turkey, 1999-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There is much general discussion today of 'globalisation'. The overall aim of the research is to examine in a rapidly industrialising region of Turkey how management practice is being westernised in the private manufacturing sector - as judged by the introduction of particular modern capitalist management...
Knowledge Production in Educational Leadership, 2006-2007
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Knowledge Production in Educational Leadership, 2006-2007 explored the relationship between the state, public policy and knowledge by focusing on New Labour's investment in the leadership of schools as a central strategy for delivering reform. Specifically the project focused on identifying and examining...
Management Practices Survey, 2015: Secure Access
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Management Practices Survey (MPS) is a voluntary pilot survey of British manufacturing businesses to gather information on the use of structured management practices. The primary purpose of the survey is to provide greater insight into variations in productivity across businesses, and whether...