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Evaluation of a human factors analysis and classification system as used by trained raters.
(2010-10)In this study 22 military officers used DOD-HFACS to classify information obtained from an interview with an individual who had been involved in an aviation incident in which the potential for serious injury had been high. -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of bridge resource management training
(Taylor and Francis, 2011)Bridge Resource Management (BRM) is the maritime equivalent of crew resource management (CRM), and has been used in the civilian maritime industry for over a decade. An evaluation was carried out of the effectiveness of ... -
An evaluation of the effectiveness of the U.S Navy's crew resource management program
(Inderscience, 2012)Although every U.S. Naval aviator receives annual Crew Resource Management (CRM) training designed to improve mission effectiveness, the program has not been formally evaluated in the last decade. To assess the adequacy ... -
Experiences of ERP use in small enterprises
(2009)This paper investigates the role of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems in the context of small and medium size enterprises (SMEs). The paper reports on research findings from a case study that has been conducted ... -
Exploiting information and communication technologies for rural development
(Elsevier, 1992-07)This paper examines how information technology (IT) might be exploited to promote rural development; it also considers how IT impacts on the rural periphery. The appropriate adaptation of this technology for indigenous ... -
Exploring geographic variation in corporate broadband adoption; evidence from Irish small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs)
(CISC, 2007-12)We explore the context-speci c determinants of broadband takeup among small- and medium- sized enterprises (SMEs), attempting to shed some light on the sources of the considerable geographic variation in particular. We ... -
Exploring Market Orientation in New Export Ventures: A case analysis of Irish Seafood firms
(CISC, 2010-01)This paper is exploratory and offers insights into the way in which market orientation (MO) is manifested in small entrepreneurial exporters operating in the global seafood sector. Market orientation is used (Kohli and ... -
Fostering University-Industry R&D Collaborations in European Union Countries.
(Whitaker Institute - NUI Galway, 2014-05)This paper advances our understanding of university - industry research and development (R&D) collaborations. These strategic relationships are a dimension of entrepreneurial activity, and they are thus important drivers ... -
A Framework for a Strategic Repositioning Strategy: A Case Study of Bulmers Original Cider
(Irish Academy of Management, 2007)Repositioning is conscious adaptation to a changing environment, representing a fundamental shift in the firm's value proposition (Turner, 2003). Repositioning as a pure play is largely neglected in the strategy literature, ... -
From Business Process Management to Business Process Ecosystem
(2006)New technologies, notably service oriented architectures and Web services, are enabling a third wave of business process management (BPM). Supporters claim that BPM is informed by complexity theory and ... -
Future research in agile systems development: applying open innovation principles within the agile organisation
(Springer Verlag, 2010)A particular strength of agile approaches is that they move away from 'introverted' development and intimately involve the customer in all areas of development, supposedly leading to the development of a more innovative ... -
Glorified administrators or eminent research leaders: the inhibiting factors that publicly funded principal investigators experience in leading collaborative research projects
(CISC, 2011-07)Publicly funded research continues to be an important and critical source of research funding for Higher Education Institutions, public research organisations and industry with many benefits accruing to the various ... -
A Green Agenda for the Irish Renewable Energy Sector
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Having a Customer Focus in Agile Software Development
(2010)This research looks at the customer focus of agile software development teams. The study is part of a larger study examining how the twelve principles of Beyond Budgeting are operationalised in the context of an agile ... -
Health promoting school indicators: schematic models for children.
(Emerald, 2007-06)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline a three-stage process for engaging with students to develop school level indicators of health; in sequential class groups students first generated, then categorised indicators ... -
Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees
(Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees, 2010)"Work-life balance (WLB) refers to a range of flexible working arrangements that go beyond employees' statutory leave entitlements. WLB assists employees to combine employment with their family life, caring responsibilities ... -
Health Service Delivery in Hospitals: Researching Implications of Work-life Balance Practices for Nurse Employees
(2010)"Work-life balance (WLB) refers to a range of flexible working arrangements that go beyond employees' statutory leave entitlements. WLB assists employees to combine employment with their family life, caring responsibilities ... -
Healthcare Human Resources Policy & Nurse Well-Being
(2009)Recent policy debates surrounding issues regarding health service delivery and escalating costs have come to the fore within political and policy discourses. Indeed within the current economic climate this debate has ... -
HFACS with an additional level of granularity: validity and utility in accident analysis.
(2008)Introduction: This paper represents an attempt to evaluate the effectiveness of the Department of Defense's Human Factors Analysis and Classification (DOD-HFACS) system. DOD-HFACS delineates the human factors causes of ...