Research Seminars, Semester 1 - 2014/15
All seminars will take place in NUBS2.05 16.00-17.30.
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Wed 29 October NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30 |
Graduate Blues: a critical examination of the role of habitus in graduate employment Speaker: Dr Ciaran Burke (ULSTER) Discussant: Dr Ron Kerr (EDINBURGH) .............................................................................. |
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Wed 12 November NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30
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Changing employment relations in European workplaces: a conceptual framework for understanding ‘public service multinationals’ in Belgium, France and the UK
Speaker: Ben Egan (LEUVEN) .................................................................................. |
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Wed 26 November NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30
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Lean production: deconstructing and reconstructing work in the UK Civil Service Speaker: Douglas Martin (UCLAN) ......................................................................................... |
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Wed 3rd December NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30
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Speaker: Prof Melanie Simms (LEICESTER) .......................................................................................... |
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Wed 17 December NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30 |
How does work affect happiness? Speaker: Prof Andy Charlwood (LOUGHBOROUGH) |
Semester two seminars (2015)
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Wed 28 January NUBS 2.05 16:00 - 17:30 |
Inactive Banana Time: Lean Production and the Meaning of Work in the UK Civil Service Speaker: Dr Andrew Smith (BRADFORD) |
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Wed 25 February NUBS 2.08 16:00 - 17:30 |
Lean management techniques and their impact on labour in the private and public sectors: Debates, Evidence and Future Directions |
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POSTPONED |
Myths and Fantasies in Discussing the End of Organised Labour:
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Tues 28 April
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Managerialism: a postcolonial deconstruction |
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Wed 29 April NUBS2.05 16.00-17.30 |
Bringing It all Back Home- The Re-shoring of Call Centres from India to UK |