ABOUT THE RESEARCH

The Special Interest Group for Management and Economics (SIG for M&E) aims to:

• Conduct interdisciplinary research into the theory, methods and technologies underpinning the transformation of modern 21st century enterprises.
• Inform teaching and learning policies, practices and curricular developments of emerging trends in macro and micro level business and commerce.

Research in The Special Interest Group for Management and Economics (SIG for M&E) focuses on the development of innovative methodologies and frameworks to analyse issues of importance to business and policy decision-making, with a particular focus on the management and understanding of strategy, business start-ups and social-enterprise partnerships. International, interdisciplinary, and business partnerships are central to the group's approach.

Research within the group provides an understanding of emerging major challenges in human resources and public policy in the fields of leadership, ethics, and diversity. Group members are at the vanguard of advances in their specialised fields, and through their research, they seek to make a demonstrable impact on society, policy and practice.

Publications

• Chapter 2 The Role of Enterprise-wide Risk Assessment in Developing Resilient Higher Education Institutions, Governance and Management in Higher Education, Editorial Matter and Selection © 2022 Enakshi Sengupta, Patrick Blessinger and Nasiruddin Nezaami. Published under exclusive license. Individual chapters © 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited.

• Knowledge Management Model Building for Business Resilience, Continuity, and Sustainability. Elezi, E. & Bamber, C., 31 Jan 2021, In Enhancing Academic Research and Higher Education With Knowledge Management Principles. Zyngier, S. (ed.). p. 60-78 Research output: Chapter in Book.

• Deploying Knowledge Management for Effective Technologies in Higher Education Partnerships. Elezi, E. & Bamber, C., 30 Sep 2020, Fostering Communication and Learning With Underutilized Technologies in Higher Education. Ali, M. B. & Wood-Harper, T. (eds.). IGI Global, p. 165-179 Research output: Chapter in Book.

• Book Chapter 4, titled “Factors Affecting Sustainable Higher Educational Partnerships.” In Strategies for Business Sustainability in a Collaborative Economy. IGI Global Publications, July 2020.

• Book Chapter 3: Contemporary Marketing Research, Pages 74 – 95, David James Bamber and Christopher John Bamber, Book Title: Contemporary Issues in Marketing; Principles and Practice, Edited by Ayantunji Gbadamosi, Sage Publications UK, 2019.

• Castka, P., Bamber, C. and Sharp, J.M. "Implementing Effective Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: A Framework", SAI Global Ltd, Sydney, 2006.

• Bamber, C., Castka, P. and Sharp, J.M. "Measuring Teamwork Culture: The use of a modified EFQM Model ", Chapter 8 in Effective Teamwork, edited by Sumati Reddy, ICFAI University Press, India, 2005.

• Bamber, C., Castka, P. and Sharp, J.M. "Implementing Effective Corporate Social Responsibility and Corporate Governance: A Framework", BSi Publications, London, 2004.

• Elezi, E. and Bamber, C. (2022), "Experiential examination of higher education partnerships in the UK: a knowledge management perspective", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 26 No. 1, pp. 232- 256, doi.:10.1108/JKM-06-2020-0489

• Bamber, C. (2020), Exploring Enterprise-Wide Risk Management from Preparation through to Program Evaluation in a UK, Independent Higher Education Institute, Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, under review by Elsevier editors.

• Bamber, C. and Elezi, E., (2020), Knowledge Management Evaluation in British Higher Education Partnerships, Journal of Information and Knowledge Management, JIKM Vol: 19 Issue: 02.

• Elezi, E and Bamber, C, Knowledge management factors affecting educational partnerships within the British HE/FE sector, International Journal of Knowledge Management Studies, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2018 24.

• Elezi, E and Bamber, C, (2018), Knowledge Management in The UK Higher Education Institutions: What Type of Outcomes do Higher Education Partnerships Attain? In Strategica: Challenging the Status Quo in Management and Economics; Editors, Brătianu, C, Zbuchea, A, and Vițelar, A.

• Elezi, E and Bamber, C, Empirical Analysis of Knowledge Exchange in Higher Education Partnerships: Using Knowledge Elicitation Methods and Techniques, Management Dynamics in the Knowledge Economy, Vol.6 (2018) no.4, pp.609-625.

• Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into ISO management systems – in search of a feasible CSR management system framework, with P Castka, D Bamber, J Sharp, Volume 16, Number 3, The TQM Magazine, 2004

• Third party assessment: the role of the maintenance function in an integrated management system with J Sharp and P Castka, Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering, Volume 10, Number 1, 2004

• The role of the maintenance organisation in an integrated management system, Bamber, Chris; with Sharp, John; Hides, Mick, Managerial Auditing Journal; Volume 17 No. 1; 2002

• Bamber, C.J. Sharp, J.M. and Hides, M.T. "Developing management systems towards integrated manufacturing: a case study perspective", 2001, Integrated Manufacturing Systems, Vol.11 No.7, pp. 454-461.

• Developing management systems towards integrated manufacturing: a case study perspective Bamber, C.J.; with Sharp, J.M.; Hides, M.T. Integrated Manufacturing Systems; Volume 11 No. 7; 2000

• Factors affecting successful implementation of total productive maintenance. A UK manufacturing case study perspective Bamber, C.J.; with Sharp, J.M.; Hides, M.T. Journal of Quality in Maintenance Engineering; Volume 5 No. 3; 1999

• Bamber, C. "Beyond The Quality Management Paradigm – A UK Case Study Perspective on Corporate Social Responsibility", Paper presented at 49th Annual Congress of the European Organisation for Quality (EOQ), Antalya, Turkey, April 2005.

• Dr C. Bamber, Professor J. Sharp, I. Sharif, S. Al Haj, K. Kutucuoglu and Dr J. Davies (2005), Factors Affecting Successful Implementation of ISO 9001: 2000, School of Management, University of Salford, UK and OLC (Europe) Ltd, UK, Paper presented at 49th Annual Congress of the European Organisation for Quality (EOQ), Antalya, Turkey, April 2005.

• Dr John Davies (University of Salford, England), Professor John Sharp (University of Salford, England) and Dr Christopher Bamber (OLC Europe Ltd.) (2005), The Effect of Academic Culture on the Sustainability of EFQM Excellence Model use in UK Universities, Paper presented at 49th Annual Congress of the European Organisation for Quality (EOQ), Antalya, Turkey, April 2005.

• Bamber, C. The Institute of Quality Assurance (IQA), Manchester, Salford University “The effects of changing markets on management practice”, November 19th 1998.

• Bamber, C. “The use of Business Excellence Models and Performance Measurement within UK Aerospace Manufacturing Small to Medium Size Enterprises (SMEs)”, 5th International Conference for ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems, ICIT conference, Verona, conference proceedings, 2000.

• Bamber, C. “Integrated Management Systems a Holistic and Practical Perspective”, Joint Institute event with IOSH, IQA, IEMA, 2nd October, 2002 IEMA North West regional workshop. Bamber, C. “The Governance of a Triple Bottom Line”, Joint Institute event with IOSH, IQA, IEMA, 2nd October, 2002 IEMA North West regional workshop.

• Castka, P. and Sharp, J.M. "Beyond ISO 14001:1996 – toward affinities between organisational climate, environmental attitudes and behaviours", 2004, Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conf. on ISO9000 and TQM, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2004, Edited by Ho, S.

• Balzarova, M., Bamber, D., Castka, P. and Sharp, J.M. "Beyond ISO 14001:1996 – toward affinities between organisational climate, environmental attitudes and behaviours", 2004, Proceedings of the 9th Int. Conf. on ISO9000 and TQM, Bangkok, Thailand, April 2004, Edited by Ho, S.

• Castka, P., Sharp, J.M. and Bamber, C.J. "The feasibility of Corporate Social Responsibility in Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) – A UK case study perspective", 2003, Proceedings of Corporate Social Responsibility Conference, University of Leeds, UK, June 2003. pp 47-55

• Castka, P., Bamber, C.J. and Sharp, J.M."Assessing the best practice in Teamworking – A view on assessment of intangible assets in organisations)", 2003, Proceedings of 1st Int. Conf. Performance Measures, Benchmarking and Best Practices in the New Economy, Guimareas, Portugal, June 2003, Edited by Putnik, G.D. and Gunasekaran, A., pp31-36. 53.

• Castka, P., Bamber, C.J. and Sharp, J.M. "Integrating Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) into ISO management systems – in search for a feasible CSR management system framework", 2003, Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conf. on ISO9000 and TQM, Montreal, Canada, April 2003, pp94-100. Edited by Ho, S.

• Bamber, C, J, and Sharp, J,M, "New developments in Quality Systems Certification and its Role in CE Marking" at the New Developments in the Quality Systems Certification Conference at the World Quality Day, organised by the Turkish Standards Institute in Ankara, Turkey in November 2003.

• Castka, P., Bamber, C.J. and Sharp, J.M."Problems and barriers in implementation of process based quality management systems", 2003, Proceedings of the 8th Int. Conf. on ISO9000 and TQM, Montreal, Canada, April 2003, pp134-140. Edited by Ho, S.

• Michaela A. Balzarova, Christopher J. Bamber, & Sharon McCambridge (2002), The factors affecting successful implementation of a process-based management in a UK housing association enterprise, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, University of Salford, UK, April 2002

• Pavel Castka, Chris J. Bamber, & John M. Sharp, A systems approach to the development of High Performance Teams (HPTs), Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, University of Salford, UK, April 2002.

• Sharp, J.M. & Bamber, C.J. "Agile Manufacturing in UK Aerospace SMEs", 2002, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, University of Salford, UK, April 2002.

• Boyes, J., Bamber, C.J., Motara, Y. & Sharp, J.M. "Managing your PC the 5S Way", 2002, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, University of Salford, UK, April 2002.

• Bamber, C.J and Sharp, J.M "Quality Systems Certification and its Role in CE Marking in the Glass Industry", at the Quality and CE Marking Glass Industry forum in London in September 2004.

• Bamber, C.J. and Sharp, J.M."A Systems Approach to development of high Performance Teams (HPTs)", 2002, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, University of Salford, UK, April 2002.

• Bamber, C.J. & Sharp, J.M. "Continuous Organisational Learning through the Development of high Performance Teams", 2000, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2000.,

• Sharp, J.M., Bamber, C.J. & Hides, M.T. "Integrated Management Systems: An Agile Management Enabler", 2000, Int. Conf. on Systems Thinking in Management, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia, Nov 2000.

• Bamber, C. And Motara, Y, (2000), The contribution of the 5S’s towards Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), paper presented at ‘World Trends in Maintenance Engineering’ conf. at University of Pretoria, South Africa, August 2000.

• J.M.Sharp, C.J.Bamber and M.T.Hides (2000), A Futuristic Evaluation of the Maintenance Function in the Organisation, COrE Research Group, University of Salford, UK, paper presented at ‘World Trends in Maintenance Engineering’ conf. at University of Pretoria, South Africa, August 2000.

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