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Item Metadata only Ledger accounts using packages - the experience of the accounting degree at Leeds Polytechnic(Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, 1990) Margerison, JohnItem Metadata only Poetry and Politics: The Spanish Civil War Poetry of César Vallejo(Routledge, 1992-04) Lambie, GeorgeItem Metadata only Out of sight, out of mind: the limitations of traditional information systems planning.(MCB University Press, 1995) Swartz, E.; Elliott, D.; Herbane, B.Item Metadata only Applied artificial intelligence for teaching numeric topics in engineering disciplines(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1996) Patel, Ashok; KinshukThis paper presents a model of Computer Integrated Learning Environments (CILE) as adopted by TLTP Byzantium and the role of an Intelligent Tutoring Tool (ITT) within this model. It reviews the implementation of artificial intelligence, discussing the methodology used in storing the knowledge rules and their application by the inference engine. An ITT is a fine grain tutoring tool that provides for learning as well as assessing the conceptual knowledge with the help of a student model, a remote expert model and a local expert model. The dominant consideration in the design of an ITT is to keep the feedback short and simple and to drop to a finer grain size, through a suitable interface, wherever necessary. Other aspects of the ITT design are also discussed and some of the main features and weaknesses are identified.Item Metadata only Auditor licensing in the European Union: a comparative study based on cultural differences(European Accounting Association, 1996) Margerison, John; Moizer, P.Item Metadata only The Financial Times marketing casebook.(1997) Wright, Sheila;Item Metadata only Contingency and continua: achieving excellence through business continuity planning.(Jai Press Inc., 1997) Herbane, B.; Elliott, D.; Swartz, E.Item Metadata only Mature SMEs and technological innovation: entrepreneurial networks in the United Kingdom and Portugal(Imperial College Press, 1997) Jones, Oswald; Cardoso, C. C.; Beckinsale, M. J. J.Item Metadata only Poor understanding of marketing principles has led to poor marketing management performance: Consideration of four marketing myths.(Leicester Business School, 1997) Pickton, David W.; Wright, SheilaMarketing is accused of poor management practice. This paper argues that this is grounded in a confusion of marketing thinking and marketing action which results from widely held beliefs and myths that surround the marketing management process, making it difficult for marketing to develop as a coherent management discipline and profession. Barriers to its successful implementation are created at both strategic and tactical levels. The paper presents an exploration of four myths which are often perceived as lying at the core of marketing but which, in reality, have led to much of the confusion that surrounds it. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to generate debate concerning these myths. The myths considered are those concerning customer sovereignty, the 4Ps of the marketing mix, the importance of customer orientation, and marketing managers' ability and opportunity to actually manage the marketing function.Item Metadata only What's SWOT in strategic analysis?(John Wiley, 1998) Pickton, David W.; Wright, SheilaEnvironmental analysis is a critical part of the strategic management planning process. The SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) framework is proposed by many as an analytical tool which should be used to categorise significant environmental factors both internal and external to the organisation. If used simplistically, the SWOT framework is a ‘naive’ tool which may lead to strategic errors. SWOT can easily be viewed as a static analytical tool with emphasis solely on its output when the converse is true. SWOT should be a dynamic part of the management and business development process. Adoption of the approach proposed here with emphasis on process values as well as output is strongly recommended.Item Open Access Swimming with the tide? Britain and the Maastricht Treaty negotiations on Common Foreign and Security Policy(Taylor and Francis, 1998) Blair, AlasdairDespite the importance of the Treaty on European Union, little attention has been paid to the manner in which the negotiations were conducted or to an analysis of particular topics. This article addresses one particular aspect by focusing on Britain’s participation in the Common Foreign and Security Policy negotiations. It emphasises that, notwithstanding London being portrayed as an ‘awkward’ member of the European Union, it was neither awkward nor isolated in the course of the CFSP negotiations. Moreover, Britain eventually accepted a formula which went further than its pre-negotiating position. An important influence on this outcome was the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s stranglehold on the dossier. Conservative MPs were also generally more concerned about symbolic issues, including Economic and Monetary Union, the Social Chapter and the proposed federal goal. Greater freedom was therefore possible for negotiators within the area of CFSP, where Britain formed an effective alliance with other Member States, most notably Italy.Item Metadata only The councillor: representing a locality and the party group.(University of Birmingham., 1998) Copus, ColinItem Metadata only Small business management – business planning(Thomson Learning, 1998) Margerison, JohnItem Open Access UK policy co-ordination during the 1990-91 Intergovernmental Conference(Diplomacy and Statecraft, 1998) Blair, AlasdairDespite the importance of European Union negotiations, the majority of scholarly attention has not been directed towards the means by which policy is co-ordinated in Member States. This article addresses one aspect of this gap by focusing upon the structures which existed for UK policy-making during the 1990-91 IGC negotiations. Particular emphasis is attached to the key role of officials, who often proved crucial to the extraction of compromises at the European level, and the manner by which policy was constrained by the inability of the Prime Minister to dominate Cabinet.Item Metadata only Local party groups.(Philip Allan, 1998-11) Copus, ColinItem Open Access Hyper-ITS: A web-Based architecture for Evolving and Configurable Learning Environment(Aravali books International (P) Ltd. Network for Staff and Education Development, 1999) Kinshuk; Patel, Ashok; Russell, DavidThe World Wide Web facilitates co-operative teaching and learning, offering an exciting potential for sharing both the learning resources as well as the tasks of creating new learning resources through international collaboration. The mainstay of the web so far, the Hyper-text and Hyper-media offer a link based flexible architecture where addition, amendment and removal of material is relatively easy. This allows incremental construction and upgrading of web based systems to facilitate division of large tasks, easier prototyping and the ability to selectively update various learning resources to keep them current as well as to take advantage of improving technologies. This paper proposes a web based architecture for intelligent tutoring systems that extends similar benefits to designing interactive learning, particularly with reference to Cognitive Apprenticeship Based Learning Environments (CABLE). Since the acquisition of cognitive skills is critical for learning any applied discipline, there will always be a need for interactive learning environments where the learner can practice to acquire new skills and to improve the grasp over any theoretical learning. Since the current web based learning systems cannot adequately provide for interactive learning that is supported by dynamic feedback, it is important to extend the benefits of the traditional ITS to the web based systems through a modular architecture supported by authoring tools and an indexing mechanism for the repository of the various tutoring components.Item Metadata only Knowledge Representation and Processing in Web Based Intelligent Tutoring. Artificial Intelligence in Education - Open Learning Environments: New Computational Technologies to Support Learning, Exploration and Collaboration(IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1999) Kinshuk; Patel, AshokThis paper presents an Internet based intelligent tutoring applications architecture to enable co-operative teaching and learning in numeric disciplines. The architecture allows sharing of resources available world wide and provides customisation of these resources to suit to local requirements and thereby allows a typical teacher to develop small Intelligent Tutoring Applications (ITA). These ITAs can then be combined in various configurations to create complex Internet Based Intelligent Tutoring SystemsItem Metadata only Multiple Representation Approach in Multimedia based Intelligent Educational Systems.(IOS Press, Amsterdam, 1999) Kinshuk; Oppermann, R.; Patel, Ashok; Kashihara A.The paper describes the Multiple Representation approach for presenting multimedia technology within intelligent educational systems. the implementation of the approach is dependent on the adopted educational framework. in theis paper, it is discussed for systems using cognitive apprenticeship framework for task oriented disciplines where major focus remains on cognitive skill acquisition. The paper describes the application of approach in the design of InterSim system, which provides learning of structure and functionality of human ear.Item Metadata only The party group: a barrier to democratic renewal.(Routledge, 1999) Copus, ColinItem Open Access Question Time: Questionnaires and Maastricht(Blackwells, 1999) Blair, AlasdairOne of the most significant questions facing researchers engaged in contemporary history is the use of sources. These might include archival, oral, visual, electronic or printed sources. The particular mix employed will depend on the topic covered and the amount of time and money available to conduct the work. This article reviews both the importance and limitation of questionnaires for examining contemporary history in light of the advice provided in methodological texts.