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Many professionals confuse the Harvard Business Review with a research journalIt isn’tUniversities measure a journal’s influence and importance using a measure called an Impact FactorThe journal Nature has an Impact Factor of 40.137The Harvard Business Review has an Impact Factor of 0.72This is largely because The Harvard Business Review publishes opinion pieces and the arguments of […]
Read moreThe evidence-based practice problem… There is a big problem with evidence-based practice and why evidence-based practice isn’t worth it for most people… As a pedlar of evidence based practice this post hasn’t been an easy one to write but after years of work in this area, and having a service based around evidence based practice, I […]
Read moreIt is estimated that somewhere between 50 and 70% of employees, will, at some point in their employment feel that the organisation has wronged, mistreated or let them down in some way. These issues are referred to as psychological contract breaches. This is where an employee feels that the organisation has failed to fulfil its […]
Read moreSomeone is analysing your every move Someone is going to rain on your parade – if you let them and Why your organisation is likely to lose out to a Chinese one… This morning I reviewed a paper for our members that has just been published by a Chinese academic. Now obviously that in and of […]
Read moreNew research has unravelled the dark side of relationships (business). This research briefing looks at the dark triad of relationships… Balance Management analysis The 3 factors of business communications Conflict What generates conflict Power Dependence The ‘dark triad’ of relationships References All of us have probably had issues with a telephone or utilities supplier at […]
Read moreEvidence Based Practice The 2 things required to get it to work in an organisation The key requirement for deployment Evidence Based Practice has been around for over 30 years now, yet it has still to penetrate the culture of many organizations, even though it is used extensively in clinical and other professional arenas. A […]
Read moreThe 10 hottest research topics from 2016-17 that our members received over the last year The 2018 Research Trends are here The 2019/20 Research Trends are here The top 10 (11 actually as no 10 was tied) trending topics have been in order of research interest & activity over the last year: Organisational Ambidexterity Culture Change Organisational Change […]
Read moreToday is our birthday – The Oxford Review is 1-year-old so I thought I would look at the numbers and list the top 10 research topics from 2016/17. For the 2018/19 research trends click here For the 2019/20 research trends click here The numbers Top 10 research topics 2017 – new tools, techniques, and instruments The […]
Read moreThis week our members got research briefings about A fascinating study that looks at the importance we tend to place on seeing others we feel similar to or aspire to engage with something. In this case it’s shopping but there is a fair amount of evidence to show that these findings aren’t limited to retail […]
Read moreAbout us – How we started and what we do (rather well actually) How we started and what we do In 2015 David Wilkinson was in the (he thought) final stages of writing a book. As his daily work was getting in the way of the writing he decided to shut himself away and just […]
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