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Introduction; -- What is a dissertation? -- Designing Your Criminology Dissertation -- Access and Ethical Issues in Criminology Dissertations -- Literature Reviews -- Utilising Secondary Data -- Collecting Primary Data -- Writing A Methodology Chapter -- Findings and Discussion -- Writing Up and Presenting Your Dissertation.

PurposeThe paper discusses the reasons and approaches used at three health organisations in introducing outsourcing. It specifically answers the question: why have managers of health organisations outsourced some functions in preference to others?Design/methodology/approachThis research employs a case study method making use of qualitative analysis. The health organisations were chosen first as representatives of their type, and secondly due to the nature of the outsourcing decisions made. The first health organisation operates in the rural sector; the second is a metropolitan network; and the third is a large metropolitan hospital, which, in contrast to the other two case study organisations, had made only one decision to outsource, producing the largest outsourcing contract in health in Australia. Furthermore, this situation was distinctive as the contract was terminated and re‐issued to another private sector organisation.FindingsThe reasons for outsourcing varied within and between health organisations. Although generally they were made on the bases of the characteristics of the labour market, employee skill levels and the nature of industrial relations, the perception of what was core, the level of internal management skills, the ability of internal teams to implement change and the relationship between management and staff. Even though cost savings and a downsized labour force resulted, generally these occurred even when services were not outsourced, through the use of other change processes, such as introducing new technology, changing structures and promoting workforce flexibility. The interplay of political reasons and economic effects was evident along with the political nature of the decision‐making and processes used. The paper concludes that the power of managers was a moderating factor between the desire for outsourcing and whether outsourcing actually occurred.Research limitations/implicationsAlthough this research was conducted solely within the health sector it has implications for other public sector bodies and the private sector.Practical implicationsManagerial decision making can be enhanced with the exploration of the full complement of reasons for the outsourcing decision.Originality/valueThe paper has value to both academics researching in the public sector and public sector managers.

1. Introduction -- Part 1: The Challenges of Diversity and Inclusion- 2. Exploring the criminology curriculum – reflections on developing and embedding critical information literacy -- 3. Teaching Criminal Justice as Feminist Praxis -- 4. Chapter Teaching 'Race' in the Criminology Classroom: towards an anti-racist pedagogy -- Part 2: The Challenges of Creating Authentic Learning Environments - 5. Chapter Promoting success for all in Criminology: Widening Participation and recognising difference -- 6. Putting the Cyber into Cybercrime Teaching -- 7. Visualising injustice with undergraduate smartphone photography -- Part 3: The Challenges of Creating Transformative Conversations - 8. Transforming Criminology: Strategies for Embedding 'Employability' Across the Criminology Undergraduate Curricula, - 9. Balancing Sympathy and Empathy in an Emotive Discipline -- 10. Reasonably Uncomfortable: Teaching Sensitive Material Sensitively -- 11. Decolonising the Curriculum: who is in the room? - 12. Conclusion: Pedagogical Principles for Criminology and Criminal Justice.

This book addresses the challenges within teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice, for students studying and academics involved in designing and delivering courses at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The book highlights a number of contemporary issues through a wide context of themes and reflections of practice. The chapters are arranged in thematic parts: firstly the challenges of diversity and inclusion secondly challenges of creating authentic learning environments', and lastly the challenge of creating transformative conversation. These themes discuss different teaching approaches and present materials which address questions relevant for meeting the challenges. The book focuses on the role and impact of teaching Criminology and Criminal Justice in the real world and explores debates which have autonomy in their questioning and overlapping themes. The narratives reflect upon others experiences and explore transformative learning and innovation in Criminology and Criminal Justice. Suzanne Young is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice in the School of Law at the University of Leeds, UK. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Chair of the British Society of Criminologys Learning and Teaching Network, and Co-Director of the Centre for Innovation and Research in Legal Education at the University of Leeds. Suzannes scholarship interests are in the areas of student engagement, active learning, and technology enhanced learning. Katie Strudwick is Associate Professor of Criminology and Dean of Lincoln Academy of Learning and Teaching (LALT) at the University of Lincoln, UK. As a long-standing member of the British Society of Criminologys Learning and Teaching Network and Senior Fellow of the HEA. Her research focuses upon student engagement, employability and partnerships with Policing, with a specific interest on co-creation and co-development of teaching and learning through Student as Producer.

The aim of the book series is to explore public concerns and practical issues deeply and rethink theoretical debates and institutional policies critically in the broad area of corporate responsibility, corporate governance and sustainability around the world. It examines the social, economic and environmental impacts of corporations, and the real effects of corporate governance, CSR and business sustainability on societies in different regions. It facilitates a better understanding of how value systems, cultures and traditions in different societies may affect the policies and practices of corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability. It identifies the future development trends of corporate responsibility, governance and sustainability in contexts when examining and exploring those key issues.

AbstractManuscript TypeEmpiricalResearch Question/IssueThis study seeks to capture the influence of national institutions and industry characteristics on CSR reporting. To explore national institutions, the paper compares CSR reporting in France and Australia characterized respectively as state‐led market economies (SLMEs) and liberal market economies (LMEs). Comparisons are also made between high‐risk and low‐risk industries. The interaction between the two main variables is also analyzed.Research Findings/InsightsUsing corporate published data from a sample of 220 Australian and French companies in 2009, the research finds that CSR reporting is stronger and CSR practices more transparent in France compared to Australia. CSR reporting is also stronger in high‐risk industries than in low‐risk industries. It also found that industry characteristics override the influence of national institutions in high‐risk industries. However, these conclusions vary depending on the sub‐categories of CSR reporting and the implicit versus explicit form of this type of communication.Theoretical/Academic ImplicationsThis study develops a new model of CSR reporting using 99 items. It provides empirical support for the institutional perspective for understanding differences in reporting whilst demonstrating the interaction between industry risk characteristics and national institutions.Practitioner/Policy ImplicationsThe study offers insights to policy makers interested in promoting CSR accountability and transparency. It especially raises the importance of regulation to develop corporate reporting practices. It also provides insights to managers to identify relevant CSR practices within their country/industries and the different communication strategies that they can adopt in responding to institutional pressures.

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to propose a new model of corporate governance that is holistic – incorporating internal and macro perspectives across legal, regulatory, sociological, ethical, human resource management, behavioural and corporate strategic frameworks. Researchers have signalled the need for "new theoretical perspectives and new models of governance" due to a dearth of research that is context‐driven, empirical, and encapsulating the full spectrum of reasons and actions contributing to corporate crises.Design/methodology/approachThe approach consists of theory building by reviewing the literature and examining the gaps and limitations.FindingsThe proposed model is a distinctive contribution to theory and practice in three ways. First, it integrates the firm‐specific, micro factors with the country‐specific, macro factors to illustrate the holistic nature of corporate governance. Second, shareholders and stakeholders are shown to be only one component of the model. Third, it veers away from singular approaches, to dealing with corporate governance using a multi‐disciplinary perspective. The paper argues that such a holistic and integrated view is a necessity for understanding governance systems.Research limitations/ImplicationsThe challenge is to operationalize the model and test it empirically.Practical implicationsThe model is instructive and of use for practitioners in attempting to understand, explain and develop governance models that are appropriate to their national and industry settings.Originality/valueThis paper argues that narrow‐based models are limited in their approach and in a sound and integrative review of the up‐to‐date literature contributes to theory‐building on corporate governance.