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Heather Norbury - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Research Papers in Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person?s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrativeinducing question. ?Minimalist-passive? (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally nonnarrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ?LEAD Wales?. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person’s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrative-inducing question. ‘Minimalist-passive’ (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally non-narrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ‘LEAD Wales’. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government. The study forms part of a larger research agenda that will track the longer term effects of the intervention. A sample of 17 Biographical interviews will form part of the initial study but this target will remain fluid. Despite its scope, limited contributions to the literature on biography emerge from this field. This paper will explore the feasibility of Biographical research in the context of LEAD Wales by critically reflecting on this work in progress and the potential contribution of biography as a means of exploring the temporal nature of the lived experience, and an appreciation in the self and representations of the self as an entrepreneur and leader.
H A E Zwart - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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understanding the human genome project a Biographical Approach
New Genetics and Society, 2008Co-Authors: H A E ZwartAbstract:This article analyzes a number of recently published autobiographies by leading participants in the Human Genome Project (HGP), in order to determine to what extent they may further our understanding of the history, scientific significance and societal impact of this major research endeavor. Notably, I will focus on three publications that fall under this heading, namely The common thread by John Sulston (2002/2003), The language of God (2006) by Francis Collins and A life decoded by Craig Venter (2007).1 What may we learn from these autoBiographical sources about the dynamics of scientific change? What is their added value in understanding science in general and the HGP in particular? These questions will be elaborated in three directions: on the level of knowledge (epistemology), power (politics) and the Self (ethics). On the epistemological level, genomics is often presented as a paradigm shift in the life sciences, a tremendous up-scaling of research, an “informatization” of life. Autobiographies may ...
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understanding the human genome project a Biographical Approach
Social Science Research Network, 2008Co-Authors: H A E ZwartAbstract:This article analyzes a number of recently published autobiographies by leading participants in the Human Genome Project (HGP), in order to determine to what extent they may further our understanding of the history, scientific significance and societal impact of this major research endeavor. Notably, I will focus on three publications that fall under this heading, namely The Common Thread by John Sulston (2002/2003), The Language of God (2006) by Francis Collins and A Life Decoded by Craig Venter (2007). What may we learn from these autoBiographical sources about the dynamics of scientific change? What is their added value in understanding science in general and the HGP in particular? These questions will be elaborated in three directions: on the level of knowledge (epistemology), power (politics) and the Self (ethics). On the epistemological level, genomics is often presented as a paradigm shift in the life sciences, a tremendous up-scaling of research, an “informatization” of life. Autobiographies may reveal how this shift – usually discussed in more general terms from a philosophy of science or science studies perspective – manifests itself on an individual scale, on a microepistemological level. On the political level, autobiographies may inform us about the micro-politics of scientific change. Finally, on the level of Self, autobiographies may allow us to analyze how researchers, through practices of Self, are actively engaged in constituting themselves as responsible subjects in the face of unpredictable dynamics and unforeseen dilemmas.
Madison M Quinn - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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understanding leadership in public administration the Biographical Approach
Public Administration Review, 2011Co-Authors: Henry W Lambright, Madison M QuinnAbstract:This essay reviews the range of literature that uses a Biographical Approach to probe leadership in public administration. What are the variations in this Approach? What have we learned? What should be done in the future? The genre is examined through several books and articles that have studied agency leaders and government departments.
Andrew Henley - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Research Papers in Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person?s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrativeinducing question. ?Minimalist-passive? (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally nonnarrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ?LEAD Wales?. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person’s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrative-inducing question. ‘Minimalist-passive’ (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally non-narrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ‘LEAD Wales’. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government. The study forms part of a larger research agenda that will track the longer term effects of the intervention. A sample of 17 Biographical interviews will form part of the initial study but this target will remain fluid. Despite its scope, limited contributions to the literature on biography emerge from this field. This paper will explore the feasibility of Biographical research in the context of LEAD Wales by critically reflecting on this work in progress and the potential contribution of biography as a means of exploring the temporal nature of the lived experience, and an appreciation in the self and representations of the self as an entrepreneur and leader.
Karen Jones - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Research Papers in Economics, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person?s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrativeinducing question. ?Minimalist-passive? (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally nonnarrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ?LEAD Wales?. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government.
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a Biographical Approach to researching leadership and entrepreneurship development processes in a small business context
Social Science Research Network, 2011Co-Authors: Karen Jones, Sally Sambrook, Andrew Henley, Heather NorburyAbstract:This paper proposes a strategy for the research of leadership and entrepreneurial learning and development processes in a small business context. It is relevant to wide ranging local, national and European policies to develop SME entrepreneurial leadership practice and SME growth. Leadership is probably the most important factor to business success (Analoui and Karami 2003). Yet, as Rae and Carswell (2000) point out, a greater understanding is needed of the nature and the process of entrepreneurship in terms of how people learn to start and grow businesses, especially those that become high performing businesses. The authors argue that the life story Approach is an industrious and valid method of researching entrepreneurial learning. It is noted elsewhere that empirical understanding of the informal processes of leadership learning of entrepreneurs is limited (Kempster and Cope 2010). Offering a solution in the field of leadership studies, Kuhnert and Russel (1990) propose Biographical data can illuminate the development processes involved in life events. Biography as a methodology teaches us about life and human behaviour; it can help us to understand individual motives, personality, the people and conditions that influenced an individual in a way that brings their life and work to life. “Biography adds flesh to the bones of achievement; it adds human form to the spirit of ideas and emotions” (Jones 1998 p. 161). Howe (1982) suggests Biographical data can draw out a person’s uniqueness and provide insights into individual human development that reveal the relationship between earlier experience and later achievements. It has been argued that Biographical research is equal to more traditional Approaches adopted in the field of small medium enterprise, and can tap into the intangible nature of creativity, whilst also introducing creativity and imagination into the research process (Fillis 2006). Methodologically, Biographical research can involve a range of data-collection methods and analytical Approaches. This research involves biographic narrative interpretive method interviews. These begin with a single initial narrative-inducing question. ‘Minimalist-passive’ (Wengraf 2000) interview techniques facilitate uninterrupted narration. Thematic questioning follows and finally non-narrative questions can be posed (Wengraf 2004). The sample is drawn from owners of small medium enterprises (SMEs) registered on a leadership and development programme known as ‘LEAD Wales’. The programme is backed by funding from the European Social Fund (ESF) and Welsh Assembly Government. The study forms part of a larger research agenda that will track the longer term effects of the intervention. A sample of 17 Biographical interviews will form part of the initial study but this target will remain fluid. Despite its scope, limited contributions to the literature on biography emerge from this field. This paper will explore the feasibility of Biographical research in the context of LEAD Wales by critically reflecting on this work in progress and the potential contribution of biography as a means of exploring the temporal nature of the lived experience, and an appreciation in the self and representations of the self as an entrepreneur and leader.