Promising Practice

Improved management practice has been identified as a key enhanced productivity and performance as well as to sustained innovation. A considerable inventory of apparently promising practices has been collected in the private and public sector of the UK. Some of that inventory is well founded upon evidence from rigorous research; other work is less well grounded. The potential value of this inventory is not realised because in part research is not reaching practising managers in ways that lead most effectively to adaptation and therefore changes in practice but also in part because we do not understand enough about the specific conditions which either facilitate or disable the adoption of specific practices. With the involvement of those seeking to identify adapt and effect change, research in this area encourages wider appreciation and adaptation of what has been learned.

A key focus is on how evidence behind promising practices can be systematically assessed, creatively adapted, successfully implemented, and knowledge transferred to other organisations that may benefit.

The project portfolio in this research domain includes:

  • Experienced Based Services
  • Development and Adaptation of Promising Practice
  • Impact of Best Practice on UK Productivity
  • Joint Impact of Management Practices and Public Policies
  • Next Generation Practices and Tools

For further information relating to the Innovation Projects, please contact Esme Foster.

To view all the AIM Fellows Promising Practice projects please view the current list .

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