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Class and Exclusion at Work : The Case of UK Film and Television
Randle, K.R. (Routledge, 2015) -
Creating difference: overcoming barriers to diversity in UK film and television employment
Randle, K.R.; Kurian, J.; Leung, W.F. (Creative Industries Research & Consultancy Unit, Business School, University of Hertfordshire, 2007)A diverse workforce can inform the development of new or enhanced products and services, open up market opportunities, improve market share and broaden an organisation’s customer base1. By 2010, only 20% of the UK’s workforce ... -
Digital Cinema : Opportunities and Challenges
Culkin, N.; Randle, K.R. (University of Hertfordshire, 2004)This paper considers how the film industry might effect the transition from film to digital product. Using public sources to predict the eventual technological solutions which will prevail is problematic as no independent ... -
Digital Cinema : Opportunities and Challenges
Culkin, N.; Randle, K.R. (2003)While the process of distributing and exhibiting a film has changed little over the past century, Digital Cinema, the process of using digitally stored data instead of strips of acetate, has arrived. With technology ... -
Finance, policy and industrial dynamics : The rise of co-productions in the film industry
Morawetz, N.; Hardy, Jane; Randle, K.R.; Haslam, Colin (2007-09-01)This paper explores the growing phenomenon of international co-productions in the film industry. We argue that the rise of co-productions is part of a wider narrative of financial and institutional innovation shaping ... -
From Hollywood to Borehamwood- Exploring nepotism and networking in US and UK freelance film careers
Blair, H.; Culkin, N.; Randle, K.R. (University of Hertfordshire, 2001)This paper considers whether the differences in the national institutional contexts in which US and UK freelance film workers operate result in different job search strategies and career building patterns. In particular ... -
From London to Los Angeles: a comparison of local labour market processes in the US and UK film industries
Blair, H.; Culkin, N.; Randle, K.R. (2004)Addressing the issue of the embeddedness of labour markets, this paper compares the processes of finding employment in the film industry within two local labour markets. Drawing on studies of freelance film crews in London ... -
Getting in, getting on, getting out? : Women as career scramblers in the UK film and television industries
Leung, Wing Fai; Gill, Rosalind; Randle, K.R. (2015-05-01)This paper looks at the predominance of freelancing in the film and television industries as a lens to examine the persistence of gender inequalities within these fields. Previous research has indicated that women fare ... -
Linking Digital Technologies and Dynamic Capabilities : A Case Study of Small Firms in the UK Audio Visual Sector
Dodourova, Mariana; Randle, K.R. (2010)The Creative Industries1 are acknowledged as a significant actual and potential wealth generator (Delors, 1993). However, compared with industrial manufacturing, finance or services there has been relatively little research ... -
The Management of Innovation: the Innovator's Perception
Bevis, K.; Randle, K.R. (International Society for Professional Innovation, 2009-06)Much has been written about what innovation is, its purpose and how it is or should be managed. This paper investigates innovation from the bottom up, exploring the views and aspirations of a group of practitioners. Working ... -
Managing Innovation in a Publicly-funded Organization : The Innovator’s Perspective
Dodourova, Mariana; Randle, K.R.; Bevis, Keith (2010)Being a key driver of sustainable competitive advantage, innovation is also a key challenge. Developing and managing innovation is a complex and formidable task. Researchers have long sought to explain why some organizations ... -
The Organisation of Film and Television Production
Randle, K.R. (SAGE Publications, 2011) -
‘Sorry mate, you’re finishing tonight’ : A historical perspective on employment flexibility in the UK film industry
Atkinson, William; Randle, K.R. (2014)Drawing on archived interview material from 60 participants in the BECTU History Project (BHP) this article considers the nature of employment in the UK Film Industry in the period 1927-1947. Focusing on entry routes, ... -
Using Assessment on the front-line in the battle against plagiarism
Relph, A.; Randle, K.R. (JISC / Northumbria Learning, 2006)In recent years there has been a sharp increase in the number of academic offences (cheating and plagiarism) reported amongst students in the Business School at UH. The Business School Faculty Teaching and Learning ... -
'Whither the Service Class Re-investigating the middle layers of employment in the 21st Century
Randle, K.R. (University of Hertfordshire, 2003)The purpose of this working paper is to contribute towards the continuing debate on the nature of class structure in the West, recognising that occupation has constituted the central device in the construction of theoretical ... -
Working Below the Line in the Studio System : Exploring Labour Processes in the UK Film Industry 1927-1950
Atkinson, Will; Randle, K.R. (University of Hertfordshire, 2013)Drawing on archived interview material from ten participants in the BECTU Oral History Project this paper gives voice to largely unheard below-the-line technical employees in the UK film industry. It considers the extent ... -
Working in film : employment in a project-based industry
Blair, H.; Grey, S.; Randle, K.R. (2001)Currently the “creative industries”, especially the British film industry, are receiving much popular attention. The aim of this paper is to present a description and evaluation of employment in the film industry, and ...