The Work of the IIMP: Caribbean

A key purpose of the Institute is to create new knowledge, insight and understanding of international management practice and the focus of its work will have some common themes including:

• Developing an understanding of the interconnections between the knowledge base of academic theory of management and the knowledge base relating to the practice of management
• Understanding the interplay between management education and management practice
• Understanding how innovation in management practice is happening in different organisations, industries and national contexts
• Understanding the organisational leadership and management practice issues in relation to global economic, social and cultural trends and issues
• Understanding the dynamics of management practice in relation to performance management and innovation in organisations
• Understanding changing management practices in relation to enterprise and entrepreneurship within organisations, industries and economies

The Institute's research programme areas engage with the above issues in the context of particular research themes. The Institute focuses its outputs on:

• Publications in highly rated academic and practitioner journals
• Sponsored research and consultancy and successful grant capture
• A successful cross-Institute doctoral programme
• A dynamic portfolio of innovative and market relevant research programme areas
• Policy and impact outputs in terms of changing management and organisational practice
• Building a reputable strategic capability in terms of world class experts with understanding of international management practice issues
• An effective functioning network capability that can both create and respond to market opportunities for practice based research and consultancy
• Innovative connectivity with business, public service and other organisations
• Translating research outputs into innovative course designs
• Conferences, workshops and master classes on the Institute's research

The Institute will develop and grow its research agenda by connecting with organisations in different economic and social contexts. The purpose is to drive the focus of the research in the Institute into addressing 'real world' challenges and problems facing businesses and organisations and that have relevance across national boundaries and across traditional academic disciplines. The Institute will focus upon how organisations internationally are innovating their management practices in response to global issues and to seek out opportunities for creating and sustaining advantage. Understanding differences in practice across international boundaries is seen as helpful to developing new insights into the dynamics of innovation and an organisation's ability to affect fundamental changes in their way of working.

Related Projects

We are currently supporting research projects in the following areas:

• An exploration of the relationship between developing HRM practices in the public sector in Trinidad and Tobago and the role of public law, in particular judicial review.
• Business Communications, Web 2 and their use in developing and implementing a growth led business strategy.
• Developing best practice for managing major infra-structure projects.
• Developing appropriate management frameworks and methodologies for crime reduction in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Learning technologies and tertiary education in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Development of the agri-tourism business in Trinidad and Tobago as a means to transform the lives of marginalised communities.
• The family business: evolution, growth and change.
• 'A critical exploration of Internal Marketing as a management tool for the public sector'.
• 'Critical success factors in Indo-Caribbean family run businesses'.

For further information, please contact Dr Trevor Bolton, Director of the Institute of International Management Practice: Caribbean.