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Towards a theory of large‐scale organization
E.F. SCHUMACHERWE LIVE in an age of large‐scale organization. Furthermore, it appears that organizations are destined to become ever larger, and that this is desirable and necessary. Almost…
Executive search
PETER BROOKE“The concept of the professional manager, moving from company to company during a career, rather in the manner of a medieval mercenary captain in the service of a series of…
Long‐range corporate planning and the marketing men
RAY WILLSMER“…The greatest contribution the marketing man can make to the long‐range plans of his company is the use of real creative marketing…”
Product diversification: where to draw the line
NORBERT L. ENRICKESTABLISHING the right degree of diversification needed for a company's product lines can be a vexing task. In their eagerness to offer variety and selectivity to the customer…
New products and market research
ROBERT L. DAYTHE degree of newness or innovation of a new product may vary greatly—ranging from a new brand in an established product field, which differs only slightly from existing brands in…
FACTORING
MICK STOKE“Commercial finance companies and factors are specialized financing institutions whose operations are particularly adapted to the needs of small businesses in manufacturing and…
The computer executive
R.J. PETERSEN“The business community is showing increasing concern over a trend which is becoming disappointingly apparent — management has not learned what to do about the computer. Each new…
RAISING PRODUCTIVITY IN DISTRIBUTION
J.E. SUSSAMSHow many factories and depots should a manufacturer of consumer products operate and where should they be situated? Computers can affect the answer.
TECHNIQUES IN ACTION: CORPORATE PLANNING
A.M. TAYLORThe principal objective of corporate planning is to try to direct corporate or national destiny in a logical and formalized manner. In this article A. M. Taylor, Managing Director…
Going to the wall
GORDON E. WHEELERSomerbury Compounds Ltd.is a company in the rubber industry. In the past it has been, at least regionally, in the “top twenty” of its industry—its chairman or managing director…
MANAGEMENT JARGON EXPLAINED
Tom WardTIME SPAN OF DISCRETION The great debate on the Prices and Incomes Act, the wages freeze and the period of severe restraint, is fundamentally a return to the argument for…
Value Engineering
ARTHUR GARRATTWhat are the true sources of value in a product or service? How important is any particular facet of a product or service? Arthur Garratt, Technical Director of Value Engineering…
Management development by objectives
JOHN LOCKWOODBUSINESS planning is undertaken to assist companies grow, while management development concerns planning an individual's growth in a company. Obviously these two kinds of growth…
MANAGEMENT TRAINING at Ashridge Management College
S.K. MANSTEADASHRIDGE Management College at Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire, stands on a site on which Richard, Earl of Cornwall, founded a monastery in 1276. Following the dissolution of the…
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- Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)