Management Decision: Volume 10 Issue 2

THE ROLE OF BUSINESS SCHOOLS: in the Development of Managerial Attitudes and the Socialisation of Managers

John Burgoyne

This article studies attitude change and its intention is to emphasise that management education has its impact through influencing attitudes as well as developing instrumental…

UNCERTAINTY AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

Dale Littler, Alan Pearson

Technological innovation is universally recognised as a major generator of economic progress, producing mild—and sometimes major—changes, in existing technologies, attitudes…

INDUCTING GRADUATES INTO INDUSTRY

Roger Mansfield

Does the induction process used by companies have implications for the careers of individuals and the retention and development of manpower by those companies? This article, in…

FINANCIAL AND LEGAL NOTES

Desmond Goch

New Takeover Code The success of the City Takeover Code as a voluntary code of good practice has been assured by the universal support of the City's major financial institutions…

PARTNERSHIP WITH SOCIETY: The Social Responsibility of Business

T.G.P. Rogers

The idea that a responsible company should be a good corporate citizen is not altogether a new one: but a number of factors, including the impact of technology, have led to new…

TOWARDS A FINANCIAL/BEHAVIOURAL MODEL OF A FIRM

Barry McTernan

Recent industrial disputes have demonstrated that massive confrontations can and do take place. Similarly massive financial collapses are not unknown. How can collision with these…

AN APPROACH TO PLANNING IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR

Mike Jenkins

This paper is concerned with strategic planning in the public services, in particular that sector where no market price exists and where the community expresses some demands. The…

THE CONSERVATIVE CONSUMER

A.J.F. O'Reilly

This paper examines the proposition that in marketing advanced technology and new products, the food manufacturing industry has to face the very substantial hurdles of a rapidly…

MANAGEMENT EDUCATION: Its Content and Presentation—A Strategic Analysis

Charles Margerison

Management education has grown at a rapid pace in this country during the last decade. This has brought with it many problems. This paper concentrates on two of the crucial…