Management Decision: Volume 21 Issue 2

Negotiating a Foot into the Chinese Door

M.B. Warrington, J.B. McCall

For the West, the opening up of China has raised the prospect of a vast market for a range of goods and services and their associated technologies. For the interested observer, it…

Consultants, Lawyers and Industrial Relations

P.B. Beaumont

Introduction In Britain, discussions of the role of third parties in industrial relations have almost entirely concentrated on Government or quasi‐government bodies concerned with…

Information Systems in British Industry

Keith P. Fletcher

Introduction The need for information in an organisation is not new. However, in today's ever changing and complex world of business, information has an increasingly important…

Ethics and Product Elimination

George J. Avlonitis

Introduction One aspect of product line management that is receiving increasing attention in industry is product elimination. It is clear that “stagflation” is forcing an…

ACTION LEARNING The Skills of Diagnosis

R.W. Revans

Complexity for Real Action learning is concerned to do something about reality—including helping those involved to see more clearly what they are about. It may lend conviction to…

A Case Example: Foster Wheeler Automated Welding; Accelerated Management Development

In 1978, Foster Wheeler Power Products, a leading designer and manufacturer of large scale boiler and similar power plant, were seeking an effective means of accelerated…