Management Decision: Volume 25 Issue 4

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Table of contents

Quality Circles: The View From Within

Barrie Dale, Eric Barlow

Quality circles are now a worldwide phenomenon but their survival depends on many factors. Some of the problems faced by quality circle facilitators were highlighted by this…

From Strategy to Sales

Kamran Kashani

The transition from marketing strategy to selling is seldom smooth. Too often it is left to chance but successful business results depend on effective management of this…

A Guide to Capital Budgeting

N.N. Wijeratne, F.C. Harris

A prime concern of successful general management is knowing when cash is going to be needed and where to find it on the most favourable terms.

Planning for Change

Andrew Kakabadse

Changes in techniques and structures to meet increased competition are ongoing, often traumatic processes. In this article the author sets out a seven step guide to managing the…

Leadership and Logic

John Nicholls

Leadership is an integral part of the manager's role. The interrelated factors that determine leadership style are analysed: the task itself, the possible responses of the…

Group Technology

L.C. Lee

Group technology can make an important contribution to higher productivity but if a company wishes to derive the benefits and avoid the pitfalls a thorough understanding of its…

Selecting Managers for Foreign Assignments

Yoram Zeira, Moshe Banai

The expatriate manager, once considered obsolete, has staged a come‐back. The demand for executives willing and able to serve abroad is increasing; but the effective fulfilment of…

Does Your Marketing Pay?

M.J. Thomas

Marketing is essential, but when are the resources allocated to it efficiently used and when are they wasted?

Measuring Reliability in Service Industries

Mohammad Hashim

Until recently the concept and practice of reliability has been applied mainly to tangible products — manufactured goods, components, machines, systems — there is now a growing…

Innovation and the Sales Manager

George Hayward, John Masterson

This article looks at how capital equipment innovations are adopted. The reception of innovations by adoptors and non‐adoptors provides “profiles” of the characteristics of…

The Pressures on Women Managers

Marilyn J. Davidson, Cary L. Cooper

Women managers have to cope with greater pressures than men managers. If employers recognised and tackled this both women and men managers could do their jobs more effectively.

Cover of Management Decision

ISSN:

0025-1747

Online date, start – end:

1967

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)