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The prerogatives of systems
Stafford BeerI WONDER very much whether anyone really noticed the title of this address, Prerogatives of Systems; or whether, having noticed, he was at all concerned. Perhaps he put it down to…
WHAT PRICE AM I BID?: Some Guidelines to Takeovers
P. SHELBOURNETHE last few years have seen an unprecedented boom in the takeover business in the United Kingdom. In the middle of such a boom, as we are at the present, it is difficult to know…
Wage Drift Productivity Drift and Managerial Strategy
TOM LUPTONA DISTINCTION must be made at the outset between wage drift—the movement of plant‐level earnings away from centrally negotiated rates of pay; and productivity drift—the movement…
Government money for the inventor
Since the National Research Development Corporation was established in 1948, over 20 000 inventors have passed through its mail box or doors, but less than 5% of their ideas were…
The management training profession
DAVID ASHTONThe management training activity is one which has developed rapidly in terms of the numbers involved and resources allocated to it. Equally rapid has been the growth of the…
Physical distribution management: THE TOTAL CONCEPT
DAN PETTITTHE total distribution concept refers essentially to an attitude of mind, a philosophy, a conviction. It is concerned with the interface situations and relationships inside a…
Ethics of city take‐overs
JOSEPH LATHAMIN the autumn of 1967 I was actively concerned in the defence of AEI against the GEC bid. GEC made an offer to the AEI stockholders; the offer was increased twice; within six…
IRC… total success partial failure?
The Industrial Reorganisation Corporation is now very much a part of business life in Britain. It hits the headlines when it backs one bidder in a take‐over struggle rather than…
Asten Foundries Limited
GORDON WHEELERHistory Asten Foundries Limited was established in a South Midlands industrial town in 1908. Its principal products are small castings in iron for the gas industry. It also…
TAXATION and FINANCE
DESMOND GOCHVALUATION OF TRADING STOCKS The basis of valuation used by a company for valuing its trading stocks when it is preparing its annual accounts is a matter of concern not only to its…
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- Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)