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The Control of Complex Work Organisations
R.S. JONESI wish to propose a bold extension of the idea that particular managerial controls invite manipulation by lower ranking members in organizations: namely, that all managerial…
Bridging the Management/Technology Gap
E.P. HAWTHORNETHE ability to bring inventions and innovations into use more quickly poses two problems. The first is the effect which the new product or service will have on the consumer. The…
Exploration in Management—Glacier Project Re‐considered
Tom WardThe Glacier Metal Company is one of the largest manufacturers of plain bearings in Europe. Their products are used largely in the motor car industry, but extend to all areas of…
Glacier Project—An analysis of Tom Ward's assessments
P.P. LOVE“What was Glacier trying to do?” WE have tried to develop an understanding of the properties of sociological institutions. A chemist has an understanding of the known properties…
Project Evaluation in Research and Development
A.W. PEARSON, A.S. TOPALIANTHE industrial organization today finds itself in an environment within which there are an ever increasing number of problems to be tackled. Managers, in addition to coping with…
Marriage — Corporation Style
HENRY M. STRAGETHE recent spate of mergers and acquisitions is encouraging to proponents of bigness as the answer to Britain's economic problems. 1968, already tagged the “year of the merger”…
SIMONIZ—WAXING OR WANING IN THE PRODUCT MARKET?
In an interview with R. J. C. Line, Managing Director of Simoniz (UK) Ltd., David Ashton discusses the problems which the company is facing since the major oil companies began to…
Hardware, Software and Psyche: Men and Machines in Advertising
JEROME B. KERNANEVEN the most retarded observer is aware that computers “have arrived” in advertising. It is a rare conversation currently that is not peppered with acronyms representing one or…
The Pursuit of Happiness—at Work
MARY F. ROBERTSON“Efficiency plus happiness equals higher productivity.” So said the Duke of Edinburgh on the subject of the creation of job satisfaction. This article discusses the ways and means…
Planning Government Action
JOHN GARRETTSub‐heads and sub‐subheads, minor clauses, finance, bureaucracy and the political pendulum are to‐day's worries for tomorrow's successes in the quiet corridors of Government…
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- Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)