Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 81 Issue 7/8

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Microelectronics and Marketing

Jim Mann, Peter Thornton

The first paper ever published on microprocessors described the device as the “re‐configurable” circuit. This conveys the simplest, but most important feature of the…

Improving Performance Appraisal by Using Multiple Appraisers

Mark R. Edwards

Improvement in performance appraisal systems are necessary because current methods are neither accurate nor fair. Recent attempts to improve performance appraisals by training…

The Evolution of the Concept — Marketing: An Application of Systems Thinking

David Cook

Over the past 5/10 years there has been a strong evaluation of the contribution marketing can make to modern day society. At times this process has amounted to rejection of the…

How Do You Measure your Advertising Spend?

Adam Knowles

The fifth in our series of articles covering the major aspects of industrial advertising and marketing by Adam Knowles

Managing without a Stick or a Carrot

John Garnett

The key to the future of this nation is about creation — about creating the worth — about creating the wealth. It is not about marching and protesting, it is about creating more…

Managing Rationally with Kepner‐Tregoe

Mike McTague

Since it began in 1958, Kepner‐Tregoe has shown the logical steps of problem solving and decision making to 1 million people in 1,500 organisations internationally. Not only is…

Cover Story

High access to and around work areas is often needed during construction, repair or maintenance of premises, whether on large industrial sites or on small domestic situations…

Small Systems for Small Businesses

Paul Dockerill

The decision to install a small business computer is generally taken by small companies when all traditional manual methods have failed. At this point in a company's history, two…

News Briefs

At the Royal Navy Equipment Exhibition, Portsmouth, 7–11 September. Ferranti Ltd, manufacturers of computer‐based naval action information and weapon control systems, are…

Cover of Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN:

0263-5577

Renamed from:

Industrial Management

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Alain Yee Loong Chong
  • Prof Hing Kai Chan