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The General Management Paradox in Management Education
Gordon WillsThere are times when I wonder how University Schools of Business ever got involved in offering “general management programmes”. I wonder even more when I hear colleagues tell me…
High Technology, Low Pay — Morale and the Sales Force
Bob CrewTechnology is making it easier to communicate over long and previously impossible distances. The effect of this on marketing and sales is likely to be tremendous in the…
An Appreciation of the Pensions Scene Today
Derek BandeyPension funds today represent a significant part of the National economy. With £40bn of invested assets and a cash flow of some £4bn annually it is not surprising that they…
Training—Investing in the Future
Trevor J. BentleyThere is no doubt that the key resources of any organisation are the knowledge and skills of its people, particularly the knowledge and skill to identify and meet the needs of the…
Training—Investing in the Future
Gunnar BeethA new system for evaluating potential employees or assessing current staff for future promotions has just been announced by the Brussels based international management…
ANCIENT AND MODERN
Few indulgences are more welcome to the contemplative mind on a cold, inclement day than to lie amid the centrally‐heated, air‐conditioned, electronically serviced ambience of a…
Erratum
This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb054978. When citing the article, please…
Psychological Attributes of Mergers — Part 1
Nicholas A.H. StaceyThe reasons why mergers have a hazy, hostile or indifferent image in the minds of many otherwise rational people will not allow superficial, simple or easy explanations. As a…
Job Creation
Bob CrewNo one will argue that one of the most distressing problems in Western Europe today — indeed throughout most of the industrialised world — is unemployment. Few families remain…
The Use of Ferranti Lasers in Industry
The past decade has seen the laser progress from being a sophisticated laboratory instrument to becoming a viable and versatile industrial tool. Lasers are now capable of…
The Dispersed Office
Peter HarveyThe Industrial Revolution led to vast social changes in the 19th century. Workers moved from dispersed locations in the countryside to concentrations in towns to be near their…
News Briefs
It is easy for managers to push safety to one side, leaving it to look after itself. But ignoring safety can be costly, if not fatal. “Too few middle managers face up to their…
ISSN:
0263-5577Renamed from:
Industrial ManagementOnline date, start – end:
1980Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr Alain Yee Loong Chong
- Prof Hing Kai Chan