Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 84 Issue 7/8

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The Dilemma of Contract Industrial Staff: How to Use Contract Workers More Productively

Tony Hoskins

There has been a major growth during 1983–4 in firms' use of temporary or contract industrial workers. They are often the first resort for handling not only projects like…

Transferring Technology from Universities to Small Firms

N.K. Crawford

The author considers the success in practice of small firms in obtaining technology and new products from universities, under licensing agreements and through other technology…

Desktop Material Requirements Planning

Melvin Lehman

This article discusses the application of MRP on a microcomputer using the very popular electronic spreadsheet software. The illustration may be more of a managerial exercise than…

Incompetence at Work

John Muir

The setting of standards, their publication and the operation of a procedure are essential in order for the incompetent employee to be given a chance to improve or if necessary…

Big is Beautiful

Alec Snobel

The author describes his forays into two London hotels and assesses their facilities for business travellers.

Automatic Order Entry—with a Field Sales Order Entry Management System

James L. Locke

What can go wrong during the order entry process of a manufacturer? A system solution to many of these problems is discussed that combines hardware, software and networking…

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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