Management Research News: Volume 18 Issue 8/9

Internal Organisational Domain and Competitive Strategy

William A. Drago

Popularity of the resource‐based theory of the firm has brought renewed interest in internal organisational domain as an important contributing factor toward organisational…

A Survey of Management Development in Suffolk

Michael Quayle

To establish the level, range and scope of current Management Education, Training and Development activity in small and medium size enterprises.

Operational Research and the Knowledge Structure of Management Disciplines

Joseph Kim‐Keung Ho

The discipline of Operational Research (OR) has always been important in the management field. It has a problem‐ solving/decision‐support focus; it guides the development of many…

Electronic Mail: An Issue of Privacy Versus Property Rights

Hamid Tavakolian

Do you use Electronic mail (E‐mail)? Do you know if anyone other than the intended recipient is reading the mail you send? And, what would you do if it fell into the wrong hands…

Teamworking — Just How Effective Is It?

Eric Landles

A key concept in many TQM organisational interventions is the introduction of teamworking. Thus, the organisation of shopfloor employees into work teams is becoming more popular…

Hong Kong in Transition: Some Empirical Evidence from a Study of Executive MBAs

John K.S. Chong, Ta‐Lang Shih

Since Great Britain and mainland China signed an agreement on the future of Hong Kong in 1984, worldwide attention has been focused on the roles of businesses and managers in Hong…