Industrial Management: Volume 71 Issue 6/7
Table of contents
A lesson for business schools
TWO WEIGHTY REPORTS have just dropped into management's in‐tray. Both surveyed exactly the same subject, business graduates, and both came to opposite conclusions. Industrialists…
The futility of power
George WoodcockCONTRARY TO WHAT many people imagine, I don't foresee the Industrial Relations Bill causing any great upheavals; in fact, I see it falling into disuse. You cannot effectively…
An unconventional approach
Roger EglinThe average businessman taking part in an international conference spends about £20 a day—four or even five times as much as the tourist on holiday in Britain. Estimates put the…
The unwritten alliance
Keith MayesAmericans like the House of Lords. Consequently, it showed a good sense of touch to appoint Lord Cromer as Ambassador to the United States. The Baring family have a history of…
Detection in the dark
David FishlockContrary to popular stories put about during World War II, man's ability to see better in the black‐out was not helped by eating carrots. But it was at this time that scientists…
Philip on industry
In his travels, here and abroad, Prince Philip gathers opinions from many sources. From these he is able to judge how Britain and its industry is faring, and what sort of image we…
US hardware rolls into Europe
Jolted by a slump in home sales, US computer companies thrust deeper into Europe. Collaboration among European firms is seen as one way of meeting the threat. Meanwhile ICL's Sir…
…customers who can't tell the difference
Ken Gooding talks to a doctor with whiter than white shirts, stripes in his toothpaste, soap used by the stars, marge that spreads straight from the fridge, peas fresh from the…
Fire cost flare‐up
Industry's fire bill soars again as insurance companies are accused of blinkered attitudes and management of apathy. Simon Peterson reports.
Anxiety grows over the stress factor
WORK IN SOME PARTS of industry is now so boring that youngsters taking their first jobs are placed under great mental stress. The most obvious symptom of the Great British Yawn is…
Where there's brass…
If you were to describe Campbell Adamson as argumentative and eager to make an impression, he would be the first to agree. A good argument over coffee and brandy is Adamson's idea…
British Oxygen breathes easy
The year to end‐September, 1970, was a good one for British Oxygen Company in terms of both sales and profit improvement, but probably more important, in terms of the improvement…
Four men on a rope
David SmithEverybody knows that a picture of four men pulling on a rope means Taylor Woodrow. There surely never was a more effectual symbol, serving as it does the double function of…