Industrial Management: Volume 73 Issue 10
Table of contents
Heath gambles on world price stability
IT WAS BOTH ironic and appropriate that the Prime Minister chose Lancaster House to announce his Phase Three proposals. In such sumptuous surroundings it would perhaps have been…
Here are your cards… now empty your head of our secrets
Companies who want to avoid the risk of an ex‐employee giving confidential information to a competitor can insert restraint clauses in staff contracts. But, warns Ewan Mitchell…
How Arnold Carr built his ‘Industrial Harrods’
When Arnold Carr was a 13‐year old office boy, he vowed he'd be boss. Now 70, Carr has built a wide ranging industrial combine, Thomas Ward, which has earnt the title the ‘Harrods…
Burroughs' ‘Whirlwind’ blows into Britain
Former Cadillac salesman Irvin Rector is Burroughs new British managing director. Described as a ‘North Dakota Whirlwind’ Rector has hustled to establish Burroughs as a major…
Taking the baby to work
The large pool of female labour has become increasingly important to industry. But as competition hots up, firms find that more than equal pay is needed to attract the women…
Rich pickings in short term money
MOST LARGE COMPANIES and corporations long ago learned to live with the fact that the man in the street blames them as much as the Government for any adverse change in his…
Oil: doomsday just around the corner
The ‘doomsday’ threat to world oil supplies is rapidly becoming a fact of life. This winter could see a savage twist in the spiral of problems the shortage has created. Roger…
Ideas schemes: a new boost for profits?
Suggestions schemes have been around for many years, but many companies find they can be usefully profitable. The problem is finding a formula which satisfies workers and…
Japan's managers bow to honourable training
The British visit of Japanese Prime Minister Kakuei Tanaka underlines the rise of Japan's industrial might. Japanese management training, closely linked with the country's unique…
Soviet‐US love affair sets off trade rush
A new gold rush is on—of American firms determined to corner a share of the growing Soviet market for manufactured goods.
Brussels Commission aims to show its human face
Colin O'DwyerDURING THE TEN weeks before New Year—the deadline set by the Paris Summit of 1972 for the establishment of the various new European policies—Commission President François‐Xavier…