Industrial Management: Volume 74 Issue 1
Table of contents
Militant managers sign up with the unions
Gentlemen of the boardroom, forget your present troubles for a moment and think what your successors could be doing on the labour relations front in a few years' time.
FODENS: and the band played on
William Foden's great grandfather founded the family truck maker, and the firm's brass band. Today the firms management is still headed by the family, and the band has become one…
Government bill will put brakes on the credit sharks
The government will push through a Consumer Credit Bill as one of its first acts this year. The bill will mean a new deal for borrowers and will trim the worst excesses of the…
REDUNDANCY without tears
Bert Van DurenWhen Unilever wanted to close an old Dutch factory, it found that worker participation was an aid to management. John Lawless reports.
Britain's black workers find bar to better jobs
Despite changing official attitudes Britain's growing black labour force — now more than 600,000 — still finds it difficult to get promotion. And it seems that Government action…
Were you a Scrooge or a Santa?
How is the practice of giving Christmas bonuses or presents faring in industry? An Industrial Management survey reveals that the practice may be fizzling out. Dave Grayston…
MORGAN‐a suitable example for industry?
Morgan is not one of the larger British motor manufacturers. But it can teach the big firms a lesson or two on the industrial relations front. David Harvey reports.
Union pundits new force in pay talks
Trades Unions are shedding their cloth cap image at the negotiating table for one of well‐briefed tough talkers. Behind this new force are growing ranks of university‐educated…
Schreiber shakes up traditional marketing
Profit conscious Schreiber, Britain's booming furniture giant has discovered that close control over marketing of its products has contributed to sales succsess. David Harvey…
NIXON'S ECONOMISTS: A severe case of Aphasia
President Nixon's economic advisers have been so wrong so often, critics are now questioning whether they suffer from aphasia — “the partial or total loss of the ability to…
HEALTH WATCHING EXECUTIVES TURN TO SNUFF SNIFFING
Anti‐smoking campaigns have put a brake on cigarette smoking. But executives under constant pressure still need some release, and many are turning to snuff. Jennifer Pulling…