Industrial Management: Volume 74 Issue 2
Table of contents
INDUSTRIAL NOTEBOOK
THE RIGHT WAGE STRUCTURE CHANGES to a new payment system make managers more aware of their responsibilities to the company and its workers, says Peter Sharpe, in his new Working…
Why Tuck has taken the lecture out of training
Richard MurryTRAINING, to most people in management, conjures up special lecture courses for representatives or production line workers to increase productivity or selling effectiveness.
HOW TO RECOVER
Even after the problems are solved with the miners and railmen, basic shortages of raw materials will remain.
THE LESSONS SIX FIRMS HAVE LEARNED
Spokesmen from six major British companies explain how they are able to function in the face of Government crisis measures
BLUEPRINT FOR SURVIVAL
Dave GraystonTHE short time week has brought the expansion of many British companies to a shuddering halt—but it's hard to say just how the crisis is affecting small to medium firms. To find…
THE WINNING WAYS OF WEETABIX
CHRIS PHILLIPSSeven million Weetabix biscuits are produced every day. The company is private and all‐British and the product is number two in the cereals charts.
Do contests boost sales?
Chris PhillipsABOUT 2,000,000 people in Britain enter a consumer competition every month. Another 2.000,000 are reckoned to take part at least once a year.
HOW TO SPARKLE IN THE JEWELLERY BUSINESS
LESLIE KENTONVERTICAL integration can cause a company a lot of headaches. There was a time when Ratner's had their share, but no longer.
WHERE CAN WOOL GO FROM HERE?
JOHN LAWLESSWhen the spring fashions hit the shops, the wool textile industry will be watching sales anxiously, for its future hangs in the balance
DEADLOCK IN THE DESERT
KEITH MAYESTechnology turned a wilderness into a lush oasis. But Coachella's troubles were only just beginning …