Industrial Management: Volume 75 Issue 5
Table of contents
A censure motion on ‘Industrial Democracy’
THE fact that no one has yet come up with a tidy word or phrase to embrace the “worker participation” topic is not without significance.
Stand up and be beard
In the war of words about the state of the economy and the role of industry, managers complain among themselves that their views are not being heard above the clamour of…
RAW DEALS
OPEC's decision to jack up oil prices at a rate which left the industrial nations reeling with disbelief prompted the obvious fear that “producer power” would extend to other…
There's an awful lot of profit in Brazil
Organisers of a major industrial exhibition held recently in Sao Paulo were so bucked by Brazilian enthusiasm for British products that they predict a five‐fold increase in…
ARE LANGUAGES ALL FOREIGN TO YOU?
NO single factor demonstrates British insularity more eloquently — and drastically — than our incompetence in foreign languages. With exports as our lifeblood and competition in…
Insuring against that defective product
Insurance cover for faulty goods which cause personal injury or property damage has been readily obtainable for some years. But how can a manufacturer guard against other costly…
The new ‘Mr Big’ at GKN
With 16 years of top management experience matched by an equally impressive physical stature, the man who succeeds Sir Raymond Brookes at GKN — Barrie Heath — aims to put…
BUILDING ˜ the systematic way
Manufacturers unwilling to invest in major construction programmes in these uncertain times can find themselves in trouble if a sudden upsurge in business outstrips existing…
PORT IN A STORM
Britain's exports are threatened by another London dock strike. Dockers who last stopped work in April are angered by what they regard as further delay in legislative plans to…
A SMOOTH RIDE TO AUTOMATION
Rising labour costs and skilled manpower shortages have given added impetus to automative developments. But in seeking to curb labour costs, the unwary manufacturer can let…