Industrial Management: Volume 77 Issue 3
Table of contents
In Brief
1977 — ‘A bad year for managers’ 1977 will be a bad year for managers, not only on the jobs and pay fronts, but also through the burdens and complexities of potentially disruptive…
Time to stop backing the long shots
Government aid to UK firms seeking export business is among the most generous in the world — as this country‐by‐country survey shows. So why isn't Britain better placed in the…
INDECISION AS THE DEAD LINE DRAWS NEARER
PENSIONS The new pensions law, due to operate from April next year, will affect practically every employee in Britain. Yet a recent Gallup survey shows that the majority of small…
How the BOC gas workers let off steam
INDUSTRIAL relations within BOC gases division have to be good, not just for the company's sake but for the entire British economy.
The traumas of success
Eighteen months ago, Ireland's attempts to lure foreign investors were hampered by the world recession. Now the Republic is up against another foe — wage inflation — which is an…
THE ABC OF PDM
The rapid rise in fuel cost — coupled with high labour content — has promoted distribution to a skilled science. In this special survey, Alec Snobel looks at the concept of…
Business is booming — but so are the costs
Business at Birmingham's National Exhibition Centre has disproved the critics who believed that only London was a suitable venue for major shows. But NEC space costs are rising to…