Industrial Management: Volume 78 Issue 7
Table of contents
Catcalls for a shabby performance
There was a time when Press and TV news editors became even more tetchy than usual at this time of the year. Parliament's summer shutdown meant two months without an arterial…
In Brief
With the likelihood of a general election only a few months away, management consultants Binder Hamyln Fry have produced an executive guide analysing the policies of both the…
Textiles show style
Despite the many uncertainties overhanging the Stock Market in recent months, the overall situation for shares improved steadily through the Spring so that as the clouds passed by…
The whole story behind Auto Parts export system
A E Autoparts export distribution arrangements are based on a computer‐controlled system which integrates order processing and the preparation of shipping documentation. Autoparts…
The loneliness of the long distance traveller
Killling time in airport transit lounges, eating alone in restaurants, watching television or reading a book in a hotel bedroom… depressingly familiar experiences for the…
At Your Service
Dun and Bradstreet, the business information company, have developed a computerised databank called Market Facts File, which provides up to 20 different facts on more than 200,000…
The will‐she‐won't‐she? poser of maternity leave
The right of a woman to return to her old job (or one which is comparable) after having a baby is causing uncertainty among employers, reports John Bingham.
Service with a smile
If you can't amuse them, you lose them … which is why actors like John Cleese — seen here in the making of a management training film — are in demand for audio visual…
Static charge — the hidden perils
How often in industry is a fire or even an explosion caused by static electricity? Sometimes the real source of the problem is never known. And every year, thousands of pounds are…