Industrial Management: Volume 79 Issue 2
Table of contents
Time to remove the anti‐union blinkers
Chris PhillipsIf politics really is the art of achieving that which is possible — let done reasonable — then Margaret Thatcher and Denis Healey must modify their public pronouncements.
Closed shop clash at debate on management unions
A claim that members of the British Institute of Management support the introduction of the closed shop led to a fierce clash between Dr Maurice Gillibrand, executive secretary of…
Tread warily in the EPA minefield
Starting with this issue, a column devoted to industrial relations and other personnel‐related issues. Here, a barrister specialising in employment law examines some ‘grey’ areas…
Pay controls — where the devil doesn't take the hindmost
While leaders of both the major political parties are hiding behind a pay policy smokescreen, the strong unions are out on the battlefield causing industrial havoc. What can be…
The case for ‘open subversion’
Can the considerate side of human nature play a greater part in combating selfish and ruthless behaviour at work? Or is this being “unrealistic” and naive? Canon Peter Challen…
1985 — the year of super‐giants
Dr. Howard Perlmutter, Professor of Industry at the University of Pennsylvania, believes that today's multinational companies will be dwarfed by their successors in the next…
Planned transport — at a predictable cost
Straightforward cost comparisons between vehicle lease and outright purchase are likely to mislead. What the transport executive has to consider are the ancillary — but costly …
Products and Services
The latest documentary from the Health and Safety Executive portrays what can happen when the man from the Factory Inspectorate calls.
Energy saving
Britain's first “instant” factory to feature the use of GRC precast panels has been erected in Lancashire. Called a Stockshell, it is claimed to demonstrate that system building…
Steeled for closure
At least 25,000 workers will lose their jobs in the British steel industry over the next two years. Which is why the British Steel Corporation has come up with an incentive…