Industrial Management: Volume 77 Issue 6
Table of contents
Making sense of the confusion
YOU probably know the feeling. Picking up a newspaper one day to read an optimistic report of Britain's economic health, only to find in the same paper the next day that another…
In Brief
Transport policy ‘in ruins’ With only a few weeks to publication, the Government's long‐awaited transport policy is in ruins, says Ian Phillips, president of the Freight Transport…
Sour edge to job enrichment
Companies who try to take the boredom out of what are essentially repetitive jobs usually find that output rises and absenteeism drops. But job design is meeting “negative…
As exporters air their problems, Catherwood warns ‘NEXT FIVE YEARS WILL BE CRITICAL’
Trade official, Sir Fred Catherwood, explains why North Sea oil will impose tough new demands on industry, while companies discuss their problems — and achievements — at an export…
Alfred Herbert's painful recovery
John Buckley is something of a corporate knight, coming to the rescue of companies in distress. Having masterminded the recovery of Davy International, Buckley has been reviving…
WATCH YOUR LANGUAGE!
Roderick Wilkinson attacks the use of jargon words which are meant to impress, but often confuse or mislead and breed resentment.
Turning loss into profit
Closed‐circuit TV, infra‐red beams, plastic “key” cards…there is certainly no shortage of equipment on the market to thwart industry's law breakers. But gadgets by themselves are…
Getting that shrinking feeling
In the previous issue, David Dove prescribed exercise based on “gradual advancement”. Here, looking at diet, he explains why a different, more intensive, approach is needed to…
The hazards of role‐playing
Nowhere is the “us and them” attitude to industrial relations better illustrated than in collective bargaining. And it is this traditional role‐playing by management and workers…
SAAB 99GL: CLASSY BUT COSTLY
THE Scandinavian reputation for product durability and clean, functional design is nowhere better exemplified than in the Swedish car factories of Volvo and Saab.