Management Decision: Volume 9 Issue 1

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IDENTIFYING MARKET OPPORTUNITIES

Stephen King

The gap between theory and practice is probably wider in new product development and diversification than in any other aspect of marketing. What is written in most of the books…

THE MOTOR SKILLS OF MAN‐MANAGEMENT

Gerald Randell

Just what is the task of a “General Manager” in an organization large enough to support specialists responsible for the various functions of finance, production, personnel…

PERSONNEL STRATEGY AND ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT: A Case Study

Stephen Wilcock

This study concerns a company in Britain in the electronics industry. It is the subsidiary of an American parent which has been established about 14 years in England. During this…

EFFECTIVE MBO

Bill Reddin

I EFFECTIVENESS AREAS AND STANDARDS It is impossible to appraise a manager without knowing the output requirements of his position. The concept of effectiveness is the only sound…

FINANCIAL AND LEGAL NOTES

Desmond Goch

Non‐Voting Shares The non‐voting share has for some years been a target for the wrath of financial journalists and other commentators and it again became a live issue during the…

THE ATTITUDES AND BEHAVIOUR OF INDUSTRIAL BUYERS TOWARDS PRICE

Sam Swallow

It is often assumed that the behaviour patterns of the domestic consumer and industrial buyer are fundamentally different. The argument, which is a gross over‐simplification, runs…

ENTREPRENEURIAL PLANNING

Douglas McConnell

This paper presents Stanford Research Institute's approach to corporate planning and illustrates how it can be applied to international business. Planning is only now beginning to…

PROGRAMMES FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Neil Hood

Product development problems in many organizations appear to stem from the basic dilemma of all innovators, namely the extent to which the product change process can be…

Cover of Management Decision

ISSN:

0025-1747

Online date, start – end:

1967

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editor:

  • Brandon Randolph-Seng (Editor-in-Chief)