Management Research News: Volume 13 Issue 5

THE IMPACT OF PRIVATISATION/SHARE‐OWNERSHIP ON THE FINANCIAL AWARENESS OF EMPLOYEES

M.J. Peel, R.E.V. Groves, M.W. Pendlebury

Research is currently being conducted at Cardiff Business School into the impact of wider share‐ownership/profit sharing and privatisation on various aspects of employee relations…

STRATEGIES FOR NEW PRODUCTS MANAGEMENT IN AUSTRALIAN HIGH TECHNOLOGY FIRMS

Larry Dwyer, Robert Mellor

This paper reports some results of an investigation of the product innovation strategies of Australian high technology firms. While theoretical and empirical research undertaken…

TEACHING BUSINESS POLICY:CASES VERSUS BUSINESS GAMES

D. Sculli, K.C. Hau

Many graduates, especially those in the more practical disciplines such as engineering and social science, often take up employment in a manufacturing or service enterprise, doing…

WHAT SHOULD WE EMPHASISE IN MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT?

J. Barton Cunningham

Ask a manager what she/he does. She/he will probably tell you about functions or processes such as planning, organising, budgeting, and controlling (Fayol 1949).

DOING BUSINESS IN THAILAND — AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE

Brian Sheehan

During 1989 I undertook a study on Australian Business Investment/Involvement in Thailand. The purpose was not to do a statistical study of volumes, product‐type etc., but rather…