Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 81 Issue 4/5/6

An Underutilised Resource

Barrie O. Pettman

During the last few decades, most industries have seen a significant growth in the number and proportion of women, especially married women, in their labour force. Nevertheless…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb044832. When citing the article, please…

Assessing the Overseas Investment Decision

Richard Pike, Richard Dobbins

Managers may be motivated to invest abroad for a variety of reasons. They may feel “compelled” to make such investments because of lack of opportunities in the domestic market, or…

The Quality of Working Life

Barrie O. Pettman

If the Quality of Working Life (QWL) is to become a distinct “school” then, it is argued, it should possess all the attributes of a school, in particular, vocabulary, concepts and…

Erratum

This article has been withdrawn as it was published elsewhere and accidentally duplicated. The original article can be seen here: 10.1108/eb044818. When citing the article, please…

A Deterministic Approach to Systems Design

Gill Blay

The objective of software development is to produce accurate, efficient, easily maintainable systems which perform reliably and meet the users' needs as effectively as possible…

How a New Computer‐Based Capacity Register Offers a Vital Service for Industry

Eric Willis

Many companies have never faced more difficult trading conditions than in 1980. The combination of high interest rates, rapid inflation, a high value pound and a collapse of…

News Briefs

Data General and Datawest Computer services will be providing a computerised scoring service for this year's Admiral's Cup series of races, organised by the Royal Ocean Racing…