Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 84 Issue 11/12

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Key Strategic Issues in Today's Oil Industry — Part II

P.V. Mageean

The second part of a two‐part article which examines the dominant strategic factors which are developing and may develop in trading conditions of the oil industry's general…

Strategic Planning and the Small Business

Jerry White

In the case of small business, the owner‐manager is most likely to be the individual who establishes corporate objectives as well as carrying out a thorough evaluation of product…

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The Impact of Computers on the Work Organisation:Centralisation or Decentralisation?

Christopher J. Rowe

The first generation of large mainframe computers certainly acted as a centralising force within companies. The arrival of cheaper minicomputers and the development of online…

Beside the Seaside

Alec Snobel

Hotels in Bognor Regis and Eastbourne are assessed as possible venues for conferences.

Participation:Individual Goals and Choices in Collective Action

R. Talpaert

There is an urgent need to relax the link between work and organisation, to bring about a social renewal in which the key word is participation, and the key figure a certain type…

The Industrial Buying Function:Changing Role and Relevance

William B. Wagner

A new era for management is emerging. Staying closer to the business of the company's primary expertise with an action‐based, value‐driven philosophy is being emphasised. A simple…

Cover of Industrial Management & Data Systems

ISSN:

0263-5577

Renamed from:

Industrial Management

Online date, start – end:

1980

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Alain Yee Loong Chong
  • Prof Hing Kai Chan