Industrial Management & Data Systems: Volume 84 Issue 3/4

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Cementing the Relationship

Alison Calanda

The first reports of sulphur composites were made nearly 140 years ago but it is only recently that sulphur based corrosion‐resistant concrete became available. The article…

Management Buy‐Outs give Industry a New Lease of Life

Roger Brooke

The advantages of pruning corporate portfolios are welcomed in the US, but many British companies still assume that selling subsidiaries will be viewed in terms of failure by the…

Micro — Power and Place

Peter Morrell

This article looks at an integrated and company‐wide decision support project and examines considerations such as the type of system to use, the characteristics it must exhibit…

Control at the Crossroads

Ray Shaw

The profusion of available and advancing electronic control technology poses problems of timing and choice for both the user and designer. The author discusses these dilemmas.

Jewels in the Crown

Alec Snobel

On a journey across India the author visited hotels and in this article discusses their merits as conference venues.

The Credit Trap: How Much is it Costing You?

Leo Bartle

A recent survey shows how little attention is paid to credit management. Companies continue to increase the number of their customers allowed credit and yet UK company…

Reflections on INFO 84

Linda Thompson

A report on the Seventh European Information Technology and Office Automation Exhibition held in London in February 1984.

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Cybernetics in Management: Action Learning Analysed by Control Theory

V.H. Brix

Action learning can only be understood if organisation is understood. Organisation can only be understood if the behaviour of the human creatures which compose organisation can be…

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