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Linear photodiode arrays will have an increasingly important place in industrial inspection equipment, despite the glamour of cameras using matrix arrays, in the opinion of Peter Bertram, director and operations manager of Integrated Photo matrix, a company making both linear and matrix sensors. For most inspection tasks involving products on the move the linear array is more appropriate. Jack Hollingum went to see some of the latest applications.

This article addresses itself to the need for the market research profession to develop greater skill in the presentation and communication of the results of market research surveys. It contains general advice and detailed guidelines to develop such skills.

If your company is like most, you are providing your customers with more options, more variety, and more customization than they have ever had before. While that is indeed the direction in which most firms must move in order to succeed in today’s turbulent markets, you must remember a simple rule: customers do not want more choices. They just want exactly what they want.

Briefly reviews 20 books concerned with all aspects of management including studying for a management qualification, as in S. Cameron′s The MBA Handbook, which offers practical advice on how to study for an MBA. Applies the relevance of such books to the concerns of the library manager and indicates how such publications could help the manager to provide a better library service, improve interpersonal skills and generally overcome most of the hurdles which managers have to surmount.

Briefly reviews 20 books concerned with all aspects of management including studying for a management qualification, as in S. Cameron′s The MBA Handbook, which offers practical advice on how to study for an MBA. Applies the relevance of such books to the concerns of the library manager and indicates how such publications could help the manager to provide a better library service, improve interpersonal skills and generally overcome most of the hurdles which managers have to surmount.

To assess the relevance of the growing interest in Knowledge Management, the author suggests the need to understand the contemporary context into which it is being introduced. For example, how does it relate to “process management” or the “learning organization”? The results of the author’s research indicates that many companies will pay a high and continuing price for an emphasis on short‐term improvements. In general, a more holistic and people‐centred approach to management that puts more emphasis on learning is required. This paper presents an overview of certain research findings that might be relevant to an assessment of Knowledge Management for the future organization.