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1 – 10 of 500Would‐be entrepreneurs who start or acquire businesses, driven bythe popular belief that executive competence can conquer all, are likelyto be disappointed. Executive competence…
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Would‐be entrepreneurs who start or acquire businesses, driven by the popular belief that executive competence can conquer all, are likely to be disappointed. Executive competence, while important, is often subordinate to the concept and capital utilization characteristics of the business in determining organizational outcomes. Proposes five guidelines for starting or acquiring a business which, if observed, will increase the chances of entrepreneurial success and corresponding wealth accumulation.
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The succession of second‐generation entrepreneurs to control of thefamily business created by their fathers is a challenging, oftenunsatisfactory process. A study of ten…
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The succession of second‐generation entrepreneurs to control of the family business created by their fathers is a challenging, often unsatisfactory process. A study of ten entrepreneurial families who have experienced succession discovered that the preparation of sons and daughters to take over the family business was disorganised, inadequate, and sometimes inept. Moreover, founder‐fathers and non‐family employees had done little to prepare for the transition to second‐generation leadership. Based on the troubling experience of these ten families and the author′s work with dozens of family businesses, this article proposes a comprehensive developmental model designed to increase the chances of second‐generation success.
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The conflict between “serving” and“supervising” an owner manager is an important reason forthe role difficulties faced by directors of private companies. Exploresthe conflicting…
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The conflict between “serving” and “supervising” an owner manager is an important reason for the role difficulties faced by directors of private companies. Explores the conflicting motivations of owners who establish boards of directors; discusses the role of both owner‐manager entrepreneurs and directors in making private company boards work; and gives guidelines for reducing conflict and increasing board effectiveness. It is based on a survey of 25 directors of private and public company boards.
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Richard L. Osborne and Scott S. Cowen
Using the analogy of expensive trains heading for a crash, assertsthat business schools must learn to do what they teach – i.e.become learning organizations – if they are to stay…
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Using the analogy of expensive trains heading for a crash, asserts that business schools must learn to do what they teach – i.e. become learning organizations – if they are to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. Offers advice to schools on how to change, describing learning competences which must be acquired, and illustrates this by using the Weatherhead School of Management′s approach to executive learning.
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Richard L. Osborne and Scott S. Cowen
Maintains that high performance companies have an unmistakable profile that separates them from also‐rans, including distinctive characteristics of the corporate culture, the…
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Maintains that high performance companies have an unmistakable profile that separates them from also‐rans, including distinctive characteristics of the corporate culture, the people and the management systems. Isolates seven attributes that differentiate the culture of high‐performing companies, lists staff, behaviours that set them apart, and describes three uncompromising principles upon which the management system is founded.
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Reviews the essential elements of entrepreneurial success in largeand small, existing or newly‐created companies. Examines the linksbetween the firm and its environment, strategy…
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Reviews the essential elements of entrepreneurial success in large and small, existing or newly‐created companies. Examines the links between the firm and its environment, strategy and risk taking. Identifies the essential elements and argues that satisfying customer needs is the cornerstone of success.
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THE annual election of the Library Association Council for 1946 is over. Of course, only a small part of the Council has been before the electors. The results follow an…
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THE annual election of the Library Association Council for 1946 is over. Of course, only a small part of the Council has been before the electors. The results follow an old‐established precedent, but are nevertheless curious. Why is it that country members seem not to be interested in their selection of candidates who come from the metropolitan area? There were two to be elected for London and those successful were Frank M. Gardner with 572 and Captain Richard Wright with 501 votes; there were five Country Councillors required and Miss M. F. Austin (854) and Messrs. W. A. Munford (831), F. G. B. Hutchings (817), E. Wisker (716) and E. Osborne (601) were elected. Besides the London candidates who were successful by ballot, Mr. W. B. Stevenson (447) and Mr. E. Sydney (360) will serve on the Council for shorter periods in the room of Mr. J. D. Stewart and S/Ldr. J. D. Cowley. It will therefore be seen that there is considerable disparity in the voting for the two parts of the Council. As we say, this is rather curious as it follows a long established tradition. The new members are Mr. Gardner, Mr. Stevenson, Miss Austin, Mr. Munford and Mr. Wisker; this appears to us to be a very interesting and useful team. They have already shown by definite work, mostly in the A.A.L., that they are qualified leaders amongst the younger librarians. We wish them good fortune in the carrying out of their part in the reconstruction period ahead.
THE enterprise of two London newspapers, the Tribune (for the second time) and the Daily Chronicle, in organizing exhibitions of books affords a convenient excuse for once again…
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THE enterprise of two London newspapers, the Tribune (for the second time) and the Daily Chronicle, in organizing exhibitions of books affords a convenient excuse for once again bringing forward proposals for a more permanent exhibition. On many occasions during the past twenty years the writer has made suggestions for the establishment of a central book bazaar, to which every kind of book‐buyer could resort in order to see and handle the latest literature on every subject. An experiment on wrong lines was made by the Library Bureau about fifteen years ago, but here, as in the exhibitions above mentioned, the arrangement was radically bad. Visiting the Daily Chronicle show in company with other librarians, and taking careful note of the planning, one was struck by the inutility of having the books arranged by publishers and not by subjects. Not one visitor in a hundred cares twopence whether books on electricity, biography, history, travel, or even fairy tales, are issued by Longmans, Heinemann, Macmillan, Dent or any other firm. What everyone wants to see is all the recent and latest books on definite subjects collected together in one place. The arrangements at the Chronicle and Tribune shows are just a jumble of old and new books placed in show‐cases by publishers' names, similar to the abortive exhibition held years ago in Bloomsbury Street. What the book‐buyer wants is not a miscellaneous assemblage of books of all periods, from 1877 to date, arranged in an artistic show‐case and placed in charge of a polite youth who only knows his own books—and not too much about them—but a properly classified and arranged collection of the newest books only, which could be expounded by a few experts versed in literature and bibliography. What is the use of salesmen in an exhibition where books are not sold outright? If these exhibitions were strictly limited to the newest books only, there would be much less need for salesmen to be retained as amateur detectives. Another decided blemish on such an exhibition is the absence of a general catalogue. Imagine any exhibition on business lines in which visitors are expected to cart away a load of catalogues issued separately by the various exhibitors and all on entirely different plans of arrangement! The British publisher in nearly everything he does is one of the most hopeless Conservatives in existence. He will not try anything which has not been done by his grandfather or someone even more remote, so that publishing methods remain crystallized almost on eighteenth century lines. The proposal about to be made is perhaps far too revolutionary for the careful consideration of present‐day publishers, but it is made in the sincere hope that it may one day be realized. It has been made before without any definite details, but its general lines have been discussed among librarians for years past.
William H. WardenIII and Bette M. Warden
Microcomputers are rapidly becoming commonplace in libraries today and will become even more so as prices fall and capabilities increase. Microcomputers can provide a wide range…
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Microcomputers are rapidly becoming commonplace in libraries today and will become even more so as prices fall and capabilities increase. Microcomputers can provide a wide range of services, from being an integral part of a circulation system to serving as terminals to access online databases and information utilities such as the Source or CompuServe. Software can be purchased or developed to assist in online literature searching (record keeping or standardization of database commands). Database packages, or even word processing programs, can be used to help compile local newspaper indexes or other local information files. Statistical packages can be used to analyze library usage. Even the laborious task of writing reports or letters can be greatly aided by word processing programs. Even though the availability of software is a determining factor in choosing a microcomputer, this paper will concentrate on meeting the hardware needs of individual libraries.
The following bibliography focuses mainly on programs which can run on IBM microcomputers and compatibles under the operating system PC DOS/MS DOS, and which can be used in online…
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The following bibliography focuses mainly on programs which can run on IBM microcomputers and compatibles under the operating system PC DOS/MS DOS, and which can be used in online information and documentation work. They fall into the following categories: