Industrial Management: Volume 76 Issue 12
Table of contents
Paying the price of wage control
THE present pay controls must be allowed to run their course until at least next summer. For the Government and the TUC to lose their resolve in the face of continuing price…
In Brief
Conference, what conference? IF you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall when a top Government official meets trades union professionals, stand by. For Industrial Management was…
POINTS TO YOUR CREDIT
At a time when several major companies are bringing in tougher credit measures, Paul Brooks — chairman of British Debt Services — offers advice to smaller companies on the problem…
Is Britain heading for a 30‐year slump?
Economists John Day and David Parker examine the structural defects in the UK economy, the erratic recovery in world trade three years after the worst recession since the war and…
Charting the pros and cons
Some managers are apt to make decisions before identifying the real problem confronting them. Then there are instances where the best decision is a negative one. Andrew May…
Red herrings in polluted water
As the US economy moves out of recession, there's renewed pressure from environmental lobbies to curb industrial pollution. But some of the major corporations — led by US Steel …
When sharing secrets makes sense
With popular opinion continuing to believe that Britain gives its inventors a raw deal, Bill Makinson — managing director of the National Research Development Corporation — makes…
Cutting paperwork down to size
Microfilming has yet to make the impact on office management that the advocates had predicted. Yet with its time and cost‐saving advantages, there can be little doubt that the…