Management Decision: Volume 18 Issue 4

The Balance of Payments and Unemployment Implications of the Declining Motor Industry in Britain

M.T. Sweeney

Introduction The growth in market share achieved by foreign car manufacturers during the last few years is a statistic frequently reported by the news media, but attention also…

The Micro‐Computer in Business Applications

F.L. Harrison

In the Financial Times of 21 January 1977, the statement was made:

But How DO Managers Make Decisions?

George H. Rice

One of the main things taught in business schools is managerial decision‐making. Often as a formal course of study, and always as an implication, students are taught that one of…

Personnel Management in the Management Hierarchy

P.B. Beaumont, D.R. Deaton

Introduction There have recently been a number of articles arguing that the status of personnel management within the management hierarchy of many firms in Britain is increasing…

Absence Problems — Are Attendance Bonus Schemes the Answer?

Hilde Behrend

The Question of Extra Pay for Better Attendance One of the important questions which faces managements in times of inflation is that of deciding what kind of appropriate action…