Management Decision: Volume 23 Issue 4

The Influence of Design on Industrial and Economic Achievement

Mark Oakley

Introduction In many countries, including the UK, the “importance of design” is being cited with increasing frequency in the context of industrial activity and of national and…

New Aids for Personnel Decision Making

Jimmy Algie, William Foster

The issues may seem intractable, resources may be scarce and time may be running out, but decision insight systems produce reliable decisions fast, from raw views and whatever…

The Development of General Managers: Some New Zealand Evidence

S.R. Dakin, R.T. Hamilton

The transition of functional specialists into general managers is recognised as a priority area for management education. This article is concerned with those factors and events…

Accounting Systems and the Electronic Data Processing Function

A. Rushinek, S.F. Rushinek

Introduction Today's auditor is facing a rapidly changing environment. As a result, the field of auditing is constantly adding new disciplines. One of these new areas is…

Endurance in Love with the Company: A Japanese Case

Norihiko Suzuki

The transferability of the Japanese management system to the American business environment has recently provided a focal point of argument among Americans. This signifies a…

On the Social Responsibilities of Business: Contra Milton Friedman

Daniel Liechty

Product availability, product price, product safety, wage levels, pollution levels and many more issues directly affecting the social community are the results of policy decisions…