Management Decision: Volume 25 Issue 1

Developing the Skill of Time Management

Tom McConalogue

“If you want something done, give it to a busy manager.” How do some people pack more productive hours into the day than others?

The Theatre of Life

Frank Kirkman

Management is not an exact science. The engineer or accountant becomes a good manager not only by acquiring specialised knowledge to add to their professional expertise but by…

Management of Working Capital: A Neglected Subject

Christopher Pass, Richard Pike

Economic recessions have severely stretched the financial resources of many businesses. One result has been to focus attention on the management of working capital in companies…

Museums and Marketing Techniques

David Yorke, P.R. Jones

The present day museum is a far cry from the original concept but is it what the public wants?

Organisational Politics

Andrew Kakabadse

The discussion of decision making is an important topic in today's management studies, yet some say that current teaching is inapplicable to today's organisations. A more…

The Japan of Europe:: Which Country Will Earn the Title?

John Macdonald

Quality, reliability and suitability are far greater influences than price consideration when Western consumers and professional buyers choose goods and services from the Pacific…

Creating Jobs for the People

Kenneth Hall

No one measure can totally solve the unemployment problem, though a multi‐directional attack may have some significant effect.

The Reform of Local Government Finance

Noel P. Hepworth

An alternative system of local government finance is proposed based on two taxes—property and residents'—to finance different types of services and promote local accountability…

The Consultant's Report:: Is only the Acceptable Acceptable?

Steve Linstead

The success or failure of a consultant's report is not determined by its ability to present data and solve problems but by its persuasiveness, its acceptability to the dominant…