Management Decision: Volume 28 Issue 1

Editorial: Management by Walkabout: Its Relationship to the Footwear Industry

Management walkabout has appealed to many chief executives as part of their management style. This article discusses some of the seldom‐considered implications of this, and…

Business Growth Part 1: Fast Growth

Anthony S. Page, Ralph C. Jones

Fast‐growth companies illustrate, over a shortspace of time, the opportunities, threats,problems and pitfalls of business growth. Aftercarrying out a general survey of…

How “General” are your General Managers?

S.R. Dakin, R.T. Hamilton

In 1984 the authors conducted a survey of generalmanagers in Christchurch, New Zealand, to learnhow they approached their work. The managerswere asked to respond to a…

Advanced Manufacturing Technology: Investment Decision Process. Part I

K. Swann, W.D. O′Keefe

This article is the first half of a series concerningadvanced manufacturing technology (AMT)investment decisions. Individual problems withformalised techniques in this field are…

What Should be Done? A Practical Approach to Business Ethics

Gael M. McDonald, Raymond A. Zepp

The decision‐making process in businessfrequently involves ethical considerations.Although ethics often come down to personaldecisions, those decisions ultimately affect…

Corporate/Marketing Philosophy: A US, Japanese and British Comparison

Donald G. Howard, William Howell, John K. Ryans

This article presents the results of a recent studyof the strategic marketing and managementpriorities of leading British executives. Further,their views on a wide range of current…

Staff Selection Decision Making into the 1990s

Neil Anderson, Vivian Shackleton

Most managers would agree that the calibre ofan organisation′s employees is vital to its businesssuccess. However, to many managers, selectionis a headache: job descriptions have…

Developing Successful Market Intelligence: A Case Study

David J. Skyrme

Marketing departments spend endless time andenergy on marketing the company and its productsto the outside world, yet they often overlook theimportance of their models and…

Leadership and Excellence

Bernard Wynne

To meet the demands of the 1990s, the WoolwichEquitable Building Society ran a “Striving forExcellence” campaign. Research was carried outinto customer needs, as well as both…