A case study may be defined as a description of a situation that has arisen within an organisation. The case may concern one specific problem or cover a wide range of problems…
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A case study may be defined as a description of a situation that has arisen within an organisation. The case may concern one specific problem or cover a wide range of problems. Preferably the case should be based on a real life situation although there are some who advocate the use of armchair cases, ie cases written without being based on a specific company although they may be an amalgam of the case writer's own personal experiences.
THIS issue opens the new volume of THE LIBRARY WORLD and it is natural that we should pause to glance at the long road we have travelled. For over forty years our pages have been…
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THIS issue opens the new volume of THE LIBRARY WORLD and it is natural that we should pause to glance at the long road we have travelled. For over forty years our pages have been open to the most progressive and practical facts, theories and methods of librarianship; our contributors have included almost every librarian who has held an important office; and we have always welcomed the work of younger, untried men who seemed to have promise— many of whom have indeed fulfilled it. In the strain and stress of the First World War we maintained interest and forwarded the revisions in library methods which adapted them to the after‐war order. Today we have similar, even severer, problems before us, and we hope to repeat the service we were then able to give. In this we trust that librarians, who have always regarded THE LIBRARY WORLD with affection, will continue to support us and be not tempted because of temporary stringency, to make a victim of a journal which has given so long and so independent a service.
Considerable attention has been focused recently on the business schools in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and to a lesser extent in Europe. It is strange that…
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Considerable attention has been focused recently on the business schools in the United Kingdom, the United States of America and to a lesser extent in Europe. It is strange that in spite of all that has been written concerning Management Education in the business schools and universities, work carried out in this area by the polytechnics and technical colleges has been virtually ignored in spite of the increase in student numbers and innovations in teaching methods.
The librarian and researcher have to be able to uncover specific articles in their areas of interest. This Bibliography is designed to help. Volume IV, like Volume III, contains…
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The librarian and researcher have to be able to uncover specific articles in their areas of interest. This Bibliography is designed to help. Volume IV, like Volume III, contains features to help the reader to retrieve relevant literature from MCB University Press' considerable output. Each entry within has been indexed according to author(s) and the Fifth Edition of the SCIMP/SCAMP Thesaurus. The latter thus provides a full subject index to facilitate rapid retrieval. Each article or book is assigned its own unique number and this is used in both the subject and author index. This Volume indexes 29 journals indicating the depth, coverage and expansion of MCB's portfolio.
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George Hayward and John Masterson
This article looks at how capital equipment innovations are adopted. The reception of innovations by adoptors and non‐adoptors provides “profiles” of the characteristics of…
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This article looks at how capital equipment innovations are adopted. The reception of innovations by adoptors and non‐adoptors provides “profiles” of the characteristics of innovations, which can highlight good selling features and identify markets.
In the UK at the moment a great deal of concern is being expressed about the role of the small business and the fact that it is the small businesses which can create new jobs at a…
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In the UK at the moment a great deal of concern is being expressed about the role of the small business and the fact that it is the small businesses which can create new jobs at a time when large organisations are reducing their labour forces. Many pious hopes are being expressed that at least some of those receiving redundancy payments will invest this money in starting a new business. Technological innovation is also a very popular phrase with politicians and others who regard it as some kind of universal panacea. These ideas unfortunately seem to be confused by two fallacies, the first being that the UK is a nation of small businesses (when comparison with the USA and Germany shows that we are in fact large‐company‐oriented) and the second that whilst we in the UK are good at inventing we are not so good at putting inventions into production. It can be argued that in comparison with many countries we are no longer even good at inventing (with some very notable exceptions), and this can be demonstrated by the lower number of patent applications. To transform wishful thinking into reality it may be of benefit to study the reaction of the USA when faced with a similar situation. In the past the high standard of living achieved within the United States was ascribed to the entrepreneurial spirit and innovativeness of its people and of its small firms which rapidly grew into large organisations, in their own turn hiving off staff to start other small firms, thereby repeating the whole process. However once signs appeared that these basic qualities were diminishing, with a consequent erosion of the standard of living, various remedies were suggested, one of which was the formation of Innovation Centres. The present paper traces the development of these Centres and gives an indication of their early successes. Various small initiatives in this area are being shown in the UK but it would appear that the economy could benefit from Governmental support of similar Innovation Centres to those in the USA.
The use of the case study method in management training and education is a subject about which few people associated with management remain neutral — they either abhor it or are…
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The use of the case study method in management training and education is a subject about which few people associated with management remain neutral — they either abhor it or are one hundred per cent in favour. Far too often in the past management teachers have been known to suggest ‘I'll give them a case study and then split them into syndicates to discuss it later!’ Whilst this may allow the teacher already working long hours breathing space and the opportunity to deal with a backlog of administrative matters, it nevertheless represents a debasement of the value of the case study. Yet far too often this approach has been students' first introduction to the study of cases.
The entry of the United Kingdom into the Common Market affords unrivalled opportunities for the marketing man to extend his areas of activity. However, marketing on an…
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The entry of the United Kingdom into the Common Market affords unrivalled opportunities for the marketing man to extend his areas of activity. However, marketing on an international scale is not something to be rushed into without considerable thought and informed preparation. Marketing may be said to be a concept rather than a function, and a concept which should be realised and understood by all managers; not just those with the term ‘marketing’ or ‘selling’ included in their title! It is not sufficient to change the title of Sales Manager to Marketing Manager: firm action must be taken to introduce the concept of marketing throughout the organisation.
Analyses five major innovations in the flour milling industry and the variations in attitudes and adoption practices in group mills and individual plants. Advocates that it is…
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Analyses five major innovations in the flour milling industry and the variations in attitudes and adoption practices in group mills and individual plants. Advocates that it is important for research purposes that an industry is chosen in which technical innovation was high, and also where the total number of units in the country could be approached with regard to the very limited budget available for the research. The industry chosen was the flour milling industry. Discusses the choice of innovations and methodology. Sums up that much work still needs to be done with regard to sources of information and on the role of opinion leaders.
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‘If you want a job done, ask a busy man’ — this aphorism is often repeated throughout the hierarchy of management without its full implications ever being explored. If the…
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‘If you want a job done, ask a busy man’ — this aphorism is often repeated throughout the hierarchy of management without its full implications ever being explored. If the statement is examined in detail, it is really saying that the busy man is able to manage his time rather than have time manage him. David Marples has said that,