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Both dedicated and flexible solutions are discussed in the context of the assembly of medical instruments and fluid meters.

The management consultants Inbucon chose Glasgow for a recent seminar on electronics manufacturing. Board manufacture, surface mounted components and quality of electronics were subjects that created much discussion.

WHEN a business expert said recently that only one out of every three firms who had purchased and installed computers was satisfied that the acquisition had proved a financial success it might be astonishing. At the same time, it deserves careful consideration. Have two‐thirds of the firms who have put them in been virtually swindled by salesmen's guile?

With the many choices that can be built into information systems, it is possible to customize such systems for users. This customization may be based on the tasks that users are accomplishing, or on the personal characteristics of users, or a combination of these factors. An experiment is reported in which detailed logging of use of experimental information systems was used to determine the optimal configuration of the systems for each user. Tasks were varied, and the cognitive abilities of users were tested to assess one important personal characteristic. The results showed that it was possible to create an optimal configuration to match the cognitive abilities of users, but that it was more difficult to assess which configuration was the best match for specific tasks. The person‐in‐task interaction proved to be the least powerful indicator of design configurations. These results suggest that usable information systems can be created for users by careful analysis of the interaction of design features with personal characteristics such as cognitive abilities.

This study aims to investigate the relationship between carbon emissions and the industrial growth of India’s core fossil fuel industries (coal, crude oil and natural gas). As a developing economy, India is burdened with various challenges in balancing industrial growth with a healthy environment.

The weighted least squares regression is applied for this study depending on the suitability of the panel data set from 2005 to 2021. Carbon emission levels are considered to measure the industries’ environmental degradation level, and the Index of Eight Core Industries is considered the indicator of industrial growth of the respective industries. Moreover, other control variables such as economic growth, financial development efficiency, renewable energy consumption level and rent of fossil fuels are included in the empirical models.

The empirical results suggest that increased emission levels contribute to the growth of India’s core fossil fuel industries. As fossil fuels are considered environmentally harmful energy sources, it is even more challenging for developing economies such as India to achieve industries’ growth without causing adverse effects on the environment. Installing advanced technologies and reducing major reliance can help India to avoid such environmental downturns from the fossil fuel industries’ operations.

The existing literature could not find earlier studies that have analysed the role of industrial emissions in their growth, especially in the Indian context. More studies in similar settings must be conducted to consider the environmental dimensions of various industries to create a healthier future.

In the modern global marketplace, failure to respond to customer requirements can have dramatic effects on the success of manufacturing companies. Supporting customers after the “market” is a key element of such a response. Communication systems can be slow, unresponsive and expensive for large, distributed customer networks. Here a more proactive Internet‐based model is proposed. It uses push technology to provide greater visibility, improve inter‐company relationships, and lower costs. The model was developed at a leading UK manufacturer and a case study illustrates the developmental stages in terms of different types of communication media. This paper contends that information transfer, delivery and control is crucial for the effective management of extended aftermarket supply networks. A CD‐ROM‐based solution (developed by a UK diesel systems manufacturer) is documented, but it is further argued that such solutions may well already be insufficiently inflexible. The paper argues that manufacturing companies should adopt more information‐intensive solutions (such as webcasting, or push technologies) in order to manage the challenges emerging from Internet‐based business and communications.

The current study explores the ambiguity of accounting technique in the context of a historical study of the Canadian Indian Department under the direction of Deputy Superintendent D.C. Scott at the beginning of the 20th century. Starting from the work of Bauman and his commentators, we argue that modernity viewed as a set of practices and thought patterns, facilitates bureaucratic constructions of the “Indian problem” In turn, this cultural milieu and bureaucratic construction operated as an ideological circle, encouraging the use of accounting techniques of governance that permitted both the distancing of bureaucrats from indigenous peoples and the downplaying of other vantage points. However, as our analysis highlights, numerical re‐presentations also provided the tools and rhetorical spaces for challenges to government policy.

Introduction: Technology and the environment remain uncertain for organisations that impose enormous challenges and opportunities to redesign policies and practices for human resources (HR). The use of technology is ubiquitous and pervasive. Technology has altered the way individuals and organisations seek knowledge, process information, instrument, and practice the learning outcomes.

Purpose: This conceptual paper highlights the change in technological and change nature of work impact on HR practices. Technology has changed the nature of work, which affects individuals and organisations. The dynamic change in technology forces organisations to rethink policies and procedures that fuel the organisation’s competence. The difference in HR practices (recruitment and selection, training and development, performance management, and turnover) is not a trend but rather a need for organisational survival. There is not only a transformation in technological implementation in an organisation but also in employee–organisation relations. The organisations install technology and replace employees.

On the contrary, employees leave an organisation and switch towards self-employed jobs entitled Gig-economy (World Bank, 2018). The individuals are moving towards a more flexible and self-employed relationship. Unfortunately, though, working flexibly create concern for an employee–employer relationship such as pension plan, health insurance, and paid leaves. It also creates income inequality.

Methodology: This is a conceptual paper.

Findings: Technology has a dual effect on the organisation and employees. Thus, technology affects employees, employers, and organisations. The change in technology moderates the psychological contract and career selection, leading to change in the policies and practices of the HR department. A research model is proposed in this conceptual research study which will further be tested to examine and confirm the impact of change.