Ask young executives what they think management is, and one is given a vague and somewhat confused answer: linking together the work of a lot of people by such techniques as…
The Royal Assent to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 received a sixteen line paragraph in Topics for September. In dozens of journals it did not even rate a mention. But if…
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The Royal Assent to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 received a sixteen line paragraph in Topics for September. In dozens of journals it did not even rate a mention. But if what Lord Robens in his 1972 Report saw as necessary for securing better standards of health and safety at work is to be realised, the education and training programme necessary is wide and deep.
Decimalisation, value added tax, metrication, the Industrial Relations Act—perhaps the four most outstanding individual training subjects in the last decade. Do we now, with the…
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Decimalisation, value added tax, metrication, the Industrial Relations Act—perhaps the four most outstanding individual training subjects in the last decade. Do we now, with the death of the Industrial Relations Act, need a de‐briefing?
No one needs help to get into trouble At the beginning of 1975 that is a quotation to be remembered by people as far apart as ex‐President Nixon, ex‐Lord Mayor of London Sir…
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No one needs help to get into trouble At the beginning of 1975 that is a quotation to be remembered by people as far apart as ex‐President Nixon, ex‐Lord Mayor of London Sir Dennis Lowson, and Fred who cleans our offices—but never satisfactorily.
Critical examination of the concept of flexible working hours has been conspicuously lacking from most management magazines, although individual appraisals have appeared in less…
As part of a research into flexible working hours in offices, the question ‘Has it improved productivity?’ was put to a number of executives. Their replies form the basis of the…
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As part of a research into flexible working hours in offices, the question ‘Has it improved productivity?’ was put to a number of executives. Their replies form the basis of the material in this article.
SAYS the handout from the Department of Industry: “The key role played by managers in improving British industry's economic performance was emphasised by Mr. Eric Varley…
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SAYS the handout from the Department of Industry: “The key role played by managers in improving British industry's economic performance was emphasised by Mr. Eric Varley, Secretary of State for Industry. He said that the publication of a discussion paper on industry, education and management underlined that industry in Britain today had many first class managers who made vital contributions to the economy.
IT was last July that we denounced the Bullock proposals because of our conviction that they would not work. True, that was not by any means the first time that we had voiced that…
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IT was last July that we denounced the Bullock proposals because of our conviction that they would not work. True, that was not by any means the first time that we had voiced that opinion. We said so, firmly, from the moment that they were promulgated. There was so much against them.
NOW HERE is a funny sequence. We are told that actual pay is up above the inflation rate because so much overtime is being worked. If this was one of those stories where the…
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NOW HERE is a funny sequence. We are told that actual pay is up above the inflation rate because so much overtime is being worked. If this was one of those stories where the audience is invited to cheer or groan alternately, we would say ‘Hurrah’!
IT would seem, at the moment of writing, that two at least of the most powerfull trades unions are out to wreck what is left of the Social Contract. They see no reason in having a…
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IT would seem, at the moment of writing, that two at least of the most powerfull trades unions are out to wreck what is left of the Social Contract. They see no reason in having a gap of twelve months between wage claims.