SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from June 1992

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from June 1992

The 'green' corporation: how to plan for it.
June 22, 1992... Pollution reduction may be one of the critical issues confronting business leaders in the 1990s. According to industry and government leaders attending the World Economic Forum, environment is their number one challenge.(1) Bhopal, Chernobyl,...

Keeping employees: the Federal Express approach. (Federal Express Corp.)
June 22, 1992... Keeping Employees It is hard to find good people. Naturally once you find them, it is essential to find ways to keep them. One company that has done just that is Federal Express. The world's largest cargo airline has some big numbers, like $5...

The ESOP revolution: will it increase employee involvement? (employee stock ownership plans)
June 22, 1992... There is a concept which many people believe will fundamentally alter some of the historical tenets of American business. This concept has received the enthusiastic support of labor representatives, public policy makers, and business executives,...

Management's stake in improved decision making with activity-based costing.
June 22, 1992... Managers have to make decisions: how to allocate limited resources; how to price products; when to drop a product line; how to organize the product and process. Information is the basis for these decisions; generally, the better the information...

Managerial action skills in business education: missing link or misplaced emphasis?
June 22, 1992... Historically, them has been a tension between two fundamental orientations to business education: analytical detachment vs. practical relevance. This tension can be traced to a controversy between academics and practitioners regarding their...

Developing successful organizational telecommuting arrangements: worker perceptions and managerial prescriptions.
June 22, 1992... The task of acquiring, developing, motivating, and maintaining a high quality workforce in the 1990s will present management with unparalleled human resource challenges. As managers grapple with new workplace complexities, such as growing...

Work morale in the 1990s.
June 22, 1992... Components of Morale Morale can be viewed as the attitude of an individual, group, or organization with regard to the function or task at hand. A work group with high morale has a strong sense of shared direction and a commitment to peak...