SAM Advanced Management Journal articles from September 1993

SAM Advanced Management Journal archives from September 1993

"Faster! Newer!" is not a strategy.
September 22, 1993... Introduction A commonly taught definition of strategy is that it consists of the alignment of a firm's internal strengths and weaknesses with opportunities and threats presented by the firm's external environment. Strategy involves the efforts...

Strategic alliances in technology: key competitive weapon.
September 22, 1993... Introduction The need to integrate technology into the strategic plans of a firm is widely recognized as vital to the health and longevity of the company.(1) The firm's technologies and the research for advancing them will be more effective if...

Employee participation: a critical evaluation and suggestions for management practice.
September 22, 1993... Introduction A most serious challenge facing American business and industry today is finding how we can improve the effectiveness of our organizations and become more competitive, particularly in relation to Japan. "Improving productivity" has...

Competitive manufacturing: getting back to the basics.
September 22, 1993... Introduction There are many studies which focus on how to make U.S. manufacturing industries more competitive and productive. Quality improvement, automation, and advanced manufacturing techniques, to name a few, have been studied extensively....

Labor negotiations in the nineties: five steps toward total preparation.
September 22, 1993... Introduction Negotiating a collective bargaining agreement can be trying under the best of circumstances. Events of late have conspired to make the process more complicated and physically and mentally exhausting. For example, Supreme Court and...

"Be a manager, go to jail": coping with a new type of law. (corporate criminal liability Act)
September 22, 1993... Introduction Traditionally, managers could be held criminally liable only for a small group of crimes, primarily embezzlement or theft. Beginning about 30 years ago, criminal liability for managers expanded on two fronts. First, prosecutors...