Management Review articles from November 1995

Management Review archives from November 1995

Corrugated Incorporated
November 1, 1995... Save money on packaging and help the environment at the same time? One company has discovered it is possible - and it wants to share the secret. It all began with this age-old dilemma: after receiving a shipment, what do you do with the empty...

Independent Contractors: Savings or Legal Snare?
November 1, 1995... Independent contractors cost less than employees, but pitfalls of incorrectly classifying employees can be expensive. Today, the costs of having employees in your business go far beyond wages. Fringe benefits can reach 30 percent of base wages...

The Transformation of Universal Enterprises: How Many Companies Have Leaders Prepared to Take Them into the 21st Century?
November 1, 1995... How many companies have leaders prepared to take them into the 21st century? Most managers and workers in today's enterprises are merely cogs in obsolete machinery. They sometimes have a vague feeling that the machinery needs scrapping and...

Three Vital Little Words
November 1, 1995... Do you as a manager or leader "inspire shared vision"? These three words are the cornerstone of the new 21st century organization. I recently attended a management retreat of a $200 million company. There was nothing particularly unique about...

Otis: The Ups and Downs of Business
November 1, 1995... It is, perhaps, the oldest conundrum in manufacturing: How do you convince customers they are getting a truly unique product without the cost and expense of one-of-a-kind production? Henry Ford first faced that problem and solved it quite simply...

When the Walls Come Tumbling Down
November 1, 1995... Companies are making sweeping physical workplace changes. As a result, employees are being forced to make dramatic changes in the way they work and in the way they relate to one another. Corporations around the world are blowing the trumpet of...

The New Johnstown Flood
November 1, 1995... Even natives admit the last major event to take place in Johnstown, Pa., was probably the flood that devastated the valley more than a hundred years ago. But if U.S. intelligence and law enforcement officials have their way, Johnstown may become...

Reengineering from the outside In
November 1, 1995... Three-quarters of the largest American and European companies have reengineered at least one key business process over the past three years, and nearly 80 percent of those companies consider their reengineering efforts to have been successful,...

Employees Are Our Greatest Asset and Worst Headache!
November 1, 1995... The American Management Association's advisory Councils, each comprising at least 35 executives in a specific functional management area, meet twice annually to discuss and debate problems, concerns and innovations in their areas of expertise....

Domestic Partner Benefits
November 1, 1995... Just five years ago, you would be hard-pressed to find even a dozen employers that offered domestic partner benefits coverage to their employees. Today, there are more than 300 organizations in the United States that offer medical/dental benefits...

The Seven Deadly Demotivators
November 1, 1995... Walk around a typical workplace today and you are likely to find employees with low energy levels merely "going through the motions." They are probably offering only halfhearted service to customers, showing little initiative and engaging in a...

AIDS: Why Let the Classroom Become Your Classroom?
November 1, 1995... You've heard the horror stories, and now you have an employee with HIV infection. Must this become one more legal hassle? Are you stuck with watching this unwanted scenario play out in court? Not necessarily. Have you done strategic planning...

The New Gold Rush?
November 1, 1995... The greatest technological invention of the 20th century was supposed to be the television. When first introduced, the picture box was going to replace the radio, and years later its sister entertainment vehicle, the VCR, was expected to put a...