Canadian Business Review articles from June 1993

Canadian Business Review archives from June 1993

Domestic economy weak again in 1993. (Canadian economy) (Frank Talk on the Economy)
June 22, 1993... The outlook for Canada's economy remains reasonably good despite the recent setbacks in employment, housing starts and automobile sales and the impact of restrictive provincial budgets for 1993-94. All governments are dealing with their...

Prescription for change. (interview with Donald P. Schurman, president of the University of Alberta Hospitals)(includes related articles) (Cover Story)
June 22, 1993... AN INTERVIEW ON IMPROVING CANADA'S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WITH DONALD P. SCHURMAN, PRESIDENT, UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITALS Q: Our health care system is under stress. Not a day goes by that we don't hear about health care reform. Why should the...

Improving quality means improving communication. (includes case studies)
June 22, 1993... THE REAL TQM CHALLENGE MAY BE AN OPEN AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION STRATEGY It's no secret that TQM is in trouble. After making a substantial investment in total quality, many Canadian business leaders are seeing little, if any, improvement...

Whistleblowers . . . learn to love them.
June 22, 1993... BUSINESS SHOULD BE PROTECTING AND EVEN REWARDING PEOPLE WHO REPORT UNETHICAL CORPORATE BEHAVIOUR Starting in the early 1980s, many U.S. states passed acts to protect whistleblowers. In 1986, the U.S. federal government amended the False Claims...

Transforming the enterprise.
June 22, 1993... TODAY'S SUCCESSFUL COMPANIES ARE ACHIEVING BREAKTHROUGH RESULTS BY RE-ENGINEERING PROCESSES Most Canadian companies still organize around functional hierarchies and employ traditional approaches to the management of processes, information and...

From patrons to partners: strategies for the '90s. (corporate community investment)
June 22, 1993... CORPORATIONS ARE USING MORE FOCUSED STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT NON-PROFIT AND CHARITABLE GROUPS Corporate donations managers find themselves increasingly limited in their ability to respond to growing demands for funding. One response has been to...

Making free trade work by fixing the dollar. (Ecomic Analysis)
June 22, 1993... A FLUCTUATING DOLLAR HAS PREVENTED CANADA FROM REALIZING THE BENEFITS OF FREE TRADE The 1990s are off to a very disappointing start. While the Canadian economy has certainly been buffeted by adverse international forces, serious mistakes in...

The business of business is learning. (Executive Forum)
June 22, 1993... I believe that adapting, innovating and learning are what businesses must do if they are to survive and prosper. Businesses have to become learning organizations, which are, quite simply, the building blocks of the new knowledge economy. In...

Atlantic Canada poised to benefit from new world markets. (Executive Forum)
June 22, 1993... The challenges facing Canada today are substantial. Governments are trying to find effective ways to trim deficits, deal with reduced activity in key resource sectors, and find replacements for diminishing markets for many traditional products....

Pivotal issue at IBM: creating customer value. (Executive Forum)
June 22, 1993... The early '90s have been tough on many corporate giants, including IBM. But if our institutional image as "Big Blue" has been retired, we won't mourn for long. Business simply doesn't operate that way any more. Prosperity is no longer a...