Business Horizons articles from March 1995

Business Horizons archives from March 1995

Nonviolence and us. (workplace violence)(Cover Story)(Editorial)
March 1, 1995... The grimmest of workplace phenomena is featured in two articles in this issue: homicide. The full extent of this problem appears subject to some debate, but no one who reads the newspapers or listens to CNN Headline News can escape the conclusion...

Workplace homicide: a time for action.(includes a bibliography)(Cover Story)
March 1, 1995... "Violence in the workplace is one of the most complex, vexing, and frustrating problems facing American managers today. R is a recurring nightmare in companies throughout this county and around the globe." -- Marvin Runyon Postmaster...

Homicides in the workplace: crisis or false alarm?(includes a bibliography)(Cover Story)
March 1, 1995... It's hard to escape the feeling that the workplace is dangerous these days. Newspaper and magazine articles, television news stories, and government publications are replete with frightening incidents of workers being murdered on the job....

American involvement in Vietnam, part II: prospects for U.S. business in a new era.
March 1, 1995... With the stroke of President Clinton's pen last February, the Vietnamese trade embargo ended and U.S. business horizons expanded considerably. Many American firms, having already evaluated the risks and rewards of the Vietnamese market, have...

The harmonization of standards in the European Union and the impact on U.S. business.
March 1, 1995... The goal of the European Union is to strengthen Europe's economy by creating an internal free market among the community's 15 member nations with common external trade barriers to the rest of the world. This internal market is based on the...

Levi's is leaving China. (Levi Strauss)
March 1, 1995... Human rights in China have been on a lot of people's minds lately. Continued reports of political and religious oppression, along with the revelation that China uses prison labor to produce commercial goods that are then sold in the West, is...

Lessons for an accidental profession. (project management)
March 1, 1995... Projects and project management are the wave of the future in global business. Increasingly technically complex products and processes, vastly shortened time-to-market windows, and the need for cross-functional expertise make project management...

Phong Siu-Ming vs. Burgers-R-Us: cultural diversity or cultural discrimination?(fictitious discrimination suit)
March 1, 1995... The following case is fictionaL its "testimony" from "expert witnesses" extracted from published works. But the pain, turmoil and soul-searching it represents are real for the litigants involved in all discrimination suits. "All rise." Joe...

Applicant rejection letters: are businesses sending the wrong message?
March 1, 1995... Organizations in the United States are facing a three-way attack on their most precious commodity--their customers. On one front, they are faced with increasingly demanding customers, who can easily switch loyalties to a competitor offering...

Reengineering boards of directors.
March 1, 1995... I remember vividly the blunt outburst of a CEO who was asked somewhat obliquely whether his board of directors should provide some independent input, rather than just accommodate management's wishes, while the company was facing some serious...

More boycotts ahead? Some implications.(consumer boycotts)
March 1, 1995... No more free or low-cost infant formula for developing countries, "except the limited number of infants who need it," read the press release from Nest16 S.A. The company's products had been boycotted to protest a marketing strategy seen as...

Ten tips for boycott targets.(consumer boycott targets)
March 1, 1995... Consumer boycotts, managers now understand all too well, come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes, types and formats. They can emerge with little and sometimes no warning. No company seems to be immune. At the time of this writing, scores...

Supporting employees who are parents: a worksite child-rearing program.
March 1, 1995... Wellness programs and other employee support systems are becoming common practice for employers who are trying to maintain high levels of job satisfaction and productivity among their employees. Workout facilities, smoke-free environments, TQM...