Business Horizons articles from March 1997

Business Horizons archives from March 1997

Unsuccessful executives in automotive manufacturing.
March 1, 1997... Every bookstore is crammed with texts describing what makes an effective manufacturing executive. Daily newspapers carry syndicated columns written by gifted and eloquent swamis and yoghis fatuously presuming to instruct the world on the...

The human side of manufacturing improvement.
March 1, 1997... We've talked a good game for decades, but it has only been in the last few years of my career that we have translated the belief that people are critical to our success into a management philosophy and practice that leverages the full...

Developing high-potential employees in the new business reality.
March 1, 1997... John, a graduate of an elite MBA program, takes a job in the finance division of a Fortune 500 company. Anxious to progress in the corporation, John is concerned about career development. The company assigns him to treasury for his first...

The marriage of union and management: understanding and preventing failure.
March 1, 1997... Cooperation between union and management has become an accepted way for to deal with important interorganizational issues in the workplace. Some of these cooperative efforts move along essentially unchanged year after year. Some evolve into...

When your competitor turns obstructionist.... (tips on how to prepare for competitor's threat)
March 1, 1997... Converting Rogaine into an over-the-counter product instead of one available only by prescription requires FDA approval, and the management at Pharmacia & Upjohn Inc. believed in November 1995 that they were well prepared. They had completed...

Diversification: a broader perspective.
March 1, 1997... Diversification plays an important role not only in the personal investment field but also in corporate strategy. One of the pillars of financial economics and investment theory is that portfolio diversification reduces risk without affecting...

New prescriptions for a healthier OSHA.(Occupational Safety and Health Act)
March 1, 1997... With lofty intent, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act in 1970. Its stated goal was "to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human...

Legislating corporate social responsibility.
March 1, 1997... The proper role of the corporation in American society has re-emerged as a topic of national political debate. In a speech last year at George Washington University's School of Business and Public Management in Washington, D.C., Secretary of...

Uncertainty in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. (HKSAR)
March 1, 1997... At midnight on June 30, 1997, the Union Jack will be lowered and 156 years of British rule in Hong Kong will come to an end. This is one of the few certainties surrounding the handover of the British Dependent Territory. Another equally...

The integrating course in the business school curriculum, or, whatever happened to Business Policy?
March 1, 1997... The Business Policy course was created at the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1912, four years after the school was formally established. Initially it was an elective for second-year MBA students, and in its first...

Essential or marginal? Job functions and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
March 1, 1997... Passage of the 1990 Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) gave employers a new mandate. They must now make job-related decisions on the basis of whether a person does or can perform essential job functions, under given or reasonably...

Before disaster hits: a multifaceted approach to crisis management.
March 1, 1997... A rule often referred to by experts in the area of disaster recovery states that "80 percent of companies lacking a well-conceived and tested contingency plan go out of business within two years of suffering a major disaster" (Brown 1993)....

Conservative Environmentalism: Reassessing the Means, Redefining the Ends.
March 1, 1997... Reviewed by Gordon K. Durnil, attorney at law, diplomat, politician, author, and conservative environmentalist, Indianapolis, Indiana. "The first and most important step toward improving the world's environment is to assure that educational...