Business Horizons articles from May 1989

Business Horizons archives from May 1989

Lessons from Singapore.
May 1, 1989... The "American Disease" is curable, but only if we begin quickly and forcefully to correct its causes. Last summer I was urged to drop everything and take on a four-month assignment in Asia. The request was reasonable enough; in the late...

Congress rethinks America's competitiveness.
May 1, 1989... David A. Heenan is president and chief executive officer of Theo. H. Davies & Co. Ltd., Honolulu. The author wishes to acknowledge the contributions of U.S. Senator Spark M. Matsunaga, his staff, and especially Cherry Matano, Jerome C....

Self-styled barriers inhibit transferring management methods.
May 1, 1989... Richard G. Newman is a professor of business administration at Indiana University Northwest, Gary. K. Anthony Rhee is a visiting associate professor of management at Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind. Is Pogo right? Are we truly our...

Hazing: uncovering one of the best-kept secrets of the workplace.
May 1, 1989... Natasha Josefowitz is a syndicated columnist and adjunct professor in the School of Social Work, San Diego State University. Herman Gadon is Director of Executive Programs at the University of California-San Diego. Many people think of...

Dealing with employee theft.
May 1, 1989... Neil H. Snyder is a professor and director of the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia, Charlottesville. Karen E. Blair is a management trainee at the Citizens and Southern National...

Downsizing: survivors' assessments. (downsizing a corporation)
May 1, 1989... Lynn A. Isabella is an assistant professor of organizational behavior and administration at the Edwin L. Cox School of Business, Southern Methodist University, Dallas. Corporate restructuring can be threatening to a company's...

American executives through foreign eyes.
May 1, 1989... Arthur M. Whitehill is a professor of international management at the College of Business Administration, University of Hawaii. This article is adapted from his recent books, Yankee Businessman (in Japanese), Simul Publishing Company, Tokyo,...

Core strategy: end result of restructuring? (business )
May 1, 1989... Sandra Waddock is an assistant professor of management in the Carroll School of Management, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. What will it take for the United States to redefine the [major strategic] problem as one of...

Sharing the vision. (employee relations)
May 1, 1989... John W. Alexander is vice president and general manager of 3D Distribution Systems, Inc., Dallas. The needs of large-scale organizations must be satisfied by common people achieving uncommon performance. -Peter E Drucker Beginning...

Leaders as stars, pulsars, quasars, and black holes. (management)
May 1, 1989... Richard H. G. Field is an associate professor in the Department of Organizational Analysis, Faculty of Business, the University of Alberta, Edmonton. The galaxy of leadership has as many types of objects as the Milky Way Figuring out...

Ambiguity, ethics, and the bottom line. (accounting)
May 1, 1989... James R. Davis is a professor of accountancy at Clemson (S.C.) University. Have accountants lost control of the ethical presentation of accounting information? The recent history of distorted financial reporting indicates who is to...

The social construction of technology: microcomputers and the organization of work.
May 1, 1989... Barbara J. Risman is an assistant professor, and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey an associate professor, in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, North Carolina State University, Raleigh. The authors wish to thank Renee Jones...

Managing new product design and factory fit.
May 1, 1989... Nan S. Langowitz is an assistant professor at the Carroll School of Management, Boston College. The author wishes to acknowledge the generous support of Lex Service PLC and the Harvard Business School Division of Research in funding the...

The automated factory: justification and implementation.
May 1, 1989... Mohsen Attaran is a professor of operations management at California State University, Bakersfield. Factory automation can make production smoother, faster, and more cost-effective. Its implementation is the key to realizing these...