Business Horizons articles from May 1992

Business Horizons archives from May 1992

The Machine That Changed the World.
May 1, 1992... 81 Reviews of current books discussing subjects on the horizon of business activities, particularly those on controversial issues being encountered by both practitioners and teachers, will be considered for publication. Manuscript guidelines...

Competition in Electricity: New Markets and New Structures.
May 1, 1992... Edited by James L. Plummer and Susan Troppman The reviewer, Clark W. Ceilings, is Vice President of the Customer Systems Division at the Electric Power Research Institute, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The electricity...

Airline Deregulation.
May 1, 1992... Edited by Kenneth Button The reviewer, Michael W. Pustay, is professor of management and director of research, Center for International Business Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station. Few industries have been as radically...

The Quest for Competitiveness: Lessons from America's Productivity and Quality Leaders.
May 1, 1992... Edited by Y.K. Shetty and Vernon M. Buehler The reviewer, Joe Tidd, is the ESRC Teaching Fellow at the Management School; Imperial College, London, England. The book's subtitle, Lessons from America's Productivity and Quality Leaders,...

The "dismal science" revisited. (economic forecasting) (Editorial)
May 1, 1992... In his 1798 treatise, "An Essay on the Principle of Population as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society," the Reverend Thomas Robert Malthus noted a tendency in nature for population to outstrip all possible means of subsistence and said...

The changing face of organization development: views of a manager-turned-academic.
May 1, 1992... My purpose here is to describe some of the key ways in which organization development (OD) has changed and, for the most part, improved over the past 15 years. In particular, I hope that managers and executives who read this article will see...

Rewiring the corporation.
May 1, 1992... When an apparently well-crafted and coherent business strategy is not working, the usual responses involve reorganizing or restructuring in the quest to become "leaner and meaner" (or "flatter"), purging "excessive bureaucracy," acting "like a...

Value-driven management.
May 1, 1992... Staying focused when everything around is in a state of continued turmoil calls for strong self-determination. The end of the Cold War, political upheaval in the communist countries, a single Germany, a "united UN," a Thatcherless England, the...

Symbiotic leadership: a creative partnership for managing organizational effectiveness.
May 1, 1992... Corporate America faces challenges in building competitive advantage, maximizing human and technical productivity, creating and sustaining total quality management systems, and surviving global competition. The challenge becomes one of...

Mission statements: importance, challenge, and recommendations for development. (includes related material)
May 1, 1992... As chair of Vanguard's board of trustees, Sharon Perry believed that certain events had to occur for the school to continue growing and developing. A small, private preparatory school, Vanguard had served the community well in its first 15...

Mining for niches. (smaller segment marketing)
May 1, 1992... 3 Marriott hotel used to be a Marriott hotel: an upscale hotel catering to businessmen, pleasure seekers, and international and group travelers. Today, besides the Marriott hotels (the company's major business), there are Marriott Suites,...

Integrating the personnel and marketing functions: the challenge of the 1990s.
May 1, 1992... 2 Our Prices Bring You In, Our Friendliness "Brings You Back," shouts the television commercial. Smiling faces dance in the background as friendly, enthusiastic clerks help an elderly woman with her groceries. The ad ends with the tag...

Pre-hire assessment of the new work force: finding wheat (and work ethic) among the chaff. (includes related material)
May 1, 1992... 0 Tony is a young black man with a sullen demeanor and dreadful grooming. His teeth are covered with thick yellow tartar. When addressed directly he answers in mumbly monosyllables and looks at his shoes (which are in dire need of a shine)....

Industrial safety: who is responsible and who benefits?
May 1, 1992... 6 If you are careful, you won't have an accident and you won't get hurt." We constantly hear both management and labor uttering this statement in industry, with the belief that the statement is true. But is it? Generally, accidents do...

Step into my parlor: a survey of strategies and techniques for effective negotiation.
May 1, 1992... The idea of active negotiation is intimidating to most people. It conjures up images of smoke-filled rooms, raised voices, dirty tricks, and interminable haggling sessions encompassing a potential win-lose situation that could involve anything...

Experts among us. (computer systems that aid in decisions)
May 1, 1992... Leading authors in diverse disciplines are claiming that advances in computer technology are causing a revolution in American business. The traditional users of computer information are becoming more sophisticated and leading the charge toward...