Business Horizons articles from November 1996

Business Horizons archives from November 1996

The editor's chair. (connection between management by objectives and total quality management)(Editorial)
November 1, 1996... There is more than a touch of irony in this issue of Business Horizons. In our continuing feature "Profiles in Executive Education" (p. 73), Henry Beam gives a fitting tribute to George Odiorne. Although Odiorne did not invent "management by...

The new business realities of the twenty-first century.
November 1, 1996... This article has been adapted from a speech by Mr. Steingraber, CEO of A.T. Kearney, to the Indiana University Graduate School of Business at the MBA Graduate Recognition Ceremony in Bloomington, Indiana, May 3, 1996. The closer we get...

TQM: core paradigm changes. (total quality management)
November 1, 1996... Total Quality Management continues to be a much-debated approach to managing organizations. At the core of this debate lies a serious failure on the part of many to recognize that TQM is different in essence from classical and conventional...

The postmodern explained to managers: implications for marketing.
November 1, 1996... Recent aspects of Western life in general and of consumption in particular have reflected the existence of a major current, the postmodern, that has lately run strong as we stumble toward the coming fin de siecle and the dawn of the new...

Product-focused manufacturing for strategic advantage.
November 1, 1996... The globalization of markets has created enormous challenges for American businesses as their competitive position deteriorates at a quickening pace. Until 1970 the United States exported more merchandise than it imported; since then,...

Phased product development: friend or foe?
November 1, 1996... Phylo Corporation's Phased Product Review Process (PPRP) team declared victory. It had just scored at a management committee meeting outlining a "reengineered" new product development process for the company. After seven months of intense...

The scourge of global counterfeiting.
November 1, 1996... The violation of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the form of counterfeiting is emerging as one of the most troublesome problems for companies as we enter the coming millennium. Indeed, despite efforts by countries to improve mechanisms...

A guide to intellectual property rights in Southeast Asia and China.
November 1, 1996... G1obalization of the world's economy has opened new, international markets to North American businesses. The "Asian Tigers"--China, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand-- are particularly attractive....

Meeting of the mindsets in a changing Russia.
November 1, 1996... American business is by far the largest foreign investor in the Russian economy. With more than 700 large and small firms investing more than $800 million in 1995 alone, America's 29 percent share of new foreign investment in Russia was twice...

Managing pregnancy in the workplace.
November 1, 1996... Two months into her first pregnancy, Angela Anderson was called into the office of the president of a major Louisiana bank. The president was very complimentary of Angela's work in one of the bank's branch offices, where she had served as a...

Job analysis and the Americans with Disabilities Act.
November 1, 1996... With potentially monumental effects on the employment of disabled people, The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) promises an opportunity for improvement in the lives of those who, in the aggregate, are underemployed and unemployed. It also...

George Odiorne. (proponent of management by objectives)
November 1, 1996... This is the fourth in a series on executive education '"gurus" of the 20th century. The first three installments, profiled by Harper W. Moulton, featured Harry Levinson (Jan-Feb '95), Ken Andrews (Sep-Oct '95), and Philip Sadler (Jul-Aug...

Strategy-based advertising agency selection: an alternative to "spec" presentations.
November 1, 1996... Every week, business newspapers carry announcements of firms agreeing to work together as client and agency. Advertising or communications agencies participate in periodic review processes, the introduction of new products, and attempts to...