Business Horizons articles from September 1991

Business Horizons archives from September 1991

Lessons from down under. (Australia) (editorial)
September 1, 1991... I had always known I would come back. Indeed, even as I stepped from the gangplank to the ship that would take us halfway around the world to Seattle, I knew full well that, when the war was over and things returned to normal, it would not be...

Is there strategy in America? A response to Nelson. (Reed E. Nelson's article on strategy in Brazil)
September 1, 1991... Reed E. Nelson's recent article on strategy in Brazil ("Is There Strategy in Brazil?" business Horizons, July-august 1990) is intriguing in subject, title, and conclusion. Based in large part on his personal observations while working for a...

Foreign assignments: why the high failure rate?
September 1, 1991... Why do so many foreign assignments of headquarters personnel by domestic corporations go so badly awry? Assignments, that is, that end in resignations, divorces, damaged careers, premature repatriations, and other sorts of bitterness. Some...

Sex and decency issues in advertising: general and international dimensions.
September 1, 1991... De gustibus et coloribus non disputandum--one should not argue about tastes and colors. This medieval proverb is often cited concerning the futility of discussing subjective issues. However, in the case of "sex and decency in advertising," it...

Retailing's dinosaurs: department stores and supermarkets.
September 1, 1991... The two great institutions of American retailing, the department store and the supermarket, are slowly slipping into extinction. The glorious histories of these two venerable institutions--introduced to the American marketplace by Macy's and...

How are you doing? Ask your clients.
September 1, 1991... According to marketing expert Ted Levitt, a sure sign of a bad or declining relationship is the absence of customer complaints. "Nobody is that satisfied, especially not over an extended period of time," he says, "The customer is either not...

Core value statements: the corporate compass.
September 1, 1991... In the privately held company, the organizational culture is determined largely by the owner's attitudes. Yet in our work with dozens of owner-managed businesses, we have observed that the entrepreneur's values are sometimes vaguely...

Who gets fired under restructuring?
September 1, 1991... The current restructuring" trend that has led to the release of many middle management executives (among others), and increased the responsibilities of the remaining executives, has raised two questions; How were the remaining executives...

Corporate cultures: a color coding metaphor.
September 1, 1991... "A theory is a set of abstract concepts that we make about a group of facts or events in order to explain them" (Engler 1979). Unlike data, which are to be judged on the basis of their accuracy (as determined by the validity and reliability of...

What's wrong with these employees? (job dissatisfaction)
September 1, 1991... Newspaper headlines tell of a growing disenchantment with work, even within organizations many had thought of as well run. Perhaps of even greater concern is the fact that this is occurring not only among employees but also among middle...

Accepting the truth about equal employment opportunity: introducing the EEO Philosophy Index.
September 1, 1991... Every working person holds an equal employment opportunity philosophy that a reasonable individual would consider biased by either conservative or liberal values to favor particular groups of employees as a result of age, race, color, religion,...

Corporate education: a new parochialism. (includes related article on corporate education in 1965)
September 1, 1991... If someone is not doing a job well enough to suit you, do it yourself. When it comes to education, churches used to be good examples of this "worldly wisdom." Increasingly, corporations are. The trend seems likely to become more pronounced. ...

The public's attitude toward capitalism: 1980-1989.
September 1, 1991... Capitalism is a cornerstone of American society. For better or worse, it has shaped the cultural, economic, political, and social milieu of American life for nearly 500 years. But what is the attitude of the "average American" toward this...

Dealing successfully with hecklers and snipers. (public speaking)
September 1, 1991... At some point in your career, if you haven't done so already, you will likely be asked to make a report, present a new idea, or explain a decision. If all you had to do was prepare thoroughly, then present to an interested or at least...

Nonprofit businesses in the 1990s: models for success.
September 1, 1991... A tidal wave of organizations is roaring across the social, political, and educational landscape of America. These small, resilient enterprises are called "associations." Also known as nonprofits, not-forprofits, foundations, and tax-exempts,...

The Political Economy of American Monetary Policy.
September 1, 1991... The reviewer, Donald R Hodgman, is a Professor emeritus of economics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. This book's principal focus is on the actual behavior (viewed from outside) of officials responsible for policy decisions...

The Borderless World: Power and Strategy in the Interlinked Economy.
September 1, 1991... The reviewer, A. G. Kefalas, is a professor of management at the University of Georgia, Athens. To T.S. Eliot's original questions asked more than half a century ago in "The Rock": Where is the Life we have lost in living? ...

Perspectives in Industrial Organization.
September 1, 1991... The reviewer, Alfred Diamant, is a professor of political science and West European studies at Indiana University, Bloomington. Collections of essays are often condemned out of hand for being held together only by their bindings, but this...

Teaching the Elephant to Dance.
September 1, 1991... The reviewer, Henry H. Beam, is a professor of management at Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo. Young elephants are trained not to move by being shackled with heavy chains to stakes deeply embedded in the ground. When the elephant is...

Chinese State Enterprises: A Regional Property Analysis.
September 1, 1991... The reviewer Jeanne L. Wilson, is an associate professor of political science at Wheaton College, Notion, Massachusetts. In this book David Granick, a noted specialist on Soviet and East European industry, applies his skills to the Chinese...