Business Horizons articles from September 2000

Business Horizons archives from September 2000

What Pay Can and Can't Do.(doubts being raised about the effectiveness of incentive compensation plans)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2000... Coca-Cola has recently come in for some criticism and legal problems because of its treatment of minorities. The problems had mounted under former CEO Doug Ivester until he was ousted and his successor. Doug Daft, rehired a high-ranking...

GLOBAL BUSINESS ALLIANCES.(growing need for business alliances)
September 1, 2000... Can we overcome the hurdles in the hurtle toward an age of alliances? Alliances are here to stay. Even the biggest, smartest, and richest firms have learned the value of "competing through cooperation." With shortening product life cycles,...

Termination with Dignity.(need to give more attention to the employee termination process)
September 1, 2000... Employment separation must be handled in such a way that both the employee and the firm are empowered to move forward. Have you ever had to dismiss someone? Have you ever been dismissed yourself? How was it handled? Do you think it could...

Turning Competitive Advantage into Customer Equity.(Competitive advantage: managment)
September 1, 2000... Customer equity may be the star managers look toward in the future as a measure of outcome. One of the few markets in the world in which there is currently little evidence of oversupply is the donation of organs for transplantation. Unlike...

The Six Levers for Managing Organizational Culture.
September 1, 2000... Six organizational processes, or "cultural levers," can be wielded consistently by managers to maintain or modify a firm's culture. Over the past decade, a great deal has been written a bout organizational culture and the important role it...

Looking Before You Leap: Assessing the Jump to Teams in Knowledge-based Work.
September 1, 2000... Is switching to a permanent team structure right for you? Consider both the benefits and the costs. We live in exciting but unsettling times. In an economy in which knowledge is becoming more and more central to wealth, effective...

Barriers and Gateways to Management Cooperation and Teamwork.
September 1, 2000... When front-line managers don't work together, it can translate into a failure to gain a sorely needed competitive edge. "'Cross-functional teams,' 'empowered work teams,' 'teamwork,' 'integration,' 'cooperation,' and 'group synergy' are...

Styling Strategy.(planning and managing product style)
September 1, 2000... A breakthrough theory, aids in understanding and using early adopters to forecast mass-market design success. One of the most challenging business problems is to predict or initiate trends in consumers' tastes for styled products. Styling...

Can High Performance Work Practices Help in the Former Soviet Union?
September 1, 2000... HPWPs may have a lot of potential in bringing about free market success in the cultural environment of the CIS. The turn of the millennium is an ideal time to take stock of things and see where to go from here. In the management field, most...

Introducing JIT Manufacturing: It's Easier Than You Think.
September 1, 2000... Several manufacturers have bypassed the obstacles and adapted JIT to fit their individual needs, deriving benefits along the way. The practical difficulties arising from the implementation of a Just-in-Time (JIT) inventory management...

Military Doctrine in Crisis Management: Three Beverage Contamination Cases.
September 1, 2000... The [C.sup.3]I doctrine enables executives to organize resources more efficiently and minimize the impact of a crisis. Perrier, Vitasoy, and Coca-Cola show how. A crisis can strike any company without warning. Creating a situation marked...