Business Quarterly articles from June 1993

Business Quarterly archives from June 1993

Managing the strategic agenda: the CEO's job 1. (Dialogue)
June 22, 1993... In our Spring 1993 issue we published an article by Western's Professor Don Thain entitled, "Managing the Strategic Agenda: The CEO's Job 1." In it, the author contrasted the approach and performance of two actual CEOs and then listed 14 lessons...

Selecting new directors.
June 22, 1993... Many corporate directors are members of an "old boys" network and appear to have been cut out with a cookie cutter -- they are male and white. The typical selection process is flawed THE OCTOBER MEETING of the board of directors of Global...

Investing in the U.S. after NAFTA. (North American Free Trade Agreement)
June 22, 1993... The North American free trade agreement will not exempt Canadian business from restrictive protectionist measures. Here's why THE INVESTMENT IMPLICATIONS of the North American free trade agreement are vitally important for Canadian business....

The multi-ball juggler. (balancing quality, costs, profitability and safety)
June 22, 1993... Can companies achieve world class performance in quality, costs and profitability and at the same time be outstanding in safety? IT WAS A TROUBLED group of plant managers at the meeting of the Du Pont Canada Manufacturing Committee that day in...

Balancing the global portfolio.
June 22, 1993... Canadian subsidiaries of foreign parents need to offer technological expertise, superior competitiveness or top quality human resources THE PAST FEW YEARS have seen a considerable upheaval in subsidiary-parent company relationships in Canada....

The new promise of information technology. (Information Technology)
June 22, 1993... The galloping changes in information technology are causing major upheavals in the way companies are managed THERE IS A FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE TAKING PLACE IN THE NATURE AND APPLICATION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN BUSINESS, A CHANGE THAT HAS...

The manager's job is still to manage. (Viewpoint)
June 22, 1993... Despite dramatic changes in the political and economic environments of business, the single characteristic that distinguishes successful companies from the others is the calibre of management WHATEVER THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT, THE TASK OF...