Business Quarterly articles from September 1991

Business Quarterly archives from September 1991

I've been fired, too! The spouse's reaction to termination. (includes related article)
September 22, 1991... Kate was speaking about her reaction to the news that her husband had been dismissed from his job. The anger she experienced is not unusual. Many women in similar circumstances feel the same way -- betrayed, enraged and wanting revenge -- not...

A few thoughts on Canada: problems and prospects. (View From the Top)
September 22, 1991... I suppose the least original opening line would be to say that Canada today is a troubled country. But to move beyond this cliche to describe why and how it is troubled is more difficult. And to move beyond analysis to prescription that is...

Open door public relations: a new strategy for the 1990s. (includes related article)
September 22, 1991... Few corporate executives really consider the importance of public opinion to their business until a crisis strikes and threatens the bottom line. Consider, for example, the case of the beleaguered west coast forest industry. There is a...

Poland 1991 - one day you're a hero! (includes related article)
September 22, 1991... And as the sports adage goes, "the next day you're a bum!" This is an experience being shared by the majority of the senior managers in the 8,700 Polish state-owned companies. "From each according to his abilities, to each according to...

Continuous quality improvement in health care: an example.
September 22, 1991... In an increasingly lean, competitive world marketplace, the forces that have moved business and industry giants such as General Motors and IBM toward strategies of continuous quality improvement (CQI) are now challenging the delivery of health...

Implementing continuous quality improvement in a hospital. (includes related article)
September 22, 1991... The health care sector in Canada is in trouble because of rapidly rising costs. Today some provinces spend over a third of their budgets on health care, and simply cannot afford to spend any more. Yet the demand for the services of doctors,...

Investment climate in East Asia.
September 22, 1991... Foreign investment in the eight East Asian countries is mainly oriented toward exports, as the many free-trade zones created by these countries will testify. Although this group of countries (China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia,...

Canadian banks: new strategic initiatives.
September 22, 1991... Canadians have one industry that has been lauded for its competitiveness and has been singled out as a key sector in the trilateral trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico: financial services. As Michael Wilson emphasized in his June 13, 1991...

On managing restraint. (Viewpoint)
September 22, 1991... For many enterprises, agressive and unrelenting spending restraint is a major component of their long-term strategic plan. Employee support for restraint is not easy to achieve; nonetheless, there are at least a few steps that will improve the...

The strategic management of international human resources.
September 22, 1991... Building a world-class organization begins with developing world-class talent. Strategically and structurally you may feel very confident in your ability to take on the global competitive challenge, but when it comes to staffing decisions, the...

Managing global information technology. (You and the Computer)
September 22, 1991... For companies seeking to complete in the global marketplace, managing information technology and systems presents some awesome challenges. For individual IS managers, who feel their agendas are overflowing just trying to deal with local...

Leadership as a calling.
September 22, 1991... Everywhere there are calls for leaders and for true leadership -- at the political level, in business, in almost every organized subset of society. We seem to be saying, "Please, somebody, get us out of this mess." But the terms leader...

Marketing an institution. (Making Marketing Work)
September 22, 1991... Marketing an institution, such as an accounting association, law society, university, stock exchange or bankers association, is an important task in our society, primarily because traditional sources of funding such as governments and...

Bagehot on banking. (Walter Bagehot)
September 22, 1991... A central bank, the bank rate and treasury bills - three familiar instruments of contemporary finance - now common currency in our world. Where did they come from? Did anybody actually "discover" these handy tools? You would almost expect...

Tax as an environmental incentive. (Tax and Business)
September 22, 1991... The Green movement has become an increasingly important factor in our society as we become more aware of the way damage to our environment hurts the quality of life. For many centuries, humanity has been taxing the environment; the litany of...

A North American free trade agreement.
September 22, 1991... Negotiations are under way for a North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico; a signed agreement may emerge within the next year. Would this agreement represent momentous opportunities, serious threats or...