Industrial Management articles from March 1999

Industrial Management archives from March 1999

Employers must prize employees.
March 1, 1999... I received a letter in the mail recently It read, in part: "I'm a salesman and work in a company where the morale is very low. The management appears to have a double standard: one for themselves and another for the rest of us. We've also...

The road to manufacturing excellence: using performance measures to become world-class.
March 1, 1999... Since the 1970s, we have witnessed the emergence of manufacturing excellence in the United States. Faced with very high environmental instability, primarily due to increased global competition and faster technological changes, U.S. companies in...

What you need to know about same-sex sexual harassment.
March 1, 1999... Warning: This article contains language that may offend some readers. Teasing, joking, and name-calling in the workplace are not generally considered productive activities, but should management take action to prevent them in all...

Care and feeding of the organizational grapevine.(organizational communication)
March 1, 1999... The term grapevine can be traced back to the United States Civil War. Because the battle fronts moved frequently, army intelligence telegraph wires were loosely strung from tree to tree across battlefields, much like grapevines. Due to the...

Going for the green: ISO 14001 delivers profits.
March 1, 1999... In the United States, environmental management is typically considered a hindrance to business rather than an asset. This is especially true in the electronics industry, in which the need to reduce costs has traditionally meant moving...