01 Jan 1991
UK: Project management - tackling the nuts and bolts of the project. (1 of 2) - Effective project management is hard to achieve, says Andrew Lawrence.
01 Jan 1991
UK: Project management - tackling the nuts and bolts of the project. (2 of 2) - The relationship between project management techniques and a matrix management structure is a close one, but not a necessary one. Project management requires that skilled sta
01 Jan 1991
UK: A bite out of Barkers. (1 of 2) - How do you demolish and rebuild a major landmark in a congested area without causing chaos? Malcolm Brown talked to a project manager whose team faced this situation.
01 Jan 1991
UK: A bite out of Barkers. (2 of 2) - Ken Holmes's troubles probably boiled down to two in the end. First, how do you push through an already immensely complicated building project when, a year and a half down the line, your client signs up a tenant, a n
01 Jan 1991
UK: Ask the customers because they are always right. (1 of 2) - The reorientation of manufacturing means a move from "technology push" to "user pull". Investment in the design of products and a look at what users will do with them is what is necessary, s
01 Jan 1991
UK: Ask the customers because they are always right. (2 of 2) - How does Britain stand in these matters? An excellent paper by Dr Tony Roberts, of management consultancy PA, quoted a 1989 finding that only 16% of UK companies see competitive advantage co
01 Jan 1991
UK: Theology, reality and economy. (1 of 2) - "Capitalists and Christians" by David J Jeremy (Clarendon Press, 496 pages, £45.00).
01 Jan 1991
Europe: Sony confidently walks to a different beat. (2 of 2) - While this culture will remain intact in Europe and the rest of Sony's worldwide operations, two years ago the corporation decided to add a quantitative element to the qualitative and financi
01 Jan 1991
Europe: Sony confidently walks to a different beat. (1 of 2) - This year Sony Europe's electronic sales are expected to outstrip those in the United States, Asia or even Japan. The "right infrastructure and the right management tools" are being developed
01 Jan 1991
UK: The Government plays with the privatisation rules. - "Selling the Family Silver" by Colin Chapman (Hutchinson Business Books, 198 pages, £15.99).