01 Nov 1997
UK: Where to float your company. - Deciding whether your company should go public is difficult enough. Deciding the means of flotation is even more complex. Sarah Perrin considers some of the options available to companies who decide to take the plunge.
01 Nov 1997
UK: Editorial - Time to cheer private ownership. - Management Today's cover story this month on page 32 focuses on Britain's biggest privately owned companies. And about time too, we might say, since this area is one of our economy's best-kept secrets. F
01 Nov 1997
| by Adrian Murdoch.
USA: Lateral benchmarking or ... what Formula One taught an airline. - A growing number of companies are realising that in business, comparing chalk with cheese is not only a fruitful endeavour, but an increasingly necessary one.
01 Nov 1997
| by Anita van de Vliet.
UK: ESOP's fable becomes a reality. - Employee share ownership schemes can make a difference to performance - if they are combined with participatory management.
01 Nov 1997
UK: Awards raise awareness of the need for improvement. - The Management Today/Unisys 1997 Service Excellence Awards were presented at a lunch on 30 September at the House of Commons. Now in their third year the Awards have already become some of the mos
01 Nov 1997
UK: The webs we weave. - Digitally aware readers will be pleased to know that opportunities to access information about Management Today, its Awards and Special Reports on-line are growing: the magazine's associated web sites now number three.
01 Nov 1997
UK: Who will take the most admired company crown for 1997? - Make no mistake, it really does matter what other people think about you - being popular may not be the most important thing in the world but it's certainly up there in the top five. Of course,
01 Nov 1997
UK: Internet - Which sites are most useful? - Six suggested web sites to help SMEs.
01 Nov 1997
UK: The Davidson Interview - Niall FitzGerald. - New objectives, a new management structure, successful businesses sold off - nothing is sacred, the Unilever boss tells Andrew Davidson, not even Lever Bros, the cornerstone of the business.
01 Nov 1997
UK: Handy's View - Boring workplace, boring worker. - While it may not be viable to begin painting frescoes on the office walls, Charles Handy argues that an inspired workplace will result in inspired workers.