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A good start: Effective employee induction
124
Long
Range
Planning
Vol.
25
June 1992
kets and efficiency; and the author argues against any single approach being sufficient to deal with the real-world variety of organizations that exist and work. Written more for the academic, rather than managerial market. But surprising to find that in the list of over 500 references there is no mention of Charles Handy’s classic Understanding Organizations, Penguin, originally published in 1976. Also life cycle analysis and managing change issues relatively under emphasized.
Currency Risk G Business Management, Blackwell (1990), 260 pp., A55.00.
ALFRED KENYON, Basil
Sets out to treat the management of currency risk as a task for general and commercial, as well as financial management. Useful as both a teaching aid (particularly for MBA level students), as well as increasingly important for management at all levels. The eight page Executive Summary at the end is a technique that is to be widely recommended for other publications that wish to raise their user-friendly profile.
Becoming the Best: How to Gain Company-wide Commitment to Total Quality, BARRY POPPLEWELL and ALAN WILDSMITH, Gower (1988), 149 pp., A9.95. Uses a fictional account of how a managing director turns his company round from being loss-making to making healthy profits. Readable and the kind of book that, although far from the last work on the subject, ought to be widely used in internal training programmes as a basis for discussion.
A Good Start: Effective Employee (1990), 2nd edn, 94 pp., A7.95.
Induction,
ALAN FOWLER
New employees must be helped to fit rapidly into the organization. All managers, not just personnel specialists, have the responsibility to ensure this is done effectively. This brief book provides practical advice for line managers. Although readers may feel this book has little to do with strategic planning, it is important to recognize that this book could easily have been called ‘An Strategy for Effective Employee Induction’. Also, after all, people are the most important resource for any organization.
U.K. Management Buy-Outs 1990, BRIAN CHIPLIN, MIKE WRIGHT and KEN ROBBIE, The Centre for Management BuyOut Research University of Nottingham (1990), 111 pp., A85.00. Although the total value of deals doubled in 1989, aggregate values declined (by 50 per cent) during the first half of 1990. There has also been a marked increase in receiverships. Full of valuable detail and essential reading for anyone contemplating a buy-out.
Management Accounting: Evolution not Revolution, M. BROMWICH and A. BHIMANI, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (1989), 112 pp., A9.95. Provides
a useful
survey
of
the
accounting when Advanced Manufacturing Techniques (AMT) are used. Key chapters on: Japanese management accounting and AMT; The crisis in management accounting: The U.S. perspective; AMT, IT and management accounting in the U.K.; The future of management accounting in the U.K. Other valuable studies from the CIMA are: Corporate Reporting: The Management Interface (1990), 39 pp., A9.00; The Prevention and Detection of Computer Fraud, P. A. COLLIER, R. DIXON and C. L. MARSTON (1990), 112 pp., All.95; Creating Value: The Financial Management of Brands, DAVID ALLEN (1990), 37 pp., Al9.50.
issues
associated
with
Privatization Now! EAMONN BUTLER (Ed.), The Adam Institute (1990), 113 pp., A55.00.
Smith
Contains the edited transcripts of 20 papers given at the Third London Conference on Privatization, which had over 170 delegates from 42 countries. ‘Thatcherism’ is likely to be remembered for putting privatization at the top of national agendas world-wide. The authors rightly argue: ‘It is very easy to make mistakes and to jeopardize the entire strategy right at the outset.’ This study should help improve the quality of decision-taking in this important area.
The Human Side of Corporate Competiveness, DANIEL B. FISHMAN and CARY CHERNISS (Eds), Sage Publications (1990), 224 pp., A14.95. Highlights the opportunities in professional psychology training and practice for emerging roles in dealing with the challenge of facilitating organizational competitiveness while promoting the health of workers, their families, and their communities. Not surprising as the IO papers are all written by psychologists, but the overall theme is benefits arise from an effective participative approach. Of particular interest to human resource departments/managers in corporations/business school faculty.
Sale of Goods, MICHAEL FURMSTON, Croner (1990), 198 pp., A14.95.
Publications
The contract of sale of goods is central to the whole of commercial life with millions of transactions being carried out every day; yet the authors claim is the first book to cover specifically the whole span of commercial transactions in goods, from sale of goods to supply of materials, contracts leasing and hire purchase.
Technology Management in Organizations, Sage Publications (1990), 338 pp., Ll5.50.
URS E. GATTIKER,
Part I of the book describes what is meant by technological innovation, acquisition of technology, and technologyinduced organizational adaption. Part II focuses on the internal processes that may affect technology-induced organizational change. Part III builds on that approach by studying both macro and micro dimensions of the process. Unfortunately written more for the academic rather than managerial market. A two page summary for management would be valuable.
Long
Range
Planning
Vol.
25
June 1992
kets and efficiency; and the author argues against any single approach being sufficient to deal with the real-world variety of organizations that exist and work. Written more for the academic, rather than managerial market. But surprising to find that in the list of over 500 references there is no mention of Charles Handy’s classic Understanding Organizations, Penguin, originally published in 1976. Also life cycle analysis and managing change issues relatively under emphasized.
Currency Risk G Business Management, Blackwell (1990), 260 pp., A55.00.
ALFRED KENYON, Basil
Sets out to treat the management of currency risk as a task for general and commercial, as well as financial management. Useful as both a teaching aid (particularly for MBA level students), as well as increasingly important for management at all levels. The eight page Executive Summary at the end is a technique that is to be widely recommended for other publications that wish to raise their user-friendly profile.
Becoming the Best: How to Gain Company-wide Commitment to Total Quality, BARRY POPPLEWELL and ALAN WILDSMITH, Gower (1988), 149 pp., A9.95. Uses a fictional account of how a managing director turns his company round from being loss-making to making healthy profits. Readable and the kind of book that, although far from the last work on the subject, ought to be widely used in internal training programmes as a basis for discussion.
A Good Start: Effective Employee (1990), 2nd edn, 94 pp., A7.95.
Induction,
ALAN FOWLER
New employees must be helped to fit rapidly into the organization. All managers, not just personnel specialists, have the responsibility to ensure this is done effectively. This brief book provides practical advice for line managers. Although readers may feel this book has little to do with strategic planning, it is important to recognize that this book could easily have been called ‘An Strategy for Effective Employee Induction’. Also, after all, people are the most important resource for any organization.
U.K. Management Buy-Outs 1990, BRIAN CHIPLIN, MIKE WRIGHT and KEN ROBBIE, The Centre for Management BuyOut Research University of Nottingham (1990), 111 pp., A85.00. Although the total value of deals doubled in 1989, aggregate values declined (by 50 per cent) during the first half of 1990. There has also been a marked increase in receiverships. Full of valuable detail and essential reading for anyone contemplating a buy-out.
Management Accounting: Evolution not Revolution, M. BROMWICH and A. BHIMANI, The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (1989), 112 pp., A9.95. Provides
a useful
survey
of
the
accounting when Advanced Manufacturing Techniques (AMT) are used. Key chapters on: Japanese management accounting and AMT; The crisis in management accounting: The U.S. perspective; AMT, IT and management accounting in the U.K.; The future of management accounting in the U.K. Other valuable studies from the CIMA are: Corporate Reporting: The Management Interface (1990), 39 pp., A9.00; The Prevention and Detection of Computer Fraud, P. A. COLLIER, R. DIXON and C. L. MARSTON (1990), 112 pp., All.95; Creating Value: The Financial Management of Brands, DAVID ALLEN (1990), 37 pp., Al9.50.
issues
associated
with
Privatization Now! EAMONN BUTLER (Ed.), The Adam Institute (1990), 113 pp., A55.00.
Smith
Contains the edited transcripts of 20 papers given at the Third London Conference on Privatization, which had over 170 delegates from 42 countries. ‘Thatcherism’ is likely to be remembered for putting privatization at the top of national agendas world-wide. The authors rightly argue: ‘It is very easy to make mistakes and to jeopardize the entire strategy right at the outset.’ This study should help improve the quality of decision-taking in this important area.
The Human Side of Corporate Competiveness, DANIEL B. FISHMAN and CARY CHERNISS (Eds), Sage Publications (1990), 224 pp., A14.95. Highlights the opportunities in professional psychology training and practice for emerging roles in dealing with the challenge of facilitating organizational competitiveness while promoting the health of workers, their families, and their communities. Not surprising as the IO papers are all written by psychologists, but the overall theme is benefits arise from an effective participative approach. Of particular interest to human resource departments/managers in corporations/business school faculty.
Sale of Goods, MICHAEL FURMSTON, Croner (1990), 198 pp., A14.95.
Publications
The contract of sale of goods is central to the whole of commercial life with millions of transactions being carried out every day; yet the authors claim is the first book to cover specifically the whole span of commercial transactions in goods, from sale of goods to supply of materials, contracts leasing and hire purchase.
Technology Management in Organizations, Sage Publications (1990), 338 pp., Ll5.50.
URS E. GATTIKER,
Part I of the book describes what is meant by technological innovation, acquisition of technology, and technologyinduced organizational adaption. Part II focuses on the internal processes that may affect technology-induced organizational change. Part III builds on that approach by studying both macro and micro dimensions of the process. Unfortunately written more for the academic rather than managerial market. A two page summary for management would be valuable.