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Managing product recall
130
Long
Range
Planning
Vol.
25
April
1992
Game Theory: Analysis of Conjlict, ROGER B. MYERSON, Harvard University Press (1991), 568 pp., A29.95.
Managing Product Recall, 274 pp., L24.95.
For the specialist in the subject; although the author does argue that it is relevant to a wider audience. Anyone weak on mathematics could usefully start with Statistics&r Economics and Business, DAVID BOWERS, Macmillan (1991), 276 pp., k14.99.
Shows who should be involved in the recall decision; how to evaluate the risks and costs; how to plan the recall process; how to handle PR, as well as reviewing the legal requirements in Britain, Europe, U.S.A. and Japan. Also 14 classic case studies. Unfortunately, an increasingly important subject.
Competitive Strategiesfor Product Standards: The Strategic Use of Compatability Standards for Competitive Advantage, H. LANDIS GABEL, McGraw-Hill (1991), 220 pp., A22.95.
Corporate Dynamism: How World Class Companies became World Class, CUNO PUMPIN, Gower (1991), 200 pp., A32.00.
Analyses the vital issues facing those whose daily work involves making decisions related to the phenomena of standardization and competitive strategy, particularly using case studies of microcomputers and video recorders. The final chapter that discusses a dozen hypotheses about standards and competition should be essential reading for those concerned with the difficult decisions in this area.
Motivation and Work Behavior, RICHARD M. STEERSand LYMAN W. PORTER, McGraw-Hill (1991), 5th edn, 594 pp., A17.95. Probably the most thorough textbook on the subject available. Rarely given the attention it deserves by strategic planners.
The Management Research Handbook, N. CRAIG SMITH and PAUL DAINTY (Eds), Routledge (1991), 318 pp., k40.00. A review of the research process for those conducting research in management and associated social science fields.
HOWARD ABBOV, Pitman
(1991).
Focuses on the management of value potential and its multiplication in the development of dynamic companies. The author has worked with both Tom Peters and Michael Porter and the results are based an analysis of many successful American, European and Japanese corporations. Originally published in German. Well worth reading, although the valuable ‘Twelve theses on corporate dynamism’ should, in my view, have mentioned the learning organization concept.
Learning Adaptability and Change: The Challenge for Education and Industry, JOHN HEYWOOD, Paul Chapman (1989), 207 pp., QO.50. Provides a rationale for the integrated study of human and social behaviour which must be understood if individuals are to be encouraged to contribute to management and leadership in whatever organizational system they find themselves. Solid sensible material but, unfortunately, not presented for a managerial audience.
The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home, Dr ARLIE HOCHSCHILDwith ANNE MACHUNG, Piatkus (1989), 315 pp., Ll3.00 hard, L7.99 soft.
Computers and Personnel Systems: A Practical Guide, ALASTAIR EVANS, Institute of Personnel Management (1991), 144 pp., All.95.
A personal view of couples struggling to find time and energy for jobs, relationships and children.
Today, many of the central personnel functions-recruitment, record keeping, appraisal, absence control, even management development and succession planning-can be dramatically streamlined by using computers. A useful basic introduction. Pity no index and no section on Data Protection Act.
The Industrial Society Handbook of Management Skills, Industrial Society (1990), 422 pp., A29.50.
Tokyo, ROMAN CYBRIWSKY, Belhaven Press (1991), 263 pp., 432.00. Describes the challenges that Tokyo poses for city planners, and reviews key projects for urban development, as well as conveying the underlying texture of day to day life. For the twenty-first century more attention will need to be given to demographic trends and changing work patterns. Similar comments can be made about the brief pamphlets on London, London in Prospect, The Institute for Metropolitan Studies (1991), 29 pp., A;25.00, and 10 Years of Docklands: How the Cake was Cut, Association of London Authorities (1991), 17 pp., ~10.00.
Eighteen chapters, each providing guidelines and actions to improve performance in a specific management skills area. Useful reference book for managers. Another handbook is the directory of U.K. based organizations involved in training contained in The Training Book, BARBARA LEEDHAM, GPI Booksales (1991), 331 pp., k49.95.
Strategic Management in High Technology Firms, MICHAEL W. LAWLESS and LUIS R. GOMEZ-MEJIA (Eds), JAI Press (1990), 251 pp., L44.50. Fourteen papers, divided into three sections: Innovative Strategies; Global Settings for High Technology Competition; and Strategy-Technology Integration. Aimed at stimulating further advances in management practice and in interdisciplinary research. Unfortunately, written more for
Long
Range
Planning
Vol.
25
April
1992
Game Theory: Analysis of Conjlict, ROGER B. MYERSON, Harvard University Press (1991), 568 pp., A29.95.
Managing Product Recall, 274 pp., L24.95.
For the specialist in the subject; although the author does argue that it is relevant to a wider audience. Anyone weak on mathematics could usefully start with Statistics&r Economics and Business, DAVID BOWERS, Macmillan (1991), 276 pp., k14.99.
Shows who should be involved in the recall decision; how to evaluate the risks and costs; how to plan the recall process; how to handle PR, as well as reviewing the legal requirements in Britain, Europe, U.S.A. and Japan. Also 14 classic case studies. Unfortunately, an increasingly important subject.
Competitive Strategiesfor Product Standards: The Strategic Use of Compatability Standards for Competitive Advantage, H. LANDIS GABEL, McGraw-Hill (1991), 220 pp., A22.95.
Corporate Dynamism: How World Class Companies became World Class, CUNO PUMPIN, Gower (1991), 200 pp., A32.00.
Analyses the vital issues facing those whose daily work involves making decisions related to the phenomena of standardization and competitive strategy, particularly using case studies of microcomputers and video recorders. The final chapter that discusses a dozen hypotheses about standards and competition should be essential reading for those concerned with the difficult decisions in this area.
Motivation and Work Behavior, RICHARD M. STEERSand LYMAN W. PORTER, McGraw-Hill (1991), 5th edn, 594 pp., A17.95. Probably the most thorough textbook on the subject available. Rarely given the attention it deserves by strategic planners.
The Management Research Handbook, N. CRAIG SMITH and PAUL DAINTY (Eds), Routledge (1991), 318 pp., k40.00. A review of the research process for those conducting research in management and associated social science fields.
HOWARD ABBOV, Pitman
(1991).
Focuses on the management of value potential and its multiplication in the development of dynamic companies. The author has worked with both Tom Peters and Michael Porter and the results are based an analysis of many successful American, European and Japanese corporations. Originally published in German. Well worth reading, although the valuable ‘Twelve theses on corporate dynamism’ should, in my view, have mentioned the learning organization concept.
Learning Adaptability and Change: The Challenge for Education and Industry, JOHN HEYWOOD, Paul Chapman (1989), 207 pp., QO.50. Provides a rationale for the integrated study of human and social behaviour which must be understood if individuals are to be encouraged to contribute to management and leadership in whatever organizational system they find themselves. Solid sensible material but, unfortunately, not presented for a managerial audience.
The Second Shift: Working Parents and the Revolution at Home, Dr ARLIE HOCHSCHILDwith ANNE MACHUNG, Piatkus (1989), 315 pp., Ll3.00 hard, L7.99 soft.
Computers and Personnel Systems: A Practical Guide, ALASTAIR EVANS, Institute of Personnel Management (1991), 144 pp., All.95.
A personal view of couples struggling to find time and energy for jobs, relationships and children.
Today, many of the central personnel functions-recruitment, record keeping, appraisal, absence control, even management development and succession planning-can be dramatically streamlined by using computers. A useful basic introduction. Pity no index and no section on Data Protection Act.
The Industrial Society Handbook of Management Skills, Industrial Society (1990), 422 pp., A29.50.
Tokyo, ROMAN CYBRIWSKY, Belhaven Press (1991), 263 pp., 432.00. Describes the challenges that Tokyo poses for city planners, and reviews key projects for urban development, as well as conveying the underlying texture of day to day life. For the twenty-first century more attention will need to be given to demographic trends and changing work patterns. Similar comments can be made about the brief pamphlets on London, London in Prospect, The Institute for Metropolitan Studies (1991), 29 pp., A;25.00, and 10 Years of Docklands: How the Cake was Cut, Association of London Authorities (1991), 17 pp., ~10.00.
Eighteen chapters, each providing guidelines and actions to improve performance in a specific management skills area. Useful reference book for managers. Another handbook is the directory of U.K. based organizations involved in training contained in The Training Book, BARBARA LEEDHAM, GPI Booksales (1991), 331 pp., k49.95.
Strategic Management in High Technology Firms, MICHAEL W. LAWLESS and LUIS R. GOMEZ-MEJIA (Eds), JAI Press (1990), 251 pp., L44.50. Fourteen papers, divided into three sections: Innovative Strategies; Global Settings for High Technology Competition; and Strategy-Technology Integration. Aimed at stimulating further advances in management practice and in interdisciplinary research. Unfortunately, written more for