Aims to show that, by using a simple step‐by‐step approach to cost‐benefit analysis, we can deal with “soft” items (such as the restructuring of organizations) so that they are integrated within the overall business policy. The conceptual exercise is illustrated on the basis of a case...

Research among European countries had confirmed variance in productivity rates ascribed by construction planning engineers for identical operations. Similar differences in planned construction resource/method factors also had been identified. It is hypothesized that such variance may be due to...

Looks at how the rise in the use of non‐permanent employees has stimulated much debate concerning the long‐term impact on the success of organizations and skill development at the organizational and national level. Draws on internationally comparable data from 12 countries to explore the...

Outlines the process, which commenced at least a century ago, during which appropriate prerequisites for rapid growth were established. Explains that, by 1960, Korea already possessed a semi‐developed economy, in terms of physical infrastructure, economic and financial institutions and human...

In today’s rapidly evolving global marketplace an organization’s survival is becoming increasingly dependent on its ability to change and re‐engineer itself in a way that keeps it competitive. While there are a number of ways to accomplish this, there are two new developments that can be...

Looks at the different types of role that the human resource function has to play in TQM and where it fits in at key stages. Describes the research project. Asserts a link is increasingly being made between the quality of service, product or process, and the quality of staff. Discusses the role...

Asserts that for quality to become part of a company′s natural way of working it needs to be accepted by everyone. Describes how J.I. Case, by utilising its people, has turned itself around and is now focusing on the future. Suggests reasons why the implementation of quality is not always...

In a study of companies operating in the mechanical, technical and electronic engineering sector within the Portsmouth, Fareham and Gosport travel‐to‐work areas in South Hampshire the authors found that high training companies with an emphasis on the development of human resources were far...