There is no organisation, industrial, commercial or educational that is not subject to the continuing malaise of poor communication. Many organisations do make genuine attempts to communicate effectively both horizontally and vertically and certainly vast amounts of money are spent in training...

A large amount of training time, with associated costs, is spent upon training managers in both human relations and technical skills. Whilst the effort expended on the technical skills aspect could be justified in terms of short or medium term results it is often questionable whether managers...

This is the first of a new occasional feature which will offer comment on topical aspects of the distributive scene. The pseudonym adopted by the author cloaks the anonymity of an executive concerned with the planning function in a major national retail organisation. This month Donald Wright...

Trying to be responsible It's early days yet, with Phase 2 of the Prices and Incomes Policy being (as I write) hardly three months old. Already, however, several colleagues have advanced the view that the effects of Phase 2 are beginning to be felt.

Why do tobacco farmers continue to produce tobacco in light of the bleak future of this crop? Given the changing political economy of tobacco, we might expect producers to respond by diversifying their enterprises. This study of Kentucky burley tobacco farmers finds that farmers express...

Farm to school programs are at the vanguard of efforts to create an alternative agrifood system in the United States. Regionally-based, mid-tier food distributors may play an important role in harnessing the potential of farm to school programs to create viable market opportunities for small-...

The authors analyze various forms of trade liberalization in a three-country model with unions. Oligopolistic firms in two countries face unionized workers, while an oligopolistic firm in the third country faces a competitive labor market. The general result is that a country with a union...