The theory of constraints (TOC) is a multi‐faceted systems methodology that has been developed to assist people and organisations to think about their problems, develop breakthrough solutions and implement those solutions successfully. This paper describes a literature‐based research project...

The research literature concerning the new product development process (NPD) is reviewed and this is placed within the concepts required for effective intrapreneurial learning (IL). A model of IL for emergent entrepreneurial organisations (EO) is presented and the necessity to assess progression...

The new industrial revolution in automation is being paralleled by a revolution in administration. One of the chief tools in this revolution is the punched card and today I am going to outline some of its uses in libraries in industry and in public libraries.

Those of you who have been addicted to watching television for as long as I have may remember some years ago that the BBC produced a series called ‘The Lions' Den’. The purpose of the programme was to surround a speaker with those whose opinions were most diametrically opposed to his or...

The Publishers Association has been monitoring developments in new technology as they affect publishing over a period of years. The central forum for discussions has been the Electronic Publishing Committee. Three main areas of electronic publishing have been identified as areas into which...

Using grounded theory, the authors present an inductive model of strategic marketing planning (SMP) which extends the domain of the marketing planning literature. Based on a field investigation of four large organisations drawn from a single industry using a multiple‐case design, the authors...