In studies of properties of queues, for example in relation to Internet traffic, a subject that is of particular interest is the ‘shape’ of service time distribution. For example, we might wish to know whether the service time density is unimodal, suggesting that service time distribution is...

To be able to make sense of “Learning for Leadership” it is necessary to understand each of these vast subjects i.e. Learning and Leadership. Details the results of a research programme over a umber of years that looks at leadership from a management development viewpoint to identify what...

INTRODUCTIO The title of this review is rather misleading and inaccurate. It is true that jobs are structured and work is organised, but very few papers are written advocating the status quo . Most academics and all consultants make their names and indeed their livings by recommending, proposing...

Following the earlier work of SMAILES, 1944, and SMITH, 1968, the changing urban hierarchy of England has been plotted for 1913, 1938, 1965 and 1998, using two alternative composite measures: an urban hierarchy embodying a number of different measures of urbanity; and a retail hierarchy based on...