The nature of Singapore′s political, economic and socio‐cultural environment is first discussed. Then the transferability of US management practices as described in In Search of Excellence is explored.

Many researchers have been investigating the subject of corporate culture, which has become a buzz word of the 1980s. All results have not been in agreement but a variety of changes to accommodate a change in corporate culture have been observed. Usually the change is effected in order to...

There are a vast number of foreign‐born and minority employees in the United States. Using Hofstede's four dimensions of cultural values — power distance, individualism, masculinity and uncertainty avoidance — as well as some more basic cultural differences between nationalities, the...

The accountants′ world is changing greatly as a result of, inter alia , emerging technologies, global competition, increasing complexity, dynamic effects, dramatic growth, and new laws. To manage accountants effectively in this evolving environment, new techniques are eeded to support and...

Gives an overview of events in the field of stress management. Describes the relationship of stress to the human autonomic nervous system and discusses the physiological effects in relation to type A/B behaviour. Investigates the sources and methods of detection of stress. Examines methodologies...

Discusses the five basic elements of an effective absentee control programme: maintaining detailed attendance records; determining reasons for absence; summarizing and analysing attendance data; taking decisive action to correct the problem; and providing quality leadership to employees....

Based on the idea that promoting standardization will encourage the international exchange of goods and services, ISO 9000 is a series of internationally accepted standards which companies use to develop quality management systems and quality improvement processes. It has fast become a...

American industry has been challenged from goods coming from abroad. Once pre‐eminent in quality in the 1940s and 1950s, US companies can no longer stand complacent while their market share erodes in the face of foreign competition, especially from Asian companies. To see how American industry...

In order to survive in today’s current downsizing within the defence sector, Hughes Aircraft Company has risen to the challenge by emphasizing teaming efforts, re‐engineering and adopting concurrent engineering process methods and has developed the integrated product development (IPD)...