This paper is a consequence of several years of research and management learning activity with small and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs), which focused on the development of the organisations and the concomitant development of managers within those organisations. The empirical study sample...

From recent evidence in both the industrial and the political arena, it would seem that diluted forms of industrial democracy/employee participation are undergoing some kind of a revival. This is probably a reflection of a change of government on the one hand and a reaction to the proposals of...

In some form or another, the concept of employee involvement in management decision‐making has held an attraction for practitioners and academics alike for a very long time. The objectives which are set for it certainly vary from a desire for increased efficiency or prosperity on the one hand,...

It now seems to be fairly widely accepted that joint consultation has experienced a resurgence of interest and practice since the mid 1970s. Whilst the seeds of this revival were probably sown by anxieties prior to the publication of the Bullock Report, the institution does not appear to have...

Understanding how climate change affects the phosphorus (P) nutrition of crops grown on acid soils is important to optimize the management of and to secure future food production on these soils. This study assessed the impact of elevated CO2 (eCO2) on the P nutrition of wheat (Triticum aestivum)...