Showing papers in "Business Horizons in 1974"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a clearer perspective on the environmental analysis function, with particular emphasis on the somewhat embryonic area of the general environment, and develop formal corporate planning as a management discipline in its own right.

TL;DR: The early literature on the Negro in business was essentially descriptive of such matters as ownership of business, income gains, urbanrural movement, and participation in occupational categories as mentioned in this paper, but there has been a paucity of research reported on Negroes at higher organizational levels because Negro middle managers and executives are relatively few in number.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method for generating and screening ideas for new-business development, new ventures, and diversification, based on a set of proven practices developed over a ten to fifteen year period.

TL;DR: In this article, the transferred executives feel how they feel about their relocation as a part of career development planning and for meeting manpower needs at specific company sites, but how do they feel?

TL;DR: Evans as discussed by the authors made a presentation based on a presentation made at the joint conference of the British Psychological Society, the British Sociological Association, the Ergonomics Research Society, and the Operations Research Society.

TL;DR: There are three major avenues currently used for implementation of MBO and all three must be modified by political constraints characteristic of every organization as mentioned in this paper, including power and authority, the organization form, and the values and expectations of people.

TL;DR: Physical distribution, the function of moving products from manufacturing into the hands of the customer, is big business and getting bigger rapidly as mentioned in this paper, and this trend can be accounted for by the increase in unit costs of physical distribution.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that appropriate rewards can increase an employee's job contribution and that performance appraisals and employee participation in the budget process can reinforce improved job performance.

TL;DR: In the literature on management and organizational behavior, the literature is replete with references to the unending circle of meetings which appear to take up valuable time and accomplish little, but there is a relative paucity of empirically-based material dealing directly with this subject.