Reports that English courts are in disarray because of gross inefficiency and excessive costs. Proposes that, it would be easier to privatize the courts, which could be broken up into small, fully competitive units, than the already privatized capital‐intensive utilities. Illustrates how this...

United Kingdom employers in recently privatized and public sector organizations are relying heavily on management training as an intervention mechanism to increase employee productivity. A survey of south‐west organizations confirmed this increase in training activity. Managers, however, did...

Purpose – This paper sets out to explore the proposition that building competences is more effective than privatisation and restructuring to improve performance in the Chinese chemical industry. Design/methodology/approach – Case study research has been undertaken in the Chinese chemical...