degree of demand smoothness. Concludes that managers should consider linear programming methods as an alternative or …

Examines the way in which managers perceive the relative importance of the three costs as applied to professional … service firms, financial services firms and retail distribution and manufacturing. Managers′ perceptions may be determined by … literature for indications of the importance attached to each of these costs. Concludes that managers have more discretion of the …

function is among one of the most affected by EDI adoption, a survey of purchasing managers was conducted to assess the extent …

, practices and needs of production/operations managers within the UK. The qualifications and ambitions of production managers are … shown to be lower than managers in other functions. A disturbing finding is the level of knowledge of established operations … British‐owned companies indicates that production managers in the former make greater use of good management techniques. There …

A small and simple questionnaire survey of UK production managers was undertaken in 1983. The objective was to collect … were collected from 45 production managers (and those with a similar title) employed in manufacturing organisations. All …

Changing manufacturing policy and manufacturing technology has had serious implications for production managers. A … manufacturing managers shows that managers are concerned about the changing nature of their jobs and are increasingly dissatisfied …

study investigates whether or not managers are perceived by employees to exhibit ethical attitudes and ethical behavior and … employee, his peers and of his managers; second, self‐enhancing bias exists; and third, managers do not exhibit an ethical role …

executive performance and type A behavior. A total of 132 bank managers of a leading commercial bank participated in the study …. Results indicated that a large majority of the managers possessed type A behavior and that the highest performers among them …