Evaluating the applicability of the Miles and Snow typology in a regulated public utility environment

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The Miles and Snow organizational process, structure and strategy model approach cannot effectively be applied in the analysis of pure competition and is not applicable to the analysis of pure monopolies. It is most useful in evaluating industries that demonstrate conditions of oligopoly or monopolistic competition. Generic strategy models can usefully be applied to the regulated industries, particularly those on the verge of fundamental change, such as open competition. The UK electricity distribution and supply industry (ESI) is studied using the Miles and Snow model.

Electric Utilities, Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution, Electric services, Models, Organizational behavior

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Bridging the Gap between Rhetoric and Reality: Line Managers and the Protection of Job Security for Ill Workers in the Modern Workplace

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The article identifies inadequate training, contradictory policy requirements, absence of support, and budgetary pressures as factors complicating line managers' ability to comply with company standards regarding workplace adjustments and job security for disabled or ill employees. Suggestions are presented for reducing or mitigating these factors.

Job security, Employee rights, Workplace accommodation

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Demographic and Attitudinal Correlates of Employee Satisfaction with an ESOP

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A method is presented for identifying the variables associated with levels of employee satisfaction with an employee stock ownership plan. Key variables include employees' age, perceived impact on decision-making, and perceived impact on stock performance.

Pension, health, and welfare funds, Pension Funds, Stock Ownership Plans, Employee-Owned Corps, Measurement, Influence, Workers, Employee stock ownership plans, Employee attitudes, Satisfaction, Satisfaction (Psychology)

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