Focussed assignment

Article Abstract:

Managers are realizing that a company is a series of projects and that each project is the main focus of a team of people striving to attain a specific objective. The objective is to provide a product with characteristics which are congruent to the needs of the consumers, at a reasonable price and within a specific time limit. Self-managed project teams have advantages over the usual multilayered management systems. However, such teams must be provided with the necessary responsibility and authority to carry out their tasks.

Methods, Management, Work groups, Teamwork (Workplace), Industrial management

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Learning fast

Article Abstract:

Just-in-time training is needed to ensure that companies' employees keep pace with new technology, concludes a report detailing the findings of a fact-finding trip to the US organised by the University of Warwick's Business Process Resources Centre and the DTI. The aim of the mission was to discover how US companies train their staff to cope with organisational change. US manufacturers have adopted effective management techniques such as people development in order to increase competitiveness in a global market.

Planning, Training, Corporations, Occupational training

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Balancing act

Article Abstract:

A study into railway safety by Sir David Davies, president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, concludes that a Train Protection and Warning System should be adopted as a short-term measure to enhance railway safety.

Safety and security measures, Railroads

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