NBC News Scripts
WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
1954-12-31
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In a multi-disciplinary discussion that includes major contribution from sociology, economics, environmental sciences, ecophilosophy and management theory, I outline transitions towards, and the style and practice of eco-sensitive management. Eco-sensitivity means the presence of eco-centric values together with the ability to put these into practice. The argument proceeds in two sections.
In the first the deep roots of industrial exploitation of the natural world are established. In chapter one industrial capitalism is discussed while chapter two outlines the moves towards what I have called 're-organised capitalism'. As is pointed out in chapter three, whilst both systems involve exploitation of the natural world, there are indications within re-organised capitalism of an opportunity to 'turn around' the juggernaut of exploitative e...
Using Shakespeare's Henry V as an exemplar of mythic, ideal leadership has become increasingly popular in management education. We will examine Henry V and compare his leadership to that of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (an exemplar of poor leadership?). Both engage the polity but in highly contrasting ways. We will argue that neither is ideal as both are rooted in power, glorifying war and conflict, and both suggest that great victories can be gained at little cost; war is used as a super-ordinate goal in an effort to deflect attention to the condition of the people and to shape cultural meaning. In addition the king twice issues orders in Shakespeare's Henry V to "kill all the prisoners", actions not included in the Branagh (1989) and Olivier (1944) film versions of the play that are those popularly used in management training at MIT, the...
In Australian corporate governance, Section 249D of the Corporations Act 2001 gives small shareholders a voice by empowering them to call for an Extraordinary General Meeting (EGM). We discuss the principles behind this section, and illustrate its action with the case of Gunns Ltd, a logger of old growth forests in the green oriented island state of Tasmania. Out conclusion is that the section needs to be redrafted with more stringent conditions attached to calling an EGM but while still empowering small shareholders.
Purpose – The purpose of this article is to determine the mix of qualitative and quantitative research
published in major marketing journals.
Design/methodology/approach – This study involved a content analysis of 1,195 articles
published between 1993 and 2002 in three prominent marketing journals.
Findings – It was found that 24.80 per cent of articles employed qualitative methods in some form,
and 46.28 per cent quantitative research. The main justification provided for use of qualitative
methods was the ability to provide more insight or a deeper understanding of the phenomenon under
investigation. No increase was seen, however, in the amount (year by year) of qualitative research
published over this period. This paper accounts for the continued dominance of quantitative research
using linked historical, social and practica...
Stakeholder theory has obvious implications for governance research. Within
stakeholder theory there has, however, been much argument about the complexity of
'stakeholder recognition' and 'strategic management', just as within governance
theory there has been discussion of the significance of shareholders. In this paper we
consider the issue of who really matters when a system of 'stakeholder recognition'
and 'management' is tested within a controversial, yet important industry in a regional
economy. This issue is investigated through the case of Gunns Ltd, the largest forestry
company in the 'greenest' region of Australia.
Australia has had unfortunate experience in industrial cluster development, and despite widespread government action remains below OECD averages in terms of cluster contribution to economic wealth. We use Porter's cluster theory to examine the contrary case: the highly successful Tasmanian Light Ships Cluster, to determine the roles of government, chance and local culture in cluster success. We conclude that cluster development is a dynamic process. Governments should only provide infrastructure support and only this for new ideas that fall within the scope of local knowledge, and existing chance related entrepreneurial activity.
Analysis of the 2003 Australian Survey of Social Attitudes verifies claims that Australia is a share-owning democracy. We show that higher income earners are most likely to own shares and to own shares in a large number of companies, and that the 45–54 and 54–56 year age groups are the peak for ownership. We also investigate ethical issues relating to shareownership by examining scenarios under which owners would sell their shares. Ethical concern is highest on the issue of child labour. Yet there is surprisingly little concern amongst shareowners over racial discrimination, which was less likely to lead to the sales of shares than investment in genetically modified crops or foods, paying large bonuses to executives or the production of military weapons. Women are more likely than men to adopt an “ethical” stance on share ownership acr...
Report regarding the primary nuclear instrumentation at the Engineering Test Reactor (ETR) and early difficulties.
A test program is planned in the COMEDIE loop of the Commissariat a l`Energy Atomique (CEA), Grenoble, France, to generate integral test data for the validation of computer codes used to predict fission product transport and core corrosion in the Modular High Temperature Gas-Cooled Reactor (MHTGR). The inpile testing will be performed by the CEA under contract from the US Department of Energy (DOE); the contract will be administered by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The primary purpose of this test plan is to provide an overview of the proposed program in terms of the overall scope and schedule. 8 refs, 3 figs.
