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Viewpoint: Short in wind as in memory long
The world's population is ageing. For the first time in history we are seeing the worldwide emergence of a new generation — the over 60s. By the end of the century, it is expected…
Books
Edgar Baker CBEThis bulky Report published last year contains so many words that its merits may be overlooked by the hasty reader. It nevertheless deserves the attention of everyone interested…
The most overcrowded profession
The Editor provides a potted biography of the most overcrowded of all the disciplines represented by professional bodies
Accountants in business
Jake ClaretBusiness should be more efficient and more competitive, and should invest more.
Accountancy in the public sector
This article gives an indication of salaries on recruitment, during training and on qualification for some of the main public sector employment areas. Terms and conditions of…
Careers:: COURSES
Over the last ten years Hong Kong Polytechnic has achieved unprecedented growth, not only in the number of students but also in the quality of education. The number of full‐time…
Careers:: TOPICS
The new Apollo Presentation Unit, manufactured by Electrosonic, Europe's leading manufacturer of audio visual equipment, is the ideal unit for an AV presentation in any…
Careers:: TRAINING
A new approach to helping Britain's young unemployed has been introduced by Inter‐Action Trust, Europe's leading community development agency. Called OPS — Occupation Preparation…
ABE SUPPLEMENT
After serving in the RAF just after the war, Denys Page began a career as a Statistician in 1948 at the GEC Research Laboratories, Wembley and subsequently moved to the Southern…
Student section: Examiners' Reports — December 1982 Examinations
The following figures represent average numbers of items completed per day by each of a group of 24 craftsmen over a typrical month:
How to study
Edgar BakerWe are all different one from another, and therefore we behave in different ways. Generalisations about human conduct are bound to be open to exceptions, and no absolute rules…
Training in the accountancy profession
Jo Holden FCAA quarter of a century ago there was a financial barrier to becoming a chartered accountant. In those days the articled clerk received little, if any, salary for his opportunity…
Exit interviewing
Lyndon JonesThere is no simple relationship between attrition and organisational effectiveness. Witness how employee turnover may decline rapidly during a prolonged period of recession, yet…
Enhancement of the academic view from the bridge at Buckingham
This article has been compiled from Press material which supported the launch of a new Management Centre a couple of months ago
The British accountant and the European Economic Community
Roy RichardsonThe member states of the European Economic Community are at present the original six partners — Belgium, France, Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and Netherlands …
Mandetics: a new concept in personal and organisational development
Gordon R. WainwrightIt is often said that the best ideas are the simplest. As a statement it contains as much truth as many and a good deal more than most; but certainly, of course, not the whole…
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- Dr Martin McCracken