Monthly Archives: March 1996

The External Impact on the Family Firm

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This was a Draft Chapter for Report on the Family and Societal Change Programme project which was never published. (March 1996)

Keywords: Globalisation & International Trade; Labour Studies; Social Policy;

Introduction

The internal activities of and relationships within a firm (or other economic agency such as a government department), are heavily influenced by the external pressures on the firm. As the case studies in the next four chapters will show the three firms and one government department have experienced major changes inside them, especially in terms of the industrial relations and its impact on the family life of workers. To understand the pressures for these internal changes we need to provide a context of the changes in the firm’s external environment.

Whose Heritage?

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The Progressive Greens Suggest An Approach to Managing Conservation
Listener: 23 March, 1996.

Keywords: Environment & Resources;

This year I thought I would occasionally write columns about specific policies of political parties which are unlikely to get elected to parliament, but whose policy deserves wider consideration. The first example is a proposal of the Progressive Greens, who seek “more-market” solutions to environmental problems. Thus they have thought more than most about how we should manage the conservation estate of national parks, forests parks, scenic reserves and other conservation areas, arguing that it should not be under direct ministerial control.