Decision Line

September/October 1996
Volume 27(5)

President's Letter, by Betty J. Whitten, Terry College of Business, University of Georgia

from the Editor: Overview of 27(5), by Terry Rakes, Editor, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

International Issues: ``Global cooperation: Using metaphors to communicate and avoid corporate culture clashes,'' by Julie E. Kendall, School of Business, Rutgers University.

Production/Operations Management: ``Cornell's semester in manufacturing: An innovative graduate-level teaching approach,'' by Ronald W. Matthews, Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University.

Research Issues: ``How valid are measurements?'', by Cornelia Droge,Eli Broad Graduate School of Management, Michigan State University.

Information Technology: ``Can the CEO be the CIO?'', by Lance B. Eliot, Feature Editor.

Doctoral Issues: ``So, you want an academic job?!?'', by Jeffrey D. Camm, Department of Quantitative Analysis and Operations Management, University of Cincinnati.

The Universal Specialist: ``Teaching models of POM,'' by Andrew Vazsonyi, Feature Editor.

Software Review: ``SPSS for Windows 95,''by Jack Yurkiewicz, Feature Editor.

From the Bookshelf: ``Computer-supported cooperative teams,'' by Katherine M. Chudoba, McIntire School of Commerce, University of Virginia.