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Drive out Fear: Deming Revisited

Today management by fear is ubiquitous. Managers do not trust workers and micromanagement is rife. Such behaviours and cultures lead to suboptimal performance. This paper therefore revisits one of the major components of a Total Quality Management (TQM) culture identified by Dr W.E. Deming as the primary duty of every manager – the removal of fear from the workplace. The paper explores, through...

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France : rolling round the curbs.

The French Tobacco Act (the " loi Evin ") has led to the price of manufactured cigarettes doubling since 1992, and to sales decreasing 14.5% from 1991 to 1997. But during the same period, sales of roll-your-own tobacco (RYO) have doubled, because of their lower level of taxation. This phenomenon mainly concerns young people: almost 24% of 12 to 24 year olds say they smoke roll ups, against 17.7...

Olfactory stimulation curbs food cravings.

Based on the logic of mutual competition between cravings and odours for limited-capacity resources, this study investigated whether a simple olfactory task, involving a brief odour exposure, could reduce food cravings. In support, Experiment 1 showed that smelling a neutral unfamiliar odorant reduced cravings for highly desired food items, relative to a comparison auditory task and a no-task c...