Book Review
Food Matters
THE human brain is a exquisitely sensitive organ that is often profoundly affected both in the short-term and long-term by the various neurotransmitters that are secreted by the brain itself. It is well established that these neurotransmitters affect our memory, our feelings of depression and euphoria, the sex drive or lack thereof, sleep, pain and many other activities that go into daily living.

Connectivity progress
THE 21st Century heralds an age of Information Highway with neo-networks communication revolution. In the course of the last century, the mass society' (large concentration of people around in industrial towns and trading centres) has replac ed another type of society that has been called `network society'. The basic elements of the network society are not so much networks themselves but individuals, households, groups and organisations linked by these networks. Increasingly they shape the form or the organisation, rather than the content of modern society. The new media is reducing, diminishing and even destroying the quality of face-to-face communications and are making relationships at work more formal.

Poor choices
THIS book began life as the PhD thesis of Martin Parker, a lecturer in Management in the University of Keele. In this work Parker attempts to tell us that there are many other factors that affect organisations more profoundly than cultural on es do -- but then he hedges his bets and is often seen to retreat from the line he has taken under the `there is much to be said on both sides' umbrella.

The Performance of India's Export Zones
A strategy for economic growth adopted by many Asian countries is that of encouraging export manufacture and trade. To this end, special enclaves have been created by some governments where only export-oriented activities are allowed. Thi s comprehensive study provides an in-depth analysis of the evolution, performance, problems and future of this important policy option aimed at facilitating export manufacture under a duty-free regime.

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