Acknowledgements
I would like to thank all of the people who have helped during the research of the book who have included the publishers, friends, and associates across a wide number of professions. I am also grateful to contributors from the following organisations that have taken the time to provide valuable information and advice throughout the books compilation:
Alstom Drives & Controls Ltd
ASDA Stores PLC
BAe Systems PLC
Blackwell Publishers Ltd
Brighton Business School
British Airport Authorities PLC
BT Laboratories
Building Design Partnership
Burmah Castrol
Clearview Systems
Compaq
Cornhill Insurance PLC
Danzas Management Ltd.
Dewsbury College
ESIEA
European Commission
Fujitsu Europe Telecom R&D Centre Ltd
GlaxoWellcome R&D
IFR Ltd
Interactive Consulting Group
Lex Service PLC
Lexis-Nexus
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Merck Sharp & Dohme Research
Monsanto Inc.
Montgomery Watson
Mott MacDonald Group
National Air Traffic Services Ltd
National Grid
National Library for the Blind
Natural History Museum
Open University
Pioneer
PricewaterhouseCoopers
RAC Motoring Services
Scottish FE & HE Funding Councils
Sheffield Hallam University
Siemens Business Services Ltd
Siemens Communications Ltd
Sweet & Maxwell Ltd
TA Group
Technical University of Crete
TMS Group
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Verity, Inc.
Vodafone Corporate
Warwickshire College
West Cheshire College
Writtle College
Above all, I am indebted to my wife, Kate, who has quietly and patiently persevered over the last 18 months whilst paper-based mountains of product literature, books, post-it notes, spreadsheets, journal articles, and magazine cuttings have grown in every conceivable corner of our abode!