The goal of the study reported here was to evaluate the key elements in the management of airports and the policy environments which are linked to airport organizations (relating them to improving airport performance).Airports are key economic factors in the cities and regions which they serve. The dynamics that relate to the development, construction, maintenance and operation of airports, therefore, deserve adequate study. As noted by Wiley[1, p. 1], much of the literature on airports focuses on technical subjects, such as planning, design, construction, legal and environmental issues, while very little academic attention is focused on their management. The test by Wiley[1] is one of the few exceptions. In fact, many studies of airports tend to focus on their planning and design[2-6]. In recent years, many others have sought to increase our knowledge of airport dynamics in another dimension. Allaby[7], Budden and Ernst[8], Eckert[9], Feldman and Milch[10], Hahn and Kroszner[11], Massey[12] and Stevenson[13], have done a lot to increase our knowledge of the public policy milieu and the political dynamics that relate to airports.Though this particular study also relates to public policy and the political environment of airports, its main focus is on the management of airports as it relates to issues of efficiency and improved general performance.

The very significant differences and diversities among countries and territories in the Caribbean region, in terms of political and economic ideological orientation, population size, level of economic development, prior or present colonial background, language, political status and the nature of educational system, are seen, by this study, as the factors that determine the profile of executive master of business administration (EMBA) degree programmes, and related programmes, in the Caribbean region. The main goal of this article is a qualitative comparative analysis of EMBA degree programmes and related programmes in various universities in the Caribbean region. The comparative analysis focuses on the differences that exist in terms of the structures, functioning, outputs and profiles of the EMBA degree programmes, as much as feasible. Furthermore, the article compares the profile and status of EMBA degree programmes in their respective business schools and also in their respective universities. The formal and informal linkages between the executive MBA degree programmes and business communities are also analyzed and compared, where feasible.

The aim of this article is to examine the role the academic discipline of management can play in terms of homeland security (which has emerged as a very major policy area). Specifically, this article analyzes how the accumulated research knowledge in various areas of the management discipline (for example, organizational culture studies, organizational change studies, organizational relations studies, and leadership studies) can be used (together with research knowledge from numerous other academic disciplines) to help advance homeland security as a policy area and policy phenomenon and as a field of study. In its areas shown above and other areas, this article is of the view that the academic discipline of management can make unique and important contributions to the effectiveness and efficiency of homeland security. Copyright 2006 by The Policy Studies Organization.

The focus of this study is the examination of the factors that made Bacardi Limited to survive and become the successful multinational corporation today. The study uses the strategic management studies approach in this endeavour. Bacardi Limited is a corporation that has experienced a lot of challenges throughout its history. This study also analyzes the impacts of some of key strategic decisions and policies, innovations and actions of the company. Also, this study analyzes Bacardi Limited during the various eras of its history.

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