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The authors propose how, in the New Society that the UK government is creating, we may need to draw on the principles of cultural traditions to bridge the gap between the old and the new paradigm.

Hungary is deemed to be one of the economies that has successfully undergone the changes and undoubtedly it is undergoing a process of rapid and concentrated change. It is generally considered that Hungary has successfully completed these changes, and is now ready to take its rightful place in the European Union. Despite this, it has been pointed out that Hungarian managers are still lacking in education and training, that there is a lack of innovation, and that there is still a certain resistance to change manifest in the continuance of the black market economy. However, it is optimistically expected that the influx of Western managerial practices will soon put this to rights (Agenda 2000). ; Es heißt, die ungarische Volkswirtschaft zählt zu denen, die sich erfolgreich reformiert haben und es finden noch immer schnelle und konzentrierte Veränderungen statt. Allgemein wird eingeschätzt, dass Ungarn die Herausforderungen der Transformation erfolgreich bewältigt hat und nun bereit ist, seinen berechtigten Platz in der Europäischen Union einzunehmen. Trotzdem wurde argumentiert, dass ungarische Manager noch immer Nachholebedarf in den Bereichen Bildung und Ausbildung haben, dass nicht genügend Innovationen stattfinden und dass es noch immer einen gewissen Widerstand gegen Veränderungen gibt, der sich im fortdauernden Bestehen der Schwarzmarkt-Wirtschaft manifestiert. Es wird jedoch erwartet, dass unter dem Einfluss westlicher Managementpraktiken diese Missstände bald beseitigt werden.

This paper examines the discourse surrounding a major U.K. initiative designed to increase the "quality and quantity" of women's participation in the workforce and in managerial roles. Texts are studied to explore ways in which the persistence of inequalities may, without apparent intention, be encoded in language. Our analysis suggests that cognitive schemata are framed by the dominant discourse, here of "target-setting" within organizations. We find from commentaries that even potential critics of the campaign were drawn into acceptance of a common agenda and have been thereby diverted from addressing other pressing issues affecting women's opportunities. This analysis draws upon a conceptual scheme which is concerned with ways in which cycles of cognition, action, and outcome collectively actualize social structures, a process referred to as social enactment. We explore how a conventional discourse reinforces enactment processes supporting prevailing structures while new discourse offers the potential for change.