A business and labour history of Britain Case studies of Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries /
By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations...
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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By bringing together and critically engaging with accounts of certain themes in business and labour history, and utilizing original research, this book aims to widen understanding of industrial society and provide a background to further study and research in the area management and labour relations history. |
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Electronic book text. Epublication based on: 9780230280922, 2011. |
Carrier Form: | 224 p. : 1 figures, 6 5. |
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9780230280922 9780230337008 : 0230337007 : |
CLC: | F456.15 |
Contents: | Introduction: Themes and Historical Backdrop-- M.Richardson & P.Nicholls Labour, Management and Control: the Early Railway Industry in Britain-- P.Nicholls Women, Mechanization and Cost-Savings in Twentieth-Century British Banks and other Financial Institutions-- P.Wardley Bliss Tweed Mill Strike 1913--14: Causes, Conduct and Consequences-- M.Richardson Rapprochement and Retribution: the Divergent Experiences of Workers in Two Large Paper and Print Companies in the 1926 General Strike-- M.Richardson Work Relations: Compositors' Experiences in a Family-Owned Printing Company, J.W. Arrowsmith 1918-1939-- M.Richardson Organisation, Ideology and Control: Founding Principles: the Case of the BBC-- P.Nicholls Taylorism in the Mines? Technology, Work Organization and Management in British Coal-mining before Nationalization-- S.Tailby Shop-floor Bargaining and the Struggle for Job Control in the British Automobile and Aerospace Industries 1950--1982-- M.Richardson, P.Stewart & A.Danford. |