The professional-managerial class : contemporary British management in the pursuer mode

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The professional-managerial class : contemporary British management in the pursuer mode

edited by Ian Glover, Michael Hughes

(Stirling management series)

Avebury, c1996

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Includes references and index

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This work discusses topics such as: British management in the pursuer mode; modernity, manageability and the development of modern management; manufacturing decline and the division of labour in Britain; and new public management and professions.

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  • Part 1 Introduction: British management in the pursuer mode, Ian Glover and Michael Hughes. Part 2 Context: through a glass darkly - towards a characterization of British management, Peter Lawrence
  • the limits of America's "Pax Oeconomica" Germany and Japan after World War II, Robert Locke
  • modernity, manageability and the development of modern management, Paul Jeffcutt
  • the professional as a machine - the death of each day's life, Michael Fores
  • the limits of management - problems of the average car company, Karel Williams, Colin Haslam, Sukhdev Johal, John Williams and Andy Adcroft. Part 3 Evidence: Durkheim, professionals and moral integration, James Dingley
  • manufacturing decline and the division of labour in Britain - the case of vehicles, Stephen Ackroyd and Dave Lawrenson
  • new public management and professions, Ian Kirkpatrick, Richard Whipp and Annette Davies
  • can there be a valid future for human resource management?, Ian Glover and Jerry Hallier
  • traditional and emergent professions in the construction industry - competition and control over the building process, Mike Bresnen
  • the expunction of process expertise from British management teaching syllabi - an historical analysis, Peter Armstrong. Part 4 Discussion: towards a professional-managerial class?, Ian Glover and Michael Hughes.

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