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Managing the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain(Studies in Labour History)

Managing the Modern Workplace: Productivity, Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain(Studies in Labour History)


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A recurring theme in the history of modern Britain in the twentieth-century has been the failure of its manufacturing industry and the record of disorder and conflict in the industrial workplace. This image was reinforced by the evidence of national strikes from the 1960s until 1984. This emphasis on decline and disorder in British manufacturing has distorted our understanding of workplace relationships and cultures in the post-war years. This volume provides a fresh assessment of the diverse and complex world of the workplace and Britain's production cultures during the long boom. Essays investigate the public and private sectors, and both manufacturing and service industries.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface; Workplace cultures and business performance: British labour relations and industrial output in comparative perspective, Alan Booth and Joseph Melling; Fordism and the foreman: labour relations and supervisory trade unionism in the American and British automobile industries, c. 1939-1970, Joseph Melling; An easy life in a railway factory: piecework and shop floor bargaining at Swindon locomotive works, 1948-63, Michael Anson; The economics and politics of technical change under public ownership: the British gas industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Andrew Jenkins; Technological change and gender in the labour policies of British retail banks, 1945-70, Alan Booth; Waiting for Thatcher? Trade unionism, Labour politics and shop floor bargaining in postwar Britain, Joseph Melling and Alan Booth; Index.

About the Author :
Joseph Melling, University of Exeter, UK and Alan Booth, University of Exeter, UK

Review :
'As well as academics, this book will appeal to students and anyone interested in management and labor history. I highly recommend it.' EH.Net Book Review


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780754680963
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
  • Edition: New edition
  • Sub Title: Productivity, Politics and Workplace Culture in Postwar Britain
  • ISBN-10: 0754680967
  • Publisher Date: 01 Mar 2008
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • Series Title: Studies in Labour History


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