Conservatives and Industrial Efficiency, 1951-1964

Nick Tiratsoo is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Luton, UK, and Visiting Research Fellow at the Business History Unit of the London School of Economics and Political Science. Jim Tomlinson is Professor of Economic History and Head of the Department of Government at Brunel University, UK. Their previous co-authored work, Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention: Labour 1939–51, was published by Routledge in 1993.

• Preface 1 The Conservatives and industrial efficiency, 1900–51 2 Conservative economic policy, 1951–64: short-term management and long-term growth 3 The American productivity gospel in Britain: agencies and impact 4 The American productivity gospel in Britain: implementing change in business practice and shopfloor technique 5 The American productivity gospel in Britain: the quest for management professionalisation 6 The American productivity gospel in Britain: explaining reactions and responses 7 The Conservatives and competition 8 Education and training 9 Investment and technical change 10 Overview and conclusions