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Price, Quality and Trust
Inter-firm Relations in Britain and Japan
Av Mari Sako
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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The management of buyer-supplier relations has come to be regarded as a key to achieving manufacturing competitiveness, particularly in sectors facing global competition based on both price and quality. This book is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the link between the type of …
Managing Innovation
A Study of British and Japanese Factories
Häftad, 2008
569 kr
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Innovation is a key to corporate success, particularly in times of rapid technological change. This book sheds new light on the introduction of technology in the manufacturing sector. The author considers the use of innovative technology in both Britain and Japan by examining nine firms in each …
Reshaping Work
The Cadbury Experience
Av Christopher Smith, John Child m. fl.
Häftad, 2009
687 kr
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This book is concerned with the management of organisational change. It focuses on Cadbury Ltd and provides an in-depth study of change within this famous British company. Cadbury Ltd is famous for its pioneering personnel management. One of the purposes of this study is to assess how this …
Working for the Union
British Trade Union Officers
Häftad, 2009
586 kr
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This book is a study of the relationship between full-time union officials and shop stewards across the whole of British industry (public and private, manufacturing and services) in 1986-91. It is the first major study of union officials for 20 years, and one of the most detailed studies of …
The Debate on Inflation Accounting
Av David Tweedie, Geoffrey Whittington
Häftad, 2009
687 kr
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First published in 1984, this book gives a historical account of the worldwide development of the theory and practice of inflation accounting (particularly as applied to the financial accounts of corporations). It is a comprehensive account, both in terms of the historical depth and the …
Debating Coal Closures
Economic Calculation in the Coal Dispute 1984-5
Av David Cooper, Trevor Hopper m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
574 kr
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This book, published in the late 1980s, reproduces articles and reports which were written and gained prominence during the 1984-5 coal dispute in the UK. It is, however, more than a contribution to the history of that dispute and the associated debates about the viability and strategies of the NCB …
Managing Competitive Crisis
Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules
Häftad, 2010
524 kr
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The most controversial aspect of institutional regeneration in North America and Europe has been the restructuring of labour relations. Media attention has been drawn to the resulting claims of excess employer power: however, supporters of union reform point to the spate of strikes in Western …
Inflation Accounting
An Introduction to the Debate
Häftad, 1983
586 kr
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This book provides a clear and concise summary of the present state of the theory of inflation accounting for students and practitioners. It describes all of the main alternative methods of inflation accounting and illustrates them, using simple numerical examples. The theoretical and practical …
Managing Innovation
A Study of British and Japanese Factories
Av D. H. Whittaker, William Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 1990
1844 kr
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Innovation is a key to corporate success, particularly in times of rapid technological change. This book sheds new light on the introduction of technology in the manufacturing sector. The author considers the use of innovative technology in both Britain and Japan by examining nine firms in each …
Working for the Union
British Trade Union Officers
Av John Kelly, Edmund Heery m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1912 kr
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This book is a study of the relationship between full-time union officials and shop stewards across the whole of British industry (public and private, manufacturing and services) in 1986-91. It is the first major study of union officials for 20 years, and one of the most detailed studies of …
Price, Quality and Trust
Inter-firm Relations in Britain and Japan
Av Mari Sako, William Brown m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
1844 kr
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The management of buyer-supplier relations has come to be regarded as a key to achieving manufacturing competitiveness, particularly in sectors facing global competition based on both price and quality. This book is a theoretical and empirical exploration of the link between the type of …
Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain
Inbunden, 1992
1777 kr
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Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and ending with an analysis of human resource …
Management in China during the Age of Reform
Av John Child
Inbunden, 1994
2029 kr
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China has already become the world's second largest economic power, and it currently presents enormous business opportunities. Yet there is still a dearth of information in the West about how Chinese firms are run. In this invaluable 1994 book, Professor Child addresses this lack, examining …
Markets, Firms and the Management of Labour in Modern Britain
Häftad, 2011
524 kr
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Originally published in 1992, this book examines the development of employers' human resource management and industrial relations policies in Britain. It adopts a broad historical perspective, beginning with the inheritance from the nineteenth century and ending with an analysis of human resource …
Willing Slaves?
British Workers under Human Resource Management
Av Andrew Scott
Häftad, 1994
619 kr
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Many people believe that industrial relations have been transformed. For some, current developments are the result of new human resource management techniques which have overcome adversarial workplace traditions. For others, old attitudes remain, their expression stifled by vigorous competition in …
Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice
Av Anthony G. Hopwood, Peter Miller
Häftad, 1994
482 kr
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Accounting as Social and Institutional Practice is the first major collection of critical and socio-historical analyses of accounting. It gathers together work by scholars of international renown on the social and institutional nature of accounting to address the conditions and consequences of …
American Anti-Management Theories of Organization
A Critique of Paradigm Proliferation
Häftad, 1995
482 kr
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This book offers a critique of recent developments in the study of organizational structure in the USA. There has been a profusion of new paradigms offered in the USA and this has fragmented the field. Many of these paradigms share an anti-management quality, painting managers in an increasingly …
Sociology and Organization Theory
Positivism, Paradigms and Postmodernity
Av John Hassard
Häftad, 1995
619 kr
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It has been claimed that organisation theory is in a state of 'crisis'. This book traces the history of the orthodox systems theory paradigm in organisation studies from its foundations in positivist sociology, through its theoretical and empirical development under structural-functionalism, to its …
Accounting and Science
Natural Inquiry and Commercial Reason
Av Michael Power, Michael Power m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
557 kr
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In recent years policy makers and scientists have become increasingly interested in the economics of science, and in particular in the relationship between accounting and science. This book, originally published as a special issue of the journal Science in Context , provides a truly …
Management in China during the Age of Reform
Av John Child
Häftad, 1996
836 kr
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China has already become the world's second largest economic power, and it currently presents enormous business opportunities. Yet there is still a dearth of information in the West about how Chinese firms are run. In this invaluable 1994 book, Professor Child addresses this lack, examining …
Managing Competitive Crisis
Strategic Choice and the Reform of Workrules
Inbunden, 2000
1106 kr
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The most controversial aspect of institutional regeneration in North America and Europe has been the restructuring of labour relations. Media attention has been drawn to the resulting claims of excess employer power: however, supporters of union reform point to the spate of strikes in Western …
