20 research outputs found
Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention
Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime period and subsequent implementation of policy under Attlee. The book modifies existing historiography in two ways - it shows that the Labour Party of 1945-51 was concerned mainly with industrial modernization, not with creating the Welfare State, and it tackles the consequently necessary re-evaluation of wider theories about Britain's economic decline
Materials handling in British industry, 1945-c1975: the anatomy of a manufacturing fundamental
During the post-1945 Golden Age, all British manufacturers spent a lot of time and energy moving raw and processed materials about their plants. This article seeks to understand how handling practices evolved during these years and the range of influences that determined their character. Its argues that British industry often clung to outdated methods long after they were demonstrably redundant, and establishes that this conservatism was not a product of economic circumstances, but rather stemmed ultimately from ideas that manufacturers themselves held about the status and importance of production.
The United States Technical Assistance Programme in Japan, 1955â62
In the seven years after 1955, the American government provided Japan with a substantial amount of technical assistance. This article examines the origins of the US programme, describes its scope and assesses what it actually achieved on the ground in Japan. The conclusion offered is that, though a few American prescriptions were certainly rejected, the programme as a whole had a profound impact on Japanese practices, particularly in relation to the vital question of industrial engineering. Indeed, it would appear that an understanding of the Japanese economic miracle is incomplete unless it takes this fact fully into account.
Americanisation in 20th Century Europe: business, culture, politics. Volume 2
Ce volume apporte une contribution importante au dĂ©bat sur les interactions entre lâAmĂ©rique et lâEurope au xxe siĂšcle. Il pose des interrogations sur le sens courant de âAmĂ©ricanisationâ et voudrait offrir de nouveaux et fructueux points de dĂ©part pour de futures recherches et discussions. Lâapproche choisie utilise la vision la plus large possible de lâinfluence amĂ©ricaine, englobant lâensemble de la sphĂšre micro-Ă©conomique et abordant non seulement les entreprises, mais aussi la culture des consommateurs et des entreprises en gĂ©nĂ©ral. Pris comme un ensemble, les diffĂ©rents chapitres de cet ouvrage confirment lâimportance des Ătats-Unis comme point de rĂ©fĂ©rence pour les entrepreneurs et les consommateurs europĂ©ens. SimultanĂ©ment, ils apportent un Ă©clairage nouveau sur la complexitĂ© du processus dâAmĂ©ricanisation qui fut toujours plus que le simple transfert unilateral ou âlâexportationâ dÖčâidĂ©es. Ils insistent Ă©galement sur la multiplicitĂ© des effets qui vont du rejet pur et simple Ă lâacceptation selective traditionelle. Mais avant tout, ils renforcent lâidĂ©e selon laquelle lâAmĂ©ricanisation est un phĂ©nomĂšne social, qui concerne des populations rĂ©elles dans des contextes spĂ©cifiques, que ce soit au niveau des entreprises, de lâindustrie ou de la sociĂ©tĂ©, et dont les motivations sâĂ©tendent du simple lâidĂ©alisme aux raisons plus venales
Industrial Efficiency and State Intervention
Nick Tiratsoo and Jim Tomlinson describe and assess the Labour Party's development of a policy of improving industrial efficiency. They concentrate on the debates and initiatives of the wartime period and subsequent implementation of policy under Attlee. The book modifies existing historiography in two ways - it shows that the Labour Party of 1945-51 was concerned mainly with industrial modernization, not with creating the Welfare State, and it tackles the consequently necessary re-evaluation of wider theories about Britain's economic decline
'An Old Story, Freshly Told'? A Comment on Broadberry and Crafts' Approach to Britain's Early Post-War Economic Performance
Shaping the content of business education in Great Britain, 1945-90: production engineers, accountants and shifting definitions of "Relevance"
This book fills an important gap in the literature on business education by exploring the content of European business education. Based on thorough studies of several European business schools it shows that the formation of the content is a complex issue that only can be understood if one goes beyond simple investigations of the curricula. <br/